Four searchable databases of funding opportunities.

IRIS - Illinois Researcher Information Service, from University of Illinois Library.
Search IRIS, view upcoming deadlines in over 25 subject areas, or use the IRIS Alert Service to receive e-mail notices of funding sources based on your own research profile. (Access restricted to Colgate users.)

The Grant Advisor, an online monthly newsletter.
Search the Grant Advisor or view upcoming deadlines in 10 categories.
Alternate Grant Advisor servers: search or view upcoming deadlines.
(Access restricted to Colgate users. For password access from off-campus, contact the Grants Office.)

Grants.gov: find federal grant programs; register for e-mail notification of grant opportunities; apply to some federal programs.
GrantsNet: find grant opportunities in the biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education.

Links to Private Organizations ... Links to Government Agencies    Links updated 6/05

Private Organizations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Chemical Society (The Petroleum Research Fund)
• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Philosophical Society
• American Political Science Association
• Association for Women in Mathematics
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright program)
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers
• The Nathan Cummings Foundation
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• Earthwatch Institute
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
• Hudson River Foundation
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
• The Japan Foundation
• Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
• W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
• National Geographic Society - field research & exploration grants
• New York Council for the Humanities
• Research Corporation
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Russell Sage Foundation, grants in the social sciences
• Smith Richardson Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• Soros Foundations
• The Spencer Foundation
• The John Templeton Foundation
• United States Institute of Peace
• W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

More foundation links:

The Foundation Center Grantmaker Information

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (searchable index of Federal programs)
• Department of Education
  • Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
  • international programs including Fulbright-Hays
• Department of Energy - Office of Science grants
• Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs grants
• Federal Register online
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
  • applying to NEH via grants.gov
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • NIH grants
  • NIH electronic submission
  • NIH eRA Commons
  • Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grants
  • CRISP database of federally funded biomedical research projects
  • NIH grant writing tips
  • NIH modular budgets
  • "Inside the NIH grant review process"
  • NIH grants tutorial (from NIAID)
• National Research Council Research Associateship program
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • NSF FastLane
  • NSF FastLane Help Page
  • NSF FastLane DEMONSTRATION site
  • NSF Grant Proposal Guide
  • NSF proposal preparation FAQs
  • NSF regional grants conferences
  • NSF directory & staff search
  • MyNSF - custom news service
  • Search NSF awards
  • NSF programs of interest:
  • Browse NSF funding opportunities
  • Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program and FAQs
  • International programs
  • Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) supplements and sites
  • Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program
  • Cross-disciplinary Research at Undergraduate Institutions (C-RUI)
• New York State Council on the Arts

More gov't. links:

Grants.gov - for grant researchers

Grants.gov application demo

Grants.gov customer support

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory via LSU Libraries

Database of Federal R&D Project Summaries

See also Fellowship Information Online