INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
THE GRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING LANDSCAPE
Friday, March 21, 2014
Randy Draper, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Room 125, IBS
randall.draper@colorado.edu
303-492-9022
NOMENCLATURE
• Award
• Scholarship
• Fellowship
• Fellows
• Gift
• Grant
• Contract
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Personal Profile
• Geographic Location
• Discipline
• Subject Area
• Special Interests, Abilities, Accomplishments
• Nationality, Ethnicity, Gender
• Unique Characteristics / Special Circumstances
• Affiliations
SECOND THINGS SECOND
• What do I want to accomplish?
• Why is this important? How does it relate to my long-term goals?
• How long will it take?
• Who will benefit?
• What resources do I have?
• What resources do I need?
THIRD THINGS THIRD
1. Create a tracking document: sponsor; program title; amount of
funding; eligibility, deadline; application guidelines; web access.
2. Create a month by month calendar from now until . . .
3. Surf the web: associations; federal agencies; grants.gov; Foundation
Center; Grantsmanship Center; other university sites.
4. Add any prospective sponsors to your tracking sheet; go to their
websites; study them.
What do I need to know about the prospective sponsors?
• Mission
• Funding History
• Current Priorities
• Programs
What do I need to know about the programs?
• Purpose
• Availability of Funds
• Application Process
• Number and Amount of awards
• Review Criteria
FINALLY
• Go to SPIN (COS; Pivot; IRIS)
• Search on:
• Graduate Students
___________________
Awards; Scholarships; Fellowships; Travel Funding; Research Funding;
Dissertation Planning, Funding; Stipends; Dissemination of Findings
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• Your Topic
PROSPECTS
• CU Funding (including current research projects in your area of
interest)
• Federal Government
• State / Local Governments
• Foundations (Local, State, National)
• Corporations
• Centers, Institutes, Libraries
• Foreign Governments
RESOURCES
University of Colorado (OCG/OVCR)
SPIN: http://www.colorado.edu/vcr/ocg/proposal-preparation-submission/funding
Federal Government
• Department of Education
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
Associations
• American Anthropological Association
• American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
• American Association of University Women
• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Economics Association
• American Political Science Association
• American Sociological Association
• Association of American Geographers
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professionals
• National Association of Student Anthropologists
MORE RESOURCES
University Websites
Cornell
Duke
UC-Riverside
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington
Washington State University
Other Resources
• Foundation Center http://www.foundationcenter.org
• Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov
• The Grantsmanship Center http://www.tgci.com/funding-sources (For Foundations Nationwide)