ACES+

ACES+ ADVANCE OPPORTUNITY GRANTS


Through the support of President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Bud Baeslack, ACES+, the continuation of the NSF-ADVANCE Award ACES, is now offering Advance Opportunity Grants.

All faculty members are eligible to apply for these grants which provide small amounts of supplemental support of current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources.

Examples of funding support include:

• Seed funding for unusual research opportunities or training
• Grants to support writing of books
• Travel grants to explore new techniques or attend advanced training courses
• Child care to attend a professional meeting or conduct research at another institution

The Opportunity Grant Faculty Oversight Committee selects the recipients. Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously received an Opportunity Grant.Frequently Asked Questions , Testimonals and past grantees can be found at the bottom of this page.

Download the Application Here


Proposals should include a single page statement of objectives, brief statement of project or activity and supporting information if any. A single page budget with justification and current CV (2-4 Page NSF/NIH style biographical sketch).Proposals are to be written for a general audience and should be submitted to: ACES Continues, via e-mail at ACEScontinues@case.edu by December 15, 2011.

How to Apply

1) Complete application
2) Include single page statement of objectives, brief statement of project or activity and supporting information and documentation if applicable
3) Include single page budget justification
4) Include current CV (2 – 4 Pages NSF/NIH style biographical sketch)

Proposals should be submitted in a single PDF file to: ACES Continues at ACEScontinues@case.edu by December 15, 2011.

Frequently Asked Questions


Q. What is the common award amount?
A. These grants are typically small, generally under $5,000. This allows us to fund several faculty members per year.

Q. When will funds be available?
A. Proposals will be reviewed in January and awarded by February. Funds will normally be available for 1 year.

Q. My grant proposal for an ongoing project was not funded. I plan to submit a revised application. Can I apply for an Opportunity Grant to keep the project going in the interim?
A. These grants are not real bridging funds for grants to keep a project going, though they can be used to help get additional results to strengthen a resubmission. In that case, the applicant must submit the reviews from the original submission along with the proposal.

Q. What costs will an Opportunity Grant NOT fund?
A. Faculty salary, student tuition, and overhead are not supported by this internal grant.

Q. I want to apply for an Opportunity Grant to write a book. Do I need to include additional information besides the project description and budget justification?
A. You should include a publication plan. If it is a paper book, you should include a book contract and explain why you need ACES funds in addition to an advance you may have received. If you do not have a publisher yet, then you should outline your plan to get a publisher. If it is an electronic book, you should outline a dissemination plan.

Q. As a new faculty member, can I apply for an Opportunity Grant to stretch my start-up funds?
A. No, though you may apply for funding for unusual costs that start-up funds do not cover. Examples are childcare, partial support for a postdoc to help with teaching duties after the birth of a child, etc.

Q. Can I apply for an Opportunity Grant to attend a professional meeting?
A. Yes, if there is no other source of funds. Before submitting a proposal for an Opportunity Grant, you should inquire about funding from your department and school/college and the meeting organizers.

Q. Does current CV mean a CV like I submit with my faculty activity report?
A. No. In the interest of saving trees, a 2–4 page biographical sketch for an NSF or NIH proposal is preferable. However, all current sources and amounts of funding should be listed, including start-up funds and amounts available for your lab from multi-investigator grants.

Q. How will I be notified about the status my proposal?
A. If your proposal is selcetd you will receive a Letter of Award, followed by a Letter of Agreement. After you have submit your signed Letter of Agreement, you will receive your Notice of Award with an explanation of how to access the funds.

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Testimonials

  • "...the grant allowed me to pay a graduate student half a salary, so I could keep the work in the lab going and spend time with my newborn without having to take a break professionally...and contributed to my ability to publish 2 articles in a timely manner, and 3 others that are in review. I have presented these papers at conferences, which have made possible broader professional exposure".
  • "The Opportunity grant had a significant impact. It allowed us to go into a new direction...which I would not have been able to do otherwise..our research now has broader meaning because of the grant. Two papers have resulted from this research so far, but several more are anticipated."
  • "The ACES grant had a big impact on my research because I could hire part time students to help me with my data gathering. This way I was able to involve 12 research sites in my study, making it very robust once it is completed."
  • "...the grant made possible an invitation of a distinguished speaker. She came to give a talk at our campus, and we are now collaborating on a paper."
  • "I used [it] to go to a conference... in Berlin, where I presented a paper and met other faculty who...followed my research...I was so happy to find I am not working in a vacuum, and to see that other researchers valued my work. I developed two potential collaborations... and...my most recent paper has been accepted for publication in a British journal."
  • "The ACES grant ...has allowed me to help organize and attend an important small conference in my field. Because of this conference, I am now an associate editor on a monograph. With this came increased visibility, and when I came up for my tenure review, my taking leadership to organize that conference was looked upon very favorably."
  • "The ACES grant support was coming just at a critical moment because funding from NIH was under review and it ... allowed me to continue collecting data, which otherwise would not have been possible. I will have a paper to publish within a few weeks because of it."

