Identifying Funding Sources for Melanoma Research

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Identifying Funding Sources for Melanoma
Research

• Office of Information Communications
  GrantSource Library

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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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Workshop Resources

• This PowerPointhttp//research.unc.edu/grantsourc
  e/workshops_archive.phpmelanoma
• Melanoma Funding Webpage (formerly located on
  Carolina Roadmap website) http//research.unc.edu/
  grantsource/melanoma.php

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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 development
• identifying funded research and awards made

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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
• Become familiar with the sponsors in your field
• 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 your research
• Specific and broad disciplinary terms
• Categories that apply to yourself
• Faculty/junior faculty/postdoc, citizenship,
  minority status, woman
• Type of award sought
• Research grant, program support, training grant,
  fellowship, postdoctoral, travel

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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
• click Add Keywords 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 a COS expertise profile
• select UNC-Chapel Hill as your Organization, and
  then your School, Department and Title
• click Create my Account and then COS Profile
• 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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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 applicant type, award type, or specific
  internal sponsor (such as Vice Chancellor for
  Research Economic Development)
• 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
• become familiar with the database/s of your
  fields major federal sponsor/s, such as NIH or
  others.
• Specialized databases
• GrantsNet
• Search for funding
• Career Development information
• NIH R01 Tool Kit
• Foundation Directory Platinum Online or
  Foundation Finderfor foundations

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 Updates (biomedical/science education)
• Foundation alerts
• Health Funding Watch

http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspecialized
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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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Additional Resources
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InfoEd SPINFunding Opportunities Database

• Similar to COS
• Main differences
• additional opportunities not in COS
• different keywords and search terms, including
  junior faculty
• different interface (keywords alphabetized)
• Be certain to use Search and not Enter
• Set up InfoEd SMARTS/GENIUS funding alert

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

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Proposal Writing Resources

• Proposal assistance and resources at Carolina
• Reference books
• especially Grant Application Writers Handbook
  by Liane Reif-Lehrer
• Online proposal writing guides
• many individual agencies have their own
• writing foundation proposals, including letter
  proposals from Foundation Center and others

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/proposal_writi
  ng.php

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Faculty Expertise

• Search COS Expertise Database
• identify research interests of faculty at
  Carolina and elsewhere
• find collaborators, specific expertise, review
  panelists, and others
• NIH is 1 user
• RAMSeS
• UNC proposals submitted and awards received
• Faculty Advisory Committee Resource

• http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/faculty_expert
  ise.php

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Databases for Awards Made

• Useful to find out who and what was funded
• Federal grants awarded
• NIH CRISP
• most federal agencies make this information
  available
• Private and state grants awarded
• Foundation Center 990 Finder

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

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Funding Agencies Directory

• US government agencies, including frequently
  accessed pages for NIH and others
• Private and community foundations, corporate
  grantmakers

• 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