Union College

Database search engines

• COS (Community of Science) COS Funding Opportunities is an up-to-date database of announcements for grants, fellowships, awards and more. COS is restricted to the Union community
• GrantsNet is a joint venture between the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  GrantsNet features federal and non-federal opportunities for support in the areas of biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education.  GrantsNet is available to anyone for free. http://www.grantsnet.org/
• The Grant Advisor Plus offers on-line access for your entire institution and features many extras, including the newsletter in Acrobat PDF format, database searches, deadline listings with extensive hyperlinks, and much more, all in an easy-to-use web interface. http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/
• Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. http://www.grants.gov/

Tutorials for on-line submissions

• NSF Fastlane Demonstration and FAQs
• Union College grants.gov guide
• US Department of Energy Office of Science e-Center (under Help option)
• NEH has specific information for each application, which can be found through their "Common Questions" page.