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Title: Finding Funding Basics: How to search for funding opportunities in the social sciences


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Finding Funding Basics How to search for
funding opportunitiesin the social sciences
  • 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
  • Barbara Lapointe, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-6
    022 barbara_lapointe_at_unc.edu

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Library Services
  • Assistance and instruction in funding searches
  • Assistance in locating guidelines and application
    forms
  • Customized group presentations for departments

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Topics for Today
  • Funding fundamentals
  • Tips for researching funding opportunities
  • Print resources available at the GrantSource
    Library
  • Online resources
  • Searching with Community of Science (COS) and
    other databases
  • Setting up alert services

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Resources for This Workshop
  • This PowerPoint Presentation
  • research.unc.edu/grantsource/instruction.htmlspec
    ial
  • Funding and Proposal Writing for Social Science
    Faculty and Graduate Student Research
  • www.irss.unc.edu/irss/shortcourses/wigginshandout
    s/granthandout.pdf

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Funding Fundamentals
  • Plan ahead for your long-term funding needs
  • Be aware of lengthy turn-around times
  • Use a variety of resources, including print,
    electronic, and especially people
  • Become familiar with sponsors in your field
  • Check UNC internal funding sources, as well as
    professional organizations and other affiliation
    groups

Handout Funding Fundamentals
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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities
  • Look for potential funders with a good fit
  • Talk to the program officer
  • Identify funders goals or needs
  • Broaden your search
  • Approach your search from different perspectives

Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
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Where to Start Your Search
  • Visit our website and search on your
    ownwww.research.unc.edu/grantsource
  • Visit the GrantSource Library for in-person help
    and instruction in using online and library
    resources
  • E-mail or call if you have questions

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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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Print Materials
  • Discipline specific directories
  • Financial Aids for Minorities, Women, Disabled
  • Proposal writing guides
  • UNC-Chapel Hill internal awards files
  • Files on federal agencies and private
    organizations that offer funding

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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Funding Opportunities
  • http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
  • Handout Online Databases

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Community of ScienceFunding Opportunities
Database
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
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Community of ScienceMain Search
Handout Searching Community of Science Databases
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Community of ScienceAlert Service
http//workbench.cos.com/ Handout Your COS
Funding Alert
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SPINFunding Opportunities Database
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
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Set Up Specialized Alert Services
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearc
h2.htmlspecialized
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Search Other Databases and Resources
  • http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearc
    h3.html

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Funding Agencies
  • http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.htm

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Beyond the Basics Workshop for Faculty
  • Getting ready to plan your research proposal? You
    will learn how to
  • Identify funded research
  • Locate collaborators other researchers
  • Find help planning preparing your research
    proposals
  • When March 3, 2004, 12-1 p.m.
  • Where Odum Institute, 14 Manning Hall

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Thank You!
  • Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
  • Handout GrantSource Library Presentation
    Evaluation
  • Presenter Susan Gramling
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