Grants in Chemistry

How to Submit a Grant in Chemistry

University Resources

• Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
• Electronic Grants Management System (EGMS)
• Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects)
• Office of Animal Welfare
• Fostering Integrity in Research, Scholarship and Teaching (FIRST, formerly Responsible Conduct in Research)
• Office of the Vice President for Research – Research Resources
• Office of the Vice President for Research – Research Advancement

Federal Organizations

• National Institutes of Health
• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts This will take you directly to the NIH Guide.
• National Science Foundation
• Department of Energy – Office of Science
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Environmental Protection Agency
• List of agencies that provide grants

Funding Opportunities

• Community of Science
• Sponsored Project Information Network (SPIN)
• Office of the Vice President for Research
• Extramural Coordinated Funding
• Intramural Funding Opportunities
• University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF)

About Proposal Writing

• NIH Preparing Grant Applications
• Quick Guide to Preparing NIH Applications (National Cancer Institute)
• NIAID Grants Tutorials
• U of Michigan’s Proposal Writer’s Guide
• Technical Writing and Editing Tips from UC-Irvine
• Grant Preparation and Submission (UC-Irvine)
• EPA Grant Writing Tutorial
• CFDA on Writing Grant Proposals
• NIH Grant Glossary
• How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal (American Astronomical Society)
• Art of Grantsmanship (Kraicer)
• Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing (Miner) (PDF)
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Levine)
• Foundation Center Proposal Writing Short Course
• Minnesota Council on Foundations Grantseeking Resources

Searching Funded Grants

• RePORT (NIH)
• CRIS (USDA)
• US Department of Education
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Science Foundation

About Peer Review

• NIH Video on Peer Review
• NSF Proposal Review Book
• Peer Review at the Center for Scientific Review