Table of Contents 

Alphabetic Listing
Federal Government Agencies and Departments
Fellowship Information
Industry Site Links (Miscellaneous listing)
Penn State University (Research Support
Professional Societies
Search Engines and Directories
State Government Agencies and Departments
 
 

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3M http://www.3m.com

AMP Corporation http://www.amp.com

A global company providing innovative technology to the transportation, electronics, computers, telecommunications, industrial, aerospace industries for commercial and consumer application.

Materials information society.

AT&T Toll-Free Internet Directory http://att.net/dir800/

More than 150,000 businesses and organizations offering toll-free numbers.

Advanced Micro Devices http://www.amd.com

Aetna http://www.aetna.com

Air Products http://www.airproducts.com

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/

The AAAS is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public’s understanding of science and technology.

American Ceramic Society/Basic Science http://www.acers.org

American Chemical Society (AcerS) http://www.acs.org

American Institute of Architects http://www.aia.org

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIA)  http://www.aiaa.org/

The AIAA has served as the principal society of the aerospace engineers and scientists. Undergraduate and graduate awards are available. Scroll down and click on Scholarships.

The Sponsored Research Group of AIChE administers collaborative research initiatives involving industry, academia, and government representatives. Click Elements of AIChE for Sponsored Research.

The AIME offers continuing education opportunities and young leader internship programs. Click on Overarching, Member-Direct and Special Programs.

American Journalism Review – AJR Newslink http://www.newslink.org

This site is a collection of links to established news sources (newspapers, wireservice, etc…). The best resource for the most current news.

American Power Conversion http://www.apcc.com

American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT) http://www.asnt.org/

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) http://www.asce.org/

The ASCE provides opportunity for continuing education, specialty conferences, and, undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Click on Professional/Educational/Technical Activities.

The ASME provides continuing education opportunities, student loan opportunities and graduate teaching fellowships. Click Courses and Training or Education.

Andersen Consulting http://www.ac.com

Advanced Technology Program http://www.atp.nist.gov/

ATP sponsors competitions every year under two headings: General Competitions and Focused Programs. General Competitions are open to all technology areas including agriculture, biotechnology, microelectronics and electronic manufacturing, machine tools, advanced automotive manufacturing, advanced materials, information and communication technology, and chemical processing. Only project proposals submitted in response to a formal competition are considered. Ideas for possible focused program areas come from all sources, but particularly from industry. Universities may also submit "white papers" purposing possible program ideas.

The United States Agency for International Development is an independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interest overseas. Awards may involve travel. Click on Business and Procurement. For more direct access to USAID funding opportunities, refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

The AFOSR offers basic research funding; minority research funding; and SBIR/STTR programs providing commercialization opportunities for innovative technologies. Click on Doing Business with AFOSR & DOD for grant opportunities. Proposal guides and forms are available on-line. AFOSR is easily accessed through FEDIX (reference Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com.

AltaVista is a multi-search engine accessing the largest Web index – 35 million pages found on 500,000 servers. This strength also provides AltaVista with its greatest disadvantage. This server is best used to search obscure topics.

Army Research Laboratory (ARL) http://www.arl.mil/

The ARL executes fundamental and applied research to provide the Army with key technologies and analytical support. The SBIR/STTR programs provide commercialization opportunities for innovative technologies. Click on Business Opportunities followed by Contracting Homepage.

The ARO funds basic research, research instrumentation, young investigator programs and provides conference and symposia grants. Click on Business Opportunities. Proposal guide and forms are available electronically. Future plans include electronic submission of proposals

Aviation Research Grants  http://www.tc.faa.gov/aar201/page3.html

The Federal Aviation Administration provides grants for short and long-term basic research, graduate fellowships, and Centers for Excellence. Proposal guide and forms are available electronically.

B. F. Goodrich http://www.bfgoodrich.com

B.F. Goodrich company provides innovative, technology-based products and services to aerospace and specialty chemicals customers throughout the world. The company no longer makes tires. For information regarding the B.F. Goodrich Inventors Program visit http://www.invent.org/bfg/bfghome.html.

Ben Franklin Technology Center http://www.benfranklin.org/

A nonprofit economic development corporation which administers the Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Technology Program.

Maintained by Purdue University this site links to grants, fellowships and conference information relating to Biomedical Engineering.

CIT Group http://www.citgroup.com

CNF Transportation Inc. http://www.cnf.com

CNN Custom News http://customnews.cnn.com

Click CNN and articles from over 100 magazines and news outlets. See Business Highlights.

Caliber System http://www.calibersys.com

Canon Computer Systems http://www.ccsi.canon.com

Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) http://www.cas.org/

CAS is a database of chemical information. CAS database, Chemical Abstract and Registry include over 13 million abstracts of chemistry-related and patent literature and more than 17 million substances.

