FRN Round 2 RFP Training

FRN Round 2 RFP Training February 12, 2016

Awards for the Federal Research Network (FRN) Round 1 proposals were announced on January 22, 2016. As a result of the Round 1 white paper and proposal review, it has been determined that it is essential to provide applied research proposal training to each of the Centers of Excellence (COEs). This second offering of the training is only for university members and will be provided on February 12, in Columbus and is required for all COEs that plan to submit white papers in Round 2.

WHAT: FRN Round 2 RFP Training

WHEN: 12 February, 2016 (10:00 am – 2:00 pm) – lunch provided

WHERE: Electroscience Laboratory, 1330 Kinnear Road, Columbus OH 43212 Room 132 (1st floor) Free parking is available in the lot surrounding the ElectroScience Laboratory building.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This training is for university members. We would strongly recommend that COE leads, project leads and their designees attend, as well as PI’s for projects that will be submitted or potentially submitted in the FRN Round 2 White Paper call that was released on January 28th.

COST: There is no fee for this training

ABOUT THE TRAINING:

This training is being provided by the OFRN as a means of improving your success rate on the upcoming white papers and proposals.

The training will be facilitated by the Urban Venture Group, Inc. (UVG). UVG is a technology commercialization firm that specializes in early-stage technology evaluation, monetization, funding and grant preparation services. UVG has managed the grant proposal submission process for numerous clients submitting to agencies such as NSF, USDA, DOE, NASA and NIH.

Objectives:

This session will help participants:

• Learn proposal preparation best practices, focused on the current FRN White Paper Call;
• Understand Call requirements through use of a compliance matrix; and
• Get an introduction to proposal best practices, processes, and skills that will be generalizable to future grant and other proposal development efforts to a variety of funding agencies.

Any questions, contact Becky Mescher (becky.mescher@wright.edu).

Registration is required.

Space is limited, please register as soon as possible to reserve your seat.