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Find Research & Training Funding

Grants.gov (general US government sponsored research)

National Institutes of Health Opportunities

National Science Foundation Opportunities

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education Opportunities Database

DARPA Funding Opportunities

Department of Energy Funding Opportunities

National Institute of Food & Agriculture Funding Opportunities

Veterinary Medicine Funding
Tufts University Funding Timelines Resource
Funding Opportunities List (from Purdue Univ College of Vet Med)
Funding Opportunities List from Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities Database
Filter by citizenship status and more!

New Faculty Funding List from University of California Berkeley

NC Biotech Center Funding Opportunities

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Opportunities

NC State University Resources
NC State Research Development Office Funding Resources

NC State Office of Global Engagement International Funding Opportunities

NIH Pre and Postdoctoral Fellowship Resources

The National Institutes of Health awards National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowships to promising pre (F31) and postdoctoral (F32) individuals (who are US citizens or permanent residents) that support their training. These awards are scored based on the merit of the applicant, the mentoring/training plan to be provided to the applicant by their faculty sponsor (i.e. mentor), and the quality of the research/training environment at the institution. Reviewers' comments are provided to applicants in the form of summary statements. Examples of my own F31 & F32 submissions and their summary statements are below.
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CSmith_f31_first_application.pdf
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f31_summary_statement.pdf
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CSmith_f31_resubmission_application.pdf
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f31_resubmission_summary_statement.pdf
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CSmith_f32_application.pdf
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f32_summary_statement.pdf
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NIH Biosketch examples

Biosketches need to be submitted with NIH fellowship applications. Examples of the fellowship and more general biosketch format can be found below (in editable word documents).
CSmith_nrsa_f31_applicant_fellowbiosketch.doc
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CSmith_nrsa_f32_applicant_fellowbiosketch.doc
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CSmith_nih_biosketch_february_2018.doc
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Looking for more examples of successful grants?
My colleague, Gregory Samanez-Larkin, at Duke University has graciously placed all of his successful grant applications (including NIH K99 and R01 grants) on his website here.
An example NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal can be found here (along with the grant reviewers' comments).

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