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Early Career Awards
If you are a researcher in the early stages of your
career there are several resources you can use to find
funding. You may wish to focus first on awards that
are targeted specifically at young investigators or
junior faculty.
 The
weekly Opportunity
Update often includes announcements for early
career awards. We highlight these special programs
with this icon.
The following article, published in the October 1998
ASEE PRISM, may also be of interest to you: "Writing
Your first Grant Proposal" by Douglas M. Green.
Searching for Early Career Awards
Using Databases
Databases offer the best
starting point for locating funding opportunities. They
allow you to tailor your search criteria to your area
of interest. Many database services also provide customized
alert services which will notify you when a funding
program meeting your search criteria becomes available.
The Office of the Vice President for Research provides
a subscription to the Community
of Science (COS) database for the use of the Virginia
Tech research community. Please note that COS lists
funding opportunities in ALL disciplines, not just the
sciences.
Using Alert Services
Alert services offer terrific convenience in locating
funding opportunities. In most cases you fill out a
simple form indicating your interests and you then receive
a notice each week including any new opportunities that
have become available. These services are free, and
many can be customized to really focus in on the type
of research that interests you. Some alert services
are more topic specific, like programs from NASA and
NIH.
We have information on alert services
in our Funding Resources section. It is highly recommended
that you sign up for at least one alert service.
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Hot Links
NextWave
at Science Online has some good resources for new investigators:
The
Toolkit: Getting an NIH R01 Grant
If you're a scientist doing research that's directly
related to human health, you need to know your way around
the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Every young
biomedical scientist seeks NIH grants; indeed, the first
R01 is a milestone in every research career. The
Toolkit will be useful throughout the process of
preparing a grant application.
The Federal
Trough, the Web's most comprehensive list of U.S.
federal funding sources for scientific research.
The
Grant Doctor: Advice for Grantseekers
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