ways to search for funding opportunities
(Last update: 12/11/08)
| Go to the UNH Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) web site |
> Homepage: http://www.unh.edu/osr
> Funding Opportunities for Specific Groups or Needs
Includes grant programs for Young Investigators/Junior Faculty, grant programs for Major Instrumentation/Equipment, links to SBIR/STTR gateways, links to grad student and post-doc funding sources, and other resources
> Internal (UNH) Funding Opportunities
Includes campus-wide and college-specific programs available to faculty
> Do a SPIN Database Search
A link for the UNH service can be found on the SPIN/SMARTS/GENIUS page of the OSR web site.
> Register for the SMARTS Notification Service
Individually-tailored, e-mail notification of funding opportunities from the SPIN database. A link for the UNH service can be found on the SPIN/SMARTS/GENIUS page of the OSR web site. Assistance from OSR-PPD is strongly recommended for best results.
> ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES (coming soon)
Funding opportunities from federal, state, foundation and other sponsors that accept proposals at any time.
| Go to UNH OSR Program and Proposal Development (PPD) Office |
> Use the PPD Bookshelf
A physical resource library that includes NH foundation directories, directories of sponsors for specialized types of funding, background information about sponsors, and resources and guidance from sponsors.
> Work directly with Lynnette Hentges, Manager of PPD, to identify potential sponsors and programs.
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Location: Room 104, Service Building (51 College Rd.) |
| Use grants.gov |
> Use “ FIND” to search for competitive grant opportunities from all 26 Federal grant- making agencies: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp
Searches can be done by key word, topic area, agency, date of publication, and other identifying parameters.
> Sign-up for the grants.gov RSS feed to receive listings of funding opportunities by agency or area of interest (category): http://www.grants.gov/help/rss.jsp.
> For more information about using grants.gov at UNH, see the OSR Grants.gov page.
| Use the Foundation Directory Online |
> This comprehensive source of information about US foundations and corporate donors is the web-based version of The Foundation Directory.
> The UNH Library's subscription to the FDO allows personal access
To search the FDO, go to: http://www.library.unh.edu/news/index.php/history/597
>>Click on the link to the Foundation Directory Online
>>>If you're on a UNH computer, it will take you to the FDO welcome page
>>>If you're on a non-UNH computer, it will take you to a library log-in page; follow directions provided.
> Assistance in conducting FDO searches is available at the UNH Library Reference Desk and from Lynnette Hentges, OSR PPD Manager:
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Location: Room 104, Service Building (51 College Rd.) |
> More information about UNH's subscription to the FDO can be found at: http://www.unh.edu/osr/funding/directory_on_line.html
| Use Sponsors’ Webpages and Free Electronic Mailing Lists |
> Explore potential sponsors’ websites to learn about their organizational goals, priorities and long-term plans, funding opportunities, and previously-funded projects.
To find sponsors’ websites, “google” them, or use another search engine.
> Sign up for the sponsors’ email lists to be notified when the sponsor issues announcements of funding opportunities (e.g., NSF Update, NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funding Alerts, etc.).
Procedures to register can be found at the sponsors’ websites.
> Sign up for The Foundation Center's RFP Bulletin - a free, weekly e-mail service that presents upcoming opportunities from grant-making foundations.: http://foundationcenter.org/newsletters/
| Develop Personal Contacts |
> Faculty and other research personnel are great sources of information.
Find them in your own department, in your college, across the university, at professional meetings, and at other institutions.
> Industry representatives who attend professional meetings often can be the link to project funding from their companies.
> Other researchers’ c.v.’s also can yield interesting information -- Who has funded them in the past? Where do they have proposals pending now?
| Check Professional Societies and Look in Professional Journals |
> Many societies have grant programs, particularly for Young Investigators/Junior Faculty and to fund dissertation research for Ph.D. students.
> Financial support for the research reported in journal articles usually is noted as a footnote to the title or in the “Acknowledgements” section at the end, just before the “References Cited” section.
| Use General-Purpose Web Search Engines |
This type of search casts a broad net, with lots of incidental information to sort through, but often can be useful when other searches aren’t fruitful or to confirm that you’ve found most, if not all, of the viable sponsors for a given topic area. |
> Use google.com; ask.com; yahoo.com, etc.
> To search for all sponsors, enter a topic keyword, then semicolon, then “grants.”
> To find local/regional foundation sponsors, try using the keywords “Philanthropy + State” (where “State” is the location of the organization for which you are seeking funding).
| Use On-line Bulletin Boards, University Web Sites, Other Grants-related Search Engines |
> Some particularly good ones can be found on the OTHER SEARCH TOOLS AND RESOURCES page of the OSR web site.
A search with Google or other search engine often helps you find these sites.
| Purchase Subscription Notification Services and Memberships |
> Individualized notification services (similar to SMARTS) can be purchased on an individual basis from a variety of vendors.
See the OTHER SEARCH TOOLS AND RESOURCES page of the OSR web site for links to some of these vendors’ websites.
