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Funding: Finding the Perfect Fit. May 9, 2011 Research Users Group (RUG) Linda M Wilkie, Institutional Research Analyst/Coordinator UNMC Office of Research. FUNDING PRESSURES ARE OMNIPRESENT. NIH grant approvals were at a ten year low for 2010 with a success rate of 22%
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Funding: Finding the Perfect Fit May 9, 2011 Research Users Group (RUG) Linda M Wilkie, Institutional Research Analyst/Coordinator UNMC Office of Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center FUNDING PRESSURES ARE OMNIPRESENT • NIH grant approvals were at a ten year low for 2010 with a success rate of 22% • National Science Foundation grant approval rates were 23% • On average, biomedical researchers receive their first NIH grant at the age of 42 Data from: “NIH Research Project Grants: Success Rates by Medical School Department Name” NSF “FY2010 Performance and Financial Highlights”
University of Nebraska Medical Center BETTER INFORMATION TO BETTER COMPETE FOR FUNDING 30% of time spent on preparing funding proposals; however, only 20% get funded
University of Nebraska Medical Center AVAILABLE FUNDING RESOURCES • SciVal Funding • National Institutes of Health Table of New Opportunities • Decade of Behavior-Fundsource • ScanGrants Tool • The Foundation Center • Scholarly Societies Project • NIH Office of Extramural Research • Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMR) • UNMC Office of Government Relations • UNeMed • Center for Clinical & Translational Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center INTRODUCING: SciVal Funding
University of Nebraska Medical Center CONTENT: Facts & Figures Content Scope • Over 450,000 award records • Scientific research funding opportunities eligible to US researchers • Opportunities for researchers in the humanities are also available Sources • Over 5,000 sources identified to provide research funding opportunities that are relevant for the identified scope • Content is retrieved in automated and manual manner directly from these sources • Depending on the content category, content gets updated as often as daily • Direct linkage to full source content is included in the majority of the content Author Profiles • Over 4 million author profiles pre-populated, which come from Scopus™ publication data • Scopus™ covers peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with over 16,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 international publishers Keywords • Assigned to the funding content by the Elsevier journal classification, as well as by leveraging provided keywords available within the funding content (e.g. CFDA) Data • Indexed using one homogenous schema structure, using FAST™ search technology
University of Nebraska Medical Center SOURCES: Funding landscape is fragmented and in flux Grants GRANTS
University of Nebraska Medical Center SEARCH TOOL: Competing smarter Key Benefits: 1. HIGH QUALITY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Save time finding the right funding opportunities in a fragmented landscape 2. FUNDING INTELLIGENCE: See what is happening in the funding landscape to maximize efficiency and award chances 3. TARGETED RECOMMENDATIONS: Find guidance on where to apply, based on pre-populated Scopus™ publication profiles
University of Nebraska Medical Center OPPORTUNITY SEARCH: Targeted searching Search opportunities, awarded grants, or on publication profile Advanced functionality for targeted searching
University of Nebraska Medical Center EASY NAVIGATION: Refinement of results Refine your search on all key content elements Export selected results Defaults to show ‘active’ opportunities
University of Nebraska Medical Center RECOMMENDATIONS: Targeted funding opportunities • Funding opportunity recommendations ranked on relevancy • Matching based on pre-populated publication profiles (Scopus™) • Enhance or combine profiles to steer recommendations
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