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A Guide to Information Resources: Print and Electronic

 

Print Resources
Annual register of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources. 
    Location: ref AS911.A2 A67 1999  
 Foundation Directory. Location: ref AS911.A2F65 2003.
Free Money from the Federal Government for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs, by Laurie Blum.
   Location: ref HG4027.7.B6 1996
The Grants Register. Location: ref LB 2338.G7 2002


Internet Resources
The Foundation Center
The major Internet grants resource is The Foundation Center (fdncenter.org), a publisher of information about philanthropic organizations, as well as an authoritative resource for the grant-seeker. The Foundation Center's Web site is extensive, providing access to a broad range of electronic resources of interest.

The Foundation Center acquires, organizes, and disseminates information about grants and grantmakers. It is is headquartered in New York City, and maintains 4 regional research libraries, one of which is in San Francisco (312 Sutter Street, Room 312, San Francisco 94108-4314; 415-397-090).  The Foundation Center supports a network of cooperating collections -- smaller collections placed in various regions. The cooperating collection closest to this area is at the Seaside Branch Library (550 Harcourt St., Seaside 93955; 831-899-8131).

Other Internet Resources
The Chronicle of Higher Education: New grant & research competitions (chronicle.com/free/grants/)
The Grantmanship Center (www.tgci.com/)
Fundraising and Grantwriting Resources (www.fundsnetservices.com/grantwri.htm)
 
Community Grants
Foundations On-Line (www.foundations.org/) A Directory of Charitable Grantmakers from Northern California Community Foundation, Inc.

Federal Government Grants
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) (www.cfda.gov/)
Department of Education (www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/grants/grants.html) Grants information
Federal Register (www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html) Features daily grant announcements
The Fulbright Program (www.iie.org/Template.cfm?section=Fulbright1)
National Endowment for the Arts (arts.endow.gov/)
National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov/grants/index.html) Guide to fellowships, grants, and application informaiton. 
National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov/funding/research_edu_community.jsp) Grants and awards, deadlines, proposal guide.

Grants: Applying; Grantwriting
Grant Proposal Writing Tips (www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html) from Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Dos and Don'ts of Grantwriting (www.geneseeisd.org/grants/dos%20and%20donts.htm) from Genesee Intermediate School District
Proposal Writing Short Course (foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/) from the Foundation Center
SRA's GrantsWeb (www.srainternational.org/sra03/grantsweb/index.cfm) from the Society of Research Administrators

Specialized Areas
GrantsNet (www.grantsnet.org/) To identify funding resources in the biological and medical sciences; sponsored by AAAS
   and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
 


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