GrantForward Webinar 2/14/17

GrantForward, a database to help find grants and fellowships, is hosting a webinar "Using GrantForward as a Researcher" on Tuesday, February 14th from 12:00-1:00 PST.
The webinar will cover the basics of setting up an account, searching, using advanced filters, exporting grants, and creating a customized profile.

Sign up here: http://service.grantforward.com/webinar/signup

For other websites, books, and tips on getting grants check out the Library's Grant Resources Guide.

GrantForward webinar

GrantForward is holding a free one-hour webinar on How to Use GrantForward as a Researcher, on September 22, 2015 at 1:00pm PST.

Topics to be covered include:

• creating an account
• simple searches and advanced filters
• exporting grants
• saving searches  
• creating a researcher profile

RSVP for the webinar

The GrantForward funding database is available via the Library's institutional subscription. It contains over 9000 active federal and private funding opportunities. Search for fellowships, travel grants, early career investigator funding and more. If you can't make this webinar, GrantForward offers other online tutorials to be accessed anytime.

New Biosketch format

The NIH will require use of a new Biosketch format for grant applications submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2015.

The Library has created a guide to help you understand the new NIH Biosketch requirements.

Key changes include:

• Extends page limit from 4 to 5 pages.
• Allows applicants to add up to 4 peer reviewed publications that specifically highlight their experience to section A. Personal Statement.
• Changes section C from Selected Peer Reviewed Publications to Contribution to Science. Applicants can briefly describe up to 5 of their most significant contributions to science and include up to 4 peer reviewed publications or other non-publication products, such as patents, audio or video products, data and research materials, databases, educational aids or curricula, instruments or equipment, models, protocols, and software or netware. Each contribution should be no longer than one half page including figures and citations.
• Provide a URL to a full list of published work as found in a publicly available database, such as SciENcv or My Bibliography.

Check out the FAQs for the new NIH Biosketch format.

Classes reviewing the new Biosketch format will be announced soon.

Grants database webinar April 16

The grants database the Library subscribes to, Grant Forward, is hosting a one-hour webinar on how to find grants on April 16, 2015 from 12:30-1:30 PST. It is a free webinar, but you do need to register here to attend.

To learn more about Grant Forward and other grant resources available to you, visit the Library's Grants subject guide.

GrantScoop trial

The Kresge Library has arranged a free trial for GrantScoop, a web-based resource for scientists who are seeking grant money. 

 GrantScoop "offers a curated, up-to-date list of private and government funding opportunities for basic and clinical researchers focused on human health," including opportunities for both U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens working in the U.S. It is written by scientists, for scientists.  

If you wish to try GrantScoop, instructions for creating your account are provided below. Once you are signed up, you may use a standard keyword search, a guided search, or you may enter selection criteria using 19 different parameters to identify funding opportunities the best meet your needs.

If you are currently a user of Grant Forward (the grant database that the Library currently subscribes to on your behalf) we would be most interested to learn which product you find of greatest value. The good news is that if the Library budget cannot support institutional subscriptions to both products, GrantScoop offers reasonably priced options for individuals (e.g., $25 gives you unlimited use for one week;  $75 gets you unlimited use for one month;  $400 gives you unlimited use for one year). For more information, see the FAQ.

To Access the Trial:

• Go to http://grantscoop.com
• Click on Create a User Account
• For Email, use your @scripps.edu email address
• For Plan (at the bottom of the page), select INSTITUTIONAL ACCESS
• The trial runs from December 8 – December 25.  We hope you find this useful in your work.

Please feel free to share any comments about this product with the Kresge Library, including suggestions on how to make it more useful.

NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low

Article in BioTechniques journal, NIH Success Rate Hits All-time Low , states that in 2011 only 18% of new research project grants were funded.

SciVal Funding Trial

The publisher Elsevier has asked Scripps to be a Beta test site for their new SciVal Funding database over the next six months, until December 31, 2009. Kresge Library staff encourage you to take advantage of this limited opportunity to access SciVal Funding at:

http://cert2-funding.scival.com/

A potentially valuable feature of this product is the ability to generate targeted recommendations of funding opportunities based on your individual profile. In addition, you can search by general topic as well as find awarded grants to identify research performance at both an individual and institutional level.

Library staff have already reported to Elsevier a problem with the advanced search feature under "Find Awarded Grants": searching by institution yields zero results. Until this is corrected, the Quick Search for Awarded Grants (in the upper right hand corner) can be used to search by institution.

SciVal Funding is similar to (and would be a competitor to) the IRIS Funding Opportunities database currently provided by the Library at:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/iris/

The Library's Grant Information page provides additional information about IRIS and other grant-related web sites at:

http://www.scripps.edu/library/grants.html

The Library welcomes any feeback on this trial product, email helplibscripps.edu

Ten Simple Rules Series for Scientists

Check out SciVee's Ten Simple Rules series.

Currently available are:

Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published

Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants

Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations

All are authored by UCSD professor Philip E. Bourne.