Helpful Links and Resources for Research Funding

Suad Joseph, University of California, Davis, 2004

 

Links:

Materials on how to write proposals and on funding agencies and foundations are available on the Vice Provost’s webpage and Suad Joseph’s webpage.

http://academicpersonnel.ucdavis.edu/td_fac_grant_wksp.cfm

 

Suad Joseph, Department of Anthropology and Women & Gender Studies, University of California, Davis

http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/Faculty_Workshop

 

BIG Online is North America’s most comprehensive source of fundraising information, opportunities, and resources for non-profit organizations. The website includes a funding database, writing resources, client support, and grant development services.

http://www.bigdatabase.com/

 

California’s new “Get Grants!” website provides information about funding programs specifically for California.

http://getgrants.ca.gov

 

California Council for the Humanities has a website that posts information about programs in California.

http://www.calhum.org/

 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a helpful source on federal grants.

http://www.cfda.gov

 

Community of Science offers a searchable database for grant seekers.

http://www.cos.org

 

The Council on Foundations has an excellent website with links to grant-writing information and resources.

http://www.cof.org

 

The Ford Foundation offers a database of grants and foundations which is searchable by keyword and year.

http://www.fordfound.org/grants_db/view_grant_detail1.cfm

 

The Foundation Center provides a searchable database of funding sources.

http://fdncenter.org

 

The Foundation Center’s “Prospect Worksheet” will help you record possible funding sources and match them with your own research interests.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/wrksheet/index.html

 

 

 

The Foundation Center’s “Common Grant Applications” is a time saver as many grant makers have adopted a single format for their applicants.

http://fdncenter.org/funders/cga/index.html

 

The Foundation Center’s “Proposal Writing Short Course”

http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

 

Funders Online is a European website which seeks to facilitate access to online funding information.  This site may be helpful for those interested in research in Europe.

http://www.fundersonline.org/grantseekers/

 

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues is an organization that is comprised of individual donors and grantmakers from private, public, family, corporate and community foundations.

http://www.lgbtfunders.org

 

“A Grantseeker’s Guide to the Internet” is an online article which provides assistance and information on seeking grants via the web.

http://www.mindspring.com/~ajgrant/guide.htm

 

Grant Spy is a site that does the legwork for grant-seekers across the nation in non-profits, government agencies, schools, etc.  The site also includes information on California state grants.

http://www.grantspy.com/index.php

 

Minnesota Council on Foundations: “Writing a Successful Grant Proposal” is a useful article on grant-writing.

http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm

 

George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/DissPropWorkshop/style/orwell.html

 

Social Science Research Council: “The Art of Writing Proposals:  Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions”

http://www.ssrc.org/publications/for-fellows/art_of_writing_proposals.page

 

SRA International has a site called “Grants Web” which offers resources on government funding, general research funding, and private funding.

http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/index.cfm

 

The University of California, Berkeley:  “The Making of a Successful Proposal”

http://www.grad.berkeley.edu

 

The University of Michigan Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA) site offers proposal writing assistance specifically for the arts and humanities.

http://www.research.umich.edu/humanities/write.html

 

The University of Michigan DRDA also offers a general grant-writing guide, “The Proposal Writer’s Guide” by Don Thackrey.

http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/pwg/pwgcomplete.html

 

Washington State University at Vancouver: “Successful Grant Writing: Six Steps to a Winning Proposal through Collaboration and Teamwork”

http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/ca/cadv/grantwriting.htm

 

 

Additional Resources:

The Directory of Grants in the Humanities (Oryx Press) is a nearly exhaustive directory of grant programs in the humanities and social sciences, updated every year. It is available in Shields Library in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, AZ188.U5 D57.

 

A Concise Guide to Getting Grants for Nonprofit Organizations (Nova Science Publishers) by Mark Guyer is available in Shields Library, HG177.5.U6 G89 2002.

 

Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing (Bond Street) by Daniel M. Barber is available in Carlson Health Science Library Reference, Q 180.3 B27 2002.

 

The First-Time Grantwriter’s Guide to Success (Corwin Press) by Cynthia Knowles is available in the Ag and Resource Econ Library, LC243.A1 K56 2002.

 

The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing (Foundation Center) by Jane C. Geever is available in Shields Library Reserves, HG177.5.U6 G44 2001.

 

The Grantsmanship Center offers grant-writing guides and funding catalogs.  For information on prices and current schedules of Grantsmanship Center training programs visit the website, or write to: The Grantsmanship Center, Dept. DD, P.O. Box 6210, Los Angeles, CA 90014.

 

Scholarly Arguments: Strategies for Writing Persuasive Proposals in the Humanities by Christina Gillis is a publication of UC Berkeley’s Townsend Center for the Humanities and may be ordered for $5 from the Townsend Center, 460 Stephens Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.