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IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service)
IRIS currently contains over 8,000 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Users can search IRIS by sponsor, deadline date, keyword, and other criteria. Most IRIS records contain live links to sponsor Web sites, electronic forms, or Electronic Research Administration (ERA) portals. The IRIS Database is updated daily.
Print Resources
General
Annual Register of Grant Support
LB2338 .A5
Directory of Research Grants
LB2338 D57.
The Grants Register
LB2338 .G7.
Geared to students and scholars at or above the graduate level and or those who require further professional or advanced vocational training.
The Foundation Directory
AS911.A2 F6
The Foundation Directory, Part 2
AS911.A2 F652
In Education
National guide to funding for elementary and secondary education, 5th Ed.
LC243.N28 1999
The complete grants sourcebook for higher education, 3rd Ed.
LB2336.B38 1995
Includes information on the process of writing successful grant applications.
Finding Grants
Powerpoint presentation created by librarian Valery King for the workshop "Show Me the Money (or at Least How I Can Find It): Graduate Student Financial Support" and presented on January 27, 2009. This is the library resource part of the workshop presentations.
Federal Government Resources
The Federal Government is a rich source of grant funding of all kinds. Some new online tools make it easier to find government funding:
Aggregated sources
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Individual Government Agencies
GrantsNet -- From the Department of Health & Human Services
National Science Foundation -- Find Funding
National Institute of Health -- Office of Extramural Research
Environmental Protection Agency -- Grants and Fellowship Information. Includes environmental education grants
Department of Education -- Grants & Contracts
National Endowment for the Humanities -- independent grant-making agency of the U.S. government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Foundations
Council on Foundations -- a national nonprofit association of approximately 2,000 grantmaking foundations and corporations.
The Foundation Center -- nonprofit service organization and leading authority on organized private philanthropy in the U.S. A major source of grant information and news; has free training materials including a Proposal Writing Short Course
Online Publications
The following open access publications are available without subscription:
Information Portals
Edweek.org -- the Grants Available section, providing up-to-date information on grants in education
TGCI, The Grantsmanship Center -- A grant writing information portal
OSU Research Office -- has resources for both faculty AND students
Last Update: 22 Jun 15:39 | Tagged with: grants funding research money
