8.0 Resources

This section includes links to sources on the Internet that could assist in identifying potential funding for research, writing a winning proposal and understanding issues involved with research ethics.

8.1 Funding Sources

For current funding from the US government, see: http://www.grants.gov

For funding from the US National Science Foundation, see: http://www.nsf.gov and http://www.nsf.gov/funding

For links to the homepages of private foundations, see: http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/index.html

For funding from European foundations, see: http://www.fundersonline.org/

For funding from European foundations, see: http://www.fundersonline.org/

For information on Canadian research programs and resources, see: http://www.nserc.ca/relate.htm

For international research agencies, see: http://www.ncura.edu/data/info/international/resources.htm

To search the SPIN database, see: http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp

8.2 Proposal Writing Guides

Tips for Writing a Letter of Inquiry—required as the first step in submitting a proposal by most private foundations and many public agencies http://www.grantproposal.com/inquiry.html

“The Art of Writing Proposals”—a proposal writing guide from the Social Science Research Council http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/art_of_writing_proposals.page

Guide to Writing Proposals to the US National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm

Proposal Writing Short-Course from the Foundation Center http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

Writing Winning Proposals: A Tutorial from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers http://www.professionalpractice.asme.org/communications/introproposals/index.htm

Links to a variety of sources on proposal writing maintained by the University of Illinois Library http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/grants_blog/writing.html

8.3 Research Ethics

The Online Ethics Center for Research in Engineering and Science at Case Western University http://www.onlineethics.org/index.html
The Belmont Report http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/belmont.html