Identifying Funding Sources for Social Science Research Administrators

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Identifying Funding Sources for Social Science
Research Administrators

• 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 Us

• 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 919-962-60
  22 allen_at_unc.edu

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Library Services

• Assistance and instruction in
• using databases and other resources to conduct
  funding searches
• finding tips and guides on proposal development
• identifying funded research and awards made

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Learning Objectives

• You will learn
• time-saving tips for researching funding
  opportunities
• to search COS, SPIN and Foundation Directory
  Online
• to set up funding alert service/s
• to find out what awards have been made by
  specific agencies

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Resources for This Workshop

• This PowerPoint Presentation
• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_arch
  ive.phpsocsci_ra

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Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities

• Look for potential funders with a good fit
• Identify funders goals or needs
• Talk to the program officer
• Broaden your search
• Approach your search from different perspectives

Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
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Things to Consider Before Searching

• Keywords that apply to research interests
• Specific and broad disciplinary terms
• Categories that apply to faculty member
• Faculty/junior faculty/postdoc, citizenship,
  minority, woman
• Type of award sought
• Research, program support, training grant,
  fellowship, postdoctoral, travel

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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
• Email 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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http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
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COS Funding Opportunities Database

• Main search (recommended)
• recommended fields keywords, requirements,
  citizenship or residency, activity location,
  funding type
• click Add Keywords to view keyword subject tree
• use Search feature to find keywords you want
• uncheck Explode if you use broad keywords

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpc
os PDF Handout Searching COS Basics
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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//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpcos
PDF Handout COS Funding Alert Basics
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InfoEd SPINFunding Opportunities Database

• Similar to COS
• Main differences
• additional opportunities
• different keywords and search terms
• different interface (keywords alphabetized)
• Be certain to use Search and not Enter

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phps
pin PDF Handout Searching InfoEd SPIN Basics
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InfoEd SMARTS/GENIUS

• GENIUS is InfoEds expertise profile
• required to receive SMARTS
• these are NOT published
• faculty and staff only, not grad students
• SMARTS is InfoEds funding alert service
• only one alert, but can have unlimited keywords
• alerts are sporadic (when opportunity announced)

• http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpspin
  
• PDF Handout InfoEd SMARTS Funding Alert

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Carolina Internal Funding Database

• Information on funding provided by or
  administered by UNC-Chapel Hill offices
• Searchable by only one field at a time
• Search by faculty, postdoctoral scholar, etc
• Smaller database
• Contribute any of your units opportunities that
  are soliciting applications to gs_at_unc.edu

• http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpc
  arolina

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Foundation Directory Online

• Private foundations and corporate grantmakers in
  the US
• Available from Foundation Center through your
  development officer or the GrantSource Library
• Search Grantmakers or Search Grants Made
• Foundations often use broader fields of
  interest
• Also try Keyword Search

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpf
oundation
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Free Foundation Center Resources

• Foundation Center Foundation Finder
• http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.phpf
  inding
• Foundation Center 990 Finder
• http//grantsource.unc.edu/awards_made.phpprivate
  

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Other Funding Databases

• Federal databases
• especially NSF Guide to Programs
• Specialized databases
• Environmental Grantmaking Foundations on CD-ROM
• FundSource for social and behavioral sciences

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_databases.php
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Specialized Alert Services

• Grants.gov
• Agency-specific alerts
• NIH Guide TOC, CDC, AHRQ and others
• Foundation alerts
• Health Funding Watch
• Robert Wood Johnson email services for grants

http//grantsource.unc.edu/funding_alerts.phpspec
ialized
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Research Support Newsletter

• Published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor
  for Research and Economic Development
• Provides research news and funding tips
• Lists funding opportunities in multidisciplinary
  research, social and behavioral sciences, health
  and medical sciences, life and physical sciences,
  and arts and humanities

• View http//research.unc.edu/rs/funding.html
• Subscribe http//research.unc.edu/rs/subscribe.ht
  ml

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Databases for Awards Made

• Useful to find out who, what and how much was
  actually funded
• Federal grants awarded
• NIH CRISP
• AHRQ Grants On-line Database
• Health Services Research Projects in Progress
• Private and state grants awarded
• Foundation Center 990 Finder

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
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Funding Agencies Directory

• US government agencies
• Private, community and corporate foundations
• Top foundations in N.C.
• Top foundations in health and other fields

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

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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

http//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 Elizabeth Allen