LibGuides: Grants & Grantwriting: General Grants & Funding Information

Databases and Websites

AU Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
OSP assists American University faculty and staff with all aspects of funding research, proposal submissions and awards.
COS Pivot
Pivot gives research administrators, research development professionals, and their institutions the edge to bring together the right research opportunities, funding, and people quickly and easily. It provides global and local connections that strengthen research by exploring new avenues for funding and collaboration for faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students.
Foundation Directory Online Professional
Information on more than 100,000 foundations, corporate grants, and grantmaking public charities with more than 2.4 million recent grants.
Grant Forward
A powerful and robust database that comprises a continuously growing inventory of foundation, federal and other funding sources. The modern and sleek interface provides a truly intuitive searching experience, and its flexible management tools allow users to easily track, customize and save funding opportunities effortlessly.
Create an account here: https://www.grantforward.com/signup
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•Basic searches can be conducted via free search by keywords OR from a list of pre-classified subject categories/disciplines
•Refine your search even further by applying specific filters such as sponsor type, deadline date, funding type, status, applicant type, etc.
•Funding opportunities can be annotated so that other users can see what important notes you have written on specific opps
•Users can submit opportunities to Grant Forward that are not in the database (i.e. internal funding opportunities)
•Build ‘Research Profiles’ based on your publications and/or keywords associated with your research interests, and have related funding opportunities e-mailed to you on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
•The number of automated saved searches is unlimited, and you can quickly aggregate which saved searches from which you want the customized email alert to retrieve opportunities
•Conduct basic searches while connected to the AU network; with an account perform searches from anywhere
Grants.gov: RSS Feeds Page
Receive a listing of new federal grant opportunities by agency name or category.
Grantspace.org
GrantSpace provides easy-to-use, self-service tools and resources to help nonprofits worldwide become more viable grant applicants and build strong, sustainable organizations.
GuideStar
Collects IRS filings from non-profits
NSF: Guide for Proposal Writing
NSF document with advice for writing proposals. Available as PDF or HTML.
SciVal Funding
Search wide range of accurate, current grant data captured directly from the sponsor websites. Find new funding opportunities and access award data for funding performance management, evaluation and strategic planning. Using your information, receive targeted funding recommendations and use your awarded grant history as an indicator for future funding allocations.

Books from the Catalog

The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing by Jane C. Geever; Foundation Center Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: HG177.5.U6 G44 2007
ISBN: 9781595421296
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
(Located in the Office of Career & Professional Development)

Keywords: "research grants," "funding," "fund raising," proposal writing," grants-in-aid," nonprofit organizations," "endowments"

Grassroots Grants by Andy Robinson
Call Number: HG177 .R65 2004
ISBN: 0787965782
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
2nd Floor - General Collection
Winning and Managing Research Funding by Rebecca Boden; Jane Kenway; Debbie Epstein
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 1282020730
Publication Date: 2010
The pressure to win funding to do research is felt by nearly all academics worldwide. This book details strategies that you might adopt to get your research projects funded. It also explains how to manage your research projects once they are funded. It explains how generic university research funding mechanisms work so that you will be better equipped to navigate your way through the financial maze associated with various funding sources.

Pence Law Library Guides

Grants & Grantwriting

Databases and Websites

Books from the Catalog

DC-Area Grants Websites

Grant Writing Basics - Getting Started