Tips for Using Funding Databases
✽ Use databases of active funding opportunities to identify current funding announcements relevant to your project.
✽ Use databases of awarded grants to
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Find examples of successfully funded projects in your field. Search by topic keyword or Principal Investigator name.
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See the types of research funded by a particular funding body (foundation, agency, association).
✽ Use Foundation Directory Online to identify organizations, their funding priorities, and projects they've funded.
✽ Also go directly to agency, foundation, and professional association websites relevant for your field.
UW Libraries Funding Research Guides
Use these guides to find funding information and specialized databases.
- Health Sciences Grant Resources (UW HSL)* Recommended databases for biomedical and cross-disciplinary funding.
* Opportunities for students, early-career investigators, and other researchers.
* UW-specific funding opportunities.
* Electronic books on grant writing. - Graduate Student Funding Resources Guide (UW Libraries)* Guide and resources specifically for UW Graduate Students.
* Graduate Funding Information Service offers individual assistance.
Electronic Books on Grant Writing
- Yang, Otto O. Guide to effective grant writing: How to write a successful NIH grant application. 2nd ed. Boston, Springer, 2012.
- Schimel, Joshua. Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Kienholz, Michelle L. and Berg, Jeremy. How the NIH can help you get funded: An insider's guide to grant strategy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Bauer, David G. The "how to" grants manual: successful grantseeking techniques for obtaining public and private grants. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield in partnership with the American Council on Education. 2011.
- Mann VJ. Getting your share of the pie: the complete guide to finding grants. Santa Barbara,CA: Praeger, 2010.
Health Sciences Grant Writing Advice
- "Writing an NIH Research Proposal," Professor Kelly Edwards' 2013 presentation slides
- "Impact: Pack a punch," 2013 Nature article describes how grant reviewers are increasingly focusing on the scientific and social impact of proposed research projects.
- "Writing Your Application," an overview from the NIH.
- NIH Grant Tutorials - "Common mistakes in grant applications," "Annotated Sample R01 grant," and "Protecting Human Research Participants"
- Strategy for NIH Funding
- Recorded seminars on "Grantsmanship" - including creating a research budget, grant-writing tips, and advice from study section leaders (from the Institute of Translational Health Sciences)
