Office of the Provost

Grants Resources

Applying for external grants
Applying for Wofford student-faculty collaborative research grants
Research for funding faculty fellowships and scholarships

Grant writing resources

• Key Proposal Components (Swarthmore College)
• Proposal Writing Tutorial (Foundation Center)
• The Art of Writing Proposals (Social Science Research Council)
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Michigan State University)
• Grantseeking and grant budgeting resources (Nonprofit Works)

Funding sources

Government

• Department of Education
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Science Foundation
• National Institutes of Health
• The Humanities Council of South Carolina
• United States Department of Agriculture
• Grants.gov (search tool for federal grant opportunities)

Private Funding Sources

• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Philosophical Society
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• Fulbright Scholar Program
• Research Corporation for Science Advancement
• Russell Sage Foundation
• SCICU Student/Faculty Research Program (South Carolina)

Policies and Forms

• Financial Conflict of Interest Policy
• Financial Disclosure Form
• Participant Support Costs Policy for Use of Federal Funds
• Procurement Standards for Use of Federal Funds
• Research Misconduct Policy
• Time and Effort Reporting Policy
• Instructions for Completing Effort Reports