Grants

This guide is designed to provide information regarding funding sources for research, performance and special projects. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of funding, books on this topic can be found in several subject classifications of the reference area. 

URSUS

URSUS contains the records of all the books in the stacks and in reference. Reference books can be used inside the library. Books in the stacks may be checked out.

• "proposal writing in research"
• "proposal writing for grants"
• "research grants" 

Books on Grant Writing 

• The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing Ref HG177.5.U6 G44 2004
• The "How to" Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants Ref HG177 .B38 2003
• Webster's New World Grant writing handbook Ref HG177 .W37 2004

Databases

• Foundation Directory Online - This database provides detailed information on grantmakers and grants and contains a grant search, foundation search and IRS 990 search. It can only be accessed on computers in Fogler Library. 
• Funding Opportunities Announcement Search - This is a searchable database of program announcements and deadlines with links to sponsor application websites that is maintained by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Maine.

Directories and Indexes

Directories and Indexes provide information about grantmakers and the requirements for the grants that they fund. 

• Annual Register of Grant Support  Ref AS 911 A2 A67 2006 
• Big Book of Library Grant Money   Ref Z683.2 U6 N38 2004-5
• Directory of Grants in the Humanities   Ref AZ188. U5 D5 6  2004/2005
• Directory of Research Grants    Ref LB 2338 D57 2006
• Directory of Maine Grantmakers     Ref HV98 .M2 D5 2001 
• Foundation Directory    Ref As911 .A2 F65 2006
• Foundation Grants to Individuals REF LB 2336 F62 2007
• Foundation 1000: In-Depth Profiles of the 1000 Largest U.S. Foundations  Ref  HV97 .F65 F771 2004/2005
• Grants Register    Ref LB 2338 G7 2004 
• Guide to U.S. Foundations, their Trustees, Officers, and Donors     Ref AS911 .A2 N37 2006
• National Directory of Corporate Giving   Ref HV89 .N26 2001
• National Guide to Funding in Arts and Culture     Ref NX711 .U5 D56 2004

Federal Grants

• Grants.gov   includes all federal grant making agencies and includes, information about how to prepare grants, a searchable database, and a registration option for notification for grants in specific areas. 
• Department of Education Grants provides information about education grants.
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance  provides information about grants for state governments, institutions, and non-profit groups.  
• National Science Foundation  provides information about research grants in science and engineering.
• National Endowment for the Humanities   provides information about grants for the humanities.
• Office of Extramural Research (OER) of the National Institute of Mental Health provides information about grants for medical and behavioral research including policies, forms and  a registration for a weekly publication.

Maine Grants

• Directory of Maine Grantmakers  provides information about grantmakers in Maine  Ref HV98 .M2 D5 2004 
• Maine Grantmakers  provides a list by Fundsnet of grantmakers in Maine 
• Maine Philanthropy Center provides information about basic grantmaking as well as links to Maine grantmakers.

cynthia.crosser@umit.umaine.edu | Revised: 04/04/2008

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