PSA: Library Tools for Postdoctoral Scholars

There are three principle sources for finding grants/scholarships for researchers:

I. UC Davis Library print directories/handbooks — often in Reference collections (may cover all disciplines or be discipline-based) 

II. Subscriptions to services (e.g. Pivot - formerly “Community of Science”) [See next resource just below] 

III.  Grantseeking Web Guides [next section below in course guide]

I. Print/Online Library Reference Resources 

Shields Library Reference (All Subjects Reference Collection), 2nd floor Shields Library (Northwestern area behind Consultation/Reference desk)

Some titles are specifically for grants for individuals. The following titles are in the Reference collection so cannot be checked out but photocopies can be made from it. When searching the UC Davis Library Catalog and viewing these grant resources records, notice all of the linkable subject headings below that may be useful to find additional print tools, such as Endowments — United States — Directories.

• Foundation grants to individuals / Phyllis Edelson, editor. Edition 19th ed. Published [New York] : Foundation Center, c2010. Call no. Shields Library Reference LB2336 .F598 2010 Lib Use Only
• Scholarships, grants & prizes 2020 /[Mark D. Snider, editor].. Lawrenceville, NJ : Peterson’s, c2019.  Shields Library Reference LB2337.4 .P475 2021 Lib Use Only
• Annual register of grant support. New Providence [etc.] R.R. Bowker [etc.] UCD Shields Library Reference Q180 U5 A15 2022 (latest issue)  Lib Use Only
• The Grants register. Chicago : Palgrave Macmillan, c1969- UCD Shields Library Reference LB2338 G75 latest edition 2018 [This has an European focus]  Lib Use Only. NOW online for 2020+ The Grants Register: the complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide
• Directory of financial aids for women. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Reference Service Press, 1978-. Shields Library  HQ1381 .S36 Current issue- 2023/2025  [Mistakenly in regular book stacks - latest edition will be moved to Reference]

Note that the UC Davis Library also has many books on proposal and grant writing. Search the Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH)  Proposal Writing For Grants to see the various resources. Other subject headings of use are:  Research Grants – Directories or Research Grants – Handbooks or  Research Grants – United States

The UC Davis Libraries also selectively buy materials on writing in the sciences.  Specific subject headings that bring up these types of publications include: Biology — Authorship; Communication in the environmental sciences; Communication of technical information; Environmental literature — Authorship ; Ecology — Authorship; Life sciences — Authorship; Medical writing; Natural history literature — Authorship; Proposal writing in biology; Proposal writing for medicine; Proposal writing for research; Report writing; Technical writing.  

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II. Subscriptions to services