How-To Guide
Step 1: Search for Funding Opportunities
This resource includes comprehensive databases, such as federal and fee-for-service, which can be tailored to your needs. Also listed are other funding opportunities that focus on a specific area while others are broadly defined. Foundation Funding focuses more on the foundations that are broad in scope. Economic Developers may find it more beneficial to start with foundation funding.
Step 2: Subscribe to ListServs and Funding Alerts
Subscribing to ListServs and Funding Alerts can be valuable. ListServs, also called mailing lists, are e-mail notifications on various broad topics. However, Funding Alerts are e-mail notifications of new funding opportunities that can be tailored to your area of need.
Step 3: Search Awarded Proposal Databases
Once you find funding opportunities that you think you will submit a proposal for, you should search the awarded proposal databases if they are available. This page can help you decide what funding you are going to apply for, based on what was previously funded and how much was awarded.
Step 4: Visit Other Reference Resources
Several other resources are available to assist you. If you need help drafting a proposal, there are free online references for proposal writing. Although most grant workshops are not free, if you are new to grant seeking then it may be worth attending a workshop, which will familiarize you with the entire grant process. Also provided are direct links to some university grant resource pages, which provide significant information on proposal writing, grant opportunities, etc. – similar to the “Gateway to Funding Resources”. There are additional resources for businesses – from drafting a business plan to finding angel funds/venture capital.
For more information about the Gateway to Funding Resources, please contact Amber Walker.