Chrysler  http://www.chryslercorp.com/

Comdisco  http://www.comdisco.com

Commerce Business DailyNet HTTP://CBDNet.access.gpo.gov/

CBDNet is a free online listing of government contracting opportunities that are published in the Commerce Business Daily.

COS is a global, easy to use registry designed to provide information about funding opportunities. Information includes scholarships, fellowships, continuing education, curriculum development, conferences, basic and applied research. Information can be searched by continent and country, and by sponsor type.

Control Data  http://www.cdc.com

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) http://www.arpa.mil/

DARPA manages and directs selected basic and applied research for the Department of Defense. Proposal information is available online. Click on Solicitations. DARPA is easily accessed through FEDIX (Federal Information Exchange)  http://web.fie.com.

DTIC is a major component of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program. DTIC contributes to the management and conduct of defense research, development, and acquisition efforts by providing access to and transfer of scientific and technical information for DoD personnel, DoD contractors and potential contractors, and other U.S. Government agency personnel and their contractors.

The USDA research and education mission provides for basic and applied research opportunities, fellowships, and summer internships. USDA opportunities are most easily accessed through FEDIX (Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com .

The Department of Commerce responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship.

Refer to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) http://www.arpa.mil. DOD/DARPA is more easily accessed through the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

Department of Education  http://ocfo.ed.gov

The DoED provides funding opportunities for scholarships, fellowships, continuing education and curriculum development.

DOE provides opportunities for student and faculty research, workshops, faculty travel, conferences, and equipment programs. Scroll down and click on Search/List DOE Procurement. The DOE is easily accessed through FEDIX (reference Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com.

DOT provides opportunities for basic and applied research, fellowships, continuing education, and grants for curriculum development. For research opportunities with DOT, scroll down to Doing Business with DOT. The most direct link to DOT funding opportunities is through Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

The VA offers basic and applied research opportunities in addition to managing the Montgomery GI Bill, the Recruitment Program for Students with Disabilities, and the Student Work-Study Program. Click Procurement for funding opportunities. For direct access to funding opportunities with the Department of Veteran Affairs, refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

DuPont  http://www.dupont.com

A global company whose major product areas include chemicals, fibers, films, finishes, petroleum, plastics, healthcare products, biotechnology and composite materials.

E*TRADE  http://www.etrade.com

EPRI  Refer to Electric Power Research Institute, http://www.epri.com/.

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)http://www.epri.com

Created by the U.S. electric utilities in 1973, EPRI is one of America’s oldest and largest research consortia, with some 700 members and an annual budget of about $500 million. Linked to a global network of technical specialists, EPRI scientists and engineers develop innovative solutions to the world’s toughest energy problems while expanding opportunities for a dynamic industry.

Engineering Analysis Inc. http://www.mindspring.com/~eai/?EAlexdam.html
http://www.mindspring.com/~eai/?Easatt.html

EAI is a small business corporation located in Huntsville, Alabama. EAI is primarily involved in engineering studies for both government agencies and private industry. EAI has developed a number of useful software packages that have been sold commercially, especially explosive damage assessment software and the noteworthy tornadic risk assessment software.

The Engineering Foundation and the Engineering Societies Information Center are departments of the United Engineering Trustees, a not-for-profit corporation. The Engineering Foundation provides conference announcements, an engineering journalism award, and grants for exploratory research. Click on Grants for Exploratory Research and the Advancement of Engineering.

The EPA homepage provides general information regarding the Environmental Protection Agency and provides links to offices, laboratories and programs. For funding opportunities refer to Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (ORD) http://www.epa.gov/ORDand National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

The ORD is the scientific and technological arm of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Funding opportunities include grants for exploratory research, and graduate and undergraduate fellowships. Refer to National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

EASI’s mission is to serve as a resource to the education community by providing information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities. EASI stays informed about developments and advancements within the adaptive computer technology field and spread that information to colleges, universities, schools, libraries and into the workplace.

This search engine is considered to be one of the easiest to use and one of the best. Capitalize proper names only.

Federal Acquisition Jumpstation http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html

This site links to Internet sites of federal procurement information. The page is designed to provide the business community a central starting point to quickly access federal procurement documents and establishing a "single face" for federal acquisitions. You can retrieve acquisition forecasts, announcements of upcoming and current acquisitions, solicitations, small business assistance information, plus federal acquisitions.

Opportunities available through the FAA are applied research grants and faculty workshops. Scroll down to Information and click FAA Grants. For more direct access reference the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com. Click on the Department of Transportation.

You can track the status of your package any time of the day, anywhere in the world even while it is in transit.

Not every level of organization will be listed here. Some organizations have numerous sub-organizations and provide excellent links from their home pages. If an institution is not listed here, try the parent organization. This site is for people who know where they want to go.

FEDIX is a database of federal grant and research opportunities for the education and research communities. The site provides easy access to NASA, DOE, USDA, NTTIC, NSF, NIH, FAA, DOD, DOED, and SBA. By using key words you can identify opportunities across all agencies by subject or audience.

