The Office of Grants and Research Adminsitration maintains a variety of databases and informational resources on federal and state funding agencies, corporations and philanthropic foundations. Faculty and staff are welcome to utilize these resources at their convenience, but should notify the Grants staff in advance. Faculty may also access on-line grants search engines, such as GrantSelect, free of charge and without a password if using Furman network. In addition to resource files on numerous individual corporations and foundations, Grants Office resources include the following:

On-line grants software:  foundationsearch.com and bigdatabase.com

CD-ROM

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Foundation Grants Index
South Carolina Registry of Foundations

Text (not a comprehensive list)

Miscellaneous How-To Book on Grant Writing
Corporate Giving Directory
Corporate Giving Yellow Pages
Directory of Corporate and Foundation Givers
Directory of Grants in the Humanities
Directory of Research Grants
Environmental Grantmaking Foundations
The Foundation Center's Guide to Grantseeking on the Web
The Foundation Directory
Foundation Reporter
South Carolina Foundation Directory
Web Site Source Book

Subscriptions (not a comprehensive list)

"Aid for Education Report" (biweekly)
"Grants and Funding for Higher Education" (monthly)
"Federal Assistance Monitor" (biweekly)
Chronicle of Higher Education
Chronicle of Philanthropy