Title: Identifying Funding Sources: How to Search for Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in Pharma
1Identifying Funding Sources How to Search for
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students in
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
- Office of Information Communications
- GrantSource Library
2- Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library - 307 Bynum Hall
- (on Cameron Avenue)
- Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.
3Contact 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
4GrantSource 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
5Resources for This Workshop
- This PowerPoint Presentation
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_arc
hive.phppharm_pop_grad
6Topics 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
7Funding 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
8Tips 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
9Where 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
10Things to Consider Before Searching
- Keywords that apply to your research
- Categories that apply to yourself
- Types of awards sought
11http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
12COS 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
13COS 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
14InfoEd 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
15Carolina 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
16Funding 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
17Specialized 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
18Funding 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
19Print Resource Collection
- Financial Aids for Minorities, Women, Disabled
- Proposal writing guides
- Discipline-specific directories
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/print_resource
s.php
20Proposal 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
21Faculty 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
22Databases 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
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23Funding 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
24Thank You!
- Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
- Handout GrantSource Library
- Presentation Evaluation