Identifying Funding Sources for Research Administrators

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Identifying Funding Sources for Research
Administrators

• Office of Information Communications
• GrantSource Library

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Office of Information CommunicationsGrantSource
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
• 919-962-7766
• Susan_gramling_at_unc.edu
• Elizabeth Allen, GrantSource Librarian
• 919-962-6022
• allen_at_unc.edu

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Library Services

• Assistance and instruction in
• Using databases and other resources to conduct
  funding searches
• Finding internal sources of funding
• Locating tips and guides on proposal writing
• Identifying funded research and awards made
• Finding information about researchers and
  research at Carolina and elsewhere

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Learning Objectives

• You will learn
• Time-saving tips for researching funding
  opportunities
• To search COS, spin and foundation directory
  online
• 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
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_help
  .phpspecial

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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for funders which have missions that are a
  good fit for your project
• Identify funders goals or needs
• Talk to the program officer
• Broaden your search
• Approach your search from different perspectives

PDF Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
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Things to Consider Before Searching

• Keywords that apply to research interests
• Specific and broad disciplinary terms
• Categories that apply to faculty
• Faculty/junior faculty, citizenship, minority,
  woman
• Types of awards 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 own
  http//research.unc.edu/grantsource
• Using Finding Funding 101 for tips on organizing
  your search
• Visit the GrantSource Library for in person help
  and instruction in using online and library
  resources
• Email or call if you have questions

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GrantSource Library
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Finding Funding 101 for Researchers

• Search funding opportunity databases
• Set up funding alerts
• Check funding guides
• Use print resources

http//grantsource.unc.edu/finding_funding.php
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COS Funding Opportunities Database

• Advanced search (recommended)
• Recommended fields keywords, requirements,
  citizenship or residency, activity location, and
  funding type
• Click Keywords in More Search Fields and then
  Browse to view keyword subject tree
• Use Search to find keywords

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpc
os PDF Handout Searching COS Funding
Opportunities
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COS Saved Funding Searches

• Weekly email with new or updated opportunities
• For best results
• first, click Register for an account and fill
  in form
• click Create my Account and then COS Profile
• Select Workbench Home tab
• Click Add a Search to do a search
• When satisfied, Save Search

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpcos
PDF Handout Intro to COS Workbench Funding
Alerts
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Examples of Sharing COS Searches and Records

• Funding Guides for research interest groups
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/specific.phpm
  edicine
• Funding Guides for graduate students
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/specific.phpp
  harmacy
• Sharing a specific search (scroll down to AHA)
• http//research.unc.edu/rs/archive/funding_tips/fu
  nding_tips0908.html
• Compiling funding search reports
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/searches/Smith
  _Jennifer_HPV_2008.htm

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Sample Email for Shared Records
http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/showRecordSearc
h?tagsustainable_agaid490528ticket1c4e58c9a13
ccfb11792ea3ebd878a27
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Discussion

• What techniques have you used successfully with
  your PIs?
• What did not work as well?
• What are your challenges?

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InfoEd SPIN Funding Opportunities Database

• Similar to COS
• Main differences
• Additional opportunities not in COS
• Different choice of keywords and search terms
• Different interface (keywords alphabetized)
• Click on Advanced Search
• Be certain to click Search and not press
  Enter
• Do not use the browser Back button

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phps
pin PDF Handout Searching InfoEd SPIN Basics
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InfoEd SMARTS/GENIUS

• GENIUS is InfoEds expertise database
• Required to receive SMARTS alerts
• Only faculty and staff may sign up
• Profiles are not published
• SMARTS is InfoEds funding alert service
• Only one alert, but can have many keywords
• Alerts arrive only when new opportunities are
  announced or old ones are updated

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpspin
PDF Handout InfoEd SMARTS Funding Alerts
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Carolina Internal Funding Database

• Information on funding provided or administered
  by UNC-Chapel Hill
• Searchable by only one field at a time
• Search by applicant type, award type, or specific
  internal sponsor
• Smaller database
• Contribute any of your units opportunities that
  are soliciting applications to gs_at_unc.edu

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpc
arolina
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Foundation Directory Online

• US foundations and corporate grantmakers
• Available in the GrantSource Library or through
  your Schools development officer
• Search Grantmakers or Search Grants Made
• Foundations use broad fields of interest
• Also try Keyword Search

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpspecialized
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Free Foundation Center Resources

• Foundation Center Foundation Finder
• http//foundationcenter.org/findfunders/foundfinde
  r/
• Newsletters
• http//foundationcenter.org/newsletters/
• Funding Watches in health, education and the arts
• RFP Bulletin
• Foundation Center 990 Finder
• http//foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/
  
• Research Studies (topic trends, statistics, and
  more)
• http//foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research
  /specialtrends.html

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Funding Databases (continued)

• Federal databases
• Familiarize yourself with the database of your
  prime sponsor, such as
• NSF Guide to Programs
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
• Specialized databases
• FundSource for behavioral/social sciences
• GrantsNet for biomedicine/science education

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.php
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Specialized Alert Services

• Agency-specific alerts
• Subject-specific alerts

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpspec
ialized
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Research Support Newsletter

• Published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor
  for Research and Economic Development
• Lists funding opportunities in all disciplines
  represented at Carolina
• Provides research news and funding tips

http//research.unc.edu/rs/
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Print Resource Collection

• Discipline specific directories
• Guides to corporate and foundation funding
• Corporate Giving Directory
• Foundation Reporter
• Proposal writing guides

http//grantsource.unc.edu/print_resources.php
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Faculty Expertise

• Search COS Expertise Database
• Research interests of faculty at Carolina and
  elsewhere
• Identify potential collaborators and others
• Research Administration Management System and
  eSubmission (RAMSeS)
• Contains information on proposals (with
  abstracts) and awards received by Carolina
  researchers

http//grantsource.unc.edu/faculty_expertise.php
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Databases of Awards Made

• Use to find out who and what was actually funded
• Federal grants awarded databases
• NIH CRISP
• NSF Award Data
• Private and state grants awarded databases

http//grantsource.unc.edu/awards_made.php
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Funding Agencies

• US government agencies
• Private and community foundations and corporate
  grantmakers
• Top foundations in NC
• Top foundations in different fields

http//grantsource.unc.edu/agencies.php
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Office of Research Development

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

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Thank You!

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