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Grantwriting UCSD General Federal Private UCSD Resources • The Office of Contract and Grant Administration (OCGA) OCGA is UCSD's office for contracts & grants. OCGA collects and disseminates information about funding opportunities, and advises prospective PIs. All contracts and grants from PIs at UCSD officially emanate from this office, and so OCGA must examine and approve all proposals to all extramural agencies. Their WWW page on Funding opportunities and agency information [ocga2.ucsd.edu/funding_opps.html] has a large number of links to other WWW sites and is a valuable starting point. http://ocga2.ucsd.edu • Biomedical Library (ext. 41201) Presents occasional classes on "Getting at Grants Information" and other related topics; also maintains a page of useful links on grantwriting (scilib.ucsd.edu/bml/grants.htm) http://scilib.ucsd.edu/bml General • The Community of Science Web Server The Community of Science is designed to help you identify and locate researchers with interests and expertise similar to your own. It contains an on-line inventory of researchers, inventions, and facilities at leading U.S. and Canadian universities, and other R & D organizations. The Community of Science contains over 40,000 first-person expertise records, 5,000 inventions records, and 2,000 facilities records. http://www.cos.com • National Council of University Research Administrators Links to agencies and funding opportunities. http://www.ncura.edu • On-Line Funding Search Tools (Univ. of Illinois) Univ. of Illinois page with links to many on-line search tool for finding both public and private funding sources. http://www.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/ors/fundsrch.html • IRIS Funding Opportunities Database Univ. of Illinois on-line database of funding opportunities. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris • The CRISP Database The CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) System is a major biomedical database containing information on research ventures supported by the United States Public Health Service (US-PHS). CRISP also contains information on intramural research programs of the NIH and FDA. The research is conducted by scientists employed by the FDA and the various institutes of the NIH. This full text Searchable version of the CRISP database is updated weekly. Retrieval of scientific information for each project in CRISP is made available by project title, principal investigator's abstract, and term descriptors assigned by Technical Information Specialists in the Research Documentation Section, Information Systems Branch, Division of Research Grants. http://www-commons.cit.nih.gov/crisp • YAHOO Search Engine for Grants YAHOO is a WWW-search engine which classifies WWW & Internet resources into a variety of categories, and then permits searching for specific keywords. The Education-Grants area is a search tool for information about public and private grants, as well as other funding-related tools, software, products, and consultant services. http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Financial_Aid/Grants Federal • Federally-Funded Research in the U.S. (Federal Information Exchange, Inc.) On the Research and Management Systems (RAMS) Home Page: "FEDIX is an outreach tool for participating agencies to provide opportunity information to educational and research organizations. Receive emailed funding opportunities from participating agencies through FEDIX Opportunity Alert." http://content.sciencewise.com/fedix • Federally-Funded Research in the U.S. (from Community of Science) Search for information about current specific funding opportunities. http://fundingopps2.cos.com • National Science Foundation World Wide Web Server NSF main home page; links to pages describing programs, the agency, and many on-line forms. http://www.nsf.gov • NIH Grants Home Page NIH main home page; similar to NSF. http://www.grants.nih.gov • Grant Reviewing Procedures NIH "procedures to be used for the review of research grant applications" http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not97-010.html Private • The Foundation Center "The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. " [From WWW page.] Excellent starting point for information about private foundations. Contains links to many sites, as well as practical tips and suggestions about raising money from private sources. http://fdncenter.org • Private funding sources (Commercial and Non-profit foundations, corporations, & associations) Univ. of Illinois page listing many private funding sources. http://www.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/ors/private.html • Foundations On-Line A directory of charitable organizations and foundations. Also includes pointers to fund-raising software; fund-raising consultants; books; other products. http://www.foundations.org |
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