Funding

Now that you’ve established a well thought out research study, it’s time to navigate the grant lifecycle to fund your project. Before you begin writing a grant application, it’s important to learn about the various types of grants and different funding agencies to ensure you’re choosing the right one that will help further your research. Use the following resources to create your funding strategy to ensure a successful grant application cycle.

Stay Informed About Funding Opportunities

• Sign up for weekly GW Research Matters funding alerts with federal and foundation funding opportunities in 25 thematic areas.
• Sign up for weekly (Friday) NIH funding opportunities and notices.

Federal Research Grants

• Learn about the NIH Grant Lifecycle, Pre- and Post-Award phases
• Types of NIH Grants Programs 
  • Learn about the wide variety of research-related programs NIH supports (e.g. R01, P01, U01, T, K, F, etc.)
• The NIH R01 Toolkit 
  • This guide on the process of preparing and submitting grant applications (Science, 2007 but still useful).
• NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity.
  • Principal Investigators of research grants may request supplemental funds to enhance the diversity of the research workforce; see PA-20-166
• NIH Loan repayment program
  • Repay up to $50,000 annually of a researcher's qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research. Presentation Recording
• CTSI-CN KL2 Program here
  • The CTSI-CN program supports institutional KL2 formal research training experience to scholars who already have an M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Other Common Biomedical Federal Funding Agencies
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Grants
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding

Corporate and Foundation Funding

• Build your corporate funding strategy 
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• GW Funding Database 
  • Provides a compilation of open Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from foundations and corporations curated by GW Corp and Foundation Relations.
• Other Common Biomedical Foundation Opportunities
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • Foundation Center
  • Pfizer Grants
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Find Pilot/Intramural Funding

• The University Facilitating Fund (UFF) 
  • To foster the creation of new research projects and scholarly activities for full-time university faculty. Awards range from $5,000-$25,000 per fiscal year. 
• The Cross-Disciplinary Research Fund (CDRF) 
  • To establish collaborative partnerships within Centers and Institutes or between investigators from two or more schools that apply for external funding opportunities. These awards will provide up to $50,000 per year for two fiscal years.
• Other intramural funding competitions
  • To support and encourage research and scholarship.
• CTSI-CN-Provided Funding Sources 
  • (Voucher Program and Pilot Awards)Learn more about funding opportunities from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children's National. 
• GW-Provided Funding Sources 
  • Find funding using GW’s Funding Database pages and Pivot, a searchable database of funding opportunities from federal and non-federal sources including foundations and commercial sponsors.
• CNH-Provided Funding Sources.
  • Learn about funding opportunities at Children's National Hospital.

Institutional Resources and Contacts

• The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) supports the university research mission.
• All proposals from GW faculty must utilize myResearch for electronic routing and approval through the Office of Sponsored Projects. GW OVPR sponsors research enhancement initiatives and periodic grant writing workshops.