Getting Started

This guide contains many sources of information on grants available at Emory and on the Internet at large but is not wholly comprehensive. Much of the information on the Internet should be viewed with a suspect eye. For information on validating Internet resources, please see the Internet Critical Evaluation page.

For more resources at Emory, search EUCLID with one of the following Library of Congress subject headings. Each heading listed here is linked to directly search EUCLID:

• Endowments -- United States -- directories
• Proposal writing in research
• Research grants
• Research grants -- United States -- directories
• Research support -- directories
• Student aid -- United States -- directories

Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Corporation of New York offers grants used to promote"the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding" that benefit the people of the United States. The four current program areas are: Education, International Peace, International Development, and Strengthening the U.S. Democracy. Additional targeted support is available through the Carnegie Corporation Scholars Program and the Special Opportunities Fund. This site offers information on these grants, along with information on how to apply, program guidelines, and general information about the corporation

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. This database covers all types of assistance, not just financial aid and guaranteed loans.

Chronicle of Higher Education Grants & Fellowships
Provides an up-to-date list of links, print resources, jobs, and articles pertaining to grants and fellowships currently offered in the higher education field.

Community Of Science Funding
The Community of Science is a global resource for hard-to-find information critical to scientific research and other projects across all disciplines. COS supports two databases:

COS Funding News includes information on awards aimed toward researchers, educators and students, professionals, nonprofit organizations, and businesses such as faculty or medical staff spin-offs. Awards in this database include research grants; scholarships; postdoctoral awards; fellowships; support for visiting personnel; funding to attend or organize conferences, seminars, and workshops; prizes and awards; equipment grants; facility access opportunities; funding for the arts; publishing support; and funding to develop programs to benefit the public or the environment. Search more than 22,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion.

COS Expertise contains more than 480,000 first-person profiles of researchers from over 1,600 institutions worldwide. Discover who's doing what -- current research activity, funding received, publications, patents, new positions and more.

Council on Foundations
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grantmaking foundations and giving programs worldwide, providing online resources on finding grants, leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities—among other services—to its members. (IRS recognized foundations and corporate giving programs) and to the general public. The Council does not provide services to grant seekers.

E-Bulletin Program Dates and Deadlines by Discipline -- National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering through grants and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations, and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.

NSF receives approximately 40,000 proposals each year for research, education and training projects, of which approximately 11,000 are funded. Their E-Bulletin announces key dates on which grant proposals are due at NSF for the current 4 months. Biological sciences; computer science; information science; engineering; education; human resources; geo-science; integrative activities; polar programs; mathematics; physical sciences; social, behavioral and economic sciences; and international programs are included.

NSF also provides an online guide to grant proposals and information on regional grants conferences.

ED.gov
The U.S. Department of Education administers about 200 grant programs providing about $2.5 billion to help strengthen teaching and learning in colleges and other postsecondary institutions. Another $5 billion is appropriated to support teaching and learning focusing on rehabilitation, adult education, research and development, statistics, and assessment. This site provides a database of available education grants organized by subject, title, who's eligible to apply, and more. A companion site, the Financial Aid Information Center, provides information on financial aid for postsecondary education.

Federal Register
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It is updated daily and is available online back to 1994. The FR database supports searching for specific research funding and federal grants information offered by various federal agencies.

Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. Their Foundation Finder database supports searching by name for basic information about foundations within the universe of more than 73,000 private and community foundations in the U.S. The site also provides current news about grants including the Philanthropy News Digest

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The Emory libraries also subscribe to the Foundation Directory Online. This online directory is a premium subscriber service not open to the general public.

Grants and Grant Writing Links and Resources
List of online resources on grants and proposal writing covering both domestic and international organizations. Compiled by a professional grant writer; updated frequently.

Grants for Individuals
This compilation focuses primarily on funding opportunities for individuals - such as financial aid or scholarships for students - rather than funding for nonprofit organizations. Arranged by subject, population, and academic level, this site is maintained by the Funding Center of the Michigan State University Libraries.

Grants for Non-Profits
This compilation focuses primarily on grants or funding sources for nonprofit organizations. Arranged by subject, this site is maintained by the Funding Center of the Michigan State University Libraries.

Grants.gov
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The site guides the user through the discovery and application processes.

GrantsNet
A searchable, continuously updated, database of funding opportunities for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education. It contains programs that offer training and research funding for graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, as well as programs in science, math, engineering, and technology for undergraduate faculty and students. GrantsNet is a free service, but users must sign up for a password.

IRIS Search Databases -- UIUC
IRIS Deadlines by Discipline -- UIUC
Maintained by the University of Illinois, the Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) currently contains over 8,600 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition to funding opportunities for faculty, the IRIS Database also contains fellowships and scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students. 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.

National Institutes of Health Grants -- Office of Extramural Research
The NIH's Office of Extramural Research serves as the focal point for policies and guidelines for extramural research grants administration. The site has a list of funding and training opportunities, ready-to-print applications, award data, and grant policies.

Notices of Funding Availability -- U.S. Department of Agriculture
List of funding opportunities from the USDA that allows sorting by date of publication or deadline. Also, searches can include keywords from a predetermined list, including housing, public safety, health, and technology. Listings include a summary of the funding opportunity, funding organization, award amount, eligibility, and links to more information.

Smithsonian opportunities for research and study in history, art, science
This web site provides information about the Smithsonian Institution's many fellowships, internships, and research resources, as well as facilitating the Smithsonian's scholarly interactions with students and scholars at universities, museums, and other research institutions. Includes details on the purpose, research fields, eligibility, duration, application procedures, and deadlines.

Developing And Writing Grant Proposals -- CFDA
Guide produced by the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to assist in the process of grant proposals, starting with development and review and leading through writing and submitting the proposal. Also provides information on further resources.

EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial
Produced by the Environmental Protection Agency and Purdue University, this site is intended to help with the process and paperwork of applying for a grant, especially a federal grant. Included are a number of tips on structure, requirements, links to forms, examples, resources, and a tutorial program.

Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
This Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal was created to help empower people to be successful in gaining funds for projects that provide worthwhile social service. A major theme that runs throughout the Guide is a concern for the development of meaningful cooperative relationships - with funding agencies, with community organizations, and with the people you are serving - as a basis for the development of strong fundable initiatives. Contains an example of a completed proposal.

National Science Foundation: A Guide for Division of Undergradute Education Proposal Writing
While this guide may be valuable information for proposal writing in general, it was specifically prepared for programs in the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE). Because programs, priorities, technologies, funding levels, and many other details change often, advice in this guide also will change over time. Following the advice given here certainly does not guarantee funding although it will help applicants write better and more competitive proposals.

Non-Profit Guides: Grant Writing Tools for Non-Profit Organizations
Non-profit guides are free web-based grant-writing tools for non-profit organizations, charitable, educational, public organizations, and other community-minded groups. The guides are designed to assist established non-profits through the grant-writing process. The site is not intended to assist individuals or start-up organizations.

Polaris Grants Central
This site provides information on how to write a winning proposal, design a fundable project, approach funders, and about the differences between fundraising and grantseeking, all in an easy-to-digest list form.

A Proposal Writing Short Course -- Foundation Center
Adapted from The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing, this site offers excellent tips and strategies for grant writing.

TRAM Research Funding Opportunities and Administrations
TRAM is a service initially developed by the Texas Research Administrators Group (TRAM) designed to meet the needs of researchers and research administrators at institutions of higher education. It contains a search engine for locating funding opportunities from many different agencies and is updated daily. TRAM also contains a set of grant application forms collected from various sources, as well as standard agreements for subcontracts, non-disclosures, licenses, and links to other servers related to research funding and administration.

Foundation Center Literature of the Non-Profit Sector
A searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center's five libraries and contains more than 22,615 full bibliographic citations, of which more than 15,140 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily.

Philanthropy News Digest -- Foundation Center
A weekly news digest of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. Published every Tuesday, each PND abstract summarizes the content of, or from, an original article, press or news release, or grantmaker Web site. Each abstract includes a citation of the original news source, which readers of the Digest can use to read the original Web site, or to find a copy of the original article (if abstracted from a print source) through a library or a document delivery service.

Emory University has numerous resources to assist in taking advantage of the wide range of financial programs supporting higher education research and scholarship, including:

Emory Office of Financial Aid
Provides a list of grants and scholarships available to students at Emory University, an explanation of the application process, student employment opportunities, and a FAQ. Also provides web links to a multitude of student financial aid resources posted on the web.

Emory Office of Sponsored Programs
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) works with the Emory community to help identify, obtain, and administer extramural funding in support of the mission of the University. OSP provides a variety of resources to assist with identifying funding opportunities, developing grant proposals, preparing budgets, coordinating with appropriate campus committees, and handling pre-award negotiations. After an award has been made, Emory's Office of Grants and Contract Administration then assists with monitoring appropriate compliance with Federal and other sponsoring agency regulations.

Emory Office of Grants and Contracts Administration
The Office of Grants and Contracts Administration provides central oversight for the post-award fiscal activities of all grants and contracts awarded to the Emory community. OCGA also maintains appropriate labor and effort reporting systems, property management systems, and institution-wide cost studies required by some granting agencies, such as the Federal indirect cost rate. Its partner unit, the Office of Sponsored Programs, focuses on pre-grant award activities (from proposal submission to award negotiations), while OCGA provides assistance and oversight during the actual term of grants awarded to Emory.

Other Information Resources

Annual register of grant support
Reference Desk LB2338 .A9 2005
Covers a broad range of interests -- academic and scientific research, project development, travel and exchange programs, and publication support -- in eleven major areas, including the Humanities, Education, and Life Sciences. Grant descriptions contain: type, purpose, duration, amount of funding, eligibility requirements, geographic restrictions, and contact information. Also includes indexes: subject, geographic, personnel, organization, and program.

Corporate giving directory
Reference HV97 .A3 T29 27th ed. 2005
Useful for finding and securing charitable support, this directory provides detailed descriptions of the top 1000 corporate giving programs in the U.S. Coverage includes information on non-monetary and corporate sponsorship programs, matching gift and corporate volunteer programs, as well as traditional cash awards.

The directory of corporate and foundation givers
Reference HG4028 .C6 D567 2005
Contains information on more than 8,000 philanthropic programs, with biographical data on foundations' officers, recent grants awarded, historical data, and a comprehensive scope and arrangement of grants. Includes indexes: geographic (by state), type, subject, and industry.

Directory of research grants
Reference Desk LB2338 .D57 2004
Provides information on grants pertaining to medicine, physical and social sciences, arts and humanities, education, community and economic development, and children and youth programs. Annotations for grants include the program's focus and goals, funding amounts, eligibility, deadlines, and contact information. Includes "A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing" essay.

The Foundation Center's guide to grantseeking on the web
Reference HV41.2 .F68 2003
Features more than 3,000 annotated listings of foundations, public charities, corporate grantmakers, and other essential nonprofit Internet links. Includes information on government funding sources, key searchable databases, and a comprehensive bibliography and webliography of discussion lists and message boards.

The Foundation Center's guide to proposal writing
Reference HG177.5 .U6 G44 2004
This step-by-step guide to writing a funding proposal to a non-profit foundation includes interviews with foundation staff members, sample proposals, and an annotated bibliography.

Foundation Directory Online
List of information on finances, governance, and giving interests of the nation's 10,000 largest grant-making foundations. The information is listed alphabetically by state. Seven additional indices provide easy access by: 1) donors, officers, and trustees; 2) by state and city; 3) by international giving; 4) by type of support; 5) by subject; 6) by foundation name; and 7) by foundations new to the edition. This online directory is a premium subscriber service not open to the general public.

