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Scholarship and Fellowship Databases
A nicely annotated free collection of over fifty financial aid databases for both undergraduate and graduate students. Includes general and field-specific categories.
Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
Information on all sorts of funding opportunities including government, private, and international sources. Search by keyword, geographical location, sponsor, deadline dates, and more.
Information for Grant Seekers
This is a toolkit listing the various steps for obtaining a grant as well links to supporting online resources for each step.
Government Grant Programs
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
A searchable index is provided to search the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) database. CFDA is a directory of over 1,300 Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by Federal departments and agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services is one of the agencies listed that offers the majority of federal assistance in the medical and health-related programs. You can retrieve program information by the program function, types of assistance, applicants, beneficiaries, circular requirements, obligations, matching requirements, and authorizing legislation.
CDC Funding Opportunitieshttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/oep/funding.html
This resource lists grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Community of Science List of Funded Research from NIH, NSF, USDA, and others
COS Funding Opportunities is the world's leading online resource for identifying funding information related to research, collaborative activities, travel, curriculum development, conferences, fellowships, post-doctoral positions, equipment acquisition, and operating or capital expenses. Sources of this information are federal and regional governments, foundations, professional societies, associations, and corporations. COS Funding Opportunities is updated daily and can be searched by sponsor, amount, deadline, eligibility of applicant, funding type, and area of interest.
CRISP - PHS-supported Grants Database
CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) system is a major biomedical database containing information on research projects and programs supported by the U.S. Public Health Services, including NIH, CDC, FDC, HRSA, and AHCPR. The database contains information on CRISP current and previous fiscal year files. You may search this full-text database by project title, principal investigator's abstract, printipal investigator, grant-receiving institution and CRISP thesaurus. The CRISP thesaurus is also available for searching. For better retrieval, use online help when searching CRISP.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funding Opportunities
The CDC provides grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities under various program categories. Also includes applications and related forms for submission.
Federal Register
All federal grants are announced in the Federal Register Notices link, except for NIH grants, which are announced in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
GrantsNet (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
GrantsNet, developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is a free public access network-based tool for finding information about HHS and other government grant programs. Specifically, it provides helpful grants related resources, including law, regulations affecting federal grant programs; HHS grants policy statements and manual; resources for administering federal grant awards; reports on Federal reinvention activities for improving grants management processes and procedures; a Who's Who listing of key contacts in Federal grant-making agencies; and a calendar of events.
GrantsNet: Funding Opportunities for Training in the Biological and Medical Sciences
This site, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and American Association for the Advancement of Science provides one-stop shopping for young Scientists seeking for information on grants, fellowships and other forms of support for research and training in the biomedical sciences. The GrantsNet database is searchable. One must register before searching the database. The database is updated twice a month. Links to funders’ Web sites, online applications, and comments from recent application reviewers are included.
National Institutes of Health - Grants and Contracts
Site contains funding opportunities, requests for proposals, forms and applications, award data, CRISP, grants policy, human and animal protection, and other information related to NIH grants.
National Library of Medicine Grants and Acquisitionshttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/
The Extramural Programs Division of NLM provides a broad variety of grants to support research and development activities leading to the better management, dissemination, and use of biomedical knowledge.This site provides current program announcement, grants awarded, and general information related to the programs (grants and other assistance mechanisms). Information on NLM contracts is available from NLM Office of Acquisitions Management Home page.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation supports, through grants and contracts, scientific and engineering research and programs to strengthen scientific and engineering research potential, and education programs at all levels, and appraise the impact of research upon industry. Most biomedical research projects can be given a purely basic science slant that makes them eligible for NSF funding. This resource is a guide to NSF grants and contracts, including information on undergraduate research oppotunities and graduate fellowship programs. It provides information on proposal preparation and award administration, including grant proposal guide, forms, policy manual, and online NSF Bulletins. It also provides access to search NSF awards information.
Private Grant Programs
Foundation Center
From the New York-based Foundation Center, publisher of The Foundation Directory, this handy site has listings for dozens of private and corporate foundations across the U.S. Searchable by subject and location.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Grants specifically designated for health care.