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The overall focus of this brief book is on answering the question: “How can I find money to support my research?” In this chapter, we present funding options, and add perspective on how you can level the playing field. We start by discussing why you might wish to apply for government and foundation grant and contract awards, why you might prefer grant or contract funding, then overview various ways to use outside funding to propel your academic career, support your students, and build your research career.
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Appendix E list the majority of acronyms used in the alphabet soup of grantsmanship.
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The 6-year budget for the European Research Council (ERC) is $13.6 BN, or about $2BN/year (downloaded from https://erc.europa.eu/about-erc/facts-and-figures on 06/05/2018). Formed in 2007, ERC is the European Union’s equivalent of the US NIH and NSF combined.
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China and Russia sometimes claim a larger research investment than the US, but when looking at the basis for their claims, they factor in industrial research and development activities that are excluded from the US federally-supported basic and applied research budget.
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If you have Co-PIs listed, all of them must qualify for ESI status to get special consideration because this program is to encourage independent investigators.
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There are a few exceptions such as dissertation grants and fellowship grants.
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Hilton, T.F., Leukefeld, C.G. (2019). Exploring Funding Options. In: Grantsmanship for New Investigators. SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01301-1_1
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