Public and Private Funding Sources

• Grants Resource Center (GRC) on campus       (from off campus)
  Offers a database of over 2,000 public and private funding opportunities.  Allows researcher to build queries based on specific funders and areas of interest.  UNI currently subscribes.

• Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
  Offers a database of over 9,000 public and private funding programs.  Unique thesaurus feature assists researcher in choosing keywords.  UNI currently subscribes.

Federal Funding Sources

• Grants.gov
  Free database and portal to find and apply for all grant opportunities offered by each Federal agency.
  
  

Iowa Funding Sources

• Iowa Grants Guide
  Free database of funders interested in Iowa organizations.

• State Library of Iowa
  Information on proposal writing, fund raising, and grant seeking.  Includes special sections for those seeking funding in education and for libraries.

Private Funding Sources

• The Foundation Center
  Information on proposal writing, fund raising and grant seeking in the private sector.  FC Search, a database of over 80,000 private funders, and The Foundation Directory, a publication of the top 20,000 foundations are available in the Rod Library.