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This site was created by Julie Fossler for UIUC LIS424. The author cannot claim any credit or responsibility for the information contained in the links. Last updated: 4/26/99
Grants are like the motherlode of all funding. Competitive, difficult to apply for, challenging to comply to, anyone who receives a grant for research or studies deserves a cuppa cuppa. Following is a list of sources of grant funding. For application instructions, please see the section on Applying.
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The University of Illinois has an excellent site called the The Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS). Available only by subscription, the IRIS database is filled with funding opportunities. This database has been around since 1979 and is updated daily. It contains records on over 7,900 federal and non-federal funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. The IRIS office also maintains a library of publications (informational brochures, application guidelines, and annual reports) from over 2,000 funding agencies. If your institution is a subsciber, you've hit a goldmine here. If not, the page also includes links to free research resource sites, most of which have also been mentioned in my site.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has compiled a fab Grants Information Center with links to everything a grantseeker needs. Check out their guide to Funding Sources for Individuals, as well as a section on Information Center Grants Resources on the Internet: A detailed guide. They even have a section on Database Search Tips. Oh, you'll also want to see their page on Funding Sources for Education, which includes both print and net sources. (just as an fyi, they also include a link to Colleges and Universities with Graduate Programs about Nonprofits, which includes a link to NYU's Wagner School, which is where I will be this fall!).
Of course, Yahoo has compiled an exhautive list of websites that have anything to do with Grants. If you have the patience, I'm sure you'll find something that suits your interests.
The University of Chicago has a clean site which includes links to Online Search Tools, Agency Forms (scroll down to get past the U of C forms), and Agency Websites.
Created by the Auditor's Office of the State of Ohio, this deceptively simple site of Internet Addresses of Interest to Grant-Seekers packs a load of resources especially for seeking federal grant funding. Includes links to federal agencies, circulars and searchable databases.
The Foundation Center has an RFP Bulletin it publishes regularly with requests for grant proposals organized by subject and due date.
The American Association of University Women's Educational Foundation 1999-2000 Fellowships and Grants site begins with this information: "The AAUW Educational Foundation has helped more than 7,000 women reach their personal and professional goals through a variety of fellowships and grants." There is also a link to this site in the Fellowship section.
An ok site that lists granting institutions is the University of Virginia's URL List for Grantseekers. The problem is, it hasn't been updated since late 1996 and many of the links are dead now. However, enough links do work that it is still a comprehensive site.
The University of Miami has a fairly decent list of grants and fellowships that can be viewed at http://spider.med.miami.edu/research/some_grants.html. It's in alphabetical order and not necessarily focused on any specific discipline.
Michigan State University has compiled The Grants and Related Resources Home Page, looks surprisingly the same as many sites on the first page. However, the kicker is a lot of the second tiers of information were also created by MSU and contain even more detailed info on subjects such as Grants for Individuals: Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans and Grants for Individuals: Postdocs and Faculty.
The Society of Research Administrators has a lengthy list of Private Funding Information. It also has a beautiful page of Policy Info & OMB Circulars with links to regulatory aids and many agency's grant guidelines and policies.
FinAid has a Grants page that's much better than mine, with clearly outlined sections on databases, publications, government grants and other resources. It also has a section called Handouts, which links to a few grantwriting sites.
The National Adjunct Faculty Guild hosts The At-a-Glance Guide to Grants. Their links "are provided as a resource to adjunct faculty but are applicable to all researchers."
The American Philosophical Association, oddly enough, has an interesting list of grant opportunities. Some are clearly philosophically-minded, but it gives fresh ideas. A problem, however, is that I don't think it's been updated lately and doesn't include a lot of hyperlinks.
Another nice simple list is Grants and Funding, which is just a great big long list of places I hadn't thought to look.
Definitely the first place to go when searching for government grants and funding, the University of Wisconsin has compiled an EXCELLENT site highlighting federal grants. It includes links to all the federal agency grant sites, relevant databases and even grantwriting tips links.
Michigan State University has compiled The Grants and Related Resources Home Page, looks surprisingly the same as many sites on the first page. However, the kicker is a lot of the second tiers of information were also created by MSU and contain even more detailed info. For instance, check out its page on Federal Funding.
George Washington University hosts this site for primarily government Funding Opportunities, including links to EDGAR, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Affairs, and Federal Register Notices.
The University of Virginia Department of Computer Science hosts a site with a great many links to Government Agency funding sites. It's unique in that it includes a lot of the defense-related sites.
United States Government Funding and Grant Resources is a nice site hosted by the University of Arkansas Medical School. It's just a simple list of links to government sites.
The U.S. Department of Education has a great deal of helpful information for grantseekers. First, there's Funding Opportunities, a page with information on If you're interested in applying for a grant or contract, here's information you'll need to know. Next, a list of FY 1999 Discretionary Grant Application Packages. And of course, there's the Student Financial Assistance page, although it focuses mainly loans. Also check out the DoE's Grants and Contracts Information Page for DoE Grants Info, Federal Register announcements, and links to other grants sites.
The Illinois General Assembly has a link to the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation's Grant Alerts page which lists grants by deadline date. The only problem is, that's the only way the grants are listed.
USDA has some potentially good sites, but not all the links are working. One is for the Nationals Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, another for A Guide to Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships in International Forestry and Natural Resources and a third for Distance Learning and Telemedicine.
Department of Health and Human Services has a GrantsNet page that gives information about getting HHS grants.
The National Science Foundation lives for grants. Here's one of many grants-related NSF sites
National Telecommunications and Information Administration also gives grants, although they're more activity- and research-related.
Finally, the Federal Register is always a good place to look for federal grants. It's where you're going to find the rules that govern any government grants, although it's tricky weeding through all that you find.
University of Illinois-related Grants
Although it's nothing fancy, here are some links to use to
search for applicable grants while at the U of I: http://www.uiuc.edu/research/grants.html.
Of course, there's always the IRIS site. Created by the University of Illinois, The Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) is an excellent resource to use when searching for any type of funding. Available only by subscription, the IRIS office maintains a library of publications (informational brochures, application guidelines, and annual reports) from over 2,000 funding agencies. This database has been around since 1979 and is updated daily. It contains records on over 7,900 federal and non-federal funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. If your institution is a subsciber, you've hit a goldmine here. If not, the page also includes links to free research resource sites, most of which have also been mentioned in this site.