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2025 Recordings


Grant Writing in 2025

July 9, 2025

Presenter: Nathan Blouin, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development at UNC

Session Summery: Nathan provides insights into future National Institutes of Health priorities and shares tips on how to approach grant writing and exploring other funding sources. After the presentation, Nathan answers questions from attendees and provides feedback on concerns shared.

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UNC Health Sciences Library: SPIN Funding Database Virtual Workshop

June 25, 2025

Workshop Leaders: Luke Barron (Clinical Librarian), Joel Collier (Clinical Librarian)

Workshop Summary: Librarians from the UNC Health Sciences Library lead a virtual workshop for the UNC CCCR research community that covers workflows for using SPIN, a comprehensive database for funding opportunities from federal, public, non-profit, and private sponsors. This session focuses on searching for funding by career level, clinical/non-clinical, and research topic. Steps for setting up a recurring search criteria and enabling notifications are also be addressed.

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BWH VERITY & UNC CCCR 2025 Mini Course: Large Datasets for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Research

May 5th & May 12th, 2025

Course Directors: Jeffrey Katz, MD, MSc, Amanda Nelson, MD, MSCR, RhMSUS, Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH

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