Identifying Funding Sources: How to Search for Funding Opportunities for Graduate Research and Study

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Identifying Funding Sources How to Search for
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Research and
Studyin Anthropology

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Library 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

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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

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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
• 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 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
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Where 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

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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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Graduate 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

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Improving 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

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Wenner-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

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International 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

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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

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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

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Fulbright 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

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Paul 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

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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Finding 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

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COS 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

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COS 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
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InfoEd 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

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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 doctoral student
• Smaller database
• Dont overlook this important resource

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
  ses.phpcarolina

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Funding 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

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Specialized 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

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Funding 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)

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Print 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
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Proposal 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

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Faculty 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

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Databases 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

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Funding 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

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Graduate School Fellowship and Funding
Information
http//gradschool.unc.edu/fellowships_and_funding/
index.html
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