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• National Endowment for the Arts

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 Corporate Foundations

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• The Chalkboard: A Classroom Corporate Connection

• Columbia Information Systems

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• Eastman Kodak Company

• Eaton Corporation

• Exxon

• Fannie Mae Foundation

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• Toyota USA Foundation

• United Technologies Research Center

• Westinghouse

Foundations and Other Sponsors

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• American Federation for Aging Research

• American Heart Association

• American Jewish Archives

• American Music Center

• American Nursery & Landscape Association/Horticultural Research Institute

• American Nurses Foundation

• American Philosophical Society

• American Pianists Association

• American Political Science Association

• American Psychological Association

• American-Scandinavian Foundation

• American Society for Engineering Education

• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation

• Annenberg Foundation

• Arthritis Foundation

• Arts Midwest

• ArtsEdge (Kennedy Center)

• Asian Cultural Council

• Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation

• Benton Foundation

• Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund

• Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation

• Captain Planet Foundation

• Carnegie Corporation of New York

• Annie E. Casey Foundation

• Center for Field Research

• Central Indiana Community Foundation

• Century Foundation

• Coleman Foundation

• Commonwealth Fund

• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

• Council of American Overseas Research Centers

• Crane-Rogers Foundation

• Charles E. Culpeper Foundation

• Nathan Cummings Foundation

• Charles A. Dana Foundation

• Defense Science Study Group

• Ellison Medical Foundation

• Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

• Dinosaur Society

• Dirksen Congressional Center

• William H. Donner Foundation

• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

• Dunn Foundation

• Energy Foundation

• Eurasia Foundation

• Ford Foundation

• Franke Institute for the Humanities

• Freedom Forum First Amendment Center

• Gas Research Institute

• German Academic Exchange Service

• German-American Academic Council Foundation

• Institute for Defense Analyses

• German Marshall Fund

• J. Paul Getty Trust

• Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation

• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

• Paul F. Glenn Foundation for Medical Research

• Global Fund for Women

• William T. Grant Foundation

• Grantmakers for Education

• Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation

• Great Lakes Protection Fund

• Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

• Gunk Foundation

• John A. Hartford Foundation

• Health Effects Institute

• George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• Human Frontier Science Program

• Humanities Research Centre

• Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

• Institute for Advanced Study

• Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research

• Institute of International Education

• Institute of Museum and Library Services

• Institute of Turkish Studies

• International Life Sciences Institute

• International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation

• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)

• International Society of Arboriculture

• International Union Against Cancer

• Ittleson Foundation

• Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• Magic Johnson Foundation

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• W. Alton Jones Foundation

• Joyce Foundation

• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

• W.M. Keck Foundation

• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation

• Kinship Foundation

• John S. & James L. Knight Foundation

• Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Career Development Award

• Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation

• Lowe Syndrome Association

• George Lucas Educational Foundation

• Henry Luce Foundation

• Lumina Foundation for Education

• Lupus Foundation of America

• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

• A.L. Mailman Family Foundation

• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

• Markle Foundation

• Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

• James S. McDonnell Foundation

• McKnight Foundation

• The Medtronic Foundation

• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

• Ms. Foundation for Women

• A.J. Muste Memorial Institute

• National Art Education Association

• National Association of Broadcasters

• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

• National Cristina Foundation

• National Endowment for Democracy

• National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

• National Foreign Language Center

• National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

• National Foundation for the Improvement of Education

• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

• National Patient Safety Foundation

• National Pork Producers Council

• National Research Council

• Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study

• North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.

• Open Society Institute (Soros Foundations)

• Oregon Humanities Center at the University of Oregon

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation

• Pew Charitable Trusts

• Philanthrofund

• Piano Technicians Guild

• Population Council

• Public Welfare Foundation

• Puffin Foundation

• Research Corporation

• Retirement Research Foundation

• Rockefeller Brothers Fund

• Rockefeller Foundation

• SME Education Foundation

• Russell Sage Foundation

• Sasakawa Peace Foundation

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

• Social Science Research Council

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers

• Soros Foundations

• Spencer Foundation

• Stadtlanders Foundation

• Surdna Foundation

• TAPPI Foundation

• John Templeton Foundation

• Harry S. Truman Library Institute

• U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation

• U.S.-Japan Foundation

• U.S.-Japan Philanthropies

• Until There's a Cure Foundation

• W.E. Upjohn Institute

• Wallace Global Fund

• Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Foundation

• DeWitt Wallace-Readers Digest Foundation

• Web Development Fund

• Kurt Weill Foundation for Music

• Whitaker Foundation

• Winston Foundation for World Peace

• Women's Studio Workshop

• Tiger Woods Foundation

• Whitehall Foundation

• World Health Organization

 Educational Institutions

• American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

• Associated Western Universities

• Radcliffe College: Henry A. Murray Research Center

• University of Houston

 Publications and Information Resources--Federal

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

• The Center for Disease Control and Prevention National AIDS Clearinghouse

• Commerce Business Daily CBDNet

• EDGAR

• Department of Education Policy Bulletins

• Electronic Research Administration

• Federal Agencies via Library of Congress

• Federal Information Exchange : includes information for about a dozen federal agencies

• Federal Money Retriever

• Federal Register via Purdue access to Government Printing Office

• Fedworld

• Government Printing Office

• GrantsNet

• IRS Non-Profit List

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

• NIH Peer Review Notes

• NonProfit Gateway

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center

• OMB Circulars

• P2C2 Group

• Partnership Against Violence Network Online

• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

• Thompson's Federal Grants and Funding Publications

• TRAM Funding Opportunities

 Publications and Information Resources--Non-Federal

• Access Indiana

• The Art DEADLINES List

• BioMedNet

• CharityNet

• Consortium of Social Science Associations

• Council on Foundations

• Donors Forum of Chicago

• The Foundation Center

• The Grant Advisor

• GrantScape

• The Grantsmanship Center

• GrantsNet

• Guidestar

• IdeaList (formerly the Contact Center)

• Indiana Donors Alliance

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing

• National Association of Partners in Education

• National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)

• New York Regional Association of Grantmakers

• Nonprofit Locator

• Polaris Grants Central

• Science Coalition

• Society of Research Administrators

• URL List for Grant Seekers

 Grant Application Forms

• Government Information

• Government Information for Researchers in the Biomedical and Health Sciences
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• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Program Support Center Forms (HHS, PHS, HRSA, FDA SAMHSA)
  Print ready forms for DHHS agencies

• Federal Standard Forms (OMB Approved)

• Office of Naval Research University Business Affairs Forms

• Private Foundations

• Voluntary Health Organizations and other Funding & Scholarly Organizations

• Foundation Commons
  Electronic proposal submission and processing service for member non-profit grantmaking organizations

 Grant Writing Tips

Tips for Scientific/Technical Writing

Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Bartleby)

NIH Publications

• How to Apply for NIH Funding (NICHD-slides)

• A Short Guide to the Preparation of NIH Grants Applications (NIH - NCI)

• A Grant Writing Program Using the PHS 398 Grant Application (NIH - NCI)

• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about NIH Grants

• How to Write a Research Grant Application (NIH - NIAID; PDF file)

• Strengthening Your NIH Grant Application (NIH - NIAID)

• Glossary of Confusing NIH Terms (NIH - NIAID)

• Tips for NIH Grant Applicants (NIH - NIGMS

National Science Foundation

• A Guide to Proposal Writing

Human Frontier Science Program

• The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicera