Donald E. Woodhouse
Grant Acquisition Coordinator
Department of Grants /Sponsored Research
(570) 484-2547    202 Courthouse Annex Building 

Program Development and Grant Assistance
at Lock Haven University
For help at any stage of project development (identifying funders, contacting program officers, planning the project, budgeting, writing the proposal, or obtaining institutional clearance), contact Don Woodhouse dwoodho1@lhup.edu

Grant Procedures at LHU:

  - Inform Grant Acquisition Coordinator of intent to apply for a grant.
  - Inform department chair and dean.
  - Identify institutional contribution or match amount.
  - Obtain approval from academic and finance offices
  - Obtain institutional signatures

Complete a proposal routing form for each grant application. The grants policy handbook has detailed information about how to apply for grants.

Proposal Routing Form       Grant Policy Handbook

Bulletins and Announcements

Grant Tutorials
Online guides that provide background and instructions on how to find funding opportunities and apply for grants. Good resources for beginning the grant process, and to introduce students to grant writing.

• The Foundation Center Learning Lab Virtual Classroom: fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/index.html

• Non-Profit Guides Grant Writing Tools:
  Sample grant proposals, budgets, and inquiry letters, plus links to funders. www.npguides.org/

Web Resources
A variety of web resources for locating potential funding sources.

• The Foundation Center: The best single source for locating private foundations and corporate grantmakers. Finding Funders: fdncenter.org/funders/

• Non-Profit Guides: Links to private and public grantmakers,
  and to a number of educational grant resources. www.npguides.org/guide/links.htm
  
  The Grantsmanship Center: Offers training courses on grantwriting and links to state and federal funders. www.tgci.com
  
  Nonprofit Gateway: www.nonprofit.gov/
  
  The At-a-Glance Guide to Grants:
  Links to many funding agencies, list-serves, and forms
  www.adjunctnation.com/nafg/nafggrant.html#indices
  
  Federal Register Online:
  www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html
  
  Pennsylvania Bulletin Online:
  www.pabulletin.com/index.asp
  
  University Sponsored Research Offices:
  Links to more than 100 college and university grants web sites: www.ncura.edu/resources/sponsored.htm

Demographic Data
Demographic and other data to support proposals and describe rural, central Pennsylvania.

• The Center for Rural Pennsylvania: Databases with detailed, county-by-county demographic data: www.ruralpa.org

• United States Census Bureau: www.census.gov/

• Focus Central Pennsylvania:
  Workforce and educational data about central PA counties.
  www.focuscenpa.org/regional_maps.htm

NSF FastLane
NSF FastLane All National Science Foundation proposals must be submitted through the online FastLane system: https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp To obtain a password or to register as a Principal Investigator (a prerequisite to completing an
online application) contact Don Woodhouse at 484-2547 or dwoodho1@lhup.edu

External Resources for Principal Investigators 

• Federal Sources
• Private Sources
• Publications
• Other WWW Sites to Try

Federal Sources

• The Federal Commons - A world wide web information portal for the grantee organization community. The Federal Commons is intended to be a resource to find Federal grant-related information.
• NSF - National Science Foundation
• NIH - National Institutes of Health
• USDE - Department of Education
• DOC - Department of Commerce
• DOE - Department of Energy
• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
• List of government agencies
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Dept. of Transportation
• NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• ONR - Office of Naval Research
• SI - Smithsonian Institute 
• WHO - World Health Organization
• CDC - Centers for Disease Control
• Fedworld - Access to a variety of government data
  and information 

Private Sources                                            Back to Top

• Foundation Center - Comprehensive and up-to-date database of foundations and corporate giving programs