Register and select the appropriate keywords to identify your areas of interest. You will automatically begin receiving e-mail announcements of new funding opportunities from FEDIX’s 11 participating agencies.

More than 70 agencies in the United States Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies.

Refer to Federal Information Exchange.

Register and select the appropriate keywords to identify your areas of interest. You will automatically begin receiving e-mail announcements of new funding opportunities from FEDIX’s 11 participating agencies.

The information in this site includes Federal laws, rules, and regulations; Federal judicial decisions; some state laws; arbitration and mediation; general research and reference sources; professional associations; and legal-related how-to locations.

Ford  http://www.ford.com

Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/2index.html

The Foundation Center is an independent nonprofit information clearinghouse established in 1956. The Center provides information on private foundations, corporate grantmakers, grantmaking public charities and community foundations. Scroll down to Grantmaker Information.

Grants are awarded to American students, teachers, and scholars to study, teach, lecture and conduct research abroad and to foreign nationals to engage in similar activities in the United States. Individuals are selected on the basis of academic or professional qualifications and potential, plus the ability and willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of diverse cultures.

Fujitsu PC Corporation   http://www.fujitsu-pc.com

GTE   http://www.gte.com

General Motors   http://www.gm.com

GrantScape   http://www.grantscape.com/

The Capitol Publishing Group publishes professional information products for the education, nonprofit, and healthcare communities.

Hosted by the Society of Research Administrators, GrantsWeb provides links to Government Resources, Policy Information & Circulars, General Resources and Private Funding Resources. This site also provides links to international resources.

Hammermill   http://www.hammermillpaper.com

Hewlett-Packard   http://www.hp.com

Highway61  http://www.highway61.com/

This is a multisearch engine that takes the query and sends it to many different sites. Highway 61 sites include Alta Vista, Lycos, Webcrawler, Infoseek, and Excite. The biggest advantage to multisearch engines is in saving time and typing. The disadvantage is due to lack of standardization in query format. You must enter the query in the ‘lowest common denominator.’

Hoechst   http://www.hoechst.com

Honda   http://www.honda.com

Hotbot   http://www.hotbot.com

This engine seems to have a preference for product sites.

IBM   http://www.ibm.com

ITT Hartford   http://www.itthartford.com

Industrial Research Institute   http://www.iriinc.org/

The IRI is a non-profit organization of over 280 leading industrial companies. These companies (representing such industries as aerospace, automotive, chemical, computer, and electronics) carry out over 80% of the industrial research effort in the United States.

Infoseek – Foundations   http://www.infoseek.com/Foundations?

Infoseek provides a list of over 600 foundations offering grants across a wide range of subjects.

Infoseek is considered one of the best of the multi-search engines. Word order is important. Put most important term first. Use lower case queries to avoid limiting search.

Ingersoll-Rand is a leading manufacturer of air compressors, construction and mining equipment, bearings and precision components, tools, locks and architectural hardware, and industrial machinery. Ingersoll-Rand is a leading supplier of pumps and hydrocarbon processing equipment and services.

The IEEE provides information regarding career development, training, and subject related publications.

International Council for Scientific And Technical Information (CSTI)  http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/icsti/

ICSTI seeks to reduce or eliminate barriers to effective transfer of information by: promoting the value of scientific and technical information to the world’s economic, research, scholarly, and social progress; enhancing access to and delivery of information to business, academia, government and the public; forging better relations among the different communities involved in information transfer, from generator to disseminator to user.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) http://www.iso.ch/

The ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from 100 countries. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.

Enter a query and then select up to 6 databases to conduct the search.

John Wiley and Sons  http://www.interscience.wiley.com

This service provides researchers with access to nearly all of the medical, professional, scientific, and technical journals published by the company. Researchers can also submit articles.

Kinko’s Corporate  http://www.kinkos.com

Lawson Software  http://www.Lawson.com

Lexus  http://www.lexususa.com

Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity.

The Lighting Research Center is part of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It was formed in 1988 with the goal of changing architecture, through lighting that is energy efficient and responsive to human needs.

Linda Hall Library   http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/

Linda Hall Library is an independent research library of science, engineering, and technology. The library is the operator of the Engineering Societies Information Center.

Considered to be one of the top 10 search engines.

Lucent Technologies   http://www.lucent.com

MAGELLAN   http://www.magellan.com/

Considered an excellent directory, with sites rated and reviewed. Search by category and subcategory.

Mercedes-Benz   http://www.usa.mercedes-benz.com

Microsoft   http://www.microsoft.com/

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) http://www.tms.org

The Mining Company   http://usgovinfo.miningco.com

The Mining Company is a directory of more than 200 links to government agencies, articles on such topics as selling products and services to the government, view press releases, announcements of briefings, and a calendar of events.

