Looking for Funding

• National Institutes of Health
  • NIH in a Nutshell [pdf 244k] Quick guide of essential NIH facts http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/NIH.pdf
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Training & Career Development
    http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/training.cfm (K Kiosk for general announcements)
  • NIMH Grants http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/grants.cfm
    
  • CRISP lists grants already funded by NIH. Test the originality of your ideas and find the best institute to fund your grant, the best study section to review it, and the most appropriate funding mechanism http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
  • Peer Review Process at NIH http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/nih.html#nihpeer Includes Study Section Rosters
  • NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts weekly newsletter for all official NIH announcements http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
    
  • Institutes and Offices http://www.nih.gov/icd/
  • Other NIH Information, http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/nih.html
• Other Federal and Private Funding
  • COS (Community of Science) Funding Opportunties is the best source if you are going to only look at one thing http://fundingopps.cos.com/
  • Other Databases IRIS, FundSource (behavioral & social science), and Grantsnet (basic science)

Writing Your Grant

• NIH Grant Applications PHS 398 for K awards and PHS 416-1 for fellowships http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm
• Grantwriting Resources http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/
  
• Model K08 grant application http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/k08model.htm

Submitting Your Grant

• Researcher's Guide lists resources for the full funding process. http://www.washington.edu/research/guide/
• School of Medicine Grant Submission Be sure to leave enough time for internal processing of your application. http://www.washington.edu/medicine/research/grants/processing.html
  
• Grant and Contract Services does the final processing and sends your grant application to the funder. Please allow them ten working days to do this. They processed 600 proposals in January 2002! http://www.washington.edu/research/gcs/
  

Sign up for:

___ Monthly newsletter and late-breaking funding opportunities
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/fb/

____ NIH Guide Table of Contents
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm

___ Email funding alerts from COS (Community of Science)
http://www.cos.com/services/funding.shtml

____ Grantwriting Workshop or Database Searching Classes
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/wkshp/index.html#gww

____ Individual Funding Consultation,
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/forms/consult.html

Search Funding Databases
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/sources.html

____ CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) - NIH-
funded research

____ COS (Community of Science) - Federal and nonfederal opportunities

____ IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service) - Federal and nonfederal
opportunities

____ Fundsource - For behavioral & social science researchers

____ GrantsNet - Strong on basic science research funding

Talk to:

____ Colleagues/Mentor

____ Program Officer at NIH or Other Funding Agency