Grant Databases

Free or Fee-Based Databases and Services

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Government-wide compendium of all Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to programs such as grants, loans, loan guarantees, services, information, scholarships, training, insurance, etc.

Chronicle of Philanthropy
No. 1 news source for charity leaders, fund raisers, grant makers, and other people involved in the philanthropic enterprise. This Web site offers the complete contents of the new issue, an archive of articles from the past two years, and more than two years' worth of grant listings
all fully searchable. Subscriptions are available for periods of one week to one year. There is a significant discount if you are also a subscriber to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Council on Foundations
Find a Community Foundation by clicking on the map or select from the search options.

Community of Science
(fee-based) Services for science.

Department of Education
Grant programs at the Department issue announcements in the Federal Register when they are requesting applications.

Federal Register via GPO Access
Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations.

Fundsnet Services
Primarily a fee-based service, but provides links to more than 700 online funding resources free of charge.

Foundation Center, Corporate Grantmaker Search
Annotated links to corporate foundations by subject or geographic keyword.

Foundation Finder
Search by name for basic information about foundations.

GrantsNet
Biological and medical funding opportunities.

GuideStar
A free service with information on the programs and finances of American charities and nonprofit organizations.

NIH Guide for Grants and Contacts
In its mission to protect and improve human health, the NIH conducts and supports basic, applied, and clinical and health services research to understand the processes underlying human health and to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, diagnose, and treat human diseases and disabilities.

NSF E-Bulletin
Announcement of grants programs at the National Science Foundation ( produced in a daily web-accessible electronic edition in order to provide the most accurate and timely information as possible).

SciCentral
Resources and services for sciences.

TRAM Search Engine
Contains a search engine for locating funding opportunities from many different agencies. The funding information is updated daily. TRAM also contains a set of grant application forms collected from various sources, as well as standard agreements for subcontracts, non-disclosures, licenses, and links to other servers related to research funding and administration.

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