Michigan State University Libraries

Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture (Horatio)
http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/fellowships.cfm
Application Deadline: May 15
The University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, invite applications for the Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture. Funding is available to scholars who will be using materials from the Libraries’ major holdings in American popular culture. These holdings include the Albert Johannsen Collection of more than 50,000 dime novels, and the nation’s preeminent collections related to Horatio Alger, Jr., and Edward Stratemeyer. Many other authors are represented. Topics which could draw on the collections’ strengths might include the plight of urban children, image of the American West in popular literature, widespread use of pseudonyms, and stereotypical portrayals. Preference will be given to applicants who signify an interest in conducting research related to Horatio Alger, Jr. The Fellowship award consists of a $2000 stipend, and may be used between July 1 and December 31.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org/
The American Council of Learned Societies draws together learned societies and affiliates for consideration of shared concerns, particularly those relating to maintaining and improving conditions for scholarship, education, and communication among scholars in the humanities and social sciences. It also directly supports humanistic scholarship through sponsorship of fellowship competitions, international exchange programs, and the creation of scholarly reference works and resources. Check out the web site to review Fellowship & Grant Competitions to be held.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

American Council of Learned Societies
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
http://www.acls.org/burkguide.htm
These fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences. The ACLS will award up to 11 Burkhardt Fellowships in this competition year, each carries a stipend of $75,000.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

American Philosophical Society
Fellowships and Research Grants
http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/
The American Philosophical Society began assisting research by individual scholars in 1933. Today, the Society supports several major grant or fellowship programs to continue in the promotion of useful knowledge.
Grants are for research only. The Society makes no grants for study, travel to conferences, workshops or to consult with other scholars, for permanent equipment, or assistance with publication or translation. The purpose of all programs is to put scholars in contact with the objects of their research.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in the Humanistic Studies,

see Mellon Fellowships

Brown Foundation (Arch and Bruce)
http://www.aabbfoundation.org/
The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation awards yearly grants to writers in three rotating disciplines: Theatre, Full-length Fiction, and Short Stories. All works submitted must present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and be based on, or inspired by, a historic person, culture, event, or work of art. Writing contests close on November 30th of each year. Grants are $1000 and are not limited to a single winner. The Foundation also offers grants (usually of $1000) to production companies to offset expenses in producing gay-positive theatrical works based on history.
Listed under Grants for Individuals -- arts, humanities, writing.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Cornell University
Graduate School Fellowship Notebook
Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities
http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=HUMANITIES
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Dactyl Foundation for the Arts and Humanities
http://www.dactyl.org
The Dactyl Foundation, 64 Grand Street, New York, NY 10013; Tel: (212) 219-2344; Fax: (212) 226-7320; e-mail email@dactyl.org.
A not-for-profit organization established for the purposes of investigating the role of art in the contemporary world. Currently offers a $3,000 award for essays that present a "reading" of a text, art object, natural object or event. Inter-disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged. Include a one-page abstract. Essays may be submitted by the author or nominated by another individual. Length open. Published or unpublished. Send to Victoria N. Alexander and include SASE. No application is required. [Also listed under Arts, Humanities]
(Last checked 11/05/07)

DAAD
http://www.daad.org/
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. DAAD offers programs and funding for students, faculty, researchers and others in higher education. Financial support is provided to over 50,000 individuals per year, as well as representing the German higher education system abroad, promoting Germany as an academic and research destination, and helping build ties between institutions around the world.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity,
see Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Ethics Essay Contest

Folger Shakespeare Library
Short- and Long-Term Fellowships
http://www.folger.edu/academic/fellows.asp
Preeminent in the world for its Shakespeare collection, the Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research facility with about 300,000 books and manuscripts on British and European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Grants and Scholarships To Go To France
http://www.frenchculture.org/a_grants-and-scholarships-to-go-to-france_394.cfm
A non-exhaustive list of hundreds of scholarships, fellowships, aid, financing, co-financing, prizes, etc. for American students, researchers, professors, artists, etc.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Grants for Teachers of French (SPCD) 2007
http://www.frenchculture.org/a_grants-for-teachers-of-french-spcd-2007_186.cfm
Deadline: January 31
Every year in July, the French Government, through its Embassy in the U.S., offers grants to qualified Primary and Secondary Schools French Teachers who would like to improve their language skills and enhance their knowledge of French culture. The 2007 program application and information is now online.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Grants.gov : Current Federal Funding Opportunities for Humanities
http://www.grants.gov/search/category.do
Note: Select humanities as funding activity category.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (John Simon)
http://www.gf.org/
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts. Fellows are selected on the basis of two separate competitions, one for the United States and Canada, the other for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Foundation does not make grants to institutions, organizations, or students.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

