Division of Research

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Division of Research

• Office of Sponsored Research
• FINDING FUNDING
• HANDOUT SELECTED WEB SITES
• Penny Ashwanden, M.P.H., Sr. Coordinator
• Thursday, April 19, 2007

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Free Subscription Services

• Grants-Gov - THE single access point for over
  1,000 grant programs offered by all the Federal
  grant-making agencies. Subscribe to Weekly NIH
  Funding Opportunities and Notices -
  http//www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscriptio
  n.jsp
• Community of Science a subscriber service for
  FAU faculty and staff. http//www.fau.edu/researc
  h/osr/fau_cos.php
• GrantsNet - medical and life science funding. To
  subscribe to Funding News Alert, go to
  http//www.grantsnet.org/funding_news_alert.cfm
• National Science Foundation Subscribe to MyNSF -
  http//www.nsf.gov/mynsf/
• The Foundation Center Directory Online directory
  (also available through the FAU Foundation) -
  http//fconline.fdncenter.org/.
• RSCH-L - Sign up for FAUs Division of
  Research/Office of Sponsored Research list serve
  
• Go to http//wise.fau.edu/research/osr/ and
  click on Electronic Forms. Scroll down
  Downloadable FAU forms to Registration form for
  RSCH-L, complete and submit.

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Free Subscription Services

• The Charity Channel - http//www.charitychannel.co
  m/
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education -
  http//see.orau.org/
• The Pew Trusts - http//www.pewtrusts.com/grants/i
  ndex.cfm
• National Endowment for the Humanities -
  http//www.neh.gov/grants/index.html
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National
  Center for Environmental Research,
• Subscribe to e-mail announcements
  http//es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/
• Writers Resource Center
• http//www.poewar.com/archives/2005/03/04/directo
  ry-of-writers-colonies/

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Florida State Agencies - Selected

• Department of Education funding opportunities
• http//www.firn.edu/doe/dwdgrants/grants.htm
• Center for Universal Research to Eradicate
  Disease - FL CURED.org
• http//www.doh.state.fl.us/execstaff/biomed/grant
  s.html
• Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
  grants http//www.dep.state.fl.us/cmp/grants/inde
  x.htm
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission -
  http//myfwc.com/wildlifelegacy/grantfunding.html
  
• Florida Dept. of Transportation -
  http//www.dot.state.fl.us/
• SFC-CESU South Florida and Caribbean
  Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit
• http//mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/sfcesu/index.asp

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Associations and Societies - Selected

• American Cancer Society - http//www.cancer.org/do
  croot/res/res_0.as
• American Heart Association - http//www.americanhe
  art.org
• Florida/Puerto Rico Affiliate
  http//www.americanheart.org
• American Philosophical Society -
  http//www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
• American Psychological Foundation -
  http//www.apa.org/apf/grants.html
• American Political Science Association -
  http//www.apsanet.org/
• Archeological Institute of America
  - http//www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page1
  0007
• Leukemia Lymphoma Society
• http//www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id
  11632
• National Endowment for Financial Education -
  http//www.nefe.org/pages/grantmaking.html
• Collections Architecture, Accounting, Arts and
  Humanities, Interior Design, Liberal Arts,
  Planning, Religion - http//scholarships.fatomei.c
  om/humanities.html

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Environmental

• The Everglades Plan - http//www.evergladesplan.or
  g/
• South Florida Water Management District -
  http//www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?
• American Society of Plant Biologists
  http//www.aspb.org/education/foundation/gap.cfm
• National Geographic Education Foundation -
  http//www.nationalgeographic.com/foundation/g
  rants_educationnetwork.html
• Caribbean Conservation Corporation and Sea Turtle
  Survival League
• http//www.cccturtle.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/li
  st/pressemail
• South Florida and Caribbean Cooperative
  Ecosystems Studies Unit SFC-CESU
  http//mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/sfcesu/index.asp

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Overseas study

• Fulbright (for scholars, students, teacher
  exchange, fellowship) - http//www.iie.org/Templat
  eFulbright.cfm?sectionFulbright1
• Country embassies. Ex. Bicentennial
  Swedish-American Exchange Fund - 1,000 for
  travel 4,000 for research http//www.swedenabro
  ad.com/pages/general____18552.asp

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Help with Proposal Writing

• A Guide for Proposal Writing - http//www.nsf.gov/
  pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm
• Annotated R01 Grant Application and Summary
  Statement - http//www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/ap
  p/default/htm
• Proposal Writer.com - http//www.proposalwriter.co
  m/grants.htmlgrantwriting

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Contact us!

• Governmental Funding
• Penny Ashwanden
• 297-2311
• pashwand_at_fau.edu
• Non-governmental funding
• Kurt Moore
• 297-4064
• kmoore34_at_fau.edu