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Government Departments and Agencies

Corporation for National & Community Service - Homepage

Department of Agriculture - Homepage

• CSREES
• Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
• National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP)
• Research on Rural Cooperative Opportunities and Problems Via Cooperative Agrements (RRCOP)

Department of Commerce - Homepage

• NOAA - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Funding Competitions
• National Telecommunications and Information Association (NTIA)
• Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center

Department of Defense - Homepage

• Department of Defense - Science and Technology Research
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research
• Army Research Laboratory
• Army Research Office (ARO)
• Office of Naval Research

Department of Education - Homepage

• Funding Opportunities
• Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

Department of Energy (DOE) - Homepage

• Office of Energy Grants and Contracts Page
• Office of Science
  • Grants and Contracts Page
• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development

Department of Health & Human Services - Homepage

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institutes of Health Grants and Contracts Page
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHCRQ)

Department of Housing & Urban Development - Homepage

Department of the Interior - Homepage

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
  • Contracts and Grant Information
• Bureau of Land Management
• National Park Service
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Department of Justice - Homepage

Department of State - Homepage

Department of Transportation - Homepage

• Acquisition and Grant Management Home Page
• Technology and Innovation
• Research and Special Programs Administration
  • Office of Innovation, Research, and Education
• Federal Highway Administration
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Department of Treasury - Homepage

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Homepage

• Contracts, Grants, and Financing
• Information for Researchers and Scientists
• National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA)

Inter-American Foundation - Homepage

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)- Homepage

• Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcment (NRA) Edition:2001
• NASA Business Opportunities
• NASA Headquarters
• NASA'S GSFC Grants Information Homepage
• National Technology Transfer Center @ NASA
• Office of Space Science
• Office of Earth Science
• Small Business, University, and non-profit Research Institution: Technology Innovation and Research Programs (SBIR/STTR)
• NASA Office of Procurement

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Homepage

• National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
• Presidential Libraries

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Home Page

• Guidelines and Applications

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Homepage

• NEH Deadlines
• Guidelines and Applications

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Homepage

• Overview of Grants and Awards
• All Program Deadlines by Date
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide(NSF 02-2)

Smithsonian Institution - Homepage

• Office of Fellowships and Grants
• The Conservation and Research Center

U.S. Global Change Research Program - Homepage

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)- Homepage

• Business and Procurement

United States Information Agency (USIA)- Homepage

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Includes information on the Fulbright Program)

United States Institute of Peace - Homepage

• Grant Information
• Fellowship Information

Indexes and Search Engines

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
• Calendar of Restricted Programs
• Commerce Business Daily
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities
• Federal Register Main Portal
• FedBizOpps Federal Opportunities Database
• FedWeb Locator
• Fedworld
• FirstGov - Offical website for searching the U.S. Government
• Foundations On-Line
• GrantsNet
• National Council of University Research Administrators
• NOFA
• NonProfit Gateway
• Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)

Foundations, Associations & Corporations

• American Astronomical Society
• American Chemical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Numismatic Society
• American Philosophical Society
• American Political Science Association
• American Sociological Association
• Archaeological Institute of America
• Association of Performing Arts
• American Psychological Association
• AT& T Foundation
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• The Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Council on Social Work Education
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Energy Research Clearing House
• The Charles A. Dana Foundation
• Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• The Foundation Center
• Fulbright Scholar Program
• Geological Society of America
• Global Fund for Women
• The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• International Research & Exchanges Board
• The George Lucas Educational Foundation
• The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• National Geographic Society
• National Humanities Center
• The National Academies
• Open Society Institute
• The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• The Population Council
• The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• Sun Microsystems Higher Education Collaborative Research

Other Potential Funding Resources

• (NCURA) National Council of University Research Administrators - additional agency links
• SPIN (InfoEd International)

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