FDU faculty and administrators have won more than $766,000 in competitive external grant funding between July 2004 and October 2005, and to help expedite the generation of new proposals, a new pre-proposal process has been implemented.

Among the projects that have been awarded federal and state grants are the following:

• Capping of Contaminated Sediments in Kearny Marsh — $96,966 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Project Directors: Marion McClary and Alice Benzecry, biological sciences (Metro), School of Natural Sciences, University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies.

• School Security and Safety Administration Certificate Program — $350,000 capital improvement grant from the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Project Director: Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor).

• Cyber Crime Lab — $493,322 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Project Director: Eamon Doherty, administrative science (Metro).

• Global Virtual Faculty Distance Education Initiative — $148,800 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Project Director: Diana Cvitan, manager, global learning (Metro).

• Advanced Education Nursing Program — $500,660 multi-year award from the Health Resources and Services Administration Division, Department of Health and Human Services. Project Director: Minerva Guttmann, director, nursing/allied health (Metro), Henry P. Becton College of Nursing and Allied Health.

• Alexander Hamilton Exhibit — Weiner Library of the Metropolitan Campus was selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host the exhibit. Project Director: Patricia Murray, coordinator, collection development (Metro).

• Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities — $99,160 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. Project Director: Mary Farrell, learning disabilities education; associate director, education; and director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities and Center for Clinical Teaching (Metro).

• The Literary Review — second $10,000 grant for “Italian Fiction in English Translation” issue from the National Endowment for the Arts. Project Director: René Steinke, English and editor-in-chief, The Literary Review (Flor).

For a more detailed explanation of the grants above go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=2463 .

The new pre-proposal process, outlined in a message to the University community from Willard Gingerich, University provost and senior vice president for academic affairs (Metro/Flor), is as follows:

1. Faculty is notified by the Grants Office of a new funding opportunity or discovers and develops the opportunity on his/her own.

2. Faculty first drafts a one- or two-page summary or abstract of the proposal concept or scope of work and a brief budget, including faculty release time. The Grants Office may assist in preparing this preliminary budget.

3. Faculty presents the abstract and the new Proposal Development Form, with a copy of the grants announcement attached, to the department chair. The department chair will be required to sign the form to indicate that he/she a) supports the proposal concept and b) agrees to commit any departmental funds requested to satisfy any required cost-sharing component stated in the proposal and can support any proposed released time from instruction.

4. Faculty then takes the proposal transmittal form signed by the department chair to the dean. The dean signs the form to indicate that he/she a) supports the proposal concept; b) agrees to any request for release time that is stated in the proposal; and c) agrees to commit any college funds requested.

5. Faculty brings the proposal transmittal form signed by both the department chair and the dean to the Grants Office. The Grants Office will help the faculty member to develop a schedule for completing the proposal and the budget so that both will be finished at least seven workdays before the proposal deadline. The faculty member will be asked to sign the proposal transmittal form indicating that they agree to comply with this deadline.

The Office of Grants/Sponsored Projects staff is led by Laurie Treleven, University director. For more information on the grant process and to download the proposal development form go to http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=1372 .

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Flor =
College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

Metro =
Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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