BUBL Home

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources

Home | Search | Subject Menus | Countries | Types | BUBL UK | Index

       A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Research funding

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Better Fundraising Ideas
  2. Big Lottery Fund
  3. Discovery and Innovation: US Federal Research and Development Activities
  4. European Consultancy Services
  5. European Foundation Centre
  6. Find a PhD
  7. Foundation Center
  8. IRIS: Illinois Research Information Service
  9. NESTA: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
  10. Proposal Writing Short Course
  11. Proposal Writing: Internet Resources
  12. Scottish Arts Council
  13. Society of Research Administrators International
  14. UK Fundraising

Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk

Better Fundraising Ideas
Fundraising ideas and advice for non-profit organisations. Includes sections on charity fundraising and writing fundraising letters.
     Author: Wilkins, Neill
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: guide
Big Lottery Fund
Organisation responsible for the allocation of half the money raised by the National Lottery funding. It's aim is to bring real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need by supporting community learning and creating opportunity, promoting community safety and cohesion, and promoting well-being. Information on the organisation's programmes in the English regions, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales is given.
     Author: Big Lottery Fund
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: institution
Discovery and Innovation: US Federal Research and Development Activities
Offers information about federal research and development units, funding, and activities for each of the 50 US states, as well as for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Individual state reports are available as PDF files.
     Author: RAND
     Subjects: research funding, united states government
     DeweyClass: 320.9
     Resource type: documents
European Consultancy Services
UK based company which offers a Project Analysis Service, a European Union Grants Submission Service, and a European Union Grants Directory.
     Author: European Consultancy Services
     Subjects: european union, research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.4
     Resource type: productinfo
European Foundation Centre
The EFC was set up in 1989 to build philanthropy in Europe by promoting foundations and corporate citizenship, and to underpin the work of corporate funders.
     Author: European Foundation Centre
     Subjects: european business, research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: documents
Find a PhD
Offers details of over 1000 PhD studentships currently available in biological, physical, chemical, and earth sciences, engineering, maths and computing, and social sciences. The database is searchable by location and users can subscribe to a newsletter detailing PhD opportunities in their locality.
     Author: Science Registry
     Subjects: higher education courses, research funding
     DeweyClass: 378.41
     Resource type: documents
Foundation Center
An independent US based non-profit information clearinghouse established in 1956 which collects, organises, analyses and disseminates information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects.
     Author: Foundation Center
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.4
     Resource type: documents
IRIS: Illinois Research Information Service
Database of funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Terms used are arranged hierarchically and alphabetically under umbrella categories such as agriculture, computer science, information science, mathematics, and transportation and can be browsed or searched using basic or advanced search options.
     Author: University of Illinois
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: thesaurus
NESTA: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
NESTA runs various UK funding programmes offering grants within the areas of creative invention and innovation, fellowship, and education. Provides information on how funding is awarded, how to apply for it, news releases, multimedia content including audio podcasts, videos, e-newsletters and details of their various portfolios.
     Author: NESTA: National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
     Subjects: research funding, science and technology news
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: documents
Proposal Writing Short Course
A guide to writing research proposals covering objectives, goals, methods, staffing, administration, evaluation, sustainability, and budget requirements. Although material about funding bodies is US focused, general information about the components and construction of a bid is of international relevance.
     Author: Foundation Center
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: guide
Proposal Writing: Internet Resources
Collection of links for both individuals or organisations on planning and writing research grant proposals.
     Author: University of Wisconsin-Madison
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: index
Scottish Arts Council
The Scottish Arts Council distributes funding from the Scottish Executive and National Lottery funding received from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to applicants seeking to conduct research relating to the arts in Scotland. The council supports galleries, festivals, theatres, arts centres, touring companies, contemporary dance, promoters, service organisations, and artist resource centers, as well as providing awards, bursaries, fellowships, travel and research grants to a wide range of artists. In addition, information services are provided to the arts community.
     Author: Scottish Arts Council
     Subjects: art research, research funding, scottish culture
     DeweyClass: 700
     Resource type: documents
Society of Research Administrators International
Provides links to general resources, US government resources, private funding resources, policy initiatives and circulars.
     Author: Society of Research Administrators International
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: index
UK Fundraising
Internet resource for UK charity and non-profit fundraisers, with sections for funding in the UK, Europe and the US.
     Author: Fundraising UK
     Subjects: research funding
     DeweyClass: 001.44
     Resource type: index, news