Student Funding Workshop
Graduate School
http://www.uno.edu/grad/
Amanda Athey, Director
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
(ORSP) http://www.uno.edu/orsp/
Rebecca Drake, Research Administrator
Carol Lunn, Associate Director (ORSP)
Liz Sigler, Assistant to the Director for Research and
Sponsored Programs
Welcome
Amanda Athey
 What do we mean by Funding?
Student Experiences
Christie Sukhdeo, doctoral student in
Integrative Biology
Introduction to ORSP
Carol Lunn
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Contacts in ORSP
Proposal Submission – Routing
Form (SharePoint)
How will I receive my funding?
Compliance
Funding Opportunities
Rebecca Drake
 Search engines
 http://www.uno.edu/orsp/Fun
dingOpportunities/
 Introduction to grant forward
http://www.grantforward.com/
index
 Other search engines: UCLA
GRAPES
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asi
s/grapes/search.asp
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IACUC, IRB, IBC, RCR, COI –
What do these acronyms
mean? Do I need this
review/training?
I bought a computer from my
award, who owns it?
Faculty/Student Relationship with Grants
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Funding Agencies
Who is the PI?
Who Submits the Proposal? PI
or Student?
Writing the Proposal
PI notifications from ORSP (How
does the student get the
notifications?)
Financial Oversight
Reporting Obligations
Funding Opportunities
FEDERAL AGENCIES
 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship Programs
http://www.neh.gov/divisions/research/fpiri-supported-fellowships
 NEH Grants Directory
http://www.neh.gov/grants
 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program
http://www.nsfgrfp.org/
Blog for fellows: https://www.nsfgrfp.org/fellows/blog
 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5234
 NSF Funding for Graduate Students
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/education.jsp?fund_type=2
 US Department of Education Teaching Fellowships
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/teacherfellowship/eligibility.html
Blog for fellows: http://blog.ed.gov/tag/teaching-ambassador-fellows/
 National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Fellowships
http://fellowship.nasa.gov/
 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Fellowships
http://epa.gov/ncer/fellow/
http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2012/2012_star_gradfellow.html
 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program
http://www.lrp.nih.gov/
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Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant
Program
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/programdescription/ddrg
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NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE) Doctoral
Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453
OTHER AGENCIES
 American Academy of Arts and Letters
http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_all.php
 American Academy in Rome
http://www.aarome.org/apply
 American Association of University Women American Fellowships
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/118
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American Council of Learned Societies/Mellon Foundation Dissertation
Completion Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/programs/dcf/
 American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grants
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/#viewAward/444
 Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society Grants-in-Aid of Research
https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid
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Ford Foundation Fellowships (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
Medicine)
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/fordfellowships/
 MacArthur Foundation Grants Database
https://www.macfound.org/grants/
 Rand Corporation Internships & Fellowships
http://www.rand.org/about/edu_op.html