Identifying Funding Sources: How to Search for Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in Pharma

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Identifying Funding Sources How to Search for
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy

• Office of Information Communications
• GrantSource Library

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• Office of Information Communications
  GrantSource Library
• 307 Bynum Hall
• (on Cameron Avenue)
• Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.

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Contact at Carolina

• Public Service Desk 919-962-3463 gs_at_unc.edu
• Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-776
  6 susan_gramling_at_unc.edu
• Elizabeth Allen, GrantSource Librarian
  919-962-6022 allen_at_unc.edu

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GrantSource 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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Resources for This Workshop

• This PowerPoint Presentation
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_arc
  hive.phppharm_pop_grad

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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
• Email 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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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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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 Saved Funding Searches

• Weekly email with new or updated opportunities
• For best results, do three steps
• First, register for COS expertise profile
  (graduate profiles are unpublished)
• Second, go to Manage Your Profile and click on
  Current Positions to Edit Your Current
  Position with title, school, department
• Third, click Add a Search to do a funding
  search and then Save Search

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
  (including medical residents)
• different interface (keywords alphabetized)
• Be certain to use Search and not Enter

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
  ses.phpspin
• PDF Handout Searching InfoEd SPIN Basics

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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 or postdoctoral
  scholars
• 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
• check the database of your fields major federal
  sponsor, especially NIH
• Specialized databases
• GrantsNet
• Search for funding
• Career Development information
• Grant Doctor
• How-to Guides

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

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Specialized Alert Services

• Agency-specific alerts
• NIH Guide Table of Contents (TOC) alert
• Subject-specific alerts
• GrantsNet Email Updates (biomedical/science
  education)
• Health Funding Watch

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
  .phpspecialized

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Funding Guides

• Foundation Center User Aids
• Postdoctoral Scholars Resources
• Subject- and population-specific resources
• especially medical allied health sciences
• University and State funding information sources

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_guides
  .php

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Print Resource Collection

• Financial Aids for Minorities, Women, Disabled
• Proposal writing guides
• 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
• Online proposal writing guides
• National Institutes of Health-Specific Resources

• 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
  Carolina researchers

• 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
• especially NIH CRISP
• Private and state grants awarded databases

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
  p

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Funding Agencies

• US government agencies
• NIH, especially training grant information
• DHHS, especially education training
  opportunities and scholarships internships
• Private and community foundations, corporate
  grantmakers

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.php

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