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Funding Section 3 10 Finding and Winning Financial Support Whilst there are many sources to which you might look for funding and all have different criteria and processes, there are common steps that you can take which will enhance your chances of success. The following checklist will give you an idea of how to put yourself in a good position. n Improving Background Profile In addition to the reputation that you will have gained in your community by attending and speaking at seminars and conferences and through publishing, ensure that your CV is registered on your institution's sponsored programmes website and databases. This will ensure that organisations undertaking searches of relevant research expertise will identify your research interests and facilities. It is also likely that an active web-based "hunt and match" of your expertise with available research funding can be carried out automatically and generate for you, on your PC/screen, a list of sources to whom you can apply – some systems will even automatically generate and part-populate your application. You will also want to ensure that your interests and scope for Research Contracts are kept up-dated with your business development colleagues, who are responsible for promoting your section and the institution's capabilities to grant agencies, industry and commerce. n Active Profiling A large number of Government agencies and companies (here and abroad) publish calls for research proposals and guidelines for applying to these. It is worth making sure that regular searches are carried out on the websites of those, who you believe, should have interests allied to your research field. Many of these agencies and companies will have active external sponsored research programmes and executives dedicated to external research institution liaison. Indeed many of these international agencies, especially European and US agencies, are required by their constitutions to place a certain amount of outside research on an annual basis. For example, if you go to the NASA Research Opportunities website (http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/), you will find details of proposals and solicitations. Clicking on "NSPIRES help" will lead you to a reference section which provides information on proposal preparation, submission and key contacts. These are very helpful and you could then use the same process/navigation techniques/search words