Resources & Guides

There are a formidable number of online resources and information sources relevant to the grant seeker. This page attempts to aggregate some of the more important ones into the following categories:

General Funding Information and Search Indexes
New York City and New York State Agencies
Federal Agencies
International and Non-Governmental Organizations
Private Foundations

General Funding Information and Search Indexes

GrantsNet: http://www.grantsnet.org
Community of Science: http://www.cos.com/
National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA): http://www.ncura.edu/
The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com
Fastweb: http://www.fastweb.com/
Medical Research Funding Bulletin: http://home.nyc.rr.com/sccfunding/

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New York City and New York State Agencies

NYS Education Department: http://www.nysed.gov/
NYS Association of Counties: http://www.nysac.org
NYS Banking Department: http://www.banking.state.ny.us/
NYS Board of Elections: http://www.elections.state.ny.us
NYS Commission of Correction: http://www.scoc.state.ny.us/
NYS Comptroller: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/
NYS Department of Correctional Services: http://www.docs.state.ny.us/
NYS Department of Economic Development: http://www.empire.state.ny.us
NYS Procurement Services: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/default.asp
NYS Department of Health: http://www.health.state.ny.us/home.html
NYS Department of Labor: http://www.labor.state.ny.us
NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal: http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/
NYS Division of Human Rights: http://www.dhr.state.ny.us
NYS Energy Research & Development Authority: http://www.nyserda.org/
NYS Government Information Locator: http://unix2.nysed.gov/ils/
NYS Higher Education Services Corporation: http://www.hesc.state.ny.us/
NYS Library: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
NYS Office of General Services: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/
NYS Public Service Commission: http://www.dps.state.ny.us/
NYS Home Page: http://www.state.ny.us/
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/
Research Foundation of CUNY: http://www.rfcuny.org
NYC Department of Youth and Communtiy Development: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dycd/home.html
NYSTAR: New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research: http://www.nystar.state.ny.us/default.htm

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National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health Home Page: http://www.nih.gov/
National Institute of Health Office of Extramural Research: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
Fogarty International Center: http://www.fic.nih.gov/

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National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation Home Page: http://www.nsf.gov/
NSF Online Document System: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/ods/
NSF Fastlane: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov
NSF E-Bulletin: http://www.nsf.gov/home/ebulletin/
MyNSF: http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf
Conflicts of Interest and Standards of Ethical Conduct: http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?manual15

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Other Federal Agencies

Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP): http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/
Air Force Office of Scientific Research: http://www.afosr.af.mil/
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: http://www.gsa.gov/fdac
Council on Governmental Relations: http://www.cogr.edu
Department of Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA): http://www.darpa.mil
Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/
Department of Energy, Office of Procurement & Assistance Management: http://professionals.pr.doe.gov/
Department of Energy, Office of Science: http://www.er.doe.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/
Federal Agency Statistics: http://www.fedstats.gov/
Federal Register: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Federal Web Locator: http://lib.auburn.edu/madd/docs/fedloc.html
FEDWORLD: http://www.fedworld.gov
Government Printing Office: http://www.access.gpo.gov
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS): http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet: http://thomas.loc.gov
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov
National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov/
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI): http://www.genome.gov/
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): http://arts.endow.gov
Office of Naval Research: http://www.onr.navy.mil/
U.S. Army Medical Research: http://www.usamriid.army.mil/
U.S. Agency for International Development: http://www.usaid.gov
U.S. Army Research Laboratory: http://www.arl.army.mil/main/Main/default.cfm
Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Department of Energy: http://www.energy.gov/
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov
Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov
General Services Administration (GSA): http://www.gsa.gov
U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): http://www.nist.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): http://www.noaa.gov
Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/
Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/
Department of State: http://www.state.gov/
Department of Transportation: http://www.dot.gov
Department of the Treasury: http://www.ustreas.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov
Environmental Protection Agency: Grants Program: http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): http://www.hud.gov/
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): http://www.neh.gov/
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/
FirstGov: Official Web Portal of the U.S. Government: http://www.firstgov.gov/
FEDIX: http://www.researchresearch.com
CFR (Code of Federal Regulations): http://www.gpoaccess..gov/cfr/index.html

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International and Non-Governmental Organizations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): http://www.nato.int/
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
U.S. Institute of Peace: http://www.usip.org

