Identifying Funding Sources: How to Search for Funding Opportunities in Health Promotion and Disease

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Identifying Funding SourcesHow to Search for
Funding Opportunities in Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention

• 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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Topics for Today

• Funding fundamentals
• Tips for researching funding opportunities
• Online resources
• Searching with COS and other funding opportunity
  databases
• Print resources available at the GrantSource
  Library

This PowerPoint http//research.unc.edu/grantsour
ce/workshops/HPDPgradbasics.ppt
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Funding Fundamentals

• Start early
• Plan ahead for your long-term funding needs
• Be aware of lengthy turnaround times
• Use a variety of resources, including print,
  electronic, and especially people
• Become familiar with sponsors in your field
• Check for funding offered by your department,
  professional organization, honor society, and
  other affiliation groups

PDF Handout Funding Fundamentals
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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for funders with missions that can encompass
  you and your project
• Identify funders goals or needs
• 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 your research
• Categories that apply to yourself
• Types of awards sought

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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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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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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 feature to find keywords you want
• Uncheck Explode when you use broad 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, do these steps
• first, register for an account to create your
  COS account (student accounts are unpublished)
• click Create my Account and then COS Profile
• Select Workbench Home tab
• Click Add a Search to do a search and then
  Save Search

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpcos
PDF Handout Intro to COS Workbench Funding
Alerts
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Carolina Internal Funding Database

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

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpc
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Funding Databases (continued)

• Federal databases
• Become familiar with the database of your fields
  major federal sponsor, such as NIH
• Specialized databases
• IIE Passport Study Abroad Funding
• IIE Funding for US Study
• Commercial scholarship databases

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

• Agency-specific alerts
• NIH Guide, AHRQ, or NSF Updates
• Subject-specific alerts
• Health Funding Watch
• Education Funding Watch
• Foundation Center RFP Bulletin

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

• Selected major fellowships
• Subject- and population-specific resources
• NEW! public health funding guides
• University and state funding information sources
• Southern Regional Education Board Academic Common
  Market

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_guides.php PDF
Handout Selected Major Fellowships for Graduate
Students
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Print Resource Collection

• Money for Graduate Students series
• Financial Aids for Minorities, Women, Disabled
  series
• Proposal writing guides
• Sample successful fellowship proposals

http//grantsource.unc.edu/print_resources.php
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Proposal Writing Resources

• Proposal assistance and resources at Carolina
• SPH Office of Research
• Online proposal writing guides, especially
• Grantsmanship in Support of Study or Research
  Writing a Fellowship Proposal or Statement of
  Purpose, Harvard (chapter 5)
• Contains sample fellowship proposals, cover
  letters, biographical statements, CVs, and more
• Funding Your Graduate Work, UCLA

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

• Search COS Expertise Database
• Research interests of faculty at Carolina and
  elsewhere
• Identify potential mentors, 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 RePORTER
• Health Services Research Projects in Progress
• Private and state grants awarded databases

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

• US government agencies
• NIH, especially training grant information
• Private and community foundations and corporate
  grantmakers

http//grantsource.unc.edu/agencies.php
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Graduate School Funding Resources
http//gradschool.unc.edu/funding/
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• Handout GrantSource Library
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