Divan: Communication Skills for the Biosciences
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


