How to Get Grant Support

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Finding Funding Basics
GrantSource Library
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Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library

• 307 Bynum Hall
• (on Cameron Avenue)
• [phone]
• Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.

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Please Contact Us

• Public Service Desk
• 919-962-3463
• gs_at_research.unc.edu
• Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian
• 919-962-7766
• susan_gramling_at_unc.edu

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Library Services and Resources

• Print and electronic sources on fellowships and
  grants
• Grants awarded databases
• Assistance and instruction in funding searches
• Guidelines for proposal writing
• Assistance in locating application forms
• Files on Federal agencies and private
  organizations that offer funding

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Overview of Grantsmanship

• Funding fundamentals
• Tips for researching funding opportunities
• Online resources
• Searching with Community of Science (COS)
• Print resources available at GrantSource Library

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Funding Fundamentals

• Start early
• 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
• Think about type/s of awards you need
• Become familiar with sponsors in your field

Handout Funding Fundamentals
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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for potential funders with a good fit
• Identify funders goals or needs
• Broaden your search
• Be creative in your approach
• No one correct way to search

Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
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Funding Opportunities Searches

• Visit 307 Bynum Hall for in-person help and
  instruction in using online and library resources
• Visit our web page and search on your own
• NOTE Subscription databases (COS, GrantSelect,
  SPIN, NC Giving) restricted to UNC domain
• E-mail or call if you have questions

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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Things to Consider

• Keywords that apply to your research
• Categories that apply to yourself
• Type of award sought

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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
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GS Library Funding Opportunities Continued
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html
Handout Online Databases in the GrantSource
Library
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Community of Science -- funding opportunities
database
Via GSL website http//research.unc.edu/grantsour
ce/fundopps.html
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Community of Science Main Search
Handout Searching Community of Science Databases
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SPIN -- database of funding opportunities
Via GSL web site http//research.unc.edu/grantsou
rce/fundopps.html
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GrantSelect -- funding opportunities database
Via GSL web site http//research.unc.edu/grantsou
rce/fundopps.html
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Other Web Resources

• Funding Agency--links to sponsor web pages
  http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.htm
• Funding News and Awards--online research
  publications and awards databases
  http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/news.html
• Assistance and Instruction--online tip sheets and
  workshop schedules http//research.unc.edu/grantso
  urce/instruction.html

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Web Resources Continued

• Faculty Research--links to the COS Expertise
  Database and UNC-CH Research Abstracts Database
  http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/faculty.htm
• Grantwriting Help--links to UNC-CH offices and
  online/print resources that provide proposal
  writing assistance http//research.unc.edu/grantso
  urce/grantwriting.html
• COS Funding Alertelectronic notification of
  search results based on customized profile

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COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE ALERT SERVICE
http//workbench.cos.com/
Handout Your COS Funding Alert
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Print Materials

• Foundation Directory
• Financial Aids for Minorities and Women Series
• Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants
• Guides for proposal writing
• Files on UNC-CH internal awards
• Application forms for some major awards
• Files on Federal agencies and private
  organizations that offer funding

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Sample Successful Proposal

• PROPOSAL 4 Funded GrantA Field Test of a
  Health-Based Educational intervention to Increase
  Adolescent Fertility Control
• Locke, Lawrence, Waneen Spirduso, and Stephen
  Silverman, ed. Proposals That Work A Guide for
  Planning dissertations and Grant Proposals, 2nd.
  Newbury Park, Ca Sage Publications, 1987. Pp.
  223-256.
• Available Davis Library Q180.55/P7/L63/1987

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National Research Service Award

• Sponsor National Institutes of Health
• Funds individual fellowships in health services
  research
• Deadline August 5, December 5, April 5 annually
• Eligibility U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• WEB http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/P
  A-99-005.html
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/get
  Rec?id27575

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Independent Scientist Award

• Sponsor National Institute of Child Health and
  Human Development
• Funds research in maternal and child health by
  newly independent scientists
• Deadline Feb. 1, June 1, Oct. 1 annually
• Eligibility U.S. citizens or permanent residents
• WEB http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/P
  A-00-020.html
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/get
  Rec?id13006

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Reproductive Rights Program

• Sponsor David Lucille Packard Foundation
• Funds strategies to meet needs for reproductive
  health care
• Deadline continuous
• Eligibility citizenship unrestricted
• WEB http//www.packfound.org/index.cgi?pagepopfa
  m
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/get
  Rec?id42195

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Wilson-JJ Dissertation Grants in Women's and
Children's Health

• Sponsor Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
  Foundation
• Funds dissertation research on women's
  children's health
• Eligibility ABD students citizenship
  unrestricted
• Deadline November 5, 2001
• Web http//www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/health/
  
• COS Report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/get
  Rec?id35590

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Ortho Pharmaceutical Scholar in Womens Health
Care

• Sponsor Jacobs Institute of Womens Health
• Funds improvements to womens health care
  services
• Deadline October 15, 2002 (anticipated)
• Eligibility PhD in health care-related field
• Program Announcement at http//www.jiwh.org/ortho
  .htm
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/get
  Rec?id2938

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Scholars Grants for Faculty Development in
Womens Health

• Sponsor Pfizer/Society for Womens Health
  Research
• Funds advancing science of womens health
• Deadline December 10, 2001
• Eligibility US citizenship or permanent
  resident nominated by medical school
• WEB http//www.physicianscientist.com/scholars_pr
  ograms/womens_health.html
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
  tRec?id39037

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Fellowship Award

• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Funds research and training in maternal-fetal
  medicine
• Deadline October 1, 2002 (anticipated
• Eligibility citizenship unrestricted
• WEB http//www.smfm.org
• COS report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
  tRec?id2766