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LOCATING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

This presentation by Deborah Hernandez will help researchers identify funding mechanisms and sources of external support, and explore specific search engines and free tools for finding funding opportunities. Learn about grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and more.

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LOCATING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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  1. LOCATING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Presenter: Deborah Hernandez March 30, 2018

  2. Goals • To help you identify appropriate funding mechanisms and sources of external support for your research. 2. To explore specific search engines and other free tools available to you.

  3. Quick Review of Funding Mechanisms • Grants • Contracts • Cooperative Agreements • Gifts/Sponsorships

  4. Sources of Funds/Funder Motivation Source Motivation • Individual Donor • Corporate Contract/ Foundation • Private Foundation • State/Local Government • Federal Agency • Heartstrings-Personal Cause • Corporate Interest/Employee QOL • Community Benefit; Impact on focus area/cause • Pass through competitions, contractual obligations, or issues of local significance • Advance Broad Agenda of National Interest

  5. Broad Types of Proposals • Program Development/Implementation • Most common in education; Focus is on behavioral change/outcomes • Include evaluation and assessment as ‘research’ components—may require rigorous design • Bench or applied research • Hypothesis driven, theoretical or experimental research • Clinical Interventions/treatment protocols/trials • Most common in medically related research; Requires rigorous sample selection and control • Focus is on disease-related outcomes or comparative effectiveness among a range of interventions

  6. So……..ask yourself: • What funding mechanism makes the most sense for your research? • What sources of funds seem most applicable to my work? • What type of proposal will I be writing? • Who is, might be, or should be interested in my work?

  7. Fund-Seeking Tools • Comprehensive Search Engines • Agency-Specific Sites • Google • Corporate, Foundation & Association Sources • Peers and Networking

  8. Keys to finding a good fit • Broad understanding of the funding landscape—who is/should be interested in your work • Realistic assessment of where you are in your research career • Good search techniques—Keep list of keywords and sites searched to determine what works best • Practice

  9. A Look at Specific Search Engines • https://www.grantforward.com/index • Grants.gov (federal only) • Agency specific sites (e.g. NSF.gov) • Council on Foundations - https://www.cof.org/ • Corporate Giving Programs - Individual corporate websites; typically under ‘about our company’, then ‘community’ • Especially for students in STEM: https://stemgradstudents.science.gov/

  10. Questions?

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