Various Government Grant Information Resources
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Federal Register
Consult the Federal Register, which is printed each business day by the U.S. government. It contains Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs), which are invitations for applications for federal grant programs, and include program descriptions, eligibility requirements, and guidelines. Write to Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, or visit the GPO Web site at http://www.gpo.gov/ or the Federal Register Web site at http://fr.cos.com/.

Grants Net
For finding information about U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal grant programs, visit GrantsNet. It was created by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Grants Management (OGM) for finding and exchanging information about HHS and other Federal grant programs. GrantsNet serves the general public, the grantee community, and grant-makers (i.e. state and local governments, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and commercial businesses). It provides a variety of Department-wide grants policies governing the award and administration of grant activities, publishing these in grants policy directives, regulations, and/or manuals. It is part of the much-publicized national movement toward providing government resources to the general public in a more accessible and meaningful manner. Find the site at http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

In the SBIR program, 10 federal agencies set aside 2.5% of their annual outside research budgets for small business R&D that meets the following requirements:
1) Is in the nation's best interests, or
2)Leads to the development of a vital product that the government wants to buy.
For fiscal year 1999, over $1 billion is available in SBIR funds. This money will be distributed through approximately 4,000 different awards to small businesses. The award amount varies depending on the agency, but it can total more than $850,000. For details see:  http://www.idbsu.edu/isbdc/sbir.htm.

Grants Research and Grantmaker Relations

Andy Robinson's Grassroots Grants has a chapter on grants research that lays out an effective way to select grantmakers to approach for funding. This chapter is available free on the Chardon Press website. See: http://www.chardonpress.com/titles/research.html

Researching Funding Sources on the Web

Zimmerman Lehman's introduction to funding research on the Web covers foundations, corporations, the federal government, and individual donors. See: http://www.zimmerman-lehman.com/internet.htm

Additional federal and state grant resources

The Federal Commons -- an Internet grants management portal serving the grantee organization community.
Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee - IAEGC
Grant Writing Tips - Afterschool.gov
Department of Commerce's Federal Grants Page
e-GRANTS, The Department of Education's (ED) portal site for electronic grants
Department of Education's - CFO Grants and Contracts Information
Department of Education's "School-to-Work Grants Resources
Department of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - Grants and Contracts
Department of Justice - Ten Grants
Department of Labor (DOL) - Employment and Training Administration - Welfare-to-Work - Grants listing by State
Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Admn - Universities and Grants Programs
HRSA - Office of Rural Health Policy - Grants
Department of Labor - Grant and Contract Information
Department of Transportation (DOT) - Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grant program
DOT's State Highway Program Grants
EPA's Grants Information Overview
EPA's 2001 Environmental Research Grant Announcements
EPA's Region IV Grants and Financial Assistance
FinanceNet - Federal Gateway for Grants Resources
Health Resources and Services Administration - Grants and Contracts
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Grants
HUD - Funding Announcements
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization (MDO) Grants
National Cancer Institute - Research Projects Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities - Grants and Applications
NIH - Grants and Funding Opportunities
Native American Programs - Grant Programs - Points of Contact
NIH - National Center for Research Resources - Grants Information
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Business and Grants Opportunities
NOAA Sponsored - National Sea Grant
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service - Alaska Region - Grants Information
National Park Service (NPS) - Grants and Tax Credits
National Science Foundation (NSF) - Overview of Grants and Awards
Office of Electronic Commerce - Grants
Office of Naval Research - Grants, Contracts and Acquisition
OSHA's Susan Harwood Training Grants Program
Social Security Administration - Office of Acquisitions and Grants
U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Grants and Contracts Resources
USGS Contracts and Grants Information
U.S. State and Local - Housing: Competitive Grants

STATES GRANT RESOURCES