Grants

See Wisconsin AHEC Library Outreach & my story http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/eis/pdf/chn3604.pdf

Hmong Health Information Promotion http://www.hmonghealth.org

Heatlhier Northwoods People http://www.healthywisconsin.org

Grantsmanship Interactive Forum

Wisconsin Health Science Library Association (WHSLA)

April 22, 2002 Wausau, WI

Key Points:

• Strategic Planning Model
  • Strengths – why you can be trusted with their money
  • Weaknesses – why you need funding
  • Opportunities – funding organization priorities
  • Threats – what will happen without funding
• Find funding organizations interested in supporting your needs
• Needs assessment is vital
• Realistic plan & budget – double time you think you need
  • Keep objectives simple – don't tie to specific methods
• Follow their instructions!!!
• Meet deadlines
  • Build in enough time in proposal development process for last minute snafus

Bibliography

For books, see Essential Nursing Resources, http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/nurse_res.htm (Grants section)
Proposal Planning and Writing (Miner & Miner): for sample book contents at http://www.oryxpress.com/miner.htm

Articles:

1. Grant writing and the hospital librarian (Dudden RF.) Journal of Hospital Librarianship 2001; 1(3): 25-39 (17 ref)
   
2. Top drawer. Software reviews: GrantSlam (for Windows) (Colgan SW.) Computers in Nursing 2001 Jul-Aug; 19(4): 139-41
   
3. Spotlight on... Fundamentals of grant writing: lessons learned from the process (Dahlen R.) Nurse Educator
   2001 Mar-Apr; 26(2): 54-6
   
4. Tool for planning the grant application process (Crain HC. Broome ME.) Nursing Outlook 2000 Nov-Dec; 48(6): 288-93 (4 ref)
   
5. *NLM extramural program: frequently asked questions" (Zink S. Illes J. Vannier MW.) Bulletin of the Medical Library Association1996 Apr; 84(2): 165-81 (17 ref) (Classic article, formerly online at NLM)
   

Web links

Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/

Wisconsin Foundation Center Libraries:

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Memorial Library, Grants Information Center
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grantshp.htm
728 State St., Room 276
Madison 53706
(608) 262-3242

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Funding Information Center http://www.marquette.edu/library/fic/index.html
1415 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee 53201-3141
(414) 288-1515
(Publishes 20th Edition of Foundations in Wisconsin: A Directory, available in print and
online)

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT http://library.uwsp.edu/
Library - Foundation Collection
900 Reserve St.
Stevens Point 54481-3897
(715) 346-4204

Also:

• CRISP Database http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
• National Science Foundation Grants and Awards. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants/grants_opps.htm
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, Vol. 1, 1971 to date; weekly http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
• NLM Extramural Grants and Contracts http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/extramural.html
• Greater Midwest Region, NN/LM Funding Opportunities http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/current.html

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c2002 Margaret (Peg) Allen

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