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    ACES+ Advance Opportunity Grant Awards

    2009/2010(Download the list of recipients here)

    Alexis R. Abramson, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Karen Beckwith, Department of Political Science
    Diane M. Bergeron, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Joy R. Bostic, Department of Religious Studies
    Clemens Burda, Department of Chemistry
    T. Kenny Fountain, Department of English
    Victor Groza, Department of Parent-Child Studies
    Gladys Haddad, Department of American Studies
    Charles J. Love, Departmernt of Comprehensive Care
    Heidi B. Martin, Department of Chemical Engineering
    Rovert Spadoni, Department of English
    David F. Warner, Department of Sociology

    2008/2009


    Eileen Anderson-Fye, Department of Anthropology
    Catherine Stein, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    Leila W. Jackson, MPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    Jiayang Sun, Department of Statistics
    Shanna Beth McGee, Department of Theatre and Dance
    Kelly M. McMann, Department of Political Science
    Debra E. Wood, Department of Biology
    Xiong "Bill" Yu, Department of Civil Engineering

    ACES Year 5 Grant Awards


    Kristian Baker, Center for RNA
    Susan Brady-Kalnay, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
    Susan Case, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Susan Hinze, Department of Sociology
    Bonnie Lawrence, Department of Psychology
    Catherine Patterson, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
    Ruth Siegel, Department of Pharmacology
    Noa Noy, Department of Pharmacology
    Meral Oszoyoglu, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
    Clare Rimnac, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

    ACES Year 4 Grant Awards


    Cynthia Beall, Department of Anthropology
    Melissa Knothe-Tate, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Anna-Liisa Nieminen, Department of Anatomy
    Ica Manas Zloczower, Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering
    M. Cather Simpson, Department of Chemistry
    Ramani Pilla, Department of Statistics
    Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Department of Psychology
    Diana Bergeron, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Heather Royer, Department of Economics
    Charlotte Ikels, Department of Anthropology
    Kristian Baker, Center for RNA
    Susan Brady-Kalnay, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
    Susan Case, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Bonnie Lawrence, Department of Psychology
    Noa Noy, Department of Pharmacology
    Catherine Patterson, Deaprtment of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
    Ruth Siegel, Department of Pharmacology

    ACES Year 3 Grant Awards


    Anne Marie Broome, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Daniella Calvetti, Department of Mathematics
    Jennifer Liang, Department of Biology
    Ramani Pilla, Department of Statistics
    Deborah O'Neil, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Ruth Siegel, Department of Pharmacology
    M. Cather Simpson, Department of Chemistry
    Caroline Sussman, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Elisabeth Werner, Department of Mathematics
    Charlotte Ikels, Department of Anthropology
    Janet McGrath, Department of Anthropology
    Emilia McGucken, Department of Sociology

    ACES Year 2 Grant Awards


    Alexis Abramson, Department of Mechical & Aerospace Engineering
    Cynthia Beall, Department of Anthropology
    Anne Marie Broome, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
    Cheri Deng, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Moren Levesque, Department of Marketing & Policy Studies
    Lisa Maillart, Department of Operations
    Heidi Martin, Department of Chemical Engineering
    Emilia McGucken, Department of Sociology
    Monica Montano, Department of Pharmacology
    Anna-Liisa Nieminen, Department of Anatomy
    Deborah O'Neil, Department of Organizational Behavior
    Julie Rennecker, Department of Information Systems
    Claire Rimnac, Department of Mechnical & Aerospace Engineering
    Helen Salz, Department of Genetics
    Beverly Saylor, Department of Geological Sciences
    M. Cather Simpson, Department of Chemistry
    Amy Wilson-Delfosse, Department of Pharmacology

    ACES Year 1 Grant Awards


    Kathleen Kash, Department of Physics
    Hue Lee Kaung, Department of Anatomy
    Heather Morrison, Department of Astronomy
    Elizabeth Short, Department of Psychology
    Ruth Siegel, Department of Pharmacology
    Karen Skubal, Department of Civil Engineering
    Caroline Sussman, Department of Biophysics
    Lee Ann Thompson, Department of Psychology
    Elisabeth Werner, Department of Mathematics

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