Information Resources for Information Professionals

Grants and Awards

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan

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Table of Contents

  • Guides
  • Awards
  • Grant Databases
  • Journals, Listservs, Newsletters
  • Financial Aid
  • U.S. Federal Government Sources
  • Potential Specific Funders of Libraries
  • Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grants

    Guides

    Abbreviated grant-seekers guide.

    American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Grants Resource Center.

    American Association of School Administrators (AASA). Grants & funding resources.

    American Library Association. IRC/IRRT Joint Committee on International Exchanges. Links to funding resources on the world wide web.

    Bartlett, Ellen. Hints for writing successful NIH grants. See also: NIH. Strengthening your grant application: A review perspective.

    Beers, Lonna J. Nonprofit resources: Grants, funding and organization information.

    Butters, Robert S. Resources for graduate students: Resources on financial aid.

    Council on Foundations.

    Foundation Center, its Proposal writing short course and its Grantmaker information .

    Foundation.org. Foundations and grantmakers directory. Fundsnet.

    George Lucas Education Foundation. Grant information.

    Grant Connection.

    Kight, Dawn Ventress and Perry, Emma Bradford. (1999, July/August). Grant resources on the web. Association of College and Research Libraries' C&RL NewsNet

    Killoren, Robert. GrantsWeb.

    Kraicer, Jacob. Art of grantsmanship.

    Library Headquarters. Funding and grant sources for libraries and librarians.

    LibraryLand. Administration: Grants, Budgeting, Fundraising.

    Miner, Jeremy and Lynn. (Abridged). Proposal planning and writing.

    Multnomah County Library. Entreprenurial libraries.

    National Adjunct Faculty Guild. At-a- Glance Guide to Grants.

    Created for Adjunct Faculty this site features a large number of grants-related links applicable to all researchers.

    National Science Foundation. Grant proposal guide.

    Nebraska Library Commission. Grant writing resources on the Internet.

    New Jersey State Library. Library Development Bureau. (1996, September). Grant proposal writing handbook .

    Philanthropic Research, Inc. GuideStar--Donors' Guide to Charities and Nonprofits.

    Pitsco's Launch to Grants.

    Prebyl, Judith. The body heart & soul of grant writing.

    Przeworski, Adam and Salomon, Frank . Art of writing proposals.

    Rice University. Grant Information.

    Schrock, Kathy. Grant sources for educators.

    Sellers, J ennifer. Grants and Other (People's) Money. NASA.

    Society of Research Administrators. Grantsweb.

    Sternberg, Hilary . (1997, May). Internet resources for grants and foundations. C&RL NewsNet, 58 (5).

    Technogrants: Your Guide to Foundation, Corporate and Government Support for Telecommunications and the New Media.

    University of Idaho. Grant Information.

    University of North Carolina Grant source.

    Utah State Library. Grant information.

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    Awards

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    American Library Association. Awards, grants, and scholarships

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    Grant Databases

    Foundation Center. Foundation Directory. Via Syracuse University Libraries

    Foundation Grants Index. Via Syracuse University Libraries

    Foundations on-line: A directory of charitable grantmakers.

    Grants database. Via Syracuse University Libraries

    Grants keyword thesaurus.

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute and American Association for the Advancement of Science.GrantsNet.

    Database allows users to search for available grants in the biological and medical sciences.

    Sponsored programs information network (SPIN).

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    Journals, Listservs, Newsletters

    American philanthropy review discussion forums.

    Chronicle of Higher Education and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

    COS funding news.

    Grants-L.

    Philanthropy Journal Online.

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    Financial Aid

    CMU.Student Financial Aid Calculators.

    ISWorld. Fellowshipsand Foundations .

    Kantrowitz, Mark. Financial Aid Information.

    Krebs, Arlene. Distance learning funding $ourcebook: Your guide to foundation, corporate and government support for telecommunications and the new media.

    Massachusetts Department of Education. A Teacher's Guide to Fellowships and Awards.

    Minority Scholarships and Fellowships.

    US Department of Education. Student Guide_ 2000-01 [.pdf, 32p.].

    A guide to information about Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, and PLUS Loans.

    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. International Study and Travel Center. Online Study Abroad Directory.

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    U.S. Federal Government Sources

    Afterschool.gov. Finding federal dollars.

    Community of Science. Federally funded research in the U.S .

    Information on federally funded research from the following agencies/programs: Advanced Technology Program (ATP), Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Small Business Innovation R esearch Program (SBIR). Information includes names and addresses of principal investigators, grant titles, abstracts and keyword.

    Department of Commerce. Commerce Business Daily.

    Department of Education. a href="http://ocfo.ed.gov/">Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Grant Opportunitiesand Grant Center.

    Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).GrantsNet.

    Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX)and its Opportunity Alert.

    Opportunity Alert is a free e-mail service that delivers items about research and education funding opportunities within a user's areas of interest. A forms based questionnaire is provided that allows the user to customize the items received by choosing keywords from among thirteen subject categories.

    Finance project. Finding funding: A guide to federal sources for out-of-school time and community school initiatives.

    General Services Administration. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

    The Grantsmanship Center (TGCI). Federal Register Announcements and Notices of funding available (NOFAs).

    Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

    National Endowment for the Humanities. Grant Programs, 2000-2001Grant & Fellowship Opportunities.

    National Institute for Literacy

    National Institute of Health. Grants and Contracts database.

    National Science Foundation (NSF). Homepage, Grants and Awardsand its Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering(CISE).

    RAMS federal information excahnge newsletter.

    Taft Library Group. (Annual). The big book of library grant money. Chicago: ALA.

    U.S. Bank Student Aid.

    Texas Research Administrators Group. Research funding opportunities

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    Library Specific

    Benton Foundation.

    Bertelsmann Foundation.

    Coalition for Networked Information.

    Computers 4 kids.

    DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund .

    Friends of Libraries, U.S.A..

    Gates Library Foundation.

    Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

    Institute of Museum and Library Services.

    W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

    Libraries for the Future .

    Libri Foundation .

    Rural Challenge.

    Technology Resources Initiative.

    Universal Service Fund. Schools and Libraries CorpSchools and Libraries Corp (SLC).

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    Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grants

    Institute of Museum and Library Services. Library Services and Technology Act Grants.

    Schools and Libraries Corporation

    Utah State Library. Library Services and Technology Act Grants.

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