Volume 15, Number 2: August 13, 2008
FUNDING TIPS
Customized Workshops on Identifying Funding Sources
The GrantSource Library offers customized group training sessions on how to identify potential funding sources for research, training, and other scholarly endeavors.
In each session a GrantSource librarian demonstrates online resources for identifying funding opportunities, how to set-up a funding alert, conduct a search for targeted grant information, and find Carolina internal funding sources. Other topics include tips for conducting a funding search and an overview of resources available through the GrantSource Library.
Please contact the GrantSource Library (962-3463) to schedule a workshop for your research team or department. To see a list of workshops that are already scheduled, click here.
The Role of Collaborative Research in U.S. Innovation
Collaborative research, particularly federally funded research and development (R&D), is playing an increasingly significant role in producing top innovations, according to a new analysis released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
The report, Where Do Innovations Come From? Transformations in U.S. National Innovation System, 1970-2006, shows that while in the 1970s almost all winners came from corporations acting on their own, more recently over two-thirds of the winners have come from partnerships involving business and government, including federally funded university research and federal labs. Moreover, 77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced award-winning innovations in 2006 were beneficiaries of federal funding.
Projects funded through the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program also account for a growing number of the R&D 100 Awardees. The SBIR program is important in maintaining the United States' competitiveness in innovation, the authors argue.
New to Carolina? Move Your COS Account Too
If you are a new faculty member coming from another COS member university, you can easily transfer your existing COS account to Carolina 's COS faculty expertise database. Just log in to your COS Workbench and click on “Manage Your Profile”. Then edit your "Current Positions" to indicate your new appointment, and update your previous appointment to include its ending date. Once the changes have been saved, your profile will display your new affiliation.
For assistance in updating your COS Faculty Expertise Profile, please contact the GrantSource Library (962-3463) for an individual consultation, or attend one of our workshops for faculty.
Organizing Your COS Workbench
If you are a COS funding opportunities user, you may have noticed that COS has added several new features. One of the most useful, "Record Track," allows you to track up to 200 specific funding opportunity records on your COS Workbench. You can then keep your tracked records organized by tagging them. These are especially helpful features for research administrators and support staff responsible for identifying and disseminating funding information to others.
Tags are labels you assign in your own words, like your own filing system. You can use any word as a tag (e.g. "due_soon" or "good-one" or "pediatric" or "native.languages"). Once you have tagged your records, click on a tag name to see all records with the same tag. You can then share your groups of tagged records with colleagues.
For assistance in setting up a COS funding alert and tracking and tagging records, contact the GrantSource Library (962-3463).
Requests for Proposals from PND
Philanthropy News Digest (PND) posts requests for proposals (RFPs) submitted by grantmakers every day. To subscribe to RFP Bulletin, a free listing of new RFPs delivered weekly by e-mail, click here.
If you are interested in one of the funding opportunities, read the full RFP at the grantmaker's web site or contact the program staff directly for complete guidelines and eligibility requirements before submitting a proposal to the grantmaker.
Change in AHA Online Award System
The American Heart Association (AHA) is in the process of launching a new web-based grants administration system. T he previous Online Awards System was shut down on August 6, and the new system will be available in the fall. All online award activities are suspended until the new system is online.
In the meantime, you may still contact AHA Awards Administration for requests and activities related to your award.