Grad & Postdoc Funding Resources
This Page Includes:
Agency Funding Resources/Policy
National Institutes of Health (NIH):
- NIH Information Kiosks - current opportunities, guidelines & prior awards
- NIH Reporter - database of funded NIH awards
- NRSA Fellowship Electronic Application Forms and Instructions - SF424 (R&R) for Electronic Submission
- NIH Podcast on submitting Fellowship Applications - Dr. Henry Khachaturian, Director of Policy and Liaison Activities in the Office of Extramural Research, talks about strategies for writing the best possible predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowship application
- NIADS - Strategy for NIH Funding
- Brown NIH-Related Documentation:
- NRSA Fellowship Application Checklists (updated 6/10)
- NRSA Fellowship Training Related Expenses - Policy (updated 1/08)
National Science Foundation (NSF):
- NSF Find Funding Pages:
- NSF Award Search - database of funded NSF awards
- NSF Help Documentation:
- Proposal and Award Policies and Proceedure Guide (PAPP)
- Fastlane Help Pages - GRFP help documentation at the bottom
- User Friendly Guide to Project Evaluation
- See below for the Brown BioMed Postdoctoral Mentorship Plan - Template to be customized to individual lab/research environment. Required by the NSF for all applications including postdocs.
- Brown NSF-Related Documentation:
Brown Internal Resources
- Brown's Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) newsletter 'Research Development and Grant Writing News' - agency funding trends and grant writing advice
- Brown Library's Grant Writing Resources - print and electronic resources with proposal writing advice from agencies, foundations and faculty
- Brown Graduate School - External Funding Page
- Brown BioMed Research Administration (BMRA) - Funding Resources & Opportunities
- Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) - Brown Business Paperwork
- Proposal Preparation Sheet (updated 11/09)
- PSAF (Proposal Summary and Approval Form - Required for all applications submitted through Brown)
Office of Grad & Postdoc Studies Resource Documnets
- Individual Fellowship Application - Guidelines for Submission (updated 5/12)
- Finding Funding - Resources Document
- Fellowship Advice:
Modules
- Text of Module for Institutional Commitment - updated 3/12
- Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Statement - updated 4/11
- BioMed Grad RCR Training - Syllabus Fall 2012
- Resources available to BioMed Trainees - updated 4/11
- Research Cores available to BioMed Trainees - updated 3/11
- Diversity/Minority Recruitment and Retention at Brown - updated 3/12
- Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan (for NSF Applications) - updated 3/12
- Professional Development Events AY 2009-10 - updated 12/10
- Professional Development Events AY 2010-11 - updated 12/11
- Professional Development Events AY 2011-12 - updated 05/12
- Policy: NIH-NRSA Training Related Expenses - updated 01/08
Fellowship/Grant Funding Databases
- Community of Science Database - Brown has a subscription to this service, contact Amy Robb if you have any problems with it. (you may have to use webVPNif you are off campus)
- GrantsNet - this database provided by AAAS and HHMI can be searched by funding and applicant type.
- Grants.gov Find Funding Opportunities - A database including all federal funding opportunities.
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities - HACU's Scholarship Resource List
- Altum proposalCENTRAL - While this is more a list than a database, it may prove useful as it includes foundations and non-federal sources.
- Other Universiteis' Fellowship/Grants Pages:
- Yale University Postdoc Fellowship Websites
- UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database
- Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Database
- NYU Langone Medical Center Funding Opportunties for Postdocs
- UNC Chapel Hill Funding Opportunties and Resources
- Duke University Graduate and Professional Student Funding
