Post Doctoral Training @ UNM

Funding Opportunities and Resources

Community of Science funding database

CRISP, Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects, is a database of information on federally funded biomedical research.

GrantsNet is one of the best and most comprehensive databases of both federal and private funding sources.

ScienceWise.com has the FEDIX database of federally funded programs.

MIDAS is an information server on UNIX that allows researchers to search numerous databases from their own computers for information on federal and private grants, contract opportunities, fellowships, and sponsored research support.

National Institutes of Health (NIH):

• NIH Home page
• Office of Extramural Research
• NIH Research Training Opportunities
• Forms and Applications
• NIH Guide to Grants & Contracts
• NIH Institutes and Offices

National Science Foundation (NSF):

• NSF Home page
• NSF Documents Online
• NSF Grants and Awards

• American Association of University Women
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Cancer Research Institute
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Research Council Fellowships
• The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
• UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
  Medical Informatics Fellowship Training Program

Office of the UNM Vice Provost for Research "In search of funding"

A Guide for Proposal Writing from the NSF

How to Apply for an NRSA and Resources for NRSA Applications are two useful sites by Laura Stark, PhD in the career services office of UPenn

Proposal Writing the University of Pittsburgh Office of Research manages this resource site which offers simple tips on grant writing. Most helpful is their list of selected web sites.

Proposal Writer's Guide from Don Thackrey, Michigan State University

Grants and Grant Writing from Science's Next Wave magazine

"All about grants" tutorials from the NIH

A Quick Guide for Grant Applications from the National Cancer Institute

Hints for writing successful NIH grants from Professor Ellen Barrett at the University of Miami