HLTH 482- Grant Writing

Starting Points

Health Related Databases

Alt HealthWatch (Ebsco) complementary & integrated approaches to health
CINAHL (Ebsco) covers nursing, nutrition, exercise, and physical therapy
Cochrane Library systematic reviews and clinical trials
Health Reference Center - Academic covers fitness, medicine, nutrition, public health, and more.

Medline (Ovid)
Medline (Ebsco)
Medline (Pubmed)

PsycINFO (CSA): covers mental health, health psychology, and more
StatRef collection of full text medical, nursing, and pharmaceutical textbooks (no journal articles)

American Journal of Health Promotion Interactive DataBase: evaluated interventions (free)
DoPHER : Database of promoting health effectiveness reviews, collection of articles on interventions (free)
Health Disparities Database: database from APHA and United Health Foundation programs (free)
Health Evidence: reviews on interventions (requires free registration) (free)
Healthy Start Collection Database: Healthy Start programs (for maternal and child health) (free)
Model Practices Database: health programs listed by state or health issue

Physical Education Index (CSA) covers kinesiology, sport law, sports medicine, dance, fitness tests, and more
SPORTDiscus (Ebsco) covers sport, fitness and related disciplines.

Fall '09 News

Grant sources

Community Foundation Locator from Council on Foundations
COS Funding Opportunities (CSA) Offers personal alerts and searching by keyword, geography, and sponsor
Corporate Giving Database list of corporations
Federal Register funding announcements from federal sources
Funding Opportunities list maintained by TAMU Office of Proposal Development
Grants.gov portal for government funding opportunities; direct application through site
Grantsnet.org from American Association for the Advancement of Science (includes student support)
National Science Foundation guide to programs and funding opportunities general descriptions of programs for all National Science Foundation directorates.
SPIN database of grants from government and private sources. Use the Advance Search options for best results.

CRISP Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects, database of federally funded biomedical research
Funding Opportunities and Notices publication of National Institutes of Health's grant programs
Fund Source tool for behavioral and social scientists
Grants Alert grant notices for K-12 and higher education
GrantsNet from U. S. Dept of Health & Human Services
National Center for Environmental Research grants on environmental health research from the EPA
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants on a variety of health related topics
Rural Assistance Center rural communitiy funding
Women's Health grants from National Women's Health Information Center

Braitmayer Foundation educational grants for K-12
Grants & Fellowships from Chronicle of Higher Education
Grants for teachers grants for K-12 teachers
NEA foundation grants for teachers and faculty
Premier Funding educational grants for K-12 using Premier's student agenda program
School grants educational grants for K-12

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