Helpful Links & Resources
Additional grant development resources
Internal resources / UNC Lineberger
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Pre-Award Services
- Please consult your department if your mentor is not a Lineberger member
- Editorial support: Book time to meet with UNC Lineberger Science Writer Mary Lee MacKichan for:
- Scientific editing – “first-reviewer” input on research aims and strategy
- Storytelling – advise on clarity, flow or impact in the writing
- Copyediting – check for spelling, grammar and readability
- Ancillary documents – drafting or revising, e.g. Facilities & Resources, Letters of Support, and Biosketches
- UNC Lineberger Training & Education Events: UNC Lineberger’s training and education programs are part of the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) program. CRTEC offerings includes opportunities for graduate, predoctoral and postdoctoral students at UNC Lineberger.
- Data Sharing and Management:
- UNC Library resource for building data management plans
- UNC Lineberger Office of Genomics Research
- DMP Tool: A free, community-supported service that makes it easier to create machine-actionable data management and sharing plans (DMSPs) that meet funder requirements and follow open science best practice
- re3data: A comprehensive registry of research data repositories that is global and covers all research disciplines
External resources
General
- Secrets to writing a winning grant (Nature.com)
- NIH Grant Fundamentals (YouTube)
- NIH All About Grants Podcast
- NIH Grant Process Primer seminar, Nov 2024 (see Event Resources section)
Writing
- NIH Writing for Grant Success (YouTube)
- Intro to the Specific Aims page
- Review sample applications (NC TraCS)
Figures
- BioRender: BioRender is a web-based program that helps you create scientific figures. Create publication-quality figures in minutes – no drawing skills required! BioRender Premium is available for free at UNC Lineberger.