Identifying Funding Sources for Faculty Researchers

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Identifying Funding Sources for Faculty
Researchers

• Office of Information Communications
  GrantSource Library

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• Office of Information Communications
  GrantSource Library
  
• 307 Bynum Hall
• (on Cameron Avenue)
• Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.

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Contact Us

• Public Service Desk 919-962-3463 gs_at_unc.edu
• Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-776
  6 susan_gramling_at_unc.edu
  
• Elizabeth Allen, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-60
  22 allen_at_unc.edu
  

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Library Services

• Assistance and instruction in
• using databases and other resources to conduct
  funding searches
  
• locating guidelines and application forms
• finding tips and guides on proposal development
• identifying funded research and awards made

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Learning Objectives

• You will learn
• time-saving tips for researching funding
  opportunities
  
• to search COS and other databases
• to set up funding alert service/s
• to find out what awards have been made by
  specific agencies

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Resources for This Workshop

• This PowerPoint Presentation
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_help
  .phpspecial
  

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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for potential funders with a good fit
• Identify funders goals or needs
• Talk to the program officer
• Become familiar with the sponsors in your field
• Broaden your search
• Approach your search from different perspectives

Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
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Things to Consider Before Searching

• Keywords that apply to your research
• Specific and broad disciplinary terms
• Categories that apply to yourself
• Faculty/junior faculty/postdoc, citizenship,
  minority, woman
  
• Type of award sought
• Research, program support, training grant,
  fellowship, postdoctoral, travel

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Where to Start Your Search

• Visit our website and search on your
  ownhttp//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
  
• Use Finding Funding 101 for tips on organizing
  your search
  
• E-mail or call if you have questions
• Visit the GrantSource Library for in-person help
  and instruction in using online and library
  resources
  
• Schedule a consultation

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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Finding Funding 101 for Faculty

• Suggested basic steps in your search strategy
• Search funding opportunity databases
• Set up funding alerts
• Search funding guides
• Use print resources
• If needed, contact GrantSource Library

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/finding_fundin
  g.php

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COS Funding Opportunities Database

• Main search (recommended)
• recommended fields keywords, requirements,
  citizenship or residency requirements, activity
  location, funding type
  
• click Add Keywords to view keyword subject
  tree
  
• use search feature to find keywords you want
• uncheck explode if you use broad keywords

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpcos PDF Handout Searching COS Funding O
pportunities
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COS Saved Funding Searches

• Weekly email with new or updated opportunities
• For best results, do three steps
• first, register for a COS expertise profile
• select UNC-Chapel Hill as your Organization, and
  then your School, Department and Title
  
• click Create my Account and then COS Profile
• click Add a Search to do a funding search and
  then Save Search

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpcos PDF Handout Intro to COS Workbench F
unding Alerts
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InfoEd SPINFunding Opportunities Database

• Similar to COS
• Main differences
• additional opportunities not in COS
• different keywords and search terms, including
  junior faculty
  
• different interface (keywords alphabetized)
• Be certain to use Search and not Enter
• Set up InfoEd SMARTS/GENIUS funding alert

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
  ses.phpspin

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Carolina Internal Funding Database

• Information on funding provided by or
  administered by UNC-Chapel Hill offices
  
• Searchable by only one field at a time
• Search by applicant type, award type, or specific
  internal sponsor (such as Vice Chancellor for
  Research Economic Development)
  
• Smaller database
• Dont overlook this important resource

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
  ses.phpcarolina

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Funding Databases (continued)

• Federal databases
• become familiar with the database/s of your
  fields major federal sponsor/s, such as NIH,
  NSF, ED, etc.
  
• government-wide sources such as Grants.gov
  FedBizopps
  
• Specialized databases for all users
• FundSource--social and behavioral sciences
• GrantsNet--biomedical research science
  education
  
• Foundation Directory Platinum Online or
  Foundation Finderfor foundations

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.php
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Specialized Alert Services

• Agency-specific alerts
• NIH TOC Guide, MyNSF, Department of Education,
  Department of Justice, and others
  
• Subject-specific alerts
• GrantsNet Updates (biomedical/science education)
• Foundation alerts
• Foundation Center RFP Bulletin
• Funding Watches for health, education and arts
• RW Johnson Foundation E-mail Services

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspecialized
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Funding Guides

• Postdoctoral Scholars Resources
• Subject- and population-specific resources
• Foundation Center User Aids
• National laboratories

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_guides
  .php

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Research Support Newsletter

• Published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor
  for Research and Economic Development
  
• Provides research news and funding tips
• Lists funding opportunities in multidisciplinary
  research, social and behavioral sciences, health
  and medical sciences, life and physical sciences,
  and arts and humanities

• View http//research.unc.edu/rs/funding.html
• Subscribe http//research.unc.edu/rs/subscribe.ht
  ml

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Print Resource Collection

• Discipline specific directories
• Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants
• Directory of Grants in the Humanities
• Guides to corporate and foundation funding
• Corporate Giving Directory
• Foundation Reporter
• Proposal writing guides

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/reference.html
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Proposal Writing Resources

• Proposal assistance and resources at Carolina
• Reference books
• especially Grant Application Writers Handbook
  by Liane Reif-Lehrer
  
• Online proposal writing guides
• many individual agencies have their own
• writing foundation proposals, including letter
  proposals from Foundation Center and others
  

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/proposal_writi
  ng.php

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Faculty Expertise

• Search COS Expertise Database
• identify research interests of faculty at
  Carolina and elsewhere
  
• find collaborators, specific expertise, review
  panelists, and others
  
• NIH and NSF are 1 and 2 users
• Research Abstracts Database (RAD)
• proposal abstracts of Carolina researchers
• Faculty Advisory Committee Resource

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/faculty_expert
  ise.php

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Databases for Awards Made

• Useful to find out who and what was funded
• Federal grants awarded
• NIH CRISP
• NSF Award Data
• most federal agencies make this information
  available
  
• Private and state grants awarded
• Foundation Center 990 Finder

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
  p

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Funding Agencies Directory

• US government agencies, including frequently
  accessed pages for
  
• NIH
• NSF
• Department of Education
• Private and community foundations, corporate
  grantmakers
  

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.php

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Office of Research Development

• Helps research groups develop competitive
  proposals, with a focus on multidisciplinary,
  collaborative projects
  
• Manages selection process for special limited
  awards and grants
  
• Conducts workshops in proposal writing,
  multidisciplinary/collaborative research, and
  project development/evaluation strategies

http//research.unc.edu/ord
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Thank You!

• Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
• Handout GrantSource Library Presentation
  Evaluation