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- Join the Community of Science
- Funding Alert Services
- Parkinson's Disease Organizations Merge
- How Hard Is It to Get a GAANN?
- USAID Federal Resource Guide for Supporting State International Engagement
Join the Community of Science
One way to tell the story of your research is through your Community of Science faculty
expertise profile. North Carolina government officials, university administrators, development
officers, potential collaborators, and others looking for a researcher with specific expertise
can access UNC's COS Faculty Expertise database. It's also an excellent resource for chairs and
deans to facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration or for graduate students looking for mentors
in their field.
To ensure that your story is being told accurately on UNC's expertise database, we urge all faculty and researchers to update their expertise profiles to reflect recent accomplishments, new publications, and current research interests. You may log in to your profile at http://workbench.cos.com to do this. If you need assistance in updating your profile or locating your COS username and password (not your Onyen), please contact the GrantSource Library at 919/962-3463.
We invite all new faculty to join the COS global network of scientists and scholars, which includes Carolina, our sister UNC system institutions, and approximately 700 other universities and research institutes. COS services will help you find funding, locate colleagues, and promote your research. In addition to the COS Faculty Expertise database, COS includes the Funding Opportunities database of more than 23,000 grants updated daily.
Funding Alert Services
Through your COS Expertise profile, you can receive the COS
Funding Alert, a weekly email funding update, tailored to your
individual research interests. Even if you're already receiving
an alert, you can fine tune your alert to include new research
areas. For assistance in establishing or updating your Funding
Alert, please contact the GrantSource Library at gs@unc.edu
or 919/962-3463.
In addition to COS, other discipline- or agency-specific funding alert services are available. The National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Department of Education all offer free alert services for their agency's announcements. GrantsNet, provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides an email update focusing on biological and medical sciences. See the GrantSource Library web page for more information about these alert services.
Parkinson's Disease Organizations Merge
In an attempt to reduce the congestion of multiple organizations,
the Parkinson's Disease
Foundation and the National
Parkinson Foundation will join
to form the Parkinson Foundation. The new organization plans
to provide greater support for research, based on combined resources.
How Hard is it to
Get a GAANN?
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the FY03
competition for the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National
Need (GAANN) program which supports graduate fellowships in
biology, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering,
geological and related sciences, math, and physics. According
to the Federal Assistance Monitor, in recent years about 40
percent of all GAANN applications were successful, and most
were from major universities. Furthermore, two-thirds of these
awards were near the minimum award level (approximately $115K).
If you plan to ask for more, officials advise that you build
a strong case documenting the need.
For more information about GAANN, refer to the funding opportunity.
Source: Federal Assistance Monitor (October 3)
USAID Federal Resource Guide for Supporting
State International Engagement
The United States-Asia Environmental Partnership announces the
availability of its new Federal Resource Guide for Supporting
State International Engagement: Coping, Competing, and Cooperating
in a Global Economy, commissioned by the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID).
The Guide contains information about Federal programs for academia, as well as states, local governments, NGOs, businesses, and individuals, to obtain Federal assistance for international initiatives. A roster of federal agencies including types and amount of funding offered and eligible organizations is included.
Download the Federal Resource Guide
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