HNet Online: Humanities and Social Sciences Funding Announcements
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/group.cgi?type=Funding
Current announcements, primarily opportunities for academics.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture,
see Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture

Humanities Grants/Programs from the U.S. Government
Posted on Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov/search/category.dok
Some of the most current grant opportunities posted by the federal government. Note: Select humanities as funding activity category.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Institute for Humane Studies
Hayek Fund for Scholars
http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp
The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards of up to $1,000 to graduate students and untenured faculty members for career-enhancing activities such as:
(1) Presentations at academic or professional conferences
(2) Travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional/academic conferences)
(3) Travel to and research at archives or libraries
(4) Participation in career development or enhancing seminars
(5) Distribution of a published article to colleagues in your field
(6) Submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers
Please note: we do not accept applications for attendance at a conference only.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Jacob Javits Fellowships Program
http://www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
The program provides financial assistance to students of superior ability, as demonstrated by their achievements and exceptional promise, to undertake study at the doctoral and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) level in selected fields of the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,

see Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Karla Scherer Foundation,

see Scherer Foundation

Mellon Fellowships in the Humanistic Studies (Andrew W.) (Nomination Required)
http://www.woodrow.org/mellon

Purpose: To attract exceptionally promising students to prepare for careers of teaching and scholarship in humanistic studies by providing top-level, competitive, portable awards, and to contribute thereby to the continuity of teaching and research of the highest order in America's colleges and universities. Eighty entry-level, one-year, portable merit Fellowships will be awarded. Fellowships are for one year only.

Eligibility: Any college senior or graduate of the last five years who has not yet begun graduate study, is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, and is applying to a program leading to the Ph.D. in a humanistic field of study is encouraged to compete. Students who have begun or earned their Masters degree are not eligible. Fellows may attend any accredited graduate school in the U.S. or Canada to which they are admitted.
The Mellon Foundation suspended the Humanistic Studies Fellowship program at the conclusion of the 2005-06 academic year in order to explore new directions in funding for higher education.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan Humanities Council
http://michiganhumanities.org/
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
Ambrose D. Pattullo Endowed Scholarship in Poetry
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=931
Offered by the MSU Department of English. Reserved for an undergraduate English major with at least a 3.0 GPA and/or a graduate English major with a 3.5 GPA. For more information contact the Department of English or the MSU Office of Financial Aid.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
College of Arts and Letters Fellowships
Dean's Recruitment Fellowship Competititon
http://www.cal.msu.edu/portals/RecruitmentFellowshipInfo.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
College of Arts and Letters
Special College Research Abroad Moneys (SCRAM)
http://www.cal.msu.edu/graduate/documents/SCRAMInstructions08.pdf
The College of Arts and Letters offers approximately five fellowships of up to $3,000 each for students in the latter stages of degree completion whose research requires significant use of facilities, sources, or resources abroad. Preferences are given to applications demonstrating that the research trip will accelerate degree completion and significantly add to the quality of the applicant's composition, performance, creative activity, thesis, dissertation or document.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
Creative Arts
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=2229
The MSU Departments of Art and Art History, English, and Theater offer a competitive scholarship based on talent in art, creative writing and theater. Applications are restricted to Michigan residents. English Award = one-half tuition, renewable. Art Award = one-half tuition, plus one $1,000 award and renewable $500 award. Theatre Award = one-half tuition, plus one $1,000 award and renewable $500 award. Contact the Departments or the MSU Office of Financial Aid for more information.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
Department of English
Funding Opportunities
http://www.msu.edu/unit/engdept/newgrad/funding.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
Department of English
Scholarships and Awards
http://www.english.msu.edu/graduates/fellowships.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State University
Department of English
Travel for Research
http://www.english.msu.edu/graduates/travel.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Francis Ignatius Nolan Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship in Classical Languages
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=12
Special consideration shall be given to juniors, seniors, or graduate students pursuing a major or minor in Latin or Greek Preference shall be given to those expressing interest in teaching a classical language at the elementary or secondary level. Preference shall be given to those who wish to pursue or are pursuing upper division course work in Latin or Greek.
(Last checked 11/16/04)

