Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Funding Basics Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Organization of Presentation Definition of Terms Types of Funding Announcements Funding Mechanisms How to Find Funding Opportunities Special Search Engines Specific Agencies

Types of Funding Announcements Program Announcements (PA) Requests for Application (RFA) Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) Requests for Proposals (RFP)

Types of Funding Announcements Program Announcements (PA) Scope Very broad, award results in a grant Researcher initiated and allows for control over-problem, approach and timeline Grants.gov Requests for Application (RFA) Scope more restrictive, award results in a grant Researcher has control over problem, approach and timeline

Types of Funding Announcements Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) Broad but variable Directed toward increasing knowledge in a specific area of Agency Interest Researcher has control over problem, approach, etc. but within the context of Agency needs Grant, contract or cooperative agreement Grants.gov or FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov)

Types of Funding Announcements Requests for Proposals (RFP) Most restrictive Specifies research problem, methods, product delivered, applicant qualifications Contract FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov)

Funding Mechanisms Grant Contract Patron or Partner Support or stimulate research Money provided in hopes study goals are reached Contract Purchaser Acquire goods or services Researchers legally required to deliver goods or services in exchange for money

Where to Find Funding Opportunities Newsletters/Opportunity Compilations Funding Connection Grant Advisor Plus Philanthropy News Digest Funding Opportunity Databases PIVOT, SPIN (subscription based) Grants.gov FedBizOpps Funding Agency Websites

Funding Databases PIVOT Funding opportunities from all over the world worth ~$33 billion Includes federal agencies, libraries, nonprofits, some foundations Weekly notifications Not as timely as grants.gov http://pivot.cos.com/funding_main

Funding Databases Grants.gov All Federal grant funding opportunities Can sign up for notifications (“Manage Subscription”) Sign up for specific funding agencies Doesn’t always catch everything http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html

Funding Databases FedBizOps Federal procurement and service opportunities Can sign up for notifications via the “Getting Started” tab https://www.fbo.gov

Agency Websites National Institutes of Health— http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research National Science Foundation- http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences INFEWS DOD— http://www.defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil/

Agency Websites NASA- http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/grant-solicitations/ DOE- http://science.energy.gov/funding-opportunities/ https://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicitations http://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?agencyCode%3DDOE DARPA http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities

Contact Information Mary Lou Marino mlmarino@ksu.edu 785-532-3211 Joel Anderson jdanderson@ksu.edu 785-532-3455