Many Babson faculty members are engaged in research activities. All external funding applications are coordinated by the Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations Office. The BFRF works with CFGR to make faculty aware of funding opportunities and to inform the Babson community about recent awards.
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Babson now has an IRB (Institutional Review Board). All Faculty and Staff involved in doing research with human subjects, including student projects, must now submit an IRB application through the electronic form located on the IRB website. Please direct questions to the IRB Administrator, Britt Hackmann.
Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations Office (CFGR)
Wendy Silverman, Director, CFGR
The Office of Foundation and Government Relations (OFGR) within Development and Alumni Relations at Babson College provides guidance and assistance to faculty and staff seeking funding from corporations, foundations, and government agencies to support their research and curricular development initiatives. Among the services provided are pre-award activities such as identifying and researching possible funding sources, assisting with cultivation of funding prospects and with proposal development and writing, particularly in the final draft stage, and ultimately with the submission of proposals. Post-award assistance is provided by both the OFGR and the Business Office. Among the activities for which faculty and staff can obtain post-award help are grant negotiation, budget clarification, financial and narrative reports, requests for extensions, and grant close-outs.
Please remember that CFGR must be informed of all grant proposals where the funds will be awarded to Babson College, as the fiscal agent, or where Babson College resources are utilized.
Click here for additional information about CFGR's services.
Links to Funding Sources:
Community of Science
The COS Funding Opportunities is the largest, most comprehensive database of available funding to support research and other academic activities. It has more than 22,000 records representing over $33 billion in funding. If you are looking for external funding ideas, this link to COS is accessible on or off-campus.
Government Agencies:
Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
Sponsored Research Administrators Grants Web provides links to both government and private sources
Federal Register Online is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations.
Department of Education
Environmental Protection Agency
Fulbright Program – Institute of International Education
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Foundations:
The Foundation Center offers a comprehensive lists of and links to numerous private funding sources.
Guidestar is a National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
International Research and Exchange Board
On Writing Grant Proposals:
Babson College Writing Center
Kerry Rourke, Director
The September 2007 Grant Writing Workshop led by Kerry Rourke, Director of the Writing, was informative and inspiring – a good blend of information and hands-on writing. The best advice Rourke has for aspiring grant writers is to write collaboratively – it provides a venue for queries and feedback. If you would like some help with a proposal, schedule an appointment with Kerry in the Writing Center, Babson 205.
Grant Proposal.com is devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grant writing consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has published Basic Elements of Grant Writing
National Science Foundation provides a Guide for Proposal Writing Guide for Proposal Writing
Foundation Center offers a Proposal Writing Short Course
These colleges and universities have helpful information on their websites about writing grant proposals:
University of Michigan Proposal Writer’s Guide
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Writing Center
