Fellowships & Grants databases
This page features links to databases on the Web. Most of the information was found at the
UW Grants Information Collection.
Note: these databases are available only to UW-Madison users.
IRIS: Illinois Researcher Information Service
This database includes over 8,000 federal and private funding programs for researchers, scholars, faculty and graduate students. Searchable by subject, type of support, population group, sponsor type, citizenship, application deadlines, and more. Updated daily.
RSP Funding for Graduate Students
Contains over 3,500 records of funding programs for students for graduate level studies. Programs include fellowships, loans, grants, and awards. Corresponds to financial aid books published by the Reference Service Press. Updated semi-annually.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
Funding includes educational support, general welfare, arts and cultural support, awards, prizes and grants by nomination, international applicants, company employees, students and graduates of specific schools, and research and professional support. User Name: uwmadison | Password: uwmadison
Community of Science
Offers several databases for approximately 23,000 private and federal funding sources. Grants in the non-science areas are included. Other features contained here are a newsletter, Funding News and a Funding Alert email update announcement services. (Note: You must set up a personal login account - free to UW-Madison clientele - through the COS Workbench feature for some of the COS services.)
For more on federal grants, this web server provides special access to the Federal Register, whereby one can by date, agency, and other options. Searching the section, Funded Research, will provide summaries of research grants and projects from five agencies: National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Small Business Innovation Research awards from the Small Business Administration, and the Medical Research Council, U.K.
Grant Select
Contains over 10,000 funding opportunities - mostly in research - provided by more than 4,000 sponsoring organizations. Corresponds to Oryx Press printed titles, Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants, Directory of Grants in the Humanities, Directory of Research Grants, Funding Sources for Community and Economic Development, and Funding Sources for K-12 Schools and Adult Basic Education. Grants can be searched by subject, geographic area, grant type, sponsor, free text, and other variables. Updated daily. Best used with Internet Explorer browser. Click on "Paid Subscibers Enter Here."
FinAid
This collection of funding information is vast, and those looking for databases for financial aid for education will not be disappointed. FinAid has its own database fastWEB Scholarship Search, of over 180,000 private sector funding options, with links to Other Scholarship Databases, for those interested in trying additional searches. For others still willing to look, there is still another link to databases for Specific Majors or Courses of Study. Then, to top it off, FinAid also offers Educator/FAA Guide to National Scholarship Databases , with yet another list of databases - both free and at cost, particularly with information of interest to educators.