Grants Databases
These cover governmental and non-governmental funding sources
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- Community of Science Funding Opportunities - UCSD only
- A unique database that provides not only information about funding opportunities for
research, but also provides a connection to scientific expertise.
"Funding alerts" is an e-mail notification service for learning about new funding opportunities.
- GrantSelect - UCSD Only
- Contains over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by more than 4,000 sonsoring organizations, searchable by topic,
sponsor, even application deadline.
Major Web Sites With Links to Funding Resources:
- ACE-NET: The Angel Capital Electronic Network
- Source for medium-size entrepreneurs to secure investment
- Community Foundations from the Council on Foundations
- Locate foundations for community-specific funding.
- Fin-Aid: The Smart Student's Guide to Financial Aid
- Includes substantial lists of sources for educational funding and fellowships, and
includes a nice Grants section as well.
- The Foundation Center
- Wealth of information about foundation and corporate giving. Includes selected links to
foundations and other sources of funding opportunities. Of particular interest is the extensive
Grantmaker Directory.
- Foundations On-line
- Provides direct links to a large number of foundations. This site also provides information on
fund-raising software, products and consultants.
- Grants from the Net
- Well-organized site which provides access to a large number of grant/funding sites.
Sponsored by Indiana University.
- Grantsmanship Center
- Primarily a training service offering workshops and publications for grant writers,
also offers sections for federal, state, community, and international funding sources.
- GrantsWeb
- From the Society for Research Administrators, links to all types of funding sources - federal, state, non-profit, corporate, foundations, etc.
- TRAM: Research Funding Opportunities and Administration
- Well-developed site which links to many different lists of funding resources. Includes access to
grant application forms as well as standard agreements for subcontracts, non-disclosures,
licenses. Initially developed by the Texas Research Administrators Group (TRAM); updated
daily.
- Yahoo - Grants
- Links to many sites which have substantially developed lists of funding opportunities.
Federal Sources of Grants And Funding Information
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- CFDA is a government-wide compendium of over 1,300 Federal programs, projects,
services, and activities. Grants and research opportunities including those related to biomedicine
and health are included in this source.
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Funding Opportunities
- Includes detailed information about current funding opportunities supported by CDC.
Grant forms and applications can be found here.
- Commerce Business Daily (via Community of Science)
- The Commerce Business Daily (CBD) is a database of U.S. Government procurement
invitations, contract awards, subcontracting leads, and sales of surplus property and foreign
business opportunities. CBD is updated daily.
- CRISP
- CRISP is a major online gopher database containing information on research
projects and programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Resources. The lists
are arranged by the year the awards were given.
- Federal Register (via Community of Science)
- Source for announcements from the Federal Government which include notices about new
granting and funding programs.
- FEDIX (Federal Information Exchange)
- FEDIX provides access to federal agency information on research programs, contact
information, educational programs and services, equipment grants, procurement notices, minority
opportunities and more. FEDIX offers a support service called FEDIX Opportunity Alert which
provided free e-mail notices of research opportunities in targeted areas of interest.
- GrantsNet
- Web tool for finding and exchanging information about the Department of Health and
Human Services grants as well as other Federal grant programs. Excellent links to full-text
regulatory information.
- Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
- Grant and contract solicitations are about half-way down the page.
- Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) Grants and Contracts
- This site provides detailed information about grants available from HRSA's Bureau of
Primary Health Care, the Bureau of Health Professions, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
and the Bureau of Health Resources Development. Also links to information about proposed
RFQs and RFPs.
- National Institutes of Health: Funding Opportunities
- This web site is the primary source of information about NIH grants and fellowships. The
Grants Page links to program guidelines, extramural programs information and the
NIH Guide for Grants and
Contracts. Click on the "Funding Opportunities" button found on the opening page.
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Covers all aspects of NSF funding. Included are funding
opportunity announcements, proposal preparation information, application deadlines, and a
"Grants Proposal Forms Kit."
Selected Individual Foundations or Funders:
Note to applicants: some application forms may require MeSH tree numbers and subject
headings to describe your project. These may be found at the National Library of Medicine's
MeSH Browser.
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American Cancer Society
- Research Grants
- Health Professional Training Grants
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American Heart Association
- Provides detailed information about grant programs. Site contains web-based application
forms.
- Arthritis Foundation
- Site includes information about the various research awards supported by the Arthritis
Foundation. Adobe Acrobat is required to read the majority of the posted documents.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Provides information about research and funding opportunities offered through HHMI, and
offers a database of past award recipients.
- San Diego Community Foundation
- Whitaker Foundation
Funds research and training in biomedical engineering.
University of California San Diego (UCSD) and University of
California (UC) Resources:
- Office of Contract and Grants Administration (OCGA), University of California San Diego
- Provides relevant information to the UCSD research community. Site provides access to
electronically available forms related to OCGA business as well as to forms required by many of
the large funding agencies (NSF, NIH, etc.) and societies/foundations (American Heart
Association, American Cancer Society, etc.)
- University of California Policies
Pertaining to Research
- Sites includes policies related to the conduct of research at the University of California.
Links are provided to resources at the nine campuses, organized research units, and national labs.
- UCSD Biomedical Library's Grants Pathfinder
- This finding guide contains a selected list of print resources related to grants and
foundations that can be found in UCSD's Biomedical Library's reference collection.
Grant Proposal Development:
- A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing - UCSD Only
- Extracts from the book, Proposal Planning and Writing, paper copies of which are available
in Reference at the Biomedical Library and Social Sciences & Humanities Library.
- Hints for Writing Successful NIH Grants
- Proposal Writing: The Business of Science
- From the Whitaker Foundation.
- A Proposal Writing Short Course
- User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research and Resources
- Both from the Foundation Center.
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Internet Resources