Grants and Foundations:
Social Sciences Grants for Individuals

Sources for grants to which individuals may apply.

• Annual Register of Grant Support
  Call number: Q180.A1A6, Life Sciences Library Reference Collection, Fourth Floor Paterno Library
  This title includes grant information for both individuals and organizations, and also includes a section on proposal writing.
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  Call number: HC110.P63A554, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, Second Floor Paterno Library. Also available online via the Government Printing Office.
  This government publication, available in print and on the web, provides information about funds from all federal programs.
• Directory of Financial Aids for Women
  Call number: LB2338.S37, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library Reference Collection, Fifth Floor Paterno Library
• Directory of Research Grants
  Call number: LB2338.W55, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library Reference Collection, Fifth Floor Paterno Library
  This directory focuses on grants for research, and includes a website directory to foundations.
• Financial Aid for Research and Creative Activities Abroad
  Call number: LB2337.2.F572, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library Reference Collection, Fifth Floor Paterno Library
  This guide is broken down by student level (undergraduate, graduate, etc.).
• The Foundation Center (http://fdncenter.org)
  The Foundation Center, publisher of many of the titles on this page, offers some online tutorials about the grant process at this site. Also, monthly subscriptions can also be purchased to their online database.
• The Foundation Directory
  Call nnumber: AS911.A2F65, Latest edition in Arts and Humanities Library Reference Collection, Second Floor Pattee Library, Previous editions in Pattee Library Stacks, Level BA
  This massive directory is broken down alphabetically by state. Note that the previous editions of this title that are located in Pattee Library Stacks can be checked out.
• GrantFinder : The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide
  Call number: H62.A1G736, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, Second Floor Paterno Library
  This guide provides a directory of organizations that offer grants as small as $1,000.
• Grants for Individuals : By Academic Level, By Population Group, By Subject
  This webpage, created by Jon Harrison at Michigan State University, provides a well-organized list of online grant sources for individuals. You can choose grant information based on academic level, your population group, or subject area. Books are also listed on this site, but remember that they are being listed with call numbers and locations for Michigan State's library. Check the CAT to see if the Penn State Libraries offer the same titles and to find their locations.
• Grants Register
  Call number: LB2371.G83, Fifth Floor Paterno Library Stacks
  A single-volume directory of grant-making organizations alphabetized by name, followed by a directory alphabetized by subject area.
• Money for Graduate Students in the Social & Behavioral Sciences
  Call number: LB2337.2.M667, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library Reference Collection, Fifth Floor Paterno Library
  This guide is targeted to graduate students or prospective graduate students, including those in search of tuition funding.

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