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


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Identifying Funding SourcesHow to Search for
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in
Information and Library Science
  • 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.

3
Contact Us
  • Public Service Desk (Meredith Sutphin Julie
    Adamo)
  • 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

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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 turnaround times
  • Use a variety of resources, including print,
    electronic, and especially people
  • Become familiar with sponsors in your field (ALA,
    SLA, Beta Phi Mu, IMLS)
  • 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 which have missions that
    encompass you and your topic
  • 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
  • Specific and broad disciplinary terms
  • Categories that apply to yourself
  • Graduate, citizenship, woman, minority, disabled
  • Types of awards sought
  • Fellowship, research, travel

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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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GrantSource Library
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Finding Funding 101 for Graduate Students
  • Suggested basic steps
  • Search funding opportunity databases
  • Set up funding alerts
  • Check funding guides
  • Use print resources

http//grantsource.unc.edu/finding_funding.php
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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

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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InfoEd SPIN Funding Opportunities Database
  • Similar to COS
  • Main differences
  • Additional opportunities not in COS
  • Different choice of keywords and search terms
  • Different applicant terms and award types
  • Different interface (keywords alphabetized)
  • Click on Advanced Search
  • Be certain to click Search and not press Enter

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phps
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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
  • Grants.gov IMLS, NEH
  • IMLS
  • Specialized databases
  • Travel International Students
  • IIE Passport Study Abroad Funding
  • IIE Funding for US Study
  • For Libraries
  • Foundation Center Foundation Finder
  • Foundation Directory Platinum Online

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.php
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Funding Guides
  • Subject- and population-specific resources
  • NEW! SILS Guides for masters Ph.D. students
  • ALA Financial Assistance Directory
  • Selected major fellowships for graduate students
  • something for virtually all disciplines

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 in the Social and
    Behavioral Sciences
  • 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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Other SILS funding opportunities
  • Carnegie Grants
  • Masters students may apply once for up to 100
    toward masters paper research expenses
  • Baker Taylor Scholarship
  • SILS/Oxford Bodleian Summer Seminar
  • Southern Regional Educational Boards Academic
    Common Market

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Proposal Writing Resources
  • 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
  • Guide to Proposal Development in the Humanities
    for Graduate Students, Kansas

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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Graduate School Resources
http//gradschool.unc.edu/funding/
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  • Handout GrantSource Library
  • Presentation Evaluation
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