Title: Finding Funding Basics: How to search for funding opportunities in the social sciences
1Finding Funding Basics How to search for
funding opportunitiesin the social sciences
- Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library
2- Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library - 307 Bynum Hall
- (on Cameron Avenue)
- Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.
3Contact 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
4Library Services
- Assistance and instruction in funding searches
- Assistance in locating guidelines and application
forms - Customized group presentations for departments
5Topics 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
6Resources 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
7Funding 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
8Tips 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
9Where 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
10Things 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
11Print 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
12http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
13Funding Opportunities
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
- Handout Online Databases
14Community of ScienceFunding Opportunities
Database
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
15Community of ScienceMain Search
Handout Searching Community of Science Databases
16Community of ScienceAlert Service
http//workbench.cos.com/ Handout Your COS
Funding Alert
17SPINFunding Opportunities Database
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
18Set Up Specialized Alert Services
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearc
h2.htmlspecialized
19Search Other Databases and Resources
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearc
h3.html
20Funding Agencies
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.htm
21Beyond 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
22Thank You!
- Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
- Handout GrantSource Library Presentation
Evaluation - Presenter Susan Gramling