MOLIS is a database of information regarding the research and educational capabilities of 164 minority serving institutions. MOLIS is used by federal agencies to identify peer reviewers and by majority institutions to identify possible collaborations and sub-contracts.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) http://www.nasa.gov/

NASA opportunities include faculty fellowships, associateships, students research program, and exploratory and applied research funding. Scroll down to Research Opportunities. NASA funding opportunities can be accessed directly through Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

NAIS is a collection of on-line servers operated at each NASA field installation. NAIA provides access to synopses, solicitations, award notices, acquisitions forecasts, regulations and small business assistance. Click on Business Opportunities.

NASA Space Science program seeks to understand the structure and evolution of the universe. The OSS offers opportunities for exploratory research. Scroll down and select Research Opportunities.

National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu/

Site for the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.

Publishers for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. More than 1,000 books available on-line.

This site offers access to more than 5,300 documents as part of its "Electronic Access Project." Scholars can, for example, view engineering drawings and maps from the Civil War, and read documents from a 1921 survey of the Blackfeet Indian tribe. Other items in the collection include original sketches of African Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II, and reports on the Vietnam War.

NCERQA has primary responsibility to issue and manage research grant for exploratory research and graduate fellowship programs.

The NISO is a nonprofit association accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute, the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S.

The NIH conducts and supports basic, applied, and clinical and health services research. To directly access funding opportunities refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

As a non-regulatory agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration, NIST promotes economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards. Opportunities include Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Precision Measurement Grants, and Standard Reference Grants. Click Programs. Scroll down to Grants and Awards.

The NSF is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering. NSF programs encompass faculty fellowships, graduate and undergraduate fellowships, curriculum development, grants for exploratory research, equipment, and conferences. Click Grants & Awards for solicitation announcements. Proposals may be submitted and tracked through the NSF FastLane http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov.

By subscribing to the custom news service you will be alerted by email of new NSF announcements. You may customize your subscription thereby being alerted only to announcements that are of interest to you.

This NSF website is used to conduct NSF business and to disseminate information. Fastlane features include NSF Proposal Review, Proposal Status, Proposal Preparation and Electronic Submission, and Final Project Report Electronic Submission.

NTIS is the official resource for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. The NTIS collection of nearly 3 million titles includes business and management studies, international marketing reports, materials and chemical science data, technology innovations and training tools.

Register to be notified by email of changes to key sites. NetMind will monitor selected sites and notify you when key words or phrases appear.

Nortel  http://www.nortel.com

Northorp Grumman  http://www.northgrum.com

Novell   http://www.novell.com

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education http://www.orau.gov/orise/resgd.htm

ORISE is operated by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Their efforts are focused in two main areas: education and training, and environmental and health sciences. ORISE supports a diversity of programs including research initiatives in the medical and physical sciences; research participation, scholarship, and fellowship programs; environmental assessments of government and industrial nuclear facilities; and hazardous materials training programs.

The ONR coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The ONR provides funding for short and long-term exploratory research. Click on Contracts and Grants. For more direct access reference the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com

Considered to be one of the top 10 search engines.

PPG Industries   http://www.ppg.com

PPG is a global company whose innovations and diverse products include coatings and resins; fiber glass and glass; and chemicals.

Pandesic   http://www.pandesic.com

Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development http://www.dced.state.pa.us/

Click on Doing Business in PA followed by Financial & Technical Assistance for information regarding funding programs.

This site links to all state agencies, bureaus, and publications.

PLATINUM Technology  http://www.platinum.com

Praxair  http://www.praxair.com

Private Funding Information  http://www.li.suu.edu/library/grants/private.html

Maintained by Southern Utah University, this site links to other resources related to non-profit and philanthropic organizations.

A global company with the following product lines: laundry and cleaning; paper; beauty care; health care; and food and beverage.

QUALCOMM  http://www.qualcomm.com/cdma

RPS, Inc.  http://www.shiprps.com

Resources for the Future  http://www.rff.org/

Resources for the Future is an independent, nonprofit organization that aims to help people make better decisions about the conservation and use of their natural resources and the environment. Fellowship, internship and research opportunities are available.

SAE, The Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space   http://www.sae.org/

SAE is a broad-based engineering society - its members represent practically every engineering and scientific discipline. The SAE offers graduate and undergraduate scholarships, and career resources.

SAS Institute  http://www.sas.com/

Savin  http://www.sales@savin.com

SciCentral  http://www.scicentral.com

This site is maintained by professional scientists whose mission is to identify and centralize access to the most valuable scientific resources online. SciCentral currently constitutes a gateway to over 50,000 sites pertaining to over 120 specialties in science and engineering.

SkyTel  http://www.skytel.com

Sloan Foundation  http://www.sloan.org/

The Alfred P. Sloan foundation is a philanthropic non-profit institution authorizing grants in five primary areas of interest: Science and Technology; Standard of Living and Economic Performance; Education and Careers in Science and Technology; Selected National Issues; and Civic Projects.

