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Find below a compilation of internal and external resources available to new investigators seeking grantsmanship training and support in finding funding, writing grant applications, building research teams, disseminating findings, and more.

Questions? Contact DoR@nova.edu or GrantLab@nova.edu

Grant Lab Chats

Grant Lab Chats is a "bite-size" grantsmanship series where each 30-minute session features a brief presentation on a finding funding or proposal development tip or resource, followed by Q&A with attendees. These events usually occur the 2nd Friday of each month from 12:15-12:45pm. *SIGN UP FOR ZOOM LINK: tinyurl.com/GrantLabChats

Access Recording from Past 'Grant Lab Chats'

"Lunch & Learn" Workshop Series

An annual Lunch & Learn series of 1-hour workshops (beginning each year in January) provides an introduction to grant writing basics. See this year's schedule and register to attend the workshops here. To access past workshop materials online, follow the instructions below on how to access the NSU Research Development Hub course on Canvas.

New Faculty Orientation (hosted by DoR)

The Grant Writing Lab and Office of Sponsored Programs provide a New Faculty Orientation for researchers annually (typically in the Fall) to discuss the key steps and contacts for finding and submitting a grant at NSU. For inquiries, please email GrantLab@nova.edu. (Note: New faculty are automatically invited to this event each year.)

Grant Writing Mentoring Program

Sponsored by the NSU Grant Writing Lab and Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Grant Writing Mentoring Program pairs early stage researchers with established researchers to write and submit a grant application by the end of the approximately year-long program period.

"NSU Research Development Hub" Canvas Course

Recorded grant trainings are available on-demand each year to NSU faculty members and professional staff on Canvas in a course called "NSU Research Development Hub." Topics include finding funding, proposal writing, grant budgets, success with specific funders (e.g., NIH and DoD), reviewer panel, resubmission advice, post-award management, and others. This course also provides access to asychronous, self-paced training modules to get researchers onboarded and, later, managing their grant-funded projects effectively.

Email GrantLab@nova.edu to be added to this course. 

(Note: New faculty are automatically invited to this course each Fall.)

How to Access "NSU Research Development Hub" on Canvas:

  1. Go to https://nsu.instructure.com/, which will take you to Canvas
  2. Select "NSU Research Development Hub" from your list of courses
  3. Choose various training options from the home page

The materials/recordings from the Lunch & Learn workshops and Grant Lab Chats series will be accessible via Canvas through this course after each session concludes.

Access curated funding opportunities from the "NSU Funding Alerts" dropdown here:

A List of Funding Opportunties for NSU

Finding Funding Resources:

Internal NSU Grant Competitions:

  • President's Research Grant (PRG; previously called PFRDG): Annual competition with awards up to $15,000 (deadline typically in January/February) to provide seed money for a new research area or to support other scholarly research projects.
  • Quality of Life (QOL) Grant: Annual competition for funding up to $15,000 (deadline typically in January/February) to support research projects that aim to improve the quality of life in the Tri-County area (Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties).

Apply for Early-Career, HSI, and Research-Emerging Institution Grants:

*Find many more from foundations, professional societies, and more using the "Finding Funding Databases" below!

Finding Funding Databases:

  • Atom Grants is a multidisciplinary grant search engine with automated email funding alerts. (This replaces the SPIN funding database.)
  • Foundation Directory Online is a grant search engine accessible on campus or within the Alvin Sherman Library building. Provides information about private funding opportunities, foundations, corporate giving programs, grantmaking public charities, and recently awarded grants.
  • GetEdFunding hosts a collection of more than 2,000 grants and opportunities culled from federal, state, regional and community sources and its available to public and private, preK-12 schools, districts and educators, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations that work with them. 
  • NIH Matchmaker is a tool for finding similar NIH Projects.
  • Duke University's site provides an extensive searchable database for funding.
  • Grants.gov provides access to a search engine for all federally funded grant competitions and application information. Learn how to search and set up email alerts for federal grants here.

Proposal Templates & Guides

Click below to access grant proposal templates and guides for NIH, FL DOH, NSF and DoD as well as general grant writing and funder resources.

Grant Proposal Templates and Guides 

Grant Writing Laboratory ("Grant Lab")

Grant Lab provides one-on-one support in finding funding and proposal development assistance, including feedback on grant application drafts, contact the NSU Grant Writing Manager, Melanie Bauer (mbauer1@nova.edu).

Office of Sponsored Programs

For assistance in the preparation, budget development, and submission of your proposal, contact your Grant Officer in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Click on the “OSP Staff by College” dropdown. *All proposals must be submitted through OSP. 

NSU’s Policies on Proposal Preparation 

Other NSU Resources:

An excellent way to gain insights into a particular funder or funding opportunity, as well as what makes a "good" and "bad" grant proposal, is to volunteer to serve as a grant reviewer. Many federal agencies are in constant need of grant reviewers and are keen to engage early-career researchers in this process.

Find below links with information on how to serve on a grant review panel at each of the below agencies (*if a link is dead, try searching the agency name along with "grant or peer reviewer" in Google):

Below are resources that can help you find research collaborators to expand your team's expertise.

Browse Researcher Profiles

  • Internal NSU Database: Researcher profiles are available in the Pure database, which you can search by research interests and using other search terms
  • Florida ExpertNet: Search for researchers from public FL universities by keyword, discipline, or institution
  • ResearchGate: Sign up for free and search for researchers around the world

Collaboration Resources (provided by NIH)

The NSU library has guidance on data management here, including how to use our institutional repository NSU Works to store data for free and make it publicly available (contact kbaker1@nova.edu to learn more).

Find information on data security in the "NSU Institutional Information" document.

There is support at NSU for many stages in writing up research results for publication:

  • Literature review: A library guide for conducting literature reviews is available here, and you can request a consult to conduct a literature search by contacting your college's assigned librarian.
  • Publishing guidance: A library guide to publishing is available here, and your college's assigned librarian can also provide guidance on impact factor and strategizing around findings dissemination.
  • Complying with federal Open Access policies: If you received NIH or NSF funding, you are required to make resulting peer-reviewed publications publicly accessible. Read more about these policies here. Learn about how NSU librarians can help here.
  • Manuscript review: Contact Kevin Dvorak (kdvorak@nova.edu) in the NSU Writing and Communication Center for copy editing-type review of your manuscript. This may be especially helpful for researchers for whom English is a non-native language.

Find many additional library resources for conducting research here and here.

Find a research and career mentor in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, or social sciences through the National Research Mentoring Network.

Find many library resources for conducting research here and here, including data management, citation management, publishing guidance, creating presentations/posters, and more!