Searchable Databases           

Government and Foundation Funding: IRIS

The Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) allows access to the IRIS Funding Opportunities Database which is updated daily and contains over 16,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.  The site is maintained by the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.

• The IRIS Upcoming Deadlines - Six months' of upcoming deadlines in 25 subject areas are divided into one group for all academic levels and the other group for graduate students and undergraduates.
• The IRIS Funding Alert Service - Individuals create a customized search profile that is used to locate upcoming funding opportunities and can be sent to them via e-mail.
• The IRIS Expertise Service - Enables faculty members to create detailed electronic CVs ("biosketches") and post them to the Web for review by potential researchers or funders.

Federal Government Funding: Grants.gov

As of November 7, 2005, the Office of Federal Financial Management requires all Federal agencies to post all grant opportunities online at www.grants.gov.  This is the clearinghouse for all federal grant-making agencies and can be searched by agency, category, or advanced searched by keywords. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.

• Grants.gov
  • Search Grant Opportunities
  • Receive Grant Opportunity Email Alerts
• User Guides
• Park University’s Grants.gov User Guide
  Detailed instructions about completing an application on Grants.gov
• Park University’s Grants.gov Overview Activity Guide
  Summary instructions about completing an application on Grants.gov

Government and Foundation Funding: The Grant Advisor

The Grant Advisor is a subscription funding information source.  The database is searchable and lists funding by federal and private agencies and foundations.

***The Grant Advisor is only searchable using a

       Park University on-campus computer.

Government and Foundation Funding: Duke University

Sites maintained by the Office of Research Administration, Duke University

• Advanced Search
• Current Weekly Postings
• Grant Deadlines

Government and Foundation Funding:  Grants.Net

Grants.Net searches by academic discipline, application type, date, eligibility, text and more. Search all open funding opportunities in the Funding Opportunities database. The database is continually updated using announcements and news reports from a wide range of sponsors.

***Site Maintained by the Association for the

      Advancement of Science.

State of Missouri Funding:

Missouri Government Grants & Grantwriting Aids

***Site administered by the Government

      Documents Department, Ellis Library,      

      University of Missouri - Columbia

Links to Selected Federal Agencies

• US Department of Education
• Grant Forecast for FY10
• Currently Open Grant Competitions/FY10-11
• Discretionary Grant Application Packages
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Institute of Health
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Administration for Children and Families
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• US Department of the Interior
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• US Department of Justice
• DOJ Open Funding Solicitations
• National Institute of Justice
• National Endowment for the Arts
• Grants
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Apply for a Grant
• Grant Information
• Grant Guidelines
• Grant Deadline Calendar
• Recent Grant Awards
• National Science Foundation
• FastLane
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• US Institute of Peace

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