Michigan State Unviversity
George B. Lawson Prize Essay Scholarship
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=1442
This scholarship for MSU undergraduates is sponsored by the MSU Department of English. Contact the department or the MSU Office of Financial Aid for more information.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Jim Cash Creative Writing Award
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=1439
The Jim Cash Creative Writing Awards, with cash prizes, are awarded annually to outstanding student writers entering a university-wide writing contest and selected by a well-known outside judge. It is supported by an endowment created by the acclaimed writer Jim Cash ("Top Gun," "Dick Tracy") former East Lansing resident and an MSU alumnus, now deceased. For more information contact the Departmental Offices or the MSU Office of Financial Aid.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Lois L. Hudson Endowed Scholarship in English Endowment
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=2212
MSu undergraduate students, having a declared major in English, may apply during the Spring semester of their sophomore year for award the following Fall semester. Students must have demonstrated good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.5 in their major, maintaining a declared major in English during the pendency of the Award. Students must submit two letters of recommendation from faculty members and a writing sample. For more information contact the Department of English or the MSU Office of Financial Aid.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Marcia E. Platt and Douglas L. Ruble Scholarship
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=1440
Requirements include : (1)Must be a writer of fiction. (2) Preference shall be given to those with an emphasis of science fiction and fantasy. (3) Must be involved in creative writing. For more information contact the MSU Department of English or the MSU Office of Financial Aid.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Marion Kurtz Croak Memorial Scholarship in English
http://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholDetail.asp?Schol_ID=1136
The recipient shall be selected on the basis of financial need and shall have a minimum 3.2 grade point average. For more information contact the MSU Department of English or the MSU Office of Financial Aid.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Michigan State Unviversity
Red Cedar Review Short Fiction Prize
http://msupress.msu.edu/journals/rcr/
The Red Cedar Review offers a $50 prize for short fiction open to MSU student writers. Contact the Red Cedar Review for more information.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

National Endowment for the Humanities
Grant Programs and Deadlines
http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html
(Last checked 11/05/07)

National Foundation for Jewish Culture
Grant Programs
http://www.jewishculture.org/docs/grants.html
Provides financial support for theater, music, dance, filmmaking, fiction, and Jewish Studies scholarship.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

National Humanities Center Fellowships
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm
Application deadline: Oct. 15
The National Humanities Center offers 35-40 residential fellowships for advanced study in all fields of the humanities. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent credentials and have a record of publication. The Center provides an environment for individual research and fosters the exchange of ideas among scholars. Both senior and younger scholars are eligible for fellowships, but the latter should be engaged in research well beyond the subject of their doctoral dissertations. Fellowships are for the academic year (September through May). Scholars from any nation may apply. Humanistically inclined individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life may also apply.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

National Flagship Language Program
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/flagship/default.htm
Deadline: January 17, 2007
The National Flagship Language Program (NFLP) was developed to address the urgent and growing need for Americans with professional levels of competency in languages critical to national security. NFLP offers advanced language training in Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, and Russian. NFLP is designed to train participants to reach professional working proficiency in a target language, as measured by the federal Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level 3 and/or the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) superior level. If you have any questions about the National Flagship Language Program please email flagship@iie.org or call 1-800-618-NSEP.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia
John H. Daniels Fellowship
http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.html
Deadline: February 1
The National Sporting Library is seeking applicants for the John H. Daniels Fellowship for 2009. The Library is a center for research in horse and field sports located just 42 miles west of Washington, D.C. Its book, art, manuscript, periodical and archival collections cover equestrian sports, angling, shooting, and other field sports from the 16th century to the present. The Fellowship will provide financial assistance and housing to recipients. Researchers are asked to submit an application, proposing a research project to be conducted at the Library. Researchers must demonstrate in their proposals what collections and books they will consult. For more information, visit our website or contact Elizabeth Tobey, Fellowship Coordinator, 540-687-6542 x 11 or fellowship@nsl.org.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Newberry Library
Fellowships in the Humanities
http://www.newberry.org/research/felshp/fellowshome.html
Fellowships at the Newberry Library are of two types: short-term fellowships with terms of one week to two months and long-term fellowships of six to eleven months. Short-term fellowships are generally restricted to individuals from outside the metropolitan Chicago area and are primarily intended to assist researchers with a need to examine specific items in the Library's collection. Long-term fellowships are generally available without regard to an applicant's place of residence and are intended to support significant works of scholarship that draw on the Library's strengths.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Postdoctoral Awards:
Architecture, Accounting, Arts and Humanities, Interior Design, Liberal Arts, Planning, and Religion
http://scholarships.fatomei.com/humanities.html
A compilation of resources by Francisco Alberto Tomei Torres, Ph.D.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Smithsonian Institution
Office of Fellowships and Grants
http://www.si.edu/ofg/start.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Social Sciences Research Council Fellowships
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/
The SSRC sponsors fellowship and grant programs on a wide range of topics, and across many different career stages. Most support goes to predissertation, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships, offered through annual competitions. Some programs support summer institutes and advanced research grants. Although most programs target the social sciences, many are also open to applicants from the humanities, the natural sciences, and relevant professional and practitioner communities.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Texas A&M's Listing of Current Arts & Humanities RFPs
http://osr.tamuk.edu/RFP/RFP_arts_humanities.htm
(Last checked 11/05/07)

