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Funding Tips

• Trial Subscription to Community of Science (COS) Quick Form for PHS 398 Biographical Sketch
• Bioinformatics Funding Information
• Remote Access to Community of Science (COS)

Funding Tips

Trial Subscription to Community of Science (COS) Quick Form for PHS 398 Biographical Sketch
From April 11-21, 2003, the GrantSource Library has free access to COS Quick Form. COS Quick Form allows researchers to quickly and easily create the PHS 398 Biographical Sketch required by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in all proposal submissions.

Each COS Expertise profile has fields for all the information that the NIH requires. The Center for Scientific Review at the NIH has reviewed COS Quick Form. NIH will accept the output of COS Quick Form as a substitute for the printed PHS 398 Biographical Sketch when COS Quick Form is used according to the Center’s guidelines. Using information from your COS Expertise profile, COS Quick Form creates a completed PHS 398 Biographical Sketch. You can fill out the form in seconds, with no rekeying, cutting, or pasting.

Before using COS Quick Form, faculty researchers and postdocs should update their COS Expertise profiles. Researchers who do not have a COS Expertise profile will need to create one.

For instructions on how to use COS Quick Form, download the handout from the Research Administration Support Group (RASG) web page.

COS Quick Form Fact Sheet

Your feedback is important! Please help us determine whether COS Quick Form would be useful to you and whether the GrantSource Library should subscribe to this service from the Community of Science.

For more information, call 962-3463 or email the GrantSource Library.

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Bioinformatics Funding Information
For research and training opportunities in bioinformatics sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI), and for funding opportunities in biomedical computing from other agencies, consult this site:

http://www.bisti.nih.gov/bistic_funding.cfm

This site also provides information on NIH research and training opportunities, writing research grant applications, and what happens to a grant after it is received for peer review. Answers to frequently asked questions about NIH grants can also be found on this site.

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Remote Access to Community of Science (COS)
If you are going to be away for the summer, we would especially like to remind you that you can still access the Community of Science funding database from off campus. From a home office, a vacation spot, or any other location, the COS Workbench provides convenient access to all COS services. All you need to do is login to your COS Workbench at http://login.cos.com to be able to use COS services, including your customized COS Funding Alert account.

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For more information about the GrantSource Library's services and resources, please visit our web page or contact

GrantSource Library
919-962-3463
gs@unc.edu