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INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THE GRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING LANDSCAPE Friday, March 21, 2014

INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THE GRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING LANDSCAPE Friday, March 21, 2014 Randy Draper, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Room 125, IBS randall.draper@colorado.edu 303-492-9022. NOMENCLATURE. Award Scholarship Fellowship Fellows Gift Grant Contract.

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INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THE GRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING LANDSCAPE Friday, March 21, 2014

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  1. INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THE GRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING LANDSCAPE Friday, March 21, 2014 Randy Draper, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Room 125, IBS randall.draper@colorado.edu 303-492-9022

  2. NOMENCLATURE • Award • Scholarship • Fellowship • Fellows • Gift • Grant • Contract

  3. FIRST THINGS FIRST Personal Profile • Geographic Location • Discipline • Subject Area • Special Interests, Abilities, Accomplishments • Nationality, Ethnicity, Gender • Unique Characteristics / Special Circumstances • Affiliations

  4. SECOND THINGS SECOND • What do I want to accomplish? • Why is this important? How does it relate to my long-term goals? • How long will it take? • Who will benefit? • What resources do I have? • What resources do I need?

  5. THIRD THINGS THIRD • Create a tracking document: sponsor; program title; amount of funding; eligibility, deadline; application guidelines; web access. • Create a month by month calendar from now until . . . • Surf the web: associations; federal agencies; grants.gov; Foundation Center; Grantsmanship Center; other university sites. • Add any prospective sponsors to your tracking sheet; go to their websites; study them.

  6. What do I need to know about the prospective sponsors? • Mission • Funding History • Current Priorities • Programs What do I need to know about the programs? • Purpose • Availability of Funds • Application Process • Number and Amount of awards • Review Criteria

  7. FINALLY • Go to SPIN (COS; Pivot; IRIS) • Search on: • Graduate Students ___________________ Awards; Scholarships; Fellowships; Travel Funding; Research Funding; Dissertation Planning, Funding; Stipends; Dissemination of Findings __________________________________ • Your Topic

  8. PROSPECTS • CU Funding (including current research projects in your area of interest) • Federal Government • State / Local Governments • Foundations (Local, State, National) • Corporations • Centers, Institutes, Libraries • Foreign Governments

  9. RESOURCES University of Colorado (OCG/OVCR) SPIN: http://www.colorado.edu/vcr/ocg/proposal-preparation-submission/funding Federal Government • Department of Education • National Institutes of Health • National Science Foundation Associations • American Anthropological Association • American Association for the Advancement of Sciences • American Association of University Women • American Council of Learned Societies • American Economics Association • American Political Science Association • American Sociological Association • Association of American Geographers • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professionals • National Association of Student Anthropologists

  10. MORE RESOURCES University Websites Cornell Duke UC-Riverside University of Pennsylvania University of Washington Washington State University Other Resources • Foundation Center http://www.foundationcenter.org • Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov • The GrantsmanshipCenter http://www.tgci.com/funding-sources (For Foundations Nationwide)

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