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Finding Funding: The Basics. Jane Z. Dumsha, Ph.D., CHES Chief Research Operations Officer Division of Research. Private and Corporate Foundations Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/search/ Subscription Services Voluntary Health Organizations (AHA, etc.). Institutional Support
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Finding Funding: The Basics Jane Z. Dumsha, Ph.D., CHES Chief Research Operations Officer Division of Research
Private and Corporate Foundations Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/search/ Subscription Services Voluntary Health Organizations (AHA, etc.) Institutional Support Department budgets Dean’s funds, if applicable Research reinvestment funds Alumni/Development Office Bake sales Finding Seed Money Dumsha
Finding Opportunities: NIH Dumsha
What They’ve Funded Lately: NIH • Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) • http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm • Grant Number • Project Title • PI Name, e-mail, Title • Abstract • Thesaurus Terms • Grant Start and End Dates, etc. Dumsha
Finding Opportunities: NSF Dumsha
What They’ve Funded Lately: NSF • NSF Award Search • http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/ • Includes free-text search capability Dumsha
Subscription Services • InfoEd • GENIUS http://www.infoed.org/GeniusSearch/genius.asp • SPIN http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp • IRIS • Expertise Service http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/expertise/ • IRIS Database http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/search.html • Community of Science • Expertise http://expertise.cos.com/ • Funding Opportunities http://fundingopps2.cos.com/ Dumsha
Informal Processes • Ask your friendly neighborhood research administrator • Conferences and other meetings • Including ones you don’t attend • Pick up the phone! • Send an e-mail with a catchy Subject line • Six Degrees of Separation Dumsha
Formal Processes • Letter of inquiry/Preproposal/Preapplication • Full proposal • Letters of commitment • Collaborator(s)/Mentor(s) • Department chairs/Program directors • Other “higher ups” • Institutional policies and procedures • Internal approvals • Internal deadlines Dumsha
Remember… Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. - Ken Hakuta Dumsha