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Grant Seeking Basics

Presented by:Carla Borden, Research Development SpecialistRebekah Craig, Research Development SpecialistCheryl Dison, Director of Research Development

Today’s Objectives

1. How to search for funding sources

2. How to analyze funding announcements

3. Importance of a literature review

Finding Funding Primary Sources

The Federal Register The official daily publication of

the Federal Government www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Accessible database of all

available Federal Programs www.cfda.gov

Search Engines

SPINplusSponsored Programs Information

Network (SPINplus)a database of funding opportunities, a database of investigator profiles, and a matching alert service

http://www.astate.edu/a/ortt/ ITTC offers tutorials http://www2.astate.edu/ittc/

Search Engines

Grants.gova database of Federal funding opportunities and a matching alert service

www.grants.gov

Grants Resource Center (GRC)a database of funding opportunities

www.aascu.org/grc Login (Username: astate Password: service)

Search Engines

Other Sources for Private Foundations

www.grantwatch.comLogin (cgoad@astate.edu Password Research115)

www.foundationcenter.orgAccess thru Library information desk only!

Institute for Research Development

You have found your funding announcement…… Now what?

Funding Announcement

Might be called: Solicitation Request for Proposals (RFP) Request for Applications (RFA)

READ THE SOLICITATION! READ THE SOLICITATION!

Things to Document & Review

Com

pone

nts Agency Name

CFDA # (Feds only)

Summary/Overview

Contact Person

Things to Consider….

EligibilityDeadline

Budget LimitsCost Sharing

Collaborations/PartnersNumber of Anticipated Awards

Method of Submittal

Institute for Research Development

First Things First Develop an idea Find a solicitation ??? Start writing (tomorrow’s topic)

Conduct a thorough literature review

Literature Review

Literature Review

Literature Review

Demonstrates:originality

Literature Review “The literature review establishes your

credibility to conduct the study…. It indicates your knowledge of the subject and how your study fits into the larger realms of your discipline.” ~Rutgers University

Literature Review

Demonstrates:originalitycredibility

Literature Review Stone D. How Your Grant Proposal Compares David Stone. (2009,

July 29). Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Context is everything. The ideas that win grant money are those that are most well positioned in the literature. All successful grant proposals must demonstrate how their central idea arises from and speaks to ideas and efforts that have come before.”

Literature Review

Demonstrates:originalitycredibilityneed & rationale for your study

Literature Review “Know the big players. In one sense, the best-

positioned grant proposals are those written by the key players whose research findings, strategies, publications, and other dissemination efforts allow them to be the framers of the nature and scope of the problem…”

Literature Review

“But well-positioned proposals can also be written by lesser-known scholars who have placed themselves within the orbit of the central players.”

Literature Review “Second-tier players are part of the

conversations about the nature and scope of the problem and about the universe of promising approaches to its solution. As such, they are able to frame their ideas from a firsthand understanding of the state of the field.”

Literature Review “One step removed are those researchers in a

third group who haven't worked with the key players. But these third-tier scholars can position their grant ideas well by doing their homework and framing their ideas in relation to the work being done by cutting-edge researchers.”

Be Selective, Be Thorough Respected journals & authors Recent Relevant Lit review each aspect of your proposal Who are your reviewers? What studies are

they familiar with?

Literature Review

“Proposals that fail to show awareness of the work of major players or research groups do so at their peril.”

Literature Review “If you ask yourself whether you know who the

key players are in a given area of investigation and the answer is no, that is a sign to reconsider preparing a proposal until you have improved your networking and furthered your review of the literature.”

Literature Review Demonstrates:

originality credibility need & rationale for your study your competence to complete the research

First Things First

Develop an idea Find a solicitation Conduct a thorough literature review

Manage your ideas, information, & time

Filename Mystery

Filename Mastery

Filename Mastery

File Mastery Apps www.readcube.com www.mendeley.com www.qiqqa.com www.zotero.org

Citation Format <3 Use format most appropriate to your field Save space with superscripts if needed.1 EDIT reference list in narrative and CV Keep same format throughout http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/585/02/ http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/reference/citat

ion-subj.html

Questions?

HomeworkBring a printed solicitation to review

tomorrowPrepare a (very) rough draft of

goals/objectives/specific aims of a proposal for that solicitation