Introduction to Grants Resources in the Health Sciences by Min-Lin Fang, MLIS Education and Information Consultant for Nursing and Social & Behavioral Sciences
2 What We’ll Cover UCSF Grants Resources Grants from Federal and Government Agencies Private Foundation Grants
3 UCSF Resources Office of Sponsored Research Office of Sponsored Research -- Contracts and GrantsContracts and Grants - Resources for faculty, Trainingsources for facultyTraining
4 UCSF Resources cont. Funding Opportunities by SOM UCSF Department of Medicine, Clinical Fellowships UCSF Department of Surgery, Research Fellowships: fellowships.aspxResearch Fellowships fellowships.aspx SOM Faculty Research Profile Database (FOLIO)
5 UC Resources University of California Research Administration Office (UC-RAO) UC contracts & grants policies and guidance, federal regulations, federal forms UC Funding Opportunities available to UC faculty, researchers, graduate students UC Funding Opportunities UC Funding Opportunities available to postdocs
6 Federal GrantsFederal Grants: To find and apply for federal funding Tutorial Tutorial
7 NIH Office of Extramural Research Funding opportunities NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: - Weekly announcement - Subscription instruction Applications and forms Awarded Grants (CRISP) Grants Policies & Procedures
8 What NIH grants are available? NIH Grants and Contracts – BasicNIH Grants and Contracts
9 What NIH grants are available? NIH Grants and Contracts – advanced search NIH Grants and Contracts
10 CRISPCRISP: Who has received federal grants supporting which areas of biomedical research?
11 CRISP Sample Search (Who at UCSF in 2007 received grants to support stem cell research?)
12 Community of Science Access is limited to Funding Opportunities only. UCSF IP required. Federal agencies, state and provincial organizations, commercial entities, non-profit foundations, professional associations Funding Types: Research, training or scholarship or fellowship, postdoctoral award, dissertation or thesis, travel, meeting or conference, program or curriculum development, etc. Setting up funding alert:
13 COS Search Example
14 GrantsNet Includes government and private grants for training and research in biomedical research and science education Targets on medical students, undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty Allows you to set up alerts
15 The Foundation Directory OnlineFoundation Directory Online Search Foundations and Grants Access from Libraries at Mission Bay, Parnassus, and Mt Zion Foundation Center Library Foundation Seminars, training, non-profit management
16 Exercises - 1 Looking for funding within UC in support of biotechnology research and training Looking for federal funding on disaster prevention and relief (Grants.gov) Looking for NIH funding on obesity related to health disparities (NIH Grants & Contracts) (Obesity, health disparities)
17 Exercises - 2 Who at UCSF, in the past four years, received federal funding on stem cells research (CRISP) Looking for research funding on breast cancer in academic institution (COS) Looking for funding to support junior faculty in researching issues on health disparities (Grants.net) Looking for private funding in support of program development or evaluation on nursing homes (FC Directory)