Suzanne del Gizzo
Dept of English

The web is quickly replacing the more traditional print resource guides for fellowship and grants-- mainly because information can be updated quickly and easily on the web.  The web is the most up-to-date way to garner information on available grants and fellowships, including time sensitive information such as deadlines.

Online Resources

Naturally, know your field!  In the humanities, check the NEH or libraries with holdings that may help your research (The Newberry, The JFK Presidential Library, The Folger Library, for example).  Often these libraries have stipends for research that cover travel and living expenses.  In the sciences, check out major corporations with an interest in the type of work you do, government agencies (the EPA, the NIH, even the Defense Department!).  In the Social Sciences, check out governmental agencies and private foundations with an interest in your area of concern.

Individual research aside, some of the most popular sites are those that comprehensively list and link to the more specific grant sites.  These sites are useful because the cover all disciplines and stages of study.  Below is a list of some of the most popular sites in this vein-- they will most likely lead you to the kind of sites discussed above, but do independent web searches as well.

Graduate Fellowship Notebook  (http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/)
    A Cornell University site that lists a variety of grants, fellowships, and scholarships for grad study according to discipline

FastWeb   (http://www.studentservices.com/fastweb/)
    A database with over 180,000 funding sources.  You must register at the site answering a series of questions which will then be used to find appropriate funding sources for you.

Fellowship Opportunities from Outside Sources  (http://www-ogsr.ucsd.edu/fellowships.html)
    A University of California, San Diego site that lists a variety of grants and fellowships by stage of study.

Index of Minority Scholarships and Fellowships  (http://www.fie.com/molis/scholar.htm)
    A database designed to help minority students find grants and fellowships

Of course there is also the Chronicle of Higher Education (http://www.chronicle.com/), but you must subscribe (and it is a bit pricey) for full access.

For luddites, there are print resources available in the reference section of the library, but these are often not as up to date as on-line sources.

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