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Find Information about Grants and Grant Writing
Below you will find both external and internal resources for researching,
locating, and writing grants. For more information about types of aid:
grants, scholarships, loans see the UC-Boulder's Financial Aid help
page. For more information on scholarships and financial aid see the
How do I? ...Find Financial Aid page.
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Community of Science
National database of funding opportunities that contains more than
22,000 records: opportunities with private organizations, foundations,
public agencies, governments, corporations and more. The opportunities
span all disciplines and include research grants, fellowships, and scholarships.
The site offers numerous other tips and references, including a guide
to searching the database. CU
Grants.gov
Grants.gov was established in 1999 and is a comprehensive source of
government grant opportunities. The site provides: a database of over
1,000 grants, resources for applying, resources for tracking grant applications,
and more.
Online
Colorado Grants Guide
Search tool for finding grants in Colorado. The Community Resource
Center (CRC) provides training, technical assistance and consultation
to community-based organizations in Colorado and across the country.
CRC serves as a convener of communities to expand resources and stimulate
change. Search by proposal deadline, funders, location, grant size,
area of interest, and type of grant or foundation. CU
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A
Guide to Proposal Preparation
UCB Office of Contracts
and Grants guide for preparing, writing and submitting grant applications.
The site also supplies links to relevant forms.
Get
Started - A Short Course in Proposal Writing
The Foundation Center's 'Short Course' on proposal writing.
Grant
Proposals
The University of North Carolina's Writing Center grant guide.
Proposal
Budget Resources
The Foundation Center's tutorial on proposal budgets.
Non-profit Guides
Non-profit guides to grant writing.
Developing
and Writing Grant Proposals
From the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
Some
Chinook Print Sources
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UCB Office of Contracts
and Grants Source List
Foundation Funding Sources
The Foundation Center is
the leading source on foundations and non-profits. Their website provides
extensive information on fundraising and grant seeking (see the Getting
Started pages for an excellent introduction to grant seeking and
additional learning opportunities).
The Denver Public Library is a cooperating collection of the Foundation
Center. The Nonprofit
Resource Center, located at the central
library, provides the core foundation center publications and tools.
Foundation
Finder
The Foundation Center's free database enables you to locate foundations
and potential funding sources by name, location, or EIN number. The
database provides basic information and access to IRS 990 filings.
Foundation
Center's 990 Finder
The Foundation Center's 990 Finder provides access to organizations'
990 IRS filings, which detail fiscal data.
Council on Foundations
A nonprofit member organization whose mission l: "is to provide
the opportunity, leadership and tools needed by philanthropic organizations
to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good."
The site provides ample resources on national foundations and grant
opportunities: including a Community
Foundation Locator.
Guidestar
A non-profit organization aiming to provide information and clarity
to the nonprofit community. The site provides data on 1.5 million nonprofit
organizations.
Idealist.org
Idealist is partnered with Action
without Borders; the site provides details about over 61,000 nonprofit
and community organizations in 165 countries.
Government Funding Sources
Grants.gov
Grants.gov was established in 1999 and is a comprehensive source of
government grant opportunities. The site provides: a database of over
1,000 grants, resources for applying, resources for tracking grant applications,
and more.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance
This government gateway supplies a database of various government grant
sources, as well as help sources for applying and attaining grants.
US
Department of Education
US Department of Health and
Human Services
US Department of
Justice
US Department
of Housing and Urban Development
US Department of Transportation
National Institutes
of Health
Environmental
Protection Agency
Corporation
for National and Community Service
Public Telecommunications
National Science Foundation
National Endowment for
the Humanities
National Endowment
for the Arts
Institute
of Museum and Library Services
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University of Colorado-
Office of Contracts and Grants
The site indexes numerous campus services offered through the Office
of Contracts and Grants. Previous training
materials are also available.
University
of Colorado - Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
The Career Services at CU has established a list of opportunities available
for undergraduates.
Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Program
Center
for Humanities and the Arts
Council on Research
and Creative Works
Graduate Committee
on the Arts & Humanities
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Search Chinook Resources
Reference
Department Directories
Search by Subject - Recommended Terms
Research
Grants
Endowments
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raising
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in Aid
Proposal
Writing for Grants
Recommended Titles
Annual Register
of Grant Support: A Directory of Funding Sources
Directory
of Biomedical and Health Care Grants
Directory
of Grants in the Humanities
Directory
of Research Grants
Education
Grants Alert
Foundation
1000
Foundation
Grants Index (CDROM)
Foundation
Grants to Individuals
Fundraising
Management [Available online]
Foundation
News and Commentaries [Available online]
Grants Register
National
Directory of Corporate Giving
Research
Centers Directory
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