About This Guide

This guide presents the resources the education librarian considers to be the most important resources for finding and applying for funding opportunities, some academic databases to follow news, and so forth.

If you are a member of the university community, you may want to begin at:
BU’s Research Funding Opportunities.

Websites

• American Education Research Association Grants Programs
• Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts
• Boston Foundation
• COS (Community of Science)
• Crowd Funding
• Federal Register – grants & awards
• FinAid (scholarships, financial aid)
• Foundation Center
• Foundations On-line: A Directory of Charitable Grantmakers
• Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid
• GetEdFunding
• Grant Advisor
• Grants and Contracts
• grants.gov
• Kickstarter
• NIH (National Institute of Health) Grants and Funding
• NSF (National Science Foundation) Guide to Program

Databases

Use these databases to discover articles, books, and other literature on your topic. Note that if you come across a citation without full text attached, do not assume the library has no access. Learn this nearly foolproof way to Get the Full Text of an Article.

Two largest:

BU Libraries Search
Our Search represents by far the most comprehensive grouping of resources we’ve ever been able to provide.  You can find extensive search tips on our site, build an eShelf, and export citations to RefWorks.

Google Scholar
Off-campus users need to set two “Scholar Preferences” to take advantage of library subscriptions: type “Boston University” in Library Links and also choose RefWorks next to Bibliography Manager.

Other important databases:

Journals

The best way to discover articles is to search databases (try Search) – you will be searching millions of records at once. But following journal literature periodically is still a very important aspect of scholarship. Depending on the provider, you may be able to set up Table of Contents alerts, save personalized searches, or even contribute to the editorial process.

Find each title below through our Search. The following journals are leading in this field.

Foundation and Endowment Money Management
Foundation News and Commentary

Directories

Many of the best directories on funding sources, including the Foundation Directory and the Foundation Grants Index, are published by the Foundation Center in New York. A Core Collection of these publications are available for use by the public at libraries or information centers throughout the United States. Two such core collections may be found in Boston.

Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts

55 Court Street, Suite 520

Boston, MA 01208

617-426-2606 (Please call for hours and an appointment)

Boston Public Library

Social Sciences Reference Department

700 Boylston St.

Boston, MA 02116

(617) 536-5400

U.S. Directories

Annual Register of Grant Support

Mugar Reference AS911 .A2 F69

Awards Honors and Prizes

Mugar Reference AS8 .A93

Directory of Research Grants

Mugar Reference LB2338 .W55

Foundation Directory

Mugar Reference AS911 .F601

Foundation Grants to Individuals

Mugar Reference LB2336 .F596

International Directories

Financial Aid for Research and Creative Activities Abroad

Mugar Reference LB2337.2 .F574 (2008/2010)

Grants Register

Mugar Reference LB2338 .G7

International Foundation Directory

Mugar Reference HV7 .I57