SmithKline Beecham is one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. It discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, vaccines, over-the-counter medicines and health-related consumer products and provides healthcare services including disease management, clinical laboratory testing and pharmacy benefit management.

Click on Museum/Organization. The Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Grants has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution’s programs of research grants, fellowships and other scholarly appointments.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)  http://www.sme.org/

The SME Education Foundation offers cash grants for capital equipment, student development, faculty development, curriculum development and research initiation. SME also offers in-kind gifts and equipment; special awards for faculty and curriculum; and scholarships for full-time undergraduate and graduate students.

StartHere   http://www.starthere.com/

This site is a collection of search engines, white pages, yellow pages, databases, and directories.

Sybase  http://www.sybase.com

Symantec   http://www.symantec.com

Symbios Logic  http://www.symbios.com/

TRAM   http://tram.rice.edu/TRAM/

TRAM is a service initially developed by the Texas Research Administrators Group. It contains a search engine for locating funding opportunities from many different agencies and is updated daily. TRAM contains a set of grant application forms collected form various sources, as well as standard agreements for subcontracts, non-disclosures, licenses, and links to other servers related to research funding and administration. TRAM can also be accessed through the PSU Office of Sponsored Programs website http://infoserv.rttonet.psu.edu/osp.htm .

Tivoli   http://www.tivoli.com

Toshiba America Information Systems  http://computers.toshiba.com

Toyota in America  http://www.toyota.com/usa

Toyota Motors   http://www.toyota.com

UPS   http://www.ups.com

UPS Priority Mail   http://USPS.supplies.gov

U.S. Web   http://www.usweb.com

UUNET Technologies   http://www.uu.net

Unisys   http://www.unisys.com

United Press International   http://www.upi.com

Users who subscribe to the service have access to current news stories on events around the world. Contains photo gallery, audio files from UPI Radio Network, archive of stories, and wire-service reports.

USIA’s mission is to understand, inform and influence foreign publics in promotion of the national interest, and to broaden the dialogue between Americans and U.S. institutions and their counterparts abroad. The USIA grants support curriculum, faculty and staff development and collaborative research and outreach activities.

University of Florida Office of Program Information http://www.ortge.ufl.edu/proginfo/fedagen.htm

This site contains the following: searchable databases with information about available programs; direct links to federal agencies; direct links to various sources of information from the federal government; other searchable databases; non-federal links; and WWW search tools.

Vanguard Group  http://www.vanguard.com

Visteon  http://www.visteonet.com

Vizio  http://www.vizio.com

WWW Virtual Library  http://vlib.stanford.edu/Overview.html

This is a distributed subject catalogue. Sites are a collection of links relating to subject.

The Whitaker Foundation is a private, non-profit organization that primarily supports research and education in biomedical engineering. Click on Grant Programs.

The W3C was founded in 1994 to develop common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web. W3C is an international industry consortium, jointly hosted by the MIT laboratory for Computer Science in the United States; the Institute National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) in Europe; and the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Asia. The consortium is vendor neutral; working with the global community to produce specifications and reference software that is made freely available throughout the world.

Xerox   http://www.xerox.com

YAHOO  http://www.yahoo.com/

Yahoo is considered to be the premier Internet directory. Choose subject categories and subcategories related to your interest, and follow links to appropriate documents or sites.

Federal Government Agencies and Departments
 

Advanced Technology Program http://www.atp.nist.gov/

ATP sponsors competitions every year under two headings: General Competitions and Focused Programs. General Competitions are open to all technology areas including agriculture, biotechnology, microelectronics and electronic manufacturing, machine tools, advanced automotive manufacturing, advanced materials, information and communication technology, and chemical processing. Only project proposals submitted in response to a formal competition are considered. Ideas for possible focused program areas come in from all sources, but particularly from industry. Universities may submit "white papers" purposing possible program ideas.

The United States Agency for International Development is an independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interest overseas. Awards may involve travel. Click on Business and Procurement. For more direct access to USAID funding opportunities, refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

The AFOSR offers basic research funding; minority research funding; and SBIR/STTR programs providing commercialization opportunities for innovative technologies. Click on Doing Business with AFOSR & DOD for grant opportunities. Proposal guides and forms are available on-line. AFOSR is easily accessed through FEDIX (reference Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com.

The ARL executes fundamental and applied research to provide the Army with key technologies and analytical support. The SBIR/STTR programs provide commercialization opportunities for innovative technologies. Click on Business Opportunities followed by Contracting Homepage.

The ARO funds basic research, research instrumentation, young investigator programs and provides conference and symposia grants. Click on Business Opportunities. Proposal guide and forms are available electronically. Future plans include electronic submission of proposals

CBDNet is a free online listing of government contracting opportunities that are published in the Commerce Business Daily.

DARPA manages and directs selected basic and applied research for the Department of Defense. Proposal information is available online. Click on Solicitations. DARPA is easily accessed through FEDIX (Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) http://www.dtic.mil:80

DTIC is a major component of the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program. DTIC contributes to the management and conduct of Defense research, development, and acquisition efforts by providing access to and transfer of scientific and technical information for DoD personnel, DoD contractors and potential contractors, and other U.S. Government agency personnel and their contractors.

The USDA research and education mission provides for basic and applied research opportunities, fellowships, and summer internships. USDA opportunities are most easily accessed through FEDIX (Federal Information Exchange)

The Department of Commerce responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, granting patents, promoting minority entrepreneurship, predicting the weather and monitoring stewardship.

DOD/DARPA is more easily accessed through the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX)http://web.fie.com.

Department of Education http://ocfo.ed.gov

The DoED provides funding opportunities for scholarships, fellowships, continuing education and curriculum development.

DOE provides opportunity for student and faculty research, workshops, faculty travel, conferences, and equipment programs. Scroll down and click on Search/List DOE Procurement. The DOE is easily accessed through FEDIX (reference Federal Information Exchange) http://web.fie.com.

DOT provides opportunity for basic and applied research, fellowships, continuing education, and grants for curriculum development. For research opportunities with DOT, scroll down to Doing Business with DOT. The most direct link to DOT funding opportunities is through Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

The VA offers basic and applied research opportunities in addition to managing the Montgomery GI Bill, the Recruitment Program for Students with Disabilities, and the Student Work-Study Program. Click Procurement for funding opportunities. For direct access to funding opportunities with the Department of Veteran Affairs, refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

The EPA homepage provides general information regarding the Environmental Protection Agency and provides links to offices, laboratories and programs. For funding opportunities refer to Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (ORD) http://www.epa.gov/ORDand National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa .

The ORD is the scientific and technological arm of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Funding opportunities include grants for exploratory, and, graduate and undergraduate fellowships. Refer to ational Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.

This site links to Internet sites of federal procurement information. The page is designed to provide the business community a central starting point to quickly access federal procurement documents and establishing a "single face" for federal acquisitions. You can retrieve acquisition forecasts, announcements of upcoming and current acquisitions, solicitations, small business assistance information, plus federal acquisitions.

Opportunities available through the FAA are applied research grants and faculty workshops. Scroll down to Information and click FAA Grants. For more direct access reference the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com. Click on the Department of Transportation.

More than 70 agencies in the United States Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies.

The information in this site includes Federal laws, rules, and regulations; Federal judicial decisions; some state laws; arbitration and mediation; general research and reference sources; professional associations; and legal related how-to locations.

The Library of congress mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity.

NASA opportunities include faculty fellowships, associateships, students research program, and exploratory and applied research funding. Scroll down to Research Opportunities. NASA funding opportunities can be accessed directly through Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

NAIS is a collection of on-line servers operated at each NASA field installation. NAIA provides access to synopses, solicitations, award notices, acquisitions forecasts, regulations and small business assistance. Click on Business Opportunities.

NASA Space Science program seeks to understand the structure and evolution of the universe. The OSS offers opportunities for exploratory research. Scroll down and select Research Opportunities.

This site offers access to more than 5,300 documents as part of its "Electronic Access Project." Scholars can, for example, view engineering drawings and maps form the Civil War, and read documents from a 1921 survey of the Blackfeet Indian tribe. Other items in the collection include original sketches of African Americans who served in the armed forces during World War II, and reports on the Vietnam War.

NCERQA has primary responsibility to issue and manage research grant for exploratory research and graduate fellowship programs.

The NIH conducts and supports basic, applied, and clinical and health services research. To directly access funding opportunities refer to Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com/.

As a non-regulatory agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration, NIST promotes economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements and standards. Opportunities include Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Precision Measurement Grants, and Standard Reference Grants. Click Programs. Scroll down to Grants and Awards.

The NSF is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering. NSF programs encompass faculty fellowships, graduate and undergraduate fellowships, curriculum development, grants for exploratory research, equipment, and conferences. Click Grants & Awards for solicitation announcements. Proposals may be submitted and tracked through the NSF FastLane http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov.

By subscribing to the custom news service you will be alerted by email of new NSF announcements. You may customize your subscription so that you receive only notice of announcements of interest.

This NSF website is used to conduct NSF business and to disseminate information. Fastlane features include NSF Proposal Review, Proposal Status, Proposal Preparation and Electronic Submission, and Final Project Report Electronic Submission.

NTIS is the official resource for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. The NTIS collection of nearly 3 million titles includes business and management studies, international marketing reports, materials and chemical science data, technology innovations and training tools.

ORISE is operated by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). Their efforts are focused in two main areas: education and training, and environmental and health sciences. ORISE supports a diversity of programs including research initiatives in the medical and physical sciences; research participation, scholarship, and fellowship programs; environmental assessments of government and industrial nuclear facilities; and hazardous materials training programs.

The ONR coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. The ONR provides funding for short and long-term exploratory research. Click on Contracts and Grants. For more direct access reference the Federal Information Exchange (FEDIX) http://web.fie.com.

USIA’s mission is to understand, inform and influence foreign publics in promotion of the national interest, and to broaden the dialogue between Americans and U.S. institutions and their counterparts abroad. The USIA grants support curriculum, faculty and staff development and collaborative research and outreach activities.

Fellowship Information

Fellowship List at Yale University  http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/fellowships.html

Fellowship Roundtable Participants  http://www2.nas.edu/fo216a.html

Grants Information Service at Pennsylvania State University http://infoserv.rttonet.psu.edu/gis/

North Carolina State University Graduate Fellowship List   http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/grad_fellows/index.html

Office of Graduate Studies and Research Pennsylvania State University    http://www.engr.psu.edu/ogsr

University of Florida Office of Research, Technology, and Graduate Education  http://web.ortge.ufl.edu/

University of Pittsburgh, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies  http://www.pitt.edu/~fasgrad/fellowships.html

Industry Site Links (Miscellaneous listing)
 

3M http://www.3m.com

AMP Corporation  http://www.amp.com

Advanced Micro Devices  http://www.amd.com

Aetna  http://www.aetna.com

Air Products  http://www.airproducts.com

American Century  http://www.americancentury.com

American Power Conversion  http://www.apcc.com

Arthur Andersen  http://www.ArthurAndersen.com

Andersen Consulting  http://www.ac.com

AST Computer  http://www.ast.com

AT&T http://www.att.com

AXA Insurance & Investment  http://www.axa.com

B. F. Goodrich  http://www.bfgoodrich.com

Bayer  http://www.bayer.com

British Telecom  http://www.btglobal.com

Cadillac  http://www.cadillac.com

Caliber System  http://www.calibersys.com

Canon Computer Systems  http://www.ccsi.canon.com

Chevrolet Motor Division  http://www.chevrolet.com/car

Chrysler  http://www.chrysler.com/

The CIT Group  http://www.citgroup.com

CNF Transportation Inc.  http://www.cnf.com

Comdisco  http://www.comdisco.com

Compaq  http://www.compaq.com

Control Data  http://www.cdc.com

Digital PC  http://www.windows.digital.com

DuPont  http://www.dupont.com

E*TRADE  http://www.etrade.com

Exide Electronics  http://www.exide.com

Federal Express  http://www.fedex.com

FlexiInternational Software  http://www.flexi.com

Ford  http://www.ford.com/

Fujitsu PC Corporation  http://www.fujitsu-pc.com

General Motors  http://www.gm.com

GTE  http://www.gte.com

Hammermill  http://www.hammermillpaper.com

Hewlett-Packard  http://www.hp.com

Hitachi   http://www.hitachi.com

Hoechst  http://www.hoechst.com

IBM  http://www.ibm.com

Imation  http://www.imation.com

Ingersoll-Rand  http://www.ingersoll-rand.com

Intel  http://www.intel.com

International Paper  http://www.ipaper.com

ITT Hartford  http://www.itthartford.com

Kinko’s Corporate   http://www.kinkos.com

Lawson Software  http://www.Lawson.com

Lexus  http://www.lexususa.com

Lincoln-Mercury  http://www.lincolnmercury.com

Lotus  http://www.lotus.com

Lucent Technologies  http://www.lucent.com

Mercedes-Benz   http://www.usa.mercedes-benz.com

Merrill Lynch  http://www.ml.com

Microsoft  http://www.microsoft.com/

NCR  http://www.ncr.com

Norfolk Southern  http://www.nscorp.com

Nortel  http://www.nortel.com

Northrop Grumman  http://www.northgrum.com

Northwest Airlines  http://www.nwa.com

Novell   http://www.novell.com

NYSE  http://www.nyse.com

Oracle Corporation  http://www.oracle.com

PPG Industries  http://www.ppg.com

Palm Computing A division of U.S. Robotics http://www.ust.com/palm

Pandesic  http://www.pandesic.com

PeopleSoft  http://www.peoplesoft.com

PLATINUM Technology  http://www.platinum.com

Praxair  http://www.praxair.com

Procter & Gamble  http://www.pg.com

QUALCOMM  http://www.qualcomm.com/cdma

Roberts Express, Inc.  http://www.roberts.com

RPS, Inc.  http://www.shiprps.com

SAP  http://www.sap.com

SAS Institute  http://www.sas.org

Savin  http://www.sales@savin.com

Siemens  http://www.siemens.com

SkyTel  http://www.skytel.com

SmithKline Beecham  http://www.sb.com

Southern Company  http://www.southernco.com

Sun Microsystems  http://www.sun.com

Sybase  http://www.sybase.com

Symantec  http://www.symantec.com

Symbios Logic  http://www.symbios.com/bw.htm

Texas Instruments  http://www.ti.com

Tivoli  http://www.tivoli.com

Toshiba America Information Systems  http://computers.toshiba.com

Toyota in America  http://www.toyota.com/usa

Toyota Motors  http://www.toyota.com

Unisys  http://www.unisys.com

United Airlines  http://www.ual.com

United Technologies  http://www.utc.com

UPS  http://www.ups.com

USPS Priority Mail http://USPS.supplies.gov

U.S. Web  http://www.usweb.com

UUNET Technologies   http://www.uu.net

The Vanguard Group  http://www.vanguard.com

Visteon  http://www.visteonet.com

Vizio  http://www.vizio.com

Xerox  http://www.xerox.com
 

Penn State University (Research Support)

Ben Franklin Technology Center   http://www.benfranklin.org/

A nonprofit economic development corporation which administers the Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Partnership Program.

The Grants Information Service provides sponsor information to Penn State faculty and staff to support their activities in seeking funding for research, instruction, and continuing education projects. The GIS offers links to 19 searchable databases and other points of interest.

