Grants & Foundations Resources - University of Oklahoma Libraries

The University of Oklahoma Libraries
Human Relations
Grant and Foundations
Resources on the Internet
Spring
2013
Government Funding:
Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov
Grants.gov is your source to find and apply for federal grants. The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Ser-vices is the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that is
having an unparalleled impact on the grant community. Grants.gov was established as a
governmental resource named the E-Grants Initiative, part of the President’s 2002 Fiscal
Year Management Agenda to improve government services to the public.
Catalog of Federal and Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov
The CFDA provides a full listing of all Federal programs available to State and local governments
(including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments;
Territories (and possessions) of the U.S.; domestic public, quasi-public, and private
profit and nonprofit organizations and instructions; special-ized groups; and individuals.
Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT)
http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
RePORT replaces the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) database.
This is a searchable database from the National Institute of Health of federally funded biomedical
research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. This new
tool retains all of the features of CRISP while providing additional query fields, hit lists that can be
sorted and downloaded to Excel, NIH funding for each project, and the publications and patents
that have acknowledged support from each pro-ject. RePORTER provides links to PubMed Central,
PubMed, and U.S. Patent Full-Text and Image Database.
Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
http://www.ed.gov/policy/fund/reg/edgarReg/edgar.html
Database from the Department of Education that browses Title 34 Code of Federal Regulations
Parts 74-86 and 97-99, 2008 edition (grants and contracts).
Commerce Business Daily
http://www.fedbizopps.gov
The daily list of U.S. government procurement invitations, contract awards, subcontracting leads,
sales of surplus property and foreign business opportunities. This resource was a paper publication
from Commerce for years, that went online in the 1990s. On January 1, 2002, the FedBizOpps
(FBO) database replaced the Com-merce Business Daily (CBD). FBO is the single government pointof-entry
(GPE) for Federal government pro-curement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers
are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information
directly to FBO via the Internet. Through one portal - FBO -
commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and
services can search, monitor and re-trieve opportunities solicited by
the entire Federal contracting community.
Questions?
Jeffrey Wilhite
Librarian
jwilhite@ou.edu
(405) 325-1832

The University of Oklahoma Libraries
Human Relations
On Campus Resources:
Funding Opportunities
http://www.ou.edu/content/gradweb/aud/current/funding.html
From the OU Graduate College, this page lists scholarships & research grants, graduate assistantships, fellowships,
and information on financial aid for students.
OU Office of Research Services
http://vpr-norman.ou.edu/
From the Office of the Vice President for Research, this page offers information on grants and other funding
resources available to OU tenure-track faculty.
College Tuition Funding:
Federal Student Aid
http://studentaid.ed.gov
Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, plays a central and essential role in
America’s postsecondary education community. Their core mission is to ensure that all eligible individuals
benefit from federal financial assistance - grants, loans, and work-study programs - for education beyond high
school. The programs they administer comprise the nation’s largest source of student aid. Every year we provide
more than $100 billion in new aid to nearly 14 million postsecondary students and their families.
FINAID: Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
http://www.finaid.org/scholarships
Undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships are forms of aid that help students pay for their education.
Unlike student loans, scholarships and fellowships do not have to be repaid. Hundreds of thousands of
scholarships and fellowships from several thousand sponsors are awarded each year.
Organizations:
Council on Foundation
http://www.cof.org
The Council on Foundations is a national nonprofit organization of approximately 2,000 grant-making foundations
and corporations. As a leader in philanthropy, we strive to increase the effectiveness, stewardship, and
accountability of our sector while providing our members with the services and support they need for success.
Foundation Center
http://foundationcenter.org
Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit
service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting
nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences
include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.
Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com
Founded in 1972, the foundation offers grantsmanship training to nonprofit and government agencies. Before
this, no such training existed and small organizations lacked the skills to compete for grant opportunities.
Grant Writing:
How to Write Successful Grant Proposals (from Purdue University)
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/EC/EC-737.pdf
Additional Sources:
Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Newspaper of the Nonprofit World
http://philanthropy.com
Philanthropy.com is an online newspaper of nonprofits, not a grants-seeking guide.

The University of Oklahoma Libraries
Human Relations
Grant and Foundations Books in
Bizzell Library Reference Area
Guides to Grant & Proposal Writing:
Applying for Research Funding: Getting Started and Getting Funded
HG 177 .R53 1995
Grants for Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide to Funding and Grant Writing
HG 177 .G56 1989
Grassroots Grants: An Activist‟s Guide to Grantseeking, 2nd Edition
HG 177 .R65 2004
“How To” Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and
Private Grants
HG 177 .B38 2003
How to Prepare a Research Proposal: Guidelines for Funding and Dissertations in the Social
and Behavioral Sciences
HG 177 .K73 1988
How to Write a Grant Proposal
HG 177 .N39 2003
Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals
Q 180.55 .P7 L63 2007
Directories & Indexes:
Annual Register of Grant Support
AS 911 .A2 A67
Corporate Foundation Profiles
HV 89 .C68
Corporate Giving Directory
HV 97 .A3 T29
Directory of Grants in the Humanities
AZ 188 .U5 D57
Foundation Directory
AS 911 .A2 F65
Funding Sources for Community and Economic Development 2005/2006
HN 90 .C6 F85 2005/2006
Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Post Graduate Funding Worldwide
LB 2338 .G7
International Encyclopedia of Foundations
HV 12 .I58 1990
National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations
AS 29.5 .N38
Operating Grants for Nonprofit Organizations 2005
HV 41 .O63 2005

The University of Oklahoma Libraries
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