Databases Worth Trying
Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
MSU Access using EZ Proxy Server
Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database. Select Main Search and then type in the academic discipline of your choice in the "All Fields" box.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Foundation Directory Online Professional
Available in Main Library Only
According to the Foundation Center, The Foundation Directory Online Professional is our "next-generation" service tier that provides Subscribers with access to an unprecedented wealth of timely, comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. You'll find detailed profiles of over 92,000 U.S. grantmakers...with records for more than 1.3 million recently awarded grants! Work smarter—and faster—to find the funds you need. Professional lets you keyword-search across more than 447,000 IRS 990s for grantmaking organizations. With unique funder portfolios of news, RFPs, key staff affiliations, and color-coded grant distribution charts. Professional is the best choice for successful grantseekers.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
Available in Main Library Only
Includes descriptions of more than 6,000 foundations and public charities that fund individual grantseekers, and is searchable by nine different criteria. Records provide contact information, financial data, application information, and program descriptions, with links to more than 500 foundation Web sites. Updated quarterly.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
GrantSelect
MSU Access using EZ Proxy Server
GrantSelect is the online version of the GRANTS Database containing over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by over 3,400 sponsoring organizations. Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
MSU Scholarship Search
https://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholSearch.Asp
MSU offers a wide variety of scholarships, some of which have criteria which severely limit the number of students who might be eligible for the scholarship, while others have much broader criteria. This facility should help you find those MSU scholarships for which you might be eligible. You can search either by unit (College/Department) within the University or by criteria such as major/specialization, Michigan county of permanent residence, high school, or study abroad.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Cornell University
Graduate School Fellowship Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
(Last checked 06/03/08)
ENotes Scholarships and Loans Directory
http://college.enotes.com/scholarships-loans/
Covers over 4,200 scholarships by type of school, gender, field of study and special recipient criteria. Or you can browse by state/province with the links on the left. Our database contains a total of 7,200 scholarships, grants, loans, prizes and fellowships.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com/.
If you have access to the world wide web and are willing to fill in the online forms, this service promises a free customized list of financial aid sources. FastWeb is actually a searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education. First-time visitors have to register (first and last name and a user ID), then complete a profile, including background and fields of study. Registrants then receive a list of all currently relevant funding sources. The registration information is stored and can be used on subsequent visits. The entire sign-up process, and delivery of available funding sources, can be a bit tedious: about five to twenty minutes, depending on the connection speed. Approximately 500 new scholarships are added to the database daily, so registrants can stay current. Provided courtesy of Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc. created by Mark Kantrowitz and sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
The subscription version provides a search engine for IRIS and OPS Databases as well as
links to other research resources on the world wide web. Maintained by the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, School of Library and Information Science. Note: Requires subscription. Not available at Michigan State University.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spin.asp
Requires subscription. A commercially produced database of funding opportunities. It contains current and comprehensive information on thousands of funding opportunities for projects which cross all interest areas. With SPIN Services and Links, the user can locate funding for research and development, international projects, collaborative projects, fellowships, academic programs, exchange programs, travel, endowments, equipment, outreach and service delivery projects. Note: Requires subscription. Not available at Michigan State University.
(Last checked 06/03/08)
Additional Financial Aid Resources
If you are interested in additional financial aid resources broken down by academic level, population groups, or subject, you may want to try Grants for Individuals
Databases Covering Nonprofit Funding
If you are interested in funding for nonprofit organizations, you may want to try
Databases for Nonprofits
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Jon Harrison