The OGSR in the College of Engineering offers support services for all research and related activities to faculty in the College. The OGSR maintains a database of more than 400 funding opportunities. Click Research for Funding Opportunities.

The OSP is established to assist faculty in obtaining external funding to support their creative and scholarly activities. This site provides links to funding resources, forms and publications and policy information.

The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program is an industrial technology extension service – a partnership between the Pennsylania Department of Commerce, the U.S. Economic Development Administration and Penn State. The mission of PENNTAP is to strengthen the economy of Pennsylvania by providing scientific and technological assistance to Pennsylvania business and industry, with a primary focus on small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, to help improve their global competitiveness.

Professional Societies

ASM International   http://www.asm-intl.org/

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  http://www.aaas.org/

American Ceramic Society/Basic Science  http://www.acers.org

American Chemical Society (AcerS)   http://www.acs.org

American Institute of Architects   http://www.aia.org

American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics (AIA)http://www.aiaa.org

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) http://www.aiche.org

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, And Petroleum Engineers (AIME)   http://www.idis.com/aime

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)  http://www.steel.org

American Physical Society   http://hq.aps.org/

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)  http://www.asce.org/

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) http://www.asme.org/

American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT) http://www.asnt.org/

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)http://www.astm.org/

The Electrochemical Society   http://www.electrochem.org/

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc . http://www.ieee.org

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)http://www.iso.ch/

Materials Research Society http://dns.mrs.org/

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)http://www.tms.org/

SAE, The Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea and Space   http://www.sae.org/

Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM)  http://www.sem.org/

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)  http://www.sme.org/
 

Search Engines and Directories

There are 1,800 search services on the Web. We have listed and briefly defined 10. With search engines, you enter search terms and retrieve a list of relevant documents or sites. With directories, you choose subject categories and subcategories related to your interest, and follow links to appropriate documents or sites. To do a thorough job select several sites for your search.

AltaVista  http://altavista.digital.com/

AltaVista is a multi-search engine accessing the largest Web index – 35 million pages found on 500,000 servers. This strength also provides AltaVista with its greatest disadvantage. This server is best used to search obscure topics.

This search engine is considered to be one of the easiest to use and one of the best. Capitalize proper names only.

This engine seems to have a preference for product sites. HotBot is the only search engine that looks for mixed case.

This is a multisearch engine meaning that it takes the query and sends it to many different sites. Highway 61 sites include Alta Vista, Lycos, Webcrawler, Infoseek, and Excite. The biggest advantage to multisearch engines is in saving time and typing. The disadvantage is due to lack of standardization in query format. You must enter the query in the ‘lowest common denominator’.

Infoseek is considered one of the best of the multi-search engines. Word order is important. Put most important term first. Use lower case queries to avoid limiting search.

Enter a query and then select up to 6 databases to conduct the search.

Considered to be one of the top 10 search engines.

Considered an excellent directory, with sites rated and reviewed. Search by category and subcategory.

Considered to be one of the top 10 search engines.

Yahoo is considered to be the premier Internet directory. Choose subject categories and subcategories related to your interest, and follow links to appropriate documents or sites.

State Government Agencies and Departments
 

Ben Franklin Technology Center   http://www.benfranklin.org/

A nonprofit economic development corporation which administers the Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Partnership Program.

Click on Doing Business in PA followed by Financial & Technical Assistance for information regarding funding programs.

This site links to all state agencies, bureaus, and publications.

The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program is an industrial technology extension service – a partnership between the Pennsylania Department of Commerce, the U.S. Economic Development Administration and Penn State. The mission of PENNTAP is to strengthen the economy of Pennsylvania by providing scientific and technological assistance to Pennsylvania business and industry, with a primary focus on small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, to help improve their global competitiveness.