Web Links

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First, begin your search for resources at your own institutional website. Sponsored projects offices often maintain webpages of resources: search under the name of the office handling faculty research submissions. Resources might also be listed under the Vice President for Research pages, or Corporate and Foundations Relations.

Next, check the Nuts and Bolts Facebook page, which is updated regularly with new resources:

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Scholarly Organizations

Many scholarly and disciplinary organizations offer grants directly, and feature lists of grants of interest to members. If your work is at all interdisciplinary, be sure to check on related resources.

The Social Sciences and Education

American Anthropological Association(AAA)
American Economic Association (AEA)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
American Psychological Association (APA) 
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Humanities

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
The ACLS pages are a great place to start searching for fellowships for humanists and many humanistic social scientists. ACLS features a portal to visit various scholarly societies, and it also administers a number of fellowship and research programs. Various ethnic studies associations are listed on these pages as well.

Finding, Applying for, and Administering Federal Grants

Grants.gov
Start your search for federal grants on the Grants.gov website, where you will find listings for more than 27 different agencies.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21
Investigate federal granting rules for universities here. You can also explore other interesting aspects of the OMB from this site.

Institutional Review Board (IRB)
This is the official federal website that describes the requirement for colleges and universities (and hospitals and other research organizations) to form IRBs to oversee research involving human beings. Your institution should have a web page with IRB information specific to your project.

NSF Office of Inspector General
All federal agencies have offices of the Inspector General, which maintain oversight of all operations. This site offers interesting insights into how the federal government maintains control of grants and other processes.

U.S General Services Administration (GSA)
Check here for current domestic per diem rates to use in budgets (as M&IE, of course -- If this is confusing, check out The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing!) Per diem rates were listed in the most requested links section on the left hand side as of publication.

U.S. Department of State
Check here for foreign per diem rates to use in budgets. Find these under the travel tab.

Fly America Act
It is a very good idea to check the Fly America Act website for updated Open Skies Agreements before you buy plan tickets to foreign destinations, that is if you want to be sure you will be reimbursed!

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Look here for the appropriate reimbursement for mileage. From the main page, search “mileage.”

A Few Federal Grantors

U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Search directly on the ED site for grants, or via Grants.gov. Be aware that many competitions are no longer submitted through Grants.gov, however, but through G5, the ED submission and management portal.

G5
G5 is portal you may be required to use as you submit ED grant proposals. If your institution has never submitted to ED before, check to be sure it is registered before you begin an application.

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
The link to grant information is on the lower right in the Action Center. Grants are actually offered through agencies of the DOJ, and are sometimes easier to search on Grants.gov.

Fulbright
Fulbright is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). You can get to the relevant fellowship pages from their main page whether you are a faculty member, student, or professional.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The NIH has a very helpful array of pages dedicated to grant writing. Under Grants & Funding, look for the About Grants tab. There are two good ways to begin searching for an NIH grant opportunity: 1) search Grants.gov, or 2) search for the relevant IC (institutes and centers) by clicking on the Institutions at NIH tab on the home page.

NIH list of grant guidelines
This page is indispensable once you are ready to fill out your application. Be careful to download the relevant instructions document.

NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Program (R15)
Researchers from predominantly undergraduate institutions should look these opportunities over carefully.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
The list of NSF opportunities can be overwhelming, however you can begin at Grants.gov, or by getting to know the NSF directorates: from the homepage, click Quick Links in the upper right hand corner and then Research Areas.

NSF FastLane
One of the best online submission systems ever. You can also get to FastLane from the main NSF website by clicking the FastLane tab on the right. FastLane includes very useful help pages to assist with submission.

NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)
This is the definitive guide to submitting NSF proposals.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Foundation Resources

The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center is a robust source of information on philanthropy, foundations, and grants. You can find training in grant writing here, information on how foundations work, and information on local foundation libraries.

Foundation Directory Online
The Foundation Directory is an excellent resource for searching foundation grant opportunities. The Foundation Directory now offers free 990 searches. For more information on 990s, see The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing!

Guidestar
Guidestar is a robust source of information on nonprofits, which include foundations. Search here to find similar organizations to yours, or to look for potential partners.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Kellogg Foundation features a useful guide on logic models called the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide. Search “logic model” from the main website.