Author Archives: Ronald Fleischmann

A recent article in Ecology and Evolution highlights successfully strategies for successfully mentoring undergraduate researchers.  While this appears in an ecology journal, the strategies proposed apply to most academic disciplines that involve faculty-student research experiences (whether in STEM, arts, or the humanities). For example, faculty interested in fostering interest in traditionally underrepresented students in their …

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The Need Statement of your proposal is the most important sections of your grant–it justifies why you need to complete your project.  That’s why it’s so important to get it right–it sets the stage for the remainder of your proposal. Grants.gov has developed an excellent blog post about developing a Need Statement.  While it features …

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On 12 April 2019, Hope College hosted its annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at the DeVos Fieldhouse.  This year, 327 students from 27 departments and programs presented 202 posters! Of course, our Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity is only a piece of the overall dissemination plans of our students’ work.  …

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Virginia McDonough, Professor of Biology, received a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) award of $246,972 for a project titled Regulation of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase by dietary fatty acids.  The award period is 1 April 2019 through 31 March 2022. This project will determine some of the normal mechanisms of regulation of gene expression of a …

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The Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Hope College and the Office for Sponsored Programs and Research Activities at the University of Detroit Mercy will host an NIH Virtual Panel Session on Monday 15 April 2019 at 1 pm in Schaap 3000 for Hope faculty.  We will have a live-feed between Hope College and the University of Detroit Mercy so …

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The BioScience Writers Journal has a wonderful resource for those individuals contemplating (or developing) a National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal.  The most important section of your NIH proposal is the one-page Specific Aims section–it sets the stage for all of the other parts of your application. To assist investigators in developing their Specific Aims …

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Hope faculty and students are the recipients of NINE new Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) grants for 2019-2020! Four Hope students will receive fellowships: Meredith Bomers (mentor: Peter Gonthier), Eric Leu (mentor: Brian Yurk), Armandine Uwimana (mentor: Michael Misovich), and Carmen Chamberlain (mentor: Amanda Eckermann).  Students will work their mentors on a research project during …

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Are you interested in searching our funding database for sponsors and programs interested in funding your research, educational, or outreach activity?  Are you interested in receiving targeted funding opportunities that align with your interests daily or weekly? If so, please consider participating in a brief workshop on the use of SPIN and SMARTS.  SPIN is …

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has posted a notice regarding the resumption of operations following the government shutdown.  NSF will be focusing on high-priority areas as it works to restart its operations following the shutdown. While FastLane remained open to accept proposals during the shutdown, a number of Program Solicitations and Dear Colleague Letter deadlines …

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