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Grant Writing Workshop. International Conference on Education College of Education University of Texas at El Paso July 22, 2008. Searching for Funding!. Best Approach: Internet!. Funding agency websites Compendia of funding opportunities Automatic e-mail notifications services
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Grant Writing Workshop International Conference on Education College of Education University of Texas at El Paso July 22, 2008
Best Approach: Internet! • Funding agency websites • Compendia of funding opportunities • Automatic e-mail notifications services • Database services • Google is your best friend
Funding Agencies • http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities • “Compilations and Directories of Funding Agencies” • Notes about agency web sites: • First place funding opportunities will appear • Pages with funding opportunities can be buried; when you find a good one, make a note of the URL • Look for unsolicited proposal opportunities
Compendia • All Federal Funding Opportunities • http://www.grants.gov/ • Foundations • http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/index.jhtml • University grants office websites • Texas A&M • http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities • Iowa State, Duke, University of North Carolina, etc. List with links at ttp://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/funding-opportunities-posted- at-other-research-universities
Google is Your Best Friend! • http://www.google.com/ • http://www.yahoo.com/ • To search within a site, type: keywords site:url of site, e.g., sustainable ecosystems site:www.nsf.gov • Search for research opportunities • Find funded programs, abstracts • Find workshops, conferences, seminars • Find reports, publications, project documents
Email Alert Services • NSF • http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/ • NIH Guide LISTSERV_ • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm • Dept. of Education • http://listserv.ed.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind05&L=edinfo • http://www.ed.gov/news/newsletters/edinfo/index.html • Federal Grants • http://fedgrants.gov/ApplicantRegistration.html • Foundations • http://fdncenter.org/newsletters/ • More listed at http://opd.tamu.edu/funding-opportunities/electronic-funding-alert-services-email-alerts
Database Services • Community of Science (COS) • Input profile with key words; get e-mail notifications • Be sure to fine-tune search parameters
Funded Projects Databases • NSF Award Search Site (abstracts)http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/index.jsp • NIH Award Search Site (abstracts)http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/crisp/crisp_query.generate_screenhttp://crisp.cit.nih.gov/ • DoD SBIR/STTR Search Sitehttp://www.dodsbir.net/Awards/Default.asp • NEH Awards Searchhttp://www.neh.gov/news/recentawards.html • USDA Awards Information • http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/ • US Deptartment of Education – Awards (limited) http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/grantaward/start.cfm
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