Federal Agencies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts, information on programs and projects, news, and health information. Searchable source of information on protection of human and animal subjects from NIH's Office for Protection from Research Risks.
- Contact Information
- Grants and Funding Opportunities
- NIH E-Mail Directory -- Searchable
- NIH Forms
- NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
- OHRP - Office of Human Research Protections
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Provides access to the STIS publications database, the grant proposal guide, guide to programs, and grant policy manual.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Information on organization and mission of DARPA; links to solicitation information.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Program information and links to related Web pages.
U.S. Department of Commerce
News and information and links to all agencies of the Department of Commerce, including NOAA, NIST, OTP.
U.S. Department of Defense
Links to the home pages of all branches of the service. Includes search capability.
Air Force
Department of the Army
Office of Naval Research
U.S. Department of Education
A researcher's guide to the DoED, OERI Bulletin, and on-line, searchable publications.
U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy's mission and organizational structure. Links to related home pages.
Environmental Protection Agency
Programs and initiatives, publications, and news. Includes a search function.
Fulbright Programs
Information from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars on the Fulbright Senior Scholar Program. Includes Fulbright Scholar Program Application Request. This site also contains information on CIES, United States Information Agency (USIA), Junior Faculty Development Program for Russia (JFDP), and listings of Fulbright Scholar Participants
Government Printing Office
On-line access to the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, and other government documents.
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Congressional Record
- Federal Register
- Office of Management and Budget - Circular A-21
Health and Human Services (HHS) Agencies on the Internet
Provides access to other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services including (but not limited to): Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Administration on Aging and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Homepage for the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at HUD
Department of the Interior
Programs of the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Biological Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, National Park Service, Bureau of Mines and others.
Department of Justice
Currently not a great deal of program information at this site, but some of the individual agencies within Justice do list their research priorities and programs. You can get to them from the Justice Home page.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Scientific and technical information and links to the Web pages of all NASA facilities.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Overview of programs. Information for prospective and current grantees.
Smithsonian Institution
The Office of Fellowships and Grants has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's programs of research grants, fellowships, and other scholarly appointments and administers Institution-wide research support programs, and encourages and assists other Smithsonian museums, research institutes and research offices in the development of additional fellowships and visiting appointments.
Department of Transportation
Links to the FAA, NHTSA, Research and Special Programs Administration, and other units of DOT.
General Locators for Agencies not Listed Elsewhere
- Gateway to All Federal Agencies (via Library of Congress)
- FedWorld Information Network
- The Federal Marketplace (Assists businesses in selling products to the government)
- Federal Acquisition Jumpstation