Grant Funding

Grants from federal, state and local governments — as well as corporations and private foundations — are the primary source of research funding. In addition to providing financial support, grants increase the credibility of your work and can make it easier to connect with other clinicians and researchers with similar interests.

Nonfederal grants

• Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF) — Among other services, the MCF serves as a resource for grantmaking, creating and sharing information for and about grantmakers.
• Iowa Council of Foundations
• Donors Forum of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Community Foundations Division
• ScanGrants — ScanGrants offers links to grants with a primary care focus. The website is operated by the Oregon-based Samaritan Health Services and lists private foundations, corporations, businesses and nonprofits rather than federal and state funding sources.
• Foundation Center — this is a leading source of information about philanthropic grantmakers worldwide. Information is accessible through an online subscription or at 450 information centers (mostly libraries) nationwide.
• Links to government and foundation lists of grantmakers

Federal grants

The National Institutes of Health hosts a vast directory, the Office of Extramural Research (OER), devoted to federal biomedical research funding. Read an introduction to the OER.

Here are a few OER pages to help you get started:

• Grant information home page
• Funding opportunities and notices
• Grants policies
• Grant writing podcasts
• Weekly funding opportunities and notices — subscribe by RSS feed or Listserv
• Regional seminars on grants administration
• Glossary of terms

See also the grants, funding and fellowships page at the National Library of Medicine's Health Services Research Information Central.

• Sep 26, 2012
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