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Funding Tips Archive

Funding Tips

• NIH Application Success Rates
• Getting Started in Your Funding Search
• Proposal Writing Assistance
• Institute of Museum and Library Services Launches Web-Based Project-Planning Tutorial

Funding Tips

NIH Application Success Rates
Thinking about preparing an NIH research project grant proposal and want to know what the success rate is? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research provides a useful web resource to help you find out. Success rates indicate the percentage of reviewed research project grant applications that receive funding by the NIH. Dividing the number of competing applications funded by the total number of competing applications reviewed determines success rates. Applications that have one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are only counted once.

Click here for more information on success rates of all NIH activities, competing research projects, medical research projects and long-term trends and historical data for competing research projects.

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Getting Started in Your Funding Search
Whether you are a senior faculty member seeking a research grant, a junior faculty member seeking a transitional award, or a postdoctoral scholar looking for potential mentors, the place to start your search is Carolina's GrantSource Library, part of the Office of Information and Communications. Electronic tools such as the Community of Science (COS), SPIN, and other funding opportunities databases are linked from the library's web page. Print directories, guides to proposal writing, and files on federal and private sponsors are available in 307 Bynum Hall.

One of the Library's most heavily used resources is the COS "Funding Alert," a customized funding alert service which notifies subscribers about relevant new funding from federal and private sponsors. Other resources include the NSF E-Bulletin, the NIH Guide Table of Contents, the Foundation Center Directory, and various discipline–specific funding and awards made databases. The library staff is available for consultations and instruction in the best use of these tools. Faculty members and research staff interested in learning more about the library's services and resources can schedule an individual demonstration in your office.

We are also happy to visit your school, department, center, or institute to conduct demonstrations for groups of interested faculty, staff, and/or students. To schedule an appointment, call the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or e-mail gs@unc.edu.

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Proposal Writing Assistance
Once you've identified a potential source of funding, your next step is to develop and submit your proposal. The GrantSource Library web site gathers a wealth of information about resources available at Carolina to assist you in planning and developing your proposal.

These resources include:
Offices that provide proposal assistance;
Reference and proposal writing guides in the library;
Online proposal writing guides and tutorials.

For more information see the web site at http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/grantwriting.html.

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Institute of Museum and Library Services Launches Web-Based Project-Planning Tutorial
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has launched “NLG Project Planning: A Tutorial.” This tutorial is designed for museums, libraries, and related organizations that are applying for National Leadership Grants (NLG), but it can be used by anyone who wants to learn more about project planning and development. Its purpose is to provide skills, knowledge, and tools to develop a good project plan. The use of the tutorial is not a requirement of applying for a National Leadership Grant.

Each application to IMLS is reviewed using the agency's established grant review process. Use of this tutorial does not ensure that you will receive a grant from IMLS.

To access the tutorial, visit http://e-services.imls.gov/project_planning/.

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