Useful Links

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION USEFUL SITES

GENERAL

Research Administration (includes URLs for Sponsored Programs offices at other colleges and universities): OSPs

Most Common Grant Related Acronyms and Abbreviations

Proposal Development/Grant Writing Sites

• Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer
• Foundation Center Online's Proposal Writer's Short Course
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Writing Tip Sheets
• Science Careers' How-To: Get Funding
• The Back Door To Grant Funding: Avoid Rejection and Land Your Next Grant with 6 Easy Steps by Morgan C. Giddings, Ph.D.
• University of Michigan's Proposal Writer's Guide

Program Evaluation and Need Assessments Sites

• American Evaluation Association's Find An Evaluator 
• Western Michigan University's The Evaluation Center

AGENCIES

• US Department of Agriculture: USDA
• US Department of Education: USDE
• US Department of Health & Human Services: DHHS
  • National Institutes of Health: NIH
  • • National Institute of Mental Health: NIMH
    • National Institute of Deafness & Communication Disorders: NIDCD
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration: SAMHSA
  • Administration for Children and Families: ACF
  • Health Resources and Services Administration: HRSA
• Environmental Protection Agency: EPA
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration: NASA
• National Endowment for the Arts: NEA
• National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH
• National Science Foundation: NSF

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

The Federal Register: issued daily; regulatory information; agency announcements; grant program announcements. FR

Grants.gov: Grants.gov is your source to FIND and APPLY for federal government grants. GRANTS

THOMAS Legislative Information: information on federal legislation THOMAS

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: listing of all federal assistance programs. CFDA