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Funding: A Grants OverviewOctober 23 & November 5, 2014

Ann Combs, MAMary Hitchcock, MA, MS

Ebling Library

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Today’s Session Includes

• Types of grantors; types of grants resources• Public/private; Free/Fee-based

• How to access and use resources

• Where to get help

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Public Funding examples• State, Municipal• WDNR (AIS; conserve; etc.)

• US Federal• NIH, NSF, NEA, NEH, NASA, SSA, DOE, DOT,

DOD, AID, etc.• Marine Mammal Commission and other,

lesser-known• Non-US Federal

• Grants Databases gather and search public resources for you

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Private Funding examplesFoundations• Ford Foundation• WK Kellogg Foundation• Anesthesia Patient Safety FoundationSocieties• Am Soc for Laser Medicine & Surgery• American Association of Anatomists• Gerontological Society of America

Grants databases search Societies and Foundations you may be unaware of

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Two UW libraries focused on your funding needs

• Ebling Library Funding resources and services• Online databases, in-person

help• Memorial Library’s Grants

Information Collection

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Grants Information Collection

• Memorial Library Room 262 D/E• Foundation Center Network Partner• Website http://grants.library.wisc.edu• Unique information and resources

• Foundation Directory Online, Associations Unlimited , DonorSearch.net, more

• Travel free via #80 Bus• Library Collection, not a research service

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Ebling Resources, Services

• Presentations to your Dept. or Laboratory• Individual consultations• Drop-in classes• Grants & Funding databases and resources• http://ebling.hslc.wisc.edu/bjd/index.php#databasesbytopic

• NIH Public Access Policy Compliance• http://ebling.hslc.wisc.edu/help/nih.php

• Research Data Services (NSF Data Plans)• http://researchdata.wisc.edu/make-a-plan/nsf-data-plans4/

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Specific topic has broader implications, connections

• Disease complex (RA or MS = autoimmune)• Technique/approach/treatment• Technology used• Population studied; Population to benefit• Other translational relevance• Future application of technology, approach• Outcomes

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Learn about funding entities

• Article databases – who funded the research results you’re currently reading in journals?• Web of Science, PubMed include funding info

• IRS Tax Returns of funding organizations• Foundation Directory Online at Memorial

• Check Funders’ track records: to whom, how much, how often, resultant papers and patents.• RePORTER

Specific Gov’t Sites• National Science Foundation• http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

• NIH Grants & Funding• http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

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RFP Sites• Philanthropy News Digest RFPs • Health http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_health.jhtml • Medical Research http://

foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_medical_research.jhtml• Science and Technology http://

www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_science_technology.jhtml

• Chronicle of Philanthropy Deadlines for Grants and Awards http://philanthropy.com/section/Deadlines/269/

• Select Health or other category of interest from the left column

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Need additional help or have more questions?

Use this link to access class Description & Materials http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/classes_tutorials/index.php#tutorials

http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/services/ask-a-librarian.cfm608-262-2020