Alternative Funding Sources

The Internet provides a comprehensive source for funding resources. The two Web sites listed below contain links to many public and private funding sources. You can also utilize the search key, by typing in Grant-making Foundations, and then select the area you want searched (Arts, Science, Education, etc.).

http://www.arisnet.com
When the first screen comes up, click on Students at the bottom right-hand side. This will get you into the free student search area, listing scholarships, fellowships, and internships for both undergraduate and graduate level students.

http://www.srainternational.org
Maintained by the Society of Research Administrators, this site offers links to government, private and other general funding resources.

Davidson Library has a large collection of funding directories, most of them located in the Main Reference Department on the first floor. Other directories can be found in the Science and Engineering Library (2nd floor, north); Government Publications Department (1st floor north) and in the Arts Library (located in the Music Building). Below is a selected list of directories that you may want to look through. Unless otherwise indicated, you will find these books in the Main Reference section. For assistance in locating these directories, please ask a Reference Librarian.

Grants in the Humanities: A Scholar's Guide to Funding Sources (Coleman, William Emmet)
AZ 507.C58 (Main Library Reference)

Art Money: Raising It, Saving It, and Earning It (Jeffri, Joan)
Arts Library NX.700.J4 (Arts Annex & non-circulating)

Money for Artists
Arts Library NX.398.M66 (Arts Annex & non-circulating)

National Directory of Grants and Aid to Individuals in the Arts
Arts Library NX.700.A78 no.16 (Arts Reference & non-circulating)

Directory of grants in the Humanities
AZ.188.U5.D57 1986 (Main Library Reference, non-circulating)

Funding for Research, Study, and Travel: Latin America and the Caribbean
F1409.95.U6.C36 (Main Library; normal circulation)

Funding for Anthropological Research (Cantrell, Karen)
GN42.C36 (Main Library; normal circulation)

Research for Support for Political Scientists
JA.88.U6.S9 (Main Library; normal circulation)

Individual's Guide to Grants
AZ.188.U5.M37 1983 (Main Library; normal circulation)

Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants (Science & Engineering Section)
R.850.A1.D57 (Latest Edition in Science and Engineering Reference Area)

Directory of Grants in the Physical Sciences
Q.180.U5.D57 (Main Library, normal circulation)

Grants and Awards Available to American Writers
PN.171.P75.G73 (Mail Library, most recent edition in reference and non-circulating; later editions in the main stack with normal circulation)

March 31, 2004