Identifying Funding Sources for Faculty in Health Affairs

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Identifying Funding Sources for Facultyin Health
Affairs

• 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, NIH Guide, and other funding
  databases
• To set up funding alert services
• To find out what awards have been made by
  specific agencies

• This PowerPoint http//research.unc.edu/grantsour
  ce/workshops_archive.phphealth_ra

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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for funders which have missions that
  encompass you and your topic
• Identify funders goals or needs
• Talk to the program officer
• Approach your search from different perspectives

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

• Keywords
• Specific research interests
• Broad disciplinary termsvery important
• Applicant categories
• Faculty, junior faculty, academic institution,
  citizenship, minority, woman
• Types of awards sought
• Research, program support, training grant,
  fellowship, travel, publishing, and others

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Where to Start Your Search

• Visit our website and search on your own
  http//research.unc.edu/grantsource
• Email or call if you have questions
• Schedule an individual consultation
• Visit the GrantSource Library for help or to use
  materials designated for in-library access only

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GrantSource Library
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Searching 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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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
• If your unit has opportunities that are
  soliciting applications, contribute them 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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Funding Databases (continued)

• Federal databases
• Familiarize yourself with the database of your
  prime sponsor, such as
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
• Grants.gov for all federal grant opportunities
• FedBizOpps for federal contract offers
• Specialized databases
• GrantsNet for biomedicine/science education
• Foundation Grants to Individuals Online

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

• Agency-specific alerts
• NIH Guide Table of Contents
• NIH Listserv
• AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, and others
• Robert Wood Johnson email services
• Subject-specific alerts
• Health Funding Watch
• GrantsNet Funding News Alerts

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpspec
ialized
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Funding Guides

• Subject- and Population-specific Sources of
  Funding
• Especially Medicine, Nursing, Public Health,
  Dentistry, Pharmacy,
• Foundation Center User Aids
• Telemedicine Information Exchange

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
• 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
• Especially Grant Application Writers Handbook
  (e-book)

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

• Search who and what was actually funded
• Federal grants awarded databases
• NIH CRISP
• DHHS Tracking Accountability in Government Grants
  System (TAGGS)
• Health Services Research Projects in Progress
• Private and state grants awarded databases
• Foundation Center 990 Finder

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

• US government agencies
• Private and community foundations and corporate
  grantmakers
• Top foundations in NC
• Top foundations in different fields (including
  health)
• Foundations that have funded Carolina researchers

http//grantsource.unc.edu/agencies.php
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NIH Useful Web Resources

• Links to institutes and centers
• Guide to getting started at NIH
• Explanations of various award mechanisms
• Career Award Wizard
• Resources for new investigators
• Information about peer review process
• Center for Scientific Review
• Resources for applicants
• Roster of reviewers

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/nih_links.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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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

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

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This PowerPoint

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_arch
  ive.phphealth_fac