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Private Foundations

Abell Foundation: http://www.abell.org
Aetna Foundation: http://www.aetna.com/foundation
Agency for Health Care Policy & Research: http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Alzheimer: http://www.alz.org/
American Association for the Advancement of Science: http://www.aaas.org/
American Association of State Colleges & Universities: http://www.aascu.org/
American Association of University Women: http://www.aauw.org
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
Americans for the Arts: http://www.artsusa.org/
American Council of Learned Societies: http://www.acls.org/
American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/
American Express Philanthropy: http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/philanthropy/default.asp
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: http://www.afsp.org
American Health Assistance Foundation: http://www.ahaf.org
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/
The Annenberg Foundation: http://www.whannenberg.org/
Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org/
AT&T Foundation: http://www.att.com/foundation/
Autodesk: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=304865
Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud: http://www.fxb.org
Bank of America Foundation: http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/
BellSouth Foundation: http://www.bellsouthfoundatin.org
Ben & Jerry Foundation: http://www.benjerry.com/foundation/
Benton Foundation: http://www.benton.org
H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation: http://www.hnberger.org
Blandin Foundation: http://www.blandinfoundation.org
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation: http://www.blowitzridgeway.org/
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: http://www.bcbsm.com/foundation/
Otto Bremer Foundation: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/bremer/index.html
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation: http://www.BNSF.com
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Home: http://www.bwfund.org/
Brown University: The John Carter Library: http://tinyurl.com/5vdmy
Century Foundation: http://www.tcf.org
California Wellness Foundation: http://www.tcwf.org
Carnegie Corporation of New York: http://www.carnegie.org/
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: http://www.ceip.org
Annie E.Casey Foundation: http://www.aecf.org
James McKeen Cattell Fund: http://www.cattell.duke.edu/
Center for the Study of Southern Culture: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/
The Christensen Fund: http://www.christensenfund.org/index.html
Citigroup Foundation: http://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/corporate/foundation/
Clorox Company Foundation: http://www.thecloroxcompany.com/community/
The Commonwealth Fund: http://www.cmwf.org
Cooper Foundation: http://www.cooperfoundation.org/
Council for International Exchange of Scholars: http://www.cies.org/
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: http://www.caorc.org
Council on Foundations: http://www.cof.org/
Nathan Cummings Foundation: http://www.ncf.org
Dana Foundation: http://www.dana.org/
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust: http://ldft.huji.ac.il/
Geraldine R.Dodge Foundation: http://www.grdodge.org
J.C. Downing Foundation: http://www.jcdowning.org/
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: http://www.dreyfus.org
Duke Endowment: http://www.dukeendowment.org
Earthwatch: http://www.earthwatch.org/research/
Enterprise Foundation: http://www.enterprisefoundation.org
Fannie Mae Foundation: http://www.fanniemae.com
Fieldstone Foundation: http://www.fieldstone-homes.com/foundation/
FinAid Grant Information: http://www.finaid.org/
Flinn Foundation: http://www.flinn.org
Ford Foundation: http://www.fordfound.org/
Foundation Center: http://fdncenter.org/
Freedom Forum: http://www.freedomforum.org
Fund for the City of New York: http://www.fcny.org
Genetech, Inc.: http://www.gene.com/
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: http://www.gf.org/index.html
Gates Millenium Scholars Program: http://www.gmsp.org
General Electric Fund: http://www.ge.com/foundation/index.html
J. Paul Getty Trust: http://www.getty.edu/
GlaxoSmithKline: http://www.gsk.com/community/index.htm
Global Fund for Women: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation: http://www.hfg.org
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: http://www.hhmi.org/
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving: http://www.hfpg.org/
Harvard - MIT Data Center: http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu/
Haynes Foundation: http://www.haynesfoundation.org/
Health Effects Institute: http://www.healtheffects.org
Health Resources & Services Administration: http://www.hrsa.gov/
Heinz Endowments: http://www.heinz.org
Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/
Hindu Heritage Endowment: http://www.hheonline.org/
Hospice Foundation of America: http://www.hospicefoundation.org/
Houston Endowment: http://www.houstonendowment.org/
Humboldt Area Foundation: http://www.hafoundation.org/
The Huntington Library: http://www.huntington.org
IBM Community Relations: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives
International Research and Exchanges Board: http://www.irex.org
Intel: http://www.intel.com/intel
International Foundation for Science: http://www.ifs.se/
International Union Against Cancer: http://www.uicc.ch
Irvine Health Foundation: http://www.ihf.org
JPMorgan Chase: http://tinyurl.com/49n8s
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org/
Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation: http://www.jaguars.com/Foundation/
