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NIH funding opportunities and policies | Federal, private foundations, and corporate funding sources | Research funded by U.S. Public Health Service (mainly NIH) | Lists funding opportunities for most federal agencies |
When updated |
Weekly | Continuously | Weekly | Daily |
Connectors or Operators |
comma, AND, OR, NOT, <NEAR> (Upper or lower case) | Match all fields = AND Match any field = OR Exclude matching fields = NOT |
OR, AND, PHRASE; (Upper or lower case) | OR, AND, NOT (Upper or lower case) |
Default Operator |
Not Applicable | AND (within fields that allow searching); OR (within picklists) | OR (between keywords in Basic Query Form); AND (between fields) | AND (between fields and in fields that allow searching); OR (within picklists) |
Precedence |
Parentheses | Parentheses | Not yet available | Parentheses |
Phrase Searching |
Use plain text or insert <PHRASE> before keywords | Use " " (double quotes) | Enter plain text in Advanced Query Form | Use " " (double quotes ) |
Truncation or Wildcards |
A sterisk (*) for one or more characters; stemmed variations of words included | Asterisk (*) only at end of word or word stem | To limit search to one NIH mechanism, use wildcards (e.g., K08%) in Grant Number box. Percent sign, %, is truncation symbol. | Asterisk (*) only at end of word or word stem |
Special Features |
Most relevant searches are often not listed first. Review at least the top 10-15 hits. | Use "Citation Manager" to create easy-to-scan list of search results | Community of Science (COS) Funded Research is also a searchable database of research funded at NIH, NSF, USDA, SBIR, and MRC | Important: Click "Notices" article type to decrease much of the non-relevant information. Can be overwhelming to search otherwise. |
Comments |
Lists names and contact information of NIH program officers | Searches are not case sensitive, but don't use punctuation except for hyphens. Use more general keywords or browse keywords and use EXPLODE if get poor search results | IRG, or Initial Review Group, includes the study section that reviewed the grant for scientific merit | Searches are not case sensitive, but don't use punctuation except for hyphens. Use more general keywords if get poor search results |
Adapted and modified from http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/help/qg.html
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Updated October 25, 2005 |
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