The federal government remains a major provider of grant dollars for higher education research and scholarship, despite its decline in funding for health and human services.
Most federal agencies have some type of grantmaking program.
It lists notices of legal rules and regulations, and application deadlines for new grant programs from federal agencies. An abridged version of the Federal Register is provided in the Funding Information Resources section of this on-line service. Federal programs relevant to undergraduate academic institutions include the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright Commission, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Education. Writing an Effective Proposal Public grants usually require full proposals that range from 15 to 30 pages accompanied by a cover letter and a large appendix of additional information. Federal programs are highly competitive and have strict guidelines governing the type and sequence of information that must be provided.