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Resources for Grant Writers

All foundations in Oklahoma, what they fund, if they are still funding, the parameters of their grants

Grant Makers of Oklahoma
A good resource for finding foundation grant opportunities.

Tax return information about foundations GrantSmart
http://www.grantsmart.com 

Fire, police, corrections grants
Chief Grants: Public Safety Grants Consulting
Good source for funding opportunities focused on safety and prevention.

The Foundation Center Virtual Classroom
http://fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/index.jhtml
Tutorials on grant development, from writing to budgets to funding research.
(Note: You will need to register to use this site. Registration is free and takes only a minute.)

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Grant (OSRHE) Assistance Center
http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/
Includes announcements of funding opportunities, links to foundations, tips and resources for grant writing, OSRHE grant applications, and upcoming national, regional and local training. Sign up for weekly grant opportunity notices.

OSRHE Grant Development 101 Brown Bag Series
http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/whats-happening.shtml
Weekly ITV session from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Mondays. Covers various aspects of grant writing and funding opportunities. Link contains agenda and archived stream.

Foundation Center Online
http://www.fdncenter.org/index.html 

Guidestar
http://www.guidestar.com

Paid foundation website.
The Council on Foundations
http://www.cof.org

State of Oklahoma Resources Oklahoma Department of Commerce
http://www.odoc.state.ok.us/index.html

Oklahoma Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ok.us  

Oklahoma Department of Human Services
http://www.okdhs.org 

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
http://www.okhighered.org
Reports, statistics, interactive collation of data available. 

State Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.ok.us

State of Oklahoma
http://www.state.ok.us  

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

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html  

FedWorld Information Network
http://www.fedworld.gov

FirstGov
http://firstgov.gov  

Grant submission portal
www.grants.gov

 Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

 National Center for Educational Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov

 US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov

 US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

 US State Department Bureau of Cultural Affairs
http://exchanges.state.gov

 

Other Helpful Sites

Funding Opportunities Community of Science
http://www.cos.com

Fundsnet
http://www.fundsnetservices.com

Better Business Bureau website to check foundations--National Charities Information Bureau
http://www.give.org

From the Horse’s Mouth
Articles about grant writing
 

“Bleeding on Paper” 
http://jcs.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/116/6/945

 How not to kill a grant application. The grant doctor speaks, in six parts.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/0280/
murder_most_foul_how_not_to_kill_a_grant_application

Grant writing guide  
http://www.oclc.org/digitalpreservation/education/grants/guide/default.htm

 What do grant reviewers really want anyway? 
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/deanro/reviewers.pdf

 “You have only one chance with grant reviewers. . .” http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/DissPropWorkshop/style/style.pdf

How the panel review works for grant proposals 
http://www.icdri.org/DSB/granpropdsb.htm

List of errors cited by grant reviewers 
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/web-walk/nih-grt3.htm

 How to write an NIH grant application  http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/web-walk/nih-grt2.htm

 Funding sources recommended by the NIH http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/microbio/web-walk/nih-grt4.htm