University of Minnesota, Morris Grants Development Office
Granting Opportunities: English
http://www.mrs.umn.edu/~grants/eng.shtml
Identifies funding opportunities gleaned from SPIN and COS.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Wiesel Foundation for Humanity (Elie)
Ethics Essay Contest
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org/
The Elie Wiesel Foundation sponsors an annual Prize in Ethics Essay Contest which awards $10,000 to a college juniors and seniors who submit a personal essay in the field of ethics.
Also listed under Writing
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Fellowships in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2006-2007
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships
Application deadline : Oct. 1, 2005
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the opening of its 2006-2007 fellowship competition. The Center offers residential fellowships for the entire U.S. academic year (September through May), or for a minimum of four months during the academic year, to individuals in the social sciences and humanities who submit outstanding project proposals on a broad range of national and/or international issues. Fellows are selected through a multi-level peer review process. Proposed topics should relate to key public policy challenges or provide the historical and/or cultural framework to illumine policy issues of contemporary importance. Fellows are provided with a stipend (includes a round-trip transportation allowance), part-time research assistance, and, through the assistance of professional librarians, access to the Library of Congress. Fellows work from private offices at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Eligibility: For academic applicants, eligibility is limited to the postdoctoral level and, normally, to applicants with publications beyond the Ph.D. dissertation. For other applicants, an equivalent level of professional achievement is expected. Applications from any country are welcome. All applicants should have a very good command of spoken English. The Center seeks a diverse group of Fellows and encourages applications from women and minorities. For additional information and for application materials, please visit our website or write to: Scholar Selection and Services Office, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027; e-mail: fellowships@wwic.si.edu; telephone: 202/691-4170; fax: 202/691-4001.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Databases

Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
On campus access
Off campus access using EZ Proxy Server
Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database. Select Main Search and then type in the academic discipline of your choice in the "All Fields" box.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online (Main Library Access Only)
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org/ipl.php
Includes descriptions of more than 6,000 foundations and public charities that fund individual grantseekers, and is searchable by nine different criteria. Records provide contact information, financial data, application information, and program descriptions, with links to more than 500 foundation Web sites. Updated quarterly.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

GrantSelect
http://72.3.247.11/gs/cgi-bin/welcome.pl
GrantSelect is the online version of the GRANTS Database containing over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by over 3,400 sponsoring organizations. Michigan State university faculty, staff, and students can identify additional funding opportunities by searching this database.
(Last checked 02/01/07)

MSU Scholarship Search
https://scholendow.ais.msu.edu/student/ScholSearch.Asp
MSU offers a wide variety of scholarships, some of which have criteria which severely limit the number of students who might be eligible for the scholarship, while others have much broader criteria. This facility should help you find those MSU scholarships for which you might be eligible. You can search either by unit (College/Department) within the University or by criteria such as major/specialization, Michigan county of permanent residence, high school, or study abroad.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Cornell University
Graduate School Funding Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
(Last checked 11/05/07)

