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Funding Resources for Students in Arts & Humanities

This guide provides resources for identifying funding opportunities in the Arts & Humanities.

General Funding Databases

SPIN is an extensive research funding opportunity database. Run active as well as automated, daily opportunity notifications.
TO ACCESS: Go to rms.wustl.edu and select in the left sidebar
- Visit spin.wustl.edu to download the SPIN Quick Start Guide
- Access infoEd help and training videos within SPIN by clicking the Help tab in the top right of the screen

Grant Forward
Grants database that searches some 14,000 funding opportunities available to graduate students, faculty, undergraduate students, and institutions. Access due to a subscription by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Duke University's Funding Opportunities Database
Searchable site of grants, awards and scholarships. Use Advanced Search to add keywords, such as Art History or Visual Arts.

Grants.gov
Grant opportunities from all 26 federal grant-making agencies.

General Funding - Directories & Guides

Foundation Center - Funding Guide
Guide to identifying types of funding for individuals based on different needs. Where can I find information about financial aid as a graduate student? http://grantspace.org/tools/knowledge-base/Individual-Grantseekers/Students/funding-for-graduate-students

Getting Funded by Susan Howlett; Mary S. Hall
Call Number: Art Gen HG177.5.U6 H355 2003
ISBN: 9780876780718
Publication Date: 2003-06-01
Getting Funded by Susan Howlett; Renee Bourque
Call Number: Soc Ref HG177.5.U6 H355 2011
ISBN: 9780984277285
Publication Date: 2011-11-11
The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing by Cynthia E. Carr
Call Number: Olin Level 2 Stacks HG177.5.U6 C37 2015
ISBN: 9781452259031
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Winning Grants by Mim Carlson; Alliance for Nonprofit Management Staff; Tori O'Neal-McElrath
Call Number: Art Gen HG177 .C374 2008
ISBN: 9780470286371
Publication Date: 2008-10-13
The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing by Jane C. Geever; Foundation Center Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Art Gen; Soc Ref HG177.5.U6 G44 2007
ISBN: 9781595421296
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Foundation Fundamentals by Foundation Center Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Art Gen; Soc Ref HV41.9.U5 F686 2008
ISBN: 9781595421562
Publication Date: 2008-03-01

Last Updated: Jun 30, 2017 4:45 PM
URL: https://libguides.wustl.edu/fundingresources
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Subjects: Art (Studio Arts), Reference Sources

Tags: arts, funding, grants, humanities