Principal Investigators Guide
Finding External Funding Opportunities
ORSP is committed to helping potential and current Principal Investigators find funding to support their research and programmatic interests. This can be accomplished utilizing several web-based resources.
Community of Science
The University of Denver currently subscribes to the Community of Science (COS) service located at: www.cos.com
COS is the leading global resource for hard-to-find information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines. They aggregate valuable information so you spend less precious time and money searching for information you need, leaving more time and money for your projects.
- Find funding with COS Funding Opportunities: search the world’s most comprehensive funding resource, with more than 23,000 records representing nearly 400,000 opportunities, worth over $33 billion.
- Identify experts and collaborators with COS Expertise: search among 500,000 profiles of researchers from 1,600 institutions throughout the world. Discover who’s doing what—current research activity, funding received, publications, patents, new positions and more
- Promote your research with a COS Profile: showcase your research and expertise among researchers and scholars from universities, corporations and nonprofits in more than 170 countries. Use convenient tools to keep your CV updated and accessible.
Grants.gov
The federal government has developed a one-stop web resource to find federal grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities and apply for funding electronically.
This federal resource is located at: www.grants.gov
There are two departments within the University of Denver which can assist you in obtaining funding - ORSP and University Advancement. Any official proposal for external funding must be submitted through one of these offices.
The following guidelines will help you determine which office is the most appropriate office to contact when getting ready to submit your proposal.
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
- A grant/contract for specific work or deliverables, including research. Exchange of reciprocal value between the University and Sponsor.
- Sponsor may be government entity, foundation or corporation.
- Proposals are often reviewed by peers, academic discipline or research interest area.
- Reports and financial statements to the sponsor require detailed reporting and/or accounting.
- Audits are required by sponsor or government regulation, e.g. A-133 audits.
- Proposal must include assurances of compliance regarding use of human subjects, animals, biohazards, and other laws and regulations.
- Funds not spent must be refunded to the sponsor.
University Advancement
- A contribution, with charitable intent and no expectation of exchange or reciprocal value.
- Donor may be private individual, charitable foundation or corporation.
- Applications may be reviewed by a board of “lay” persons or the donors themselves.
- Reports and financial statements to the donor are of a general nature and are basically for stewardship purposes.
- May be subject to general donor audits.
- There is no use of human subjects or animals in research, hazardous materials, etc.
- If the project or program is not implemented, the contribution may be returned or may be transferred to another project or program at the donor’s discretion.
