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Chapter 8

Research Fortnight Online is a web based information service on funding opportunities and research news. It contains a searchable database of worldwide funding sources.
www.researchresearch.com

GrantsNet, hosted by the journal Science, lists funding opportunities from Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
www.grantsnet.org

European Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) provides information on European Union Research funding and research activities.
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Research Councils UK (RCUK) - this website acts as a portal to the seven council websites which fund research in the UK
www.rcuk.ac.uk/default.htm

The Australian competitive grants register links through to research funding sources in Australia.
www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector

Department of Health (2007a). Human Tissue Act 2004 information.
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Scientificdevelopmentgeneticsandbioethics/Tissue/Tissuegeneralinformation/DH_4102169  

Department of Health (2007b). ACDP guidance.
www.dh.gov.uk/ab/ACDP/index.htm

European Research Council (2008) ERC grant schemes. Guide for applicants.
http://erc.europa.eu

Health and Safety Executive (2008). GMOs – the law.
www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/gmo/law.htm

Home Office (2008a). Animals in scientific procedures.
http://scienceandresearch.homeoffice.gov.uk/animal-research 

Home Office (2008b). Drug laws and licensing.
http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs-laws/licensing

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2008). Conventions and legislations.
www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1359

Medical Research Council (2007). Applicants handbook.
www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Applicanthandbook/index.htm

National Health and Medical Research Council (2008). Peer review process for funding commencing in 2009.
www.nhmrc.gov.au/

National Institutes of Health (2008). NIH grant cycle: application to renewal. Part 5: research plan.
www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/cycle/default.htm

Natural Environment Research Council (2008). Background and guidance notes for reviewer.
www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/referee

National Science Foundation (2008). Grant proposal guide.
www.nsf.gov/funding

World Medical Association (2004). Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects.
www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm