Grant Resources
Online Proposal Writing Guides:
- http://www.grantproposal.com
- Foundation Center’s "A Proposal Writing Short Course"
- NSF′s Guide to Proposal Writing
- "EPA grantwriting tutorial"
- "Persuasive Proposal Writing" (Yosef Mackler,Bar-Ilan University)
- Basic Elements of Grant Writing (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
Online Grant Search Tools:
- Foundation Center, affordable access (starting at $10 a month) to an extensive database of grant makers; query form offers nine fields, including an open text field
- Grant Center, Memphis-based, distributes weekly electronic newsletter with notices of national funding sources including government agencies, foundations, and corporations (latest editions stored on the Rhodes network at FacStaff Community\Academic Affairs\Public\Faculty Items\Grants
- News, Notes & Deadlines; Fee-based service that presents grant opportunitites pertinent to small colleges. (latest editions stored on the Rhodes network at FacStaff Community\Academic Affairs\Public\Faculty Items\Grants
- Community of Science
- Grants - Net
- Grants - Yahoo
Federal Opportunities:
Contact the Office of Academic Affairs before applying
- The Grantsmanship Center′s list of federal grantmaking agencies
- Dpt. of Education (DOE)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Social Science Research Council
- US Dpt. of Agriculture (USDA)
Grants to Individuals
Print resources in the Barret Library reference room
- Directory of Research Grants (LB2338 .D57)
- Foundation Grants to Individuals (AS911.A2 F594 2003)
Other Helpful Books:
- The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing, 3rd edition, by Jane C. Geever
- Grant Writing for Dummies, by Beverly A. Browning
- The Foundation Center’s Guide to Grantseeking on the Web, 2003 edition
- Grants for Higher Education, 2003/2004 edition, The Foundation Center; includes faculty development and research
