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Finding Funding

 

 
 
  IRIS: The Illinois Researcher Information Service
The IRIS Database currently contains over 8,600 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition to funding opportunities for faculty, the IRIS Database also contains fellowships and scholarships for grad students and undergrads. Users can search IRIS by sponsor, deadline date, keyword, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (eRA) portals. The IRIS Database is updated daily. You need to be accessing the site via a computer on the UCCS network; contact the IT Help Desk if you are unable to access the IRIS Web site.  
 

 
CU Resources Available Through the Kraemer Family Library

The Kraemer Family Library provides access to and assistance with print and electronic resources that can help you with the grant-seeking or proposal writing process. These resources include:

  • Books on proposal writing in general or for specific disciplines -- search the Kraemer Library Catalog (http://library.uccs.edu/) using the keywords "proposal writing."
  • Reference materials such as the Foundation Directory, Annual Register of Grant Support, and Foundation Grants to Individuals. Visit http://www.uccs.edu/library/finaid.htm for reference numbers to these and other resources.
  • Access to electronic databases in various disciplines for conducting literature searches that help establish the grant-worthiness of a proposed program. Visit http://www.uccs.edu/library/databases/intro.htm for a list of available databases.
  • Reference assistance in locating research materials, electronic resources, or pertinent Web sites.
  • A Library Web page (http://www.uccs.edu/library) with links to IRIS, government resources, patent resources, electronic databases, and full-text journals.
Call the Reference Desk (x3295) or your departmental liaison librarian (http://www.uccs.edu/library/Library%20Information%20and%20Services/liaisonlibs.htm) for assistance with any of the above resources.  
 

 
Online Resources for External Funding Searches
 
  grants.gov
This is a service that operates to provide information for every Federal grant opportunity. It allows searching for information on available grant opportunities using a number of criteria, including a key word search or searching by an Agency. It also includes a registration function to receive e-mail updates as new grant opportunities are added by agencies. Sign up at http://www.grants.gov/.
 
  Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
The CFDA describes federal programs, including purpose, eligibility, appropriations, and information contacts. The Web site address for the CFDA is http://www.cfda.gov/.
 
  Federal Register
The Federal Register publishes rules, proposed rules, and notices, including funding opportunities, of federal agencies. Free access to the Federal Register is available through Seton's Workplace Safety. The Web address is http://www.setonresourcecenter.com/safety/comply.htm.
 
  National Institutes of Health
NIH has a Grants and Funding Opportunities page that links to RFPs and resources for those preparing proposals, Research Training Opportunities, a searchable biomedical database of federal-supported proposed research conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions, and the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. The Web address is http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm. The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts serves, in lieu of the Federal Register, as the official publication of NIH policies, procedures, and program announcements.
 
To search the NIH Guide or subscribe to the Listserv go to http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html.
 
  National Science Foundation Custom News Service
The NSF News Service includes notification of program announcements and information, newsletters and journals and more. You may subscribe to the National Science Custom News Service thttp://www.nsf.gov/funding/.
 
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
This site has links to agencies within DHHS and current RFP's in these agencies. You can access the Web site at the following address: http://www.hhs.gov/.
 
  The US Department of Education
A service titled "EDInfo" provides 1-2 email messages per week on new learning resources, ED reports, and ED grant opportunities. Sign up at http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/EDInfo/.
 
  Other Federal Agencies
Funding opportunities are listed on most Federal agency Web sites. Their Web sites are linked at http://www.uccs.edu/osp/findingfunding/.
 
  The Foundation Center
The mission of the Foundation Center is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. A lot of what's on their site is free, including newsletterrs. The Web site address for the Foundation Center is http://www.fdncenter.org/.
 

 
CU Internal Grant Programs
 
  University of Colorado System Grants
CU Colorado Springs Student Technology Fee is to be used to purchase new equipment and software accessible to all students; to maintain and upgrade equipment used in current and future learning centers; and to develop a broad set of library informational communications offerings accessible to all students. Students, staff, administrators, and faculty are encouraged to submit proposals for the use of these funds. The Web site for information is: http://www.cusys.edu/diversity/grants.html.  
 
  Assessment of Student Learning Minigrants
The Student Achievement Assessment Committee (SAAC) implemented a grant opportunity program available to CU-Colorado Springs' faculty. Mini-grants are awarded to individual faculty members and teams of faculty to carry out assessment research in the areas of student achievement and student learning. The Web site is: http://www.uccs.edu/~tlc/grants/index.html.  
 
  UCCS Teaching Enhancement Grants
The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Committee awards members of the faculty grants for the purpose of helping them enhance their teaching methods. The Web site for details is: http://www.uccs.edu/facassembly/awards/teaching_enhancement_grants.htm.  
 
  Research and Creative Work Fund
Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty who are resident at UCCS are eligible to apply for these funds. The objectives of this program include the promotion of research excellence; to assist more junior tenure-track faculty to establish their research program; and to provide seed money to enable faculty to secure external funds. Proposals are typically solicited in December and awards are limited to a maximum of $5,000. Questions should addressed to Rob Sackett, Dept of History, rsackett@uccs.edu


  Grant Award for Curriculum Development in Aging
All faculty (tenure track and non tenure track), instructors, and honoraria are eligible to apply for these funds. The objective of this program is a Summer stipend to fund curriculum revisions that would introduce or enhance the aging-related content of a course you teach at CU Colorado Springs. The Deadline for the proposal is March 31 and awards are a maximum of $400. For more information contact: Daniel L. Segal, Department of Psychology, x4176.  
 
  President's Fund for the Humanities
The fund supports both traditional and innovative projects in the humanities. Proposals that reach a large audience are especially encouraged. Among the kinds of proposals received are funding requests for:

  • Visiting scholars, artists, lecturers
  • Exhibits, performances, productions
  • Seminars in humanistic studies
  • Public Programs in the humanities
  • Projects that involve interdisciplinary or intercampus cooperation
  • Projects that increase the visibility of the humanities
  • Projects that emphasize humanistic values in a broad social context
  • Projects that address specific social problems in a humanistic context
  • Innovative teaching in humanistic studies
The website for information is https://www.cu.edu/contents/president'sfunds-humanities-application-guidelines.  
 

 
  Other Funding Resources (including Federal Agencies)
 
Organization Databases
Federal Programs Database
Federal Agencies
 

 
Gwen Logan Gennaro, Director   
Office of Sponsored Programs   
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs   
1420 Austin Bluffs, Main Hall 312   
Colorado Springs, C0  80918   
 
Telephone: +1 (719) 255-3153   
Facsimile: +1 (719) 255-3706   
Email: ggennaro@uccs.edu   
 
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