IRIS – Illinois Researcher Information Service

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne (institutional subscription). Includes searchable funding database, deadlines list, alert service (at specified intervals) and expertise service.
  http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
• Access the search screens at:
  http://carousel.lis.uiuc.edu/~iris/search.html

COS – Community of Science
(institutional or individual subscription; some services are free).

• On- or off-site access available at: http://www.cos.com/services/
• COS Funding Opportunities Database and Funding Alert (weekly),
  including link to an online tutorial: http://www.cos.com/services/funding.shtml
• Expertise Profile and Database
  For a sample profile see: http://myprofile.cos.com/rkornbluth

Other databases include Funded Research, Meetings and Conferences, Searchable Federal Register and FedBizOps, Patents, and a variety of bibliographic tools.

SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) and SPIN Plus (institutional subscription)
SPIN is funding database only; SPIN Plus includes the SMARTS and GENIUS expertise database and funding alert components. E-mail alerts are sent whenever new database matches occur; some subscribers receive daily alerts. All are products of InfoEd International, which is also home to InfoOffice, a suite of products for sponsored programs and research administration. For more information, go to the home page at:
http://www.infoed.org/

To log on to the database, go to:
http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp

There is a link to a user’s tutorial under “Help” on the SPIN main page for guidance in learning to use the system.

Foundation Center: Foundation Search Online
Subscription-based searchable database of private foundations. Subscription is available at various levels (determined by the number/size of foundations included in the search), and is available on a monthly or annual basis, for single or multiple users.
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/

ResearchReseach: Newspaper for the Research World
A British service focusing on the European community, now expanded into the U.S. market. Provides a world-wide research news service and searchable funding opportunities database. The service also has a distinctive funding alert mechanism that is not tied to an expertise database. U.S. funding opportunities database incorporates and expands upon the former ScienceWise service.
http://www.researchresearch.com/entry/entry.htm

The Grant Advisor Plus
Institutional subscription available for $445/year (web version). Funding opportunities newsletter available as a paper or online version. The web version (The Grant Advisor Plus) offers institution-wide online access and features many extras, including the newsletter in Acrobat PDF format, searchable database of grant programs, deadline listings with extensive hyperlinks, and more.
http://www.grantadvisor.com/

AASCU Grants Resource Center
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Grants Resource Center (GRC) is available by subscription and offers:

• Electronic publications containing the latest grant program information
• One-on-one staff assistance including funding searches and assistance with obtaining applications, award lists, and funded proposals
• Washington, D.C., location for federal access
• Biannual conferences
• Campus-technical assistance visits

For more information, go to the homepage at: http://www.aascu.org/grc/.

FoundationSearch
FoundationSearch, available by subscription, includes a powerful database-driven tool for identifying funding sources and analyzing their historical giving trends. This includes locating grants by type, value, year, recipient, donor and other criteria.

For more information, go to the home page at http://www.foundationsearch.com/index.html.