Identifying Funding Sources: Carolina Environmental Program EMPD

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Identifying Funding Sources Carolina
Environmental Program EMPD

• Office of Information and Communications
  GrantSource Library
• June 29, 2005

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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 Us

• Public Service Desk 919-962-3463 gs_at_unc.edu
• Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-776
  6 susan_gramling_at_unc.edu
• Rebecca Rhodes, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-602
  2 rebecca_rhodes_at_unc.edu

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Library Services

• Provide assistance and instruction in
• Conducting customized funding searches
• Locating guidelines and application forms
• Identifying funded research

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Learning Objectives

• You will learn
• Time-saving tips for researching funding
  opportunities
• To search Community of Science (COS) and other
  databases
• To set up funding alert service/s

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Resources for This Workshop

• This PowerPoint Presentation
• research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops.html
  (Click on Carolina Environmental Program)
• Sample COS funding search for EMPD
• research.unc.edu/grantsource/samples/CEP_query.htm
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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for potential funders with a good fit
• Talk to the program officer
• Broaden your search
• Approach your search from different perspectives
• Check UNC internal funding sources, as well as
  professional organizations and other affiliation
  groups

PDF 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
• Faculty/junior faculty, citizenship, minority,
  woman
• Type of award sought
• Research, program support, training grant,
  fellowship, contract, travel

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Materials in the Library

• Environmental Grantmaking Foundations
• Guides to corporate and foundation funding
• CDs -- Foundation Center Directory
• NC Giving Online Directory
• Proposal writing guides

research.unc.edu/grantsource/reference.html
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Where to Start Your Search

• Visit our website and search on your
  ownwww.research.unc.edu/grantsource
• E-mail or call if you have questions
• Visit the GrantSource Library for in-person help
  and instruction in using online and library
  resources
• Schedule a consultation

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research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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Funding Opportunities

• research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch2.html

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Community of ScienceFunding Opportunities
Database
research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch2.html
cos
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Community of ScienceMain Search
PDF Handout Searching COS Basics
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Community of ScienceAlert Service
research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch3.html
PDF Handout COS Funding Alert Basics
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COS Options Menu
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SPIN Funding Opportunities Database
research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch2.html
spin
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Set Up Specialized Alert Services
research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch3.html
specialized
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Search Other Databases and Resources

• research.unc.edu/grantsource/facultyresearch5.html
  

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Funding News and Awards

• research.unc.edu/grantsource/news.html

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Proposal Writing Help
research.unc.edu/grantsource/grantwriting.html
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Office of Research Development

• Helps research groups develop competitive
  proposals, with a focus on multidisciplinary,
  collaborative projects
• Manages selection process for special limited
  awards and grants
• Conducts workshops in proposal writing,
  multidisciplinary/collaborative research, and
  project development/evaluation strategies

research.unc.edu/ord
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Thank You!

• Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
• Handout GrantSource Library Presentation
  Evaluation
• Presenter Susan Gramling