Title: Identifying Funding Sources: How to Search for Funding Opportunities for Graduate Research and Study
1Identifying Funding Sources How to Search for
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Research and
Studyin Anthropology
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4Library Services
- Assistance and instruction in
- using databases and other resources to conduct
funding searches - locating guidelines and application forms
- finding tips and guides on proposal writing
- identifying funded research and awards made
5Topics 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
6Funding 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 - 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
7Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities
- Look for potential funders with a good fit
- Identify funders goals or needs
- Broaden your search
- Approach your search from different perspectives
PDF Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
8Where to Start Your Search
- Visit our website and search on your
ownhttp//research.unc.edu/grantsource - Use 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 - E-mail or call if you have questions
9Things to Consider Before Searching
- Keywords that apply to your research
- Categories that apply to yourself
- Types of awards sought
10Graduate Research Fellowships
- Sponsor National Science Foundation
- Funds research-based degrees in science,
mathematics or engineering fields - Eligibility US citizens early stages of
graduate study - Deadlines Nov. 6, 2006 (social sciences)
- Webhttp//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06592/nsf06592
.htm - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id10135ifsearch - Submission by FastLane process is required
11Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research in
Social Science
- Sponsor National Science Foundation
- Funds to improve the quality of dissertation
research field or archival research - Eligibility US school required, not citizenship
- Target dates varies by program
- WEB http//www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06605/nsf0660
5.htm - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id11611
12Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological
Research
- Sponsor Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
- Funds doctoral dissertation or thesis research
in anthropology - Eligibility citizenship unrestricted
- Deadline May 1 and Nov. 1 annually
- WEB www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm
?doc_id367834attrib_id13232 - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id1928
13International Dissertation Field Research
Fellowship Program
- Sponsor Social Science Research Council
- Funds social science and humanities dissertation
field research in all areas and regions of the
world - Eligibility citizenship unrestricted
- Deadlines November 10, 2006
- WEB http//www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/ COS
Report http//fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec
?id11340
14 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
- Sponsor U.S. Department of Education
- Funds up to 4 years of doctoral study in
selected fields of arts, humanities social
sciences - Eligibility U.S.citizens in 1st year of grad
school - Deadlines October 6, 2006
- WEBhttp//www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.h
tml - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id8724ifsearch
15 AAUW Dissertation Fellowships
- Sponsor American Assoc. of University Women
- Funds final year of dissertation writing in all
disciplines - Eligibility U.S. females in doctoral programs
- Deadlines November 15, 2006
- WEB http//www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/am
erican.cfm - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id21169ifsearch
16Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Sponsor Institute of International Education
- Funds up to one academic year of study or
research abroad in all disciplines - Eligibility U.S. citizenship required
- UNC Internal Deadline Sept. 29, 2006
- UNC info http//www.ucis.unc.edu/resources/fundin
g/fulstudt.htm - COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id30597ifsearch
17Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New
Americans
- Sponsor Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New
Americans - Funds graduate study in any field
- Eligibility New American (Green Card holder,
naturalized citizen or child of naturalized
citizen) - Deadline November 1, 2006
- WEB www.pdsoros.org/
- COS Report http//fundingopps2.cos.com/cgi-bin/ge
tRec?id60166ifsearch
18http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
19Finding Funding 101for Graduate Students
- Suggested basic steps
- Search funding opportunity databases
- Set up funding alerts
- Search funding guides
- Use print resources
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/finding_fundin
g.php
20COS Funding Opportunities Database
- Main search (recommended)
- recommended fields keywords, requirements,
citizenship or residency requirements, activity
location, funding type - browse to view keyword subject tree
- use search feature to find keywords you want
- uncheck explode if you use broad keywords
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpcos - PDF Handout Searching COS Funding Opportunities
21COS Funding Alerts
- Customized electronic notification
- Weekly email with new or updated opportunities
- First step, register for COS expertise profile
(graduate profiles are unpublished) - Second step, click Search COS Funding
Opportunities tab to do a search and then Save
Search - Must do both steps to receive good results
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpcos PDF Handout Intro to COS Workbench
Funding Alerts
22InfoEd SPINFunding Opportunities Database
- Similar to COS
- Main differences
- additional opportunities
- different choice of keywords and search terms
- different interface (keywords alphabetized)
- Be certain to use Search and not Enter
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpspin
23Carolina Internal Funding Database
- Information on funding provided by or
administered by UNC-Chapel Hill - Searchable by only one field at a time
- Search by doctoral student
- Smaller database
- Dont overlook this important resource
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpcarolina
24Funding Databases continued
- Federal databases
- especially NSF Guide to Programs
- Grants.gov
- important to become very familiar with resources
of your fields major federal sponsor - Specialized databases
- FundSource
- GrantsNet
- IIEPassport Study Abroad Funding
- IIE Funding for US Study
- PDF Handout Online Databases for Graduate
Students - http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.php
25Specialized Alert Services
- Agency-specific alerts
- myNSF
- Subject-specific alerts
- GrantsNet Email Updates (includes anthropology
among social/behavioral/economic sciences)
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspecialized
26Funding Guides
- Selected major fellowships for graduate students
- includes something for virtually all disciplines
- Subject- and population-specific resources
- University and State funding information sources
- Federal student financial aid
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_guides
.php - Handout Selected Major Fellowships for Graduate
Students (pdf)
27Print Resource Collection
- Money for Graduate Students Series
- Financial Aids for Minorities, Women, Disabled
- Proposal writing guides
- Sample successful fellowship proposals
- Discipline-specific directories
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/print_resource
s.php
28Proposal Writing Resources
- Proposal assistance and resources at Carolina
- Reference books
- especially Scholarly Pursuits A Practical
Guide to Academe - Online proposal writing guides
- Guide for Writing Funding Proposals by Levine
- How to Write a Fellowship Proposal by Harvard
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/proposal_writi
ng.php
29Faculty Expertise
- Search COS Expertise Database
- information about faculty research interests at
Carolina and elsewhere - use to identify potential mentors, collaborators,
and others - Research Abstracts Database (RAD)
- database of proposal abstracts submitted by
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and graduate students
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/faculty_expert
ise.php
30Databases of Awards Made
- Use to find out who and what was actually funded
- Federal grants awarded databases
- Private and state grants awarded databases
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
p
31Funding Agencies
- US government agencies
- National Science Foundation, especially graduate
student specialized info - National Endowment for the Humanities
- Private and community foundations, corporate
grantmakers
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.php
32Graduate School Fellowship and Funding
Information
http//gradschool.unc.edu/fellowships_and_funding/
index.html
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