October 2002
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Funding Tips Archive
- Getting Started in Your Funding Search
- Funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration
- Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Requires Advance Consultations
- What to do when you apply for an NIH grant and don’t succeed
- Funding for Anti-Terrorism Research
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 postdoc 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 at http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/fundopps.html.
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.
Funding from the Health Resources
and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the Department
of Health and Human Services has released its FY
2003 Grant Preview, which includes demonstration, education, and
training programs addressing public health needs. The preview includes
new funding opportunities in previously funded areas such as HIV/AIDS,
maternal and child health, rural health, and primary health care. In
addition, HRSA announces new opportunities in several areas including
telemedicine, epidemiology, and mental health.
HRSA successful applicants will demonstrate a "seamless transition" among research, services, and dissemination. To increase your chances of success, familiarize yourself with previous federally supported research, available on the following two web sites:
The CRISP database is run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provides information about research projects funded by all NIH programs.
The Gateway database at
the National Library of Medicine emphasizes previously funded projects
and research results in community services.
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
Requires Advance Consultations
Although since the beginning of 2002 advance consultations have been
recommended prior to submitting applications to the Kate B. Reynolds
Charitable Trust, they are now a mandatory part of the application process.
The purpose of the consultation is to ensure that the proposed project or program fits within the guidelines of the Trust and to facilitate the application process by clarifying terms, specifying supporting documents that must included, and reviewing general instructions. For more information about the Reynolds Trust programs, see http://www.kbr.org/.
What to do when you apply
for an NIH grant and don’t succeed
If you applied for an RFA (request for application) from the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and didn't get a grant, you can still send
in the application as an investigator-initiated research grant (e.g.,
R01, R03, R21). Often RFAs are highly competitive, so you may be contending
with top experts in the field. It can also be tough to get funded through
an RFA because the awards stop once money NIH has set aside runs out.
Read more at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/plan/plan_b2.htm.
For more tips from NIH visit their All About Grants advice site.
Funding for Anti-Terrorism Research
To assist Carolina researchers in identifying sponsors for their own
research and programs in this area, the GrantSource Library has developed
a web page about funding opportunities in antiterrorism research, available
at http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/anti-terrorism.html.
This resource includes information about federal terrorism-related
research and development funding, with special emphasis on major new
initiatives and program areas. The page is updated frequently with
new information as it is announced.
Carolina faculty, research staff, or graduate students interested in obtaining more information about federal and private funding opportunities related to terrorism (such as national and international security, sensor and surveillance technology, safety and disaster response, bioterrorism, and peace and international affairs) or any other academic discipline are invited to contact the GrantSource Library at 962-3463 or gs@unc.edu for assistance in setting up a customized alert service to notify you of funding opportunities in your specific research areas.
For more information about the GrantSource Library's services and resources, please our web page at http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/library.html or contact
GrantSource Library
919-962-3463
gs@unc.edu