The foundation grants index on CD-ROM
Reference AS911 .A2 F66 4TH ED. 2003
Lists the funding priorities of the nation's largest foundations, including more than 102,000 grants of at least $10,000, but not grants to individuals, only organizations. Organized in seven sections: 1) grants, 2) recipient name index, 3) subject index, 4) type/geographic index, 5) recipient category index, 6) index to grants by foundation, and 7) foundation name and address list.

Foundation grants to individuals
Reference AS911 .A2 F63 14TH ED 2005
A comprehensive list of 5,514 active private foundations and public charities in the United States that provide financial assistance to individuals, not organizations. Funding opportunities listed: scholarships, student loans, fellowships, travel internships, residencies, arts and cultural projects, research, and general welfare. Arranged in three categories: educational support, general welfare, and arts and culture. Entries contain: contact information, restrictions of grants (if any), financial information, application and grant information. Indexes: geographic, company name, specific schools, types of support, subject, and foundation name.

Giving USA
Reference HV98 .G5 2005
The annual yearbook of philanthropy, released each spring by the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, estimates total giving in the prior calendar year by four sources: individual donors; bequests; foundation grants; and corporate giving. It also presents estimated distribution of charitable giving across eight sub-sectors: religion, education, health, human services, arts, public/society benefit, the environment, and international affairs. The text considers thirty-year trends in giving and presents research findings from other studies about philanthropic giving in the U.S.

Grant Seeker's Guide
Reference HV97 .A3 G73 2003
Gives information on foundations that support social and economic justice, for smaller, less-established organizations. Includes indexes: field of interest, geographic preferences, size of grants, number of grants, and contact information.

The grants register
Reference LB2338 .G7 2005
This guide to post-graduate funding worldwide contains information on more than 3000 awards from 48 countries. Details given are: subject area, eligibility, purpose, type, numbers offered, frequency, value, length of study, study establishment, country of study, application procedure, and contact information. Also includes a subject and eligibility guide and indexes of awards, discontinued awards, and awarding organizations.

Guide to U.S. foundations, their trustees, officers, and donors
Reference AS911 .A2 F64 2004 (3 volumes)
The best, most comprehensive listing of 66,996 active grantmaking foundations. Indexes: 1) trustees, officers, and donors, 2) foundation name index and locator, and 3) community foundation name index. Also contains appendices listing foundations not included in the guide, and the reasons why.

The "how to" grants manual : successful grantseeking techniques for obtaining public and private grants
Reference HG177 .B38 2003
Describes the grants marketplace and how to locate and secure grants funding, including how to organize your proposal efforts.

The international foundation directory
Reference HV7 .I56 13TH ED 2004
With more than 2300 entries, this directory includes foundations, trusts, charities, and other non-governmental organizations. Includes essays on foundations in a global context and how to approach these organizations, and indexes of organizations, main activities, and geography.

National directory of corporate giving
Reference HG4028 .C6 .N374 2005
Provides up-to-date information on more than 4,100 corporate philanthropic programs and grantmakers. Includes detailed information on corporate foundations and direct giving programs, types of support awarded, and application guidelines.

Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals
Reference Q180.55 .P7 L63 2000
A simple guide on how to write a research proposal, with examples. Also includes an index, an appendix on standards and an annotated bibliography.

Scholarships, fellowships and loans -- Gale Virtual Reference Library
This searchable eBook, now in its 21st edition for 2005, provides more than 4,200 sources of education-related financial aid and awards at all levels of study. Includes a section on federal financial aid that features a quick summary of programs sponsored by the federal government. Also includes a state-by-state listing of agencies that users can contact in their home state.

Scholarships, grants & prizes
Reference LB2337.4 .P475 2005
Lists eligibility requirements, award amounts, and application deadlines for more than 3,800 scholarships, grant programs, and prize sources providing financial awards to undergraduates. Entries are organized into ten broad categories corresponding to eligibility factors such as academic goals, corporate affiliation, military service, and ethnic heritage.