ENotes Scholarships and Loans Directory
http://college.enotes.com/scholarships-loans/
Covers over 4,200 scholarships by type of school, gender, field of study and special recipient criteria. Or you can browse by state/province with the links on the left. Our database contains a total of 7,200 scholarships, grants, loans, prizes and fellowships.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com/.
If you have access to the world wide web and are willing to fill in the online forms, this service promises a free customized list of financial aid sources. FastWeb is actually a searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education. First-time visitors have to register (first and last name and a user ID), then complete a profile, including background and fields of study. Registrants then receive a list of all currently relevant funding sources. The registration information is stored and can be used on subsequent visits. The entire sign-up process, and delivery of available funding sources, can be a bit tedious: about five to twenty minutes, depending on the connection speed. Approximately 500 new scholarships are added to the database daily, so registrants can stay current. Provided courtesy of Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc. created by Mark Kantrowitz and sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
(Last checked 11/05/07)

Books

The books mentioned on this page are available for public use in the Michigan State University Libraries. If you are unable to visit our library, consider visiting a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection in your home state or a local public library in your home town. If the books are not available there, ask about interlibrary loan or visit a local bookstore to find out whether they can be purchased.

Directory of Grants in the Humanities. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, annual. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center AZ188 .U5 D57
Latest three editions available in Funding Center : 2003/4,2004/5, 2005/6
Describes thousands of current funding programs that support research and performance in literature, language, linguistics, history, anthropology, philosophy, ethics, religion, and the fine and performing arts including painting, dance, photography, sculpture, music, drama, crafts, folklore, and mime. Also includes A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner.

Dramatists Sourcebook: Complete Opportunities for Playwrights, Translators, Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists. New York, N.Y. : Theatre Communications Group, annual. Main Library Reference PN1661 .D735 2004
Earlier editions available in Main Library Stacks.
Contains a fellowships and grants section listing foundations and organizations that offer funding to playwrights, composers, translators, librettists, and lyricists. This directory also includes information about script production resources, sources of emergency funds for writers in severe temporary financial difficulties, the addresses and phone numbers of state art agencies, and artists colonies and residencies.

Grants in the Humanities : A Scholar's Guide to Funding Sources. William E. Coleman. New York, N.Y. : Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc., 1984. 2nd edition, 175pp. Reference Funding Center AZ507 .C58 1984
Intended for the humanities scholar interested in sources of funding for postdoctoral research.

Money for Graduate Students in the Arts and Humanities, 2005-2007. Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber. El Dorado Hills, Ca. : Reference Service Press, 2005. Main Library Reference (1 East) Funding Center LB2337.2 .M664 2005/2007

Annual Register of Grant Support
Wilmette, Ill. : National Register Publishing Co., annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2336 .A7
Includes information on programs sponsored by government agencies, public and private foundations, educational and professional associations, special interest organizations and corporations. Covers a broad range of interests including academic and scientific research, publication support, equipment and construction support, in-service training, competitions and prizes, and travel and exchange programs. Organized by broad subject areas with four indexes: subject, organization and program, geographic and personnel.

Directory of Research Grants
Phoenix, Ariz. : The Oryx Press, annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2338 .D5
An annual print version of the Grants Database. Contains information about grants and fellowships available for research projects from federal and state governments, private foundations, professional organizations, and corporations. List grants programs by specific funding areas; indexed by sponsoring organization and grant name.

Foundation Grants to Individuals
New York, N.Y. : Foundation Center, biennial. Funding Center (1 East) LB2336 .F6
The most comprehensive listing available of private foundations which provide financial assistance to individuals. The foundations described have made grants to students, artists, scholors, foreign individuals, minorities, musicians, scientists and writers for scholarships, fellowships, student loans, internships, residencies, arts and cultural projects, medical and emergency assistance, residencies and travel programs.

The Grants Register
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, annual. Funding Center (1 East) LB2338 .G7
The complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide.

Awards, Honors, and Prizes : Volume I, United States and Canada and Volume II, International and Foreign
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., irregular. Main Library Reference AS8 .A87
Directory of awards and their donors recognizing achievement in advertising, architecture, arts and humanities, business and finance, communications, computers, consumer affairs, ecology, education, engineering, fashion, film, journalism, law, librarianship, literature, medicine, music, performing arts, photography, public affairs, publishing, radio and television, religion, science, social science, sports, and transportation. Indexed by sponsoring organization, award, and subject area.

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