Locating Funding Opportunities Presented by James Denney Office of Sponsored Programs Today’s workshop is titled Locating Funding Opportunities. I am James Denney the Director of Sponsored Programs and this presentation is being put on by the Office of Academic Affairs.

Agenda Foundations Federal Agencies State Agency Other Today we are going to look at some of the places you can go to search for funding opportunities. We are going to look at: Foundations Federal Agencies State Agencies Other Places

Foundations W.K. Kellogg Foundation The Phil Hardin Foundation http://www.wkkf.org Initiatives The Phil Hardin Foundation http://www.philhardin.org So lets start by looking at some of the foundations that offer programs. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Once you have the web page up click on the Initatives Tabt. You will find that many of the Foundations do not have direct request for proposals or request for applications. They have Initiatives and if you r program fits there agenda then you can send in a proposal. Click on Food and Society Grants Links on Left hand Side of Page Grant Seeking Link at top of Page. The Phil Hardin Foundation Grant Making Focus What we look for 2008 Grants Professional Development Programs

Foundations – Cont. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Lumina Foundation http://www.mellon.org/ Grant Programs & Research Lumina Foundation http://www.luminafoundation.org/ GRANTS Information for Grant Seekers What we Fund Subscribe to Lumina News Let Move on now to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. First you will notice there are 6 core areas where this foundation makes awards. Once you have the web site loaded please click on the Grant Programs and Research Link. Click on Higher Education Link Click on Grant Inquires Link Mow lets look at the Lumina Foundation. Once you are on the web site click on the grants tab at the top of the page. Click on Information for Grant Seekers. Subscribe to Lumina News

Foundations – Cont. IBM Corporation Grant Programs http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/ Grant Programs Grant Application Guidelines Hewlett-Packard Development Company http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/ Now lets move on to the IBM Corporation. Once you have the web site loaded click on the Grant Programs link on the left side of the page. Now you will see the six programs IBM Corporation looks at funding. Also, click on the Grant Application Guidelines. Lets look at the Hewlett – Packard Development Company On the right side of the page click on United States. Here you will see the three areas HP focuses on. Also point out the Family’s Foundations

Foundations – Cont. The Chisholm Foundation CREATE Foundation grants http://www.chisholmfoundation.org/ CREATE Foundation http://www.createfoundation.com grants The Next Foundation is the Chisholm Foundation. The CREATE Foundation. Click on the Grants Link on the left hand side of the page. There are 3 grant categories. Plus Initiatives.

Foundations – Cont. Ms. Foundation for Women Grants http://www.ms.foundation.org Grants Now lets move on to the Ms. Foundation for Women. Click on the Grants link on the left hand side of the page.

Federal Agencies www.grants.gov Two Ways to Search New Opportunities this Week Grant Search Grant E-Mail Alerts So, Now lets move on to some of the Federal Agencies. Probably the biggest one is grants.gov. Grants.gov is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The is the Central Warehouse of all of the Federal Grants. There are two ways to search this web site. The fist if New Opportunities this week. Another way is to Click on the Grant Search link on the right hand side of the page. You can search by keyword, by category, by agency or do an advanced search. Also, you can get Grant E-Mail alerts.

Federal Agencies – Cont. U.S. Department of Education www.ed.gov Grants & Contracts Grant Opportunities Once you get to the web site go to the Grants & Contracts link on the right hand side of the page. Click on the Grant Opportunities on the right hand side of the page. Click on Find in the Upper Left hand Column.

Federal Agencies – Cont. U.S. Dept of Agriculture www.usda.gov USDA Awards, Loans, and Grants Next lets look at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scroll down and click on the USDA, Awards, Loans and Grants.

Federal Agencies – Cont. National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov Find Funding Opportunities The National Science Foundation. Click on the Find Funding Opportunities link in the Upper Left Hand Column. There are three different ways we can look for opportunities here.

Federal Agencies – Cont. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance https://www.cfda.gov All Federal Grants are assigned a CFDA # and they are listed on this web site.

Federal Agencies – Cont. Appalachian Regional Commission http://www.arc.gov Grants and Contracts Request for Proposals The Appalachian Regional Commission. Click on Grant and Contracts Click on Request for Proposals

Federal Agencies – Cont. American Recovery Reinvestment Act http://www.recovery.gov Opportunities Grants Lets look at the American Recovery Reinvestment Act website. Scroll over the Opportunities link at the top and click on grants.

State Agency Mississippi Department of Education http://www.mde.k12.ms.us Resources Request for Proposals

Other Google Direct Search Federal Agencies Mississippi State Agencies You can do direct searches thru GOOGLE Do the Search Search for Federal Agencies www. USA.gov Mississippi State Agencies Mississippi.gov

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