Japan Foundation: http://www.jpf.go.jp/
JC Penney: http://www.jcpenney.net/company/commrel/index.htm
Johnson & Johnson: http://www.jnj.com/community/index.htm
Walter S. Johnson Foundation: http://www.wsjF.org
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org
Kansas Health Foundation: http://www.kansashealth.org
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: http://www.kauffman.org/
Kellogg Foundation: http://www.wkkf.org
Kentucky Foundation for Women: http://www.kfw.org/
Kettering Foundation: http://www.kettering.org
Knight Foundation: http://www.knightfdn.org
Lindbergh Foundation: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/
Edward Lowe Foundation: http://edwardlowe.org/
Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation: http://edutopia.org/
Life Sciences Research Foundation: http://www.lsrf.org/
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: http://www.macfound.org/
Ms. Foundation for Women: http://www.ms.foundation.org
A.L. Mailman Family Foundation: http://www.mailman.org/
Mallinckrodt Group, Inc.: http://www.mallinckrodt.com/corpprofile/cp-citizen.html
Markle Foundation: http://www.markle.org
Mayday Fund: http://www.painandhealth.org/
McCarthy Family Foundation: http://mccarthyfamilyfdn.org/
James S. McDonnell Foundation: http://www.jsmf.org
McGregor Fund: http://www.mcgregorfund.org/
Meadows Foundation: http://www.mfi.org/
Medtronic Corporation: http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/index.html
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: http://www.mellon.org
Metropolitan Life Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/o272b
Meyer Memorial Trust: http://www.mmt.org/
Microsoft Giving: http://www.microsoft.com/citizenship/giving/
Milbank Memorial Fund: http://www.milbank.org/
Millipore Foundation: http://www.millipore.com/Corporate/Milliporefoundation.Nsf/Home
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation: http://www.meaf.org/
Monsanto Fund: http://www.monsantofund.org
Morino Institute: http://www.morino.org
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation: http://mott.org
New York State: http://www.state.ny.us/
National Education Association: http://www.nea.org
New Visions for Public Schools: http://www.newvisions.org/
New York Council for the Humanities: http://www.nyhumanities.org/
National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nas.edu
National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov
National Council of Negro Women: http://www.ncnw.org
National Foundation for Improvement of Education: http://www.neafoundation.org
National Geographic Society: Education Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/ss48
National Geographic Society: Grants for Scientists: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/research/grant/rg1.html
National Hemophilia Foundation: http://www.hemophilia.org
NEC Foundation of Americ: http://necfoundation.org/
Needmoor Fund: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/needmor/
New Israel Fund: http://www.nif.org
New York Foundation for the Arts: http://www.nyfa.org/
Newspaper Association of America: http://www.naa.org/
NY Lottery: http://www.nylottery.org/
Open Society Institute: http://www.soros.org/
Open Studio: http://www.benton.org/openstudio/home.html
The Pew Charitable Trusts: http://www.pewtrusts.com/
David & Lucille Packard Foundation: http://www.packard.org
Pfizer Inc.: http:/tinyurl.com/kjz8d
Philadelphia Foundation: http://www.philafound.org/
The Rockefeller Foundation: http://www.rockfound.org
Research Corporation: http://www.rescorp.org/
Retirement Research Foundation: http://www.rrf.org/
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation: http://www.zsr.org
Rockefeller Brothers Fund: http://www.rbf.org/
Rockefeller Family Fund: http://www.rffund.org
Rockefeller University Archive Center: http://archive.rockefeller.edu/
Stern Family Fund: http://www.sternfund.org/
SUNY Albany: http://www.albany.edu
The Spencer Foundation: http://www.spencer.org
Sloan Foundation: http://www.sloan.org
Social Science Research Council: http://www.ssrc.org
Russell Sage Foundation: http://www.russellsage.org/
Foundation for Seacoast Health: http://www.ffsh.org/
Shell Oil Company Foundation: http://tinyurl.com/fyo6w
Sierra Club Foundation: http://www.sierraclub.org/foundation/
Sobrato Family Foundation: http://www.sobrato.com/foundation
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: http://www.spssi.org/
Society of Research Administrators: http://www.srainternational.org/
State Justice Institute: http://www.statejustice.org/
Stern Family Fund: http://www.sternfund.org/
Sun Microsystems Foundation: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/comm_invest/giving/foundation.html
Surdna Foundation: http://www.surdna.org/
Trillium Foundation: http://www.trilliumfoundation.org
Toyota USA Foundation: http://www.toyota.com/about/community/tusafoundation/index.html
Toshiba America Foundation: http://www.tais.com/tai/ta_taifn.htm
Trinity Grants Program: http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/grants/
Turner Foundation: http://www.turnerfoundation.org
Turrell Fund: http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/turrell/index.html
United States-Japan Foundation: http://www.us-jf.org/
United Way of New York City: http://www.unitedwaynyc.org
Valley Foundation: http://www.valley.org/
Verizon Foundation: http://foundation.verizon.com
The Wallace Foundation: http://www.wallacefoundation.org/WF/
Wellspring Foundation: http://www.wellspring.org
Wilburforce Foundation: http://www.wilburforce.org
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/
Woods Charitable Fund: http://www.woodscharitable.org/
The Whitaker Foundation: http://www.whitaker.org/

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