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Find items (books, videos, etc.) in the library

Here is a list of subject headings (for the online catalog) you can use to find books and journals in the UNF Library -- or any library using the Library of Congress Classification. Public libraries typically use the Dewey Decimal System.

Corporations--charitable contributions
Federal aid to medical research
Medical care--research grants
Medicine--research grants
Medicine--scholarships, fellowships, etc.
Proposal writing for grants
Public health--research grants
Research grants
- Also use specific subjects subdivided.
  Example:
  Cancer--scholarships, fellowships

Research Databases -- Find articles in journals

Medical and Health Sciences
Business
General
Gale's Ready Reference Shelf -- This includes directory information about local, regional, state, national and international associations, research centers and lots more.

Books in the Library

Use Subject Heading: Proposal writing for grants

Brewer, Earnest W. Finding Funding: Grantwriting from Start to Finish, including Project Management and Internet Use. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc., 2001
General Collection
LB2825.F22 2001

Brown, Larissa Golden. Demystifying Grant Seeking. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.
General Collection
HG177.B767 2001

Gitlin, Laura. Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Services Professionals. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 1996.
General Collection
HV41.2.G58 1996

Hailman, Jack P. Planning, Proposing and Presenting Science Effectively: A Guide for Graduate Students and Researchers in the Behavioral Sciences and biology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
General Collection
QH315 .H25 1997

Locke, Lawrence. Proposals that Work: a Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000.
General Collection
Q180.55.P7 L63 2000

New, Cheryl Carter. How to Write a Grant Proposal. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley & Sons, 2003
General Collection
HG177.N45 2003

Ries, Joanne B. The Research Funding Guidebook: Getting It, Managing It, and Renewing It. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications, 1998.
General Collection
HG177. R33 1998

Sources of Funding: Directories

Annual Register of Grant Support; a Directory of Funding Sources
Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc.
Library has 2004 edition.
Reference Collection
AS911.A2 A67

Descriptions of "grant support programs of government agencies, public and private foundations, corporations, community trusts, union, education and professional associations, and special interest organizations." Includes a section on program planning and proposal writing with a sample budget. Subject arrangement.

The Complete Guide to Florida Foundations
Miami: Florida Funding Publication, 2001
Reference Collection
HV98.F5 C66

Directory of biomedical and health care grants
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2003.
Reference Collection
R850.A1 D57

Tips and resources for anyone seeking funding for research. Lists funding sources from all levels of government, corporations, and foundations.

Directory of Research Grants
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1993
Reference Collection
LB2338.D7

Descriptions of research funding programs in medicine, physical and social sciences,
arts and humanities, and education. Print version of the GRANTS Database.

Federal Register
Documents Collection
AE2.106:
Also online: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/

The official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

Florida State Grant Programs
Miami: Florida Funding Publications, 1999-2000
Reference Collection
HJ11.F618

Foundation Directory
New York: The Foundation Center
Reference Collection
AS911.A2 F65
Library has 2003 edition.

Provides information on the finances, governance, and giving interests of the nation's largest private and community grantmaking foundations.

The Grants Register
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004
Reference Collection
LB2338.G7

Awards intended for students at or above the postgraduate level. Worldwide listing.

Health Grants Funding Alert
Periodicals Collection
RA440.85.H2
Library keeps issues for one year

Identifies opportunities for federal, corporate and foundation support of healthcare. Alerts development professionals to requests for proposals and upcoming application deadlines.

Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants and Loans. College Blue Book.
Farmington Hill, MI: Macmillan, 2004
Reference Reserve
LA226.C685

Sources of Funding: Web Sites

Government Agencies

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov

Provides access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local
governments; Indian tribal governments; territories of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized; and individuals.

Federal Business Opportunities
http://www.fedbizopps.gov/

FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.

Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov

New site which brings together grant announcements and resources for organizations.
“This site allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant
opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.”

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.dhhs.gov/grants

National Cancer Institute
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/funding.htm

National Center for Research Resources. National Institutes of Health
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health
http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

University of North Florida
Division of Sponsored Research and Training
http://www.unf.edu/dept/research/