News/Updates
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Announcements
- Watch the Impact of Biotech in Action - the Biotechnology Center's public awareness site to inform people about biotech in our state.
- Looking for Statistics? Check out State Library of NC, Log Into NC, NC Dept. of Commerce Community Demographics, US Census American Fact Finder, NC Libraries / NC LIVE databases, etc.
- Need a laboratory management guide for scientists in developing countries? See Burroughs Wellcome Fund's publication.
- Interested in funding for rural communities? Check out the Rural Center's funding directory which includes federal and state agencies, foundations, nonprofits, colleges and universities, and businesses.
- FY 09 NASA and DoD STTR Partner Project - to see if universities, FFRDCs, and small businesses want to use this mechanism to show their interest in partnering.
- NIST call for white papers to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need. Deadline: September 30, 2010.
Conferences/Webinars/Workshops
- UNC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute "Write Winning Grants" on August 6, 2010. Program will consist of both didactic material and practical exercises and will focus on the submission of NIH-type proposals.
- Have you received funding through the ARRA and need help with reporting? Check out Office of Management and Budget (OMB) webinars!
- Foundation Center Webinars for foundation fundraising, proposal writing, and all that goes into getting the grants you need.
Other Recent Funding Announcements
(only some opportunities are listed here - please check other databases/sites for additional opportunities).
- NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings - support high quality conferences and scientific meetings that are relevant to the scientific mission of the NIH and to the public health. A conference/scientific meeting is defined as a gathering, symposium, seminar, scientific meeting, workshop or any other organized, formal meeting where persons assemble to coordinate, exchange, and disseminate information or to explore or clarify a defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge. Deadline: December 12, 2010.
- FDA Small Scientific Conference Program - supporting high quality conferences/scientific meetings that are relevant to its scientific mission and to the public health. Support of such meetings is contingent on the fiscal and programmatic interests and priorities of individual participating Centers. Deadlines: October 15, 2011; January 15, 2011; April 15, 2011; and July 15, 2011.
- NC Biotechnology Center Grantsmanship Training Grant - one-time funding opportunity that provides financial support for grant writing training activities for faculty and staff of North Carolina colleges and universities and other non-profits who are involved in research or programs related to the life sciences. Deadline: 60 days prior to training activity date.
For more information about the Gateway to Funding Resources, contact Amber Walker.