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General Resources: Directories of Grants and Funding Providers

FC Search the Foundation Center's Database on CD-ROM
Location: Downtown Library, Reference CD-ROM AS911 .A2

Government Assistance Almanac
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HC110 .P63 G69
The Guide to all federal programs available to the American public. Categorized by federal agency, this almanac includes the programs found in the CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance). Indexed and with an introductory chapter on obtaining federal assistance.

Annual Register of Grant Support
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AS911 .A2 A67
Includes details of 3,525 grant support programs of government agencies, public and private foundations, corporations, community trusts, unions, educational and professional associations, and special interest organizations. It covers a variety of interests from academic and scientific research, project development, travel and exchange programs, and publication support to equipment and construction grants, in-service training, and competitive awards and prizes in a variety of fields. There are four indexes one can use to find grant programs: subject, organization and program, geographic, and personnel.

Directory of Texas Foundations
Location: JPL Reference Stacks & Downtown Reference HV98 .T5 D57
Search by subject or foundation. Includes detailed information on foundations.

Directory of Research Grants
Location: JPL Reference Stacks LB2338 .D57
Search by subject interest or discipline. Includes U.S. and foreign foundations, corporations, government agencies, and other organizations. Find grants for basic research, equipment acquisition, building construction/renovation, fellowships, and other program types. Also includes a chapter on proposal planning and writing.

Writing Grant Proposals

How to Write a Grant Proposal
Location: JPL Stacks & netLibrary HG177 .N49 2003
Each chapter is devoted to a particular area of a grant proposal, e.g., project description, budget justification. The print edition, but not the electronic, comes with a CD-ROM that includes MS Word and Excel files of the complete sample proposals discussed in the text.

Grant Seeker's Budget Toolkit
Location: JPL Stacks & netLibrary HG177 .Q53 2001
Focuses on the budget within a grant proposal. The print edition, but not the electronic, comes with a CD-ROM that includes forms, spreadsheets, and checklists for use in the budgeting process.

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Periodicals

Chronicle of Philanthropy: the Newspaper of the Non-profit World
Location: Access electronically through Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription).
Provides news and information for fund raisers, professional employees of foundations, corporate grant makers, and people who work for non-profit, tax-exempt organizations in health, education, religion, the arts, and social services.

Education Grants Alert
Location: Access electronically through Academic Search Premier (UTSA subscription).
A comprehensive source of federal funding opportunities for K-12 grantseekers.

Federal Grants & Contract Weekly
Location: Access electronically through Business Source Complete (UTSA subscription).
Get early alerts to federal funding opportunities from all agencies.

Foundation & Corporate Grants Alert
Location: Access electronically through Business Source Complete (UTSA subscription).
Provides information on private funders, with inside information, such as interviews and profiles and early alerts to grants.

Health Grants & Contracts Weekly
Location: Access electronically through Business Source Complete (UTSA subscription).
Reveals every health-related grant competition issued each week from all federal agencies: National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, as well as many agencies not normally associated with funding in the health arena.

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Websites

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Free Website: http://www.cfda.gov/
Provides access to 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. After you find the program you want, contact the office that administers the program and find out how to apply.

Community of Science
Free Website: http://www.cos.com/
Free membership for researchers to use the large Community of Science Network to find funding, promote their research, track current research activities, and collaborate with peers from around the world.

The Foundation Center
Free Website: http://www.fdncenter.org
The Foundation Center's mission is to support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers succeed. There are links to free and pay-for resources and an excellent short-course on proposal writing.

Grants.gov
Free Website: http://grants.gov
The central listing site for all federal grants. The site is rather new, and applications for all grants will eventually be available online. Registration is free, and you can also receive email notifications of grants.

Grant Search : Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Free Website: http://www.imls.gov/
IMLS is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. 2008 Grant and Award Opportunities

Non-Profit Guides
Free Website: http://www.npguides.org
Free Web-based grant writing resources for non-profit organizations, charitable, educational, public organizations, and other community-minded groups.

National Science Foundation
Free Website: http://www.nsf.gov/
The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.

SchoolGrants
Free Website: http://www.schoolgrants.org/
Funding opportunities for pre-K through 12 from federal, state, foundation, and corporate agencies and organizations.

GuideStar
Free Website: http://www.guidestar.org/
Verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, learn whether a contribution will be tax deductible, view a nonprofit's recent Form 990, or find out more about its mission, programs, and finances.