Free Grants for Women

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On this site you will find all the FREE information you need to successfully find, apply for and receive grants for women which you need to fulfill your dream.

The struggle for women to gain acceptance, recognition and respect in society has been a long and lengthy process that has only begun to be appreciated in the last century.

Whether you want to:

• further your education
• set up a company
• expand or restructure an existing firm
• implement new business ideas
• commercialize patents
• develop other activities

apart from know-how, motivation and all the qualities that make a successful businesswoman, you especially need FINANCING.

Example Projects

• Money for Startup and/or Existing Businesses
• College Grants and Scholarships
• Dissertations
• Equipment
• Exhibitions
• Federal Contracts
• Major Expansions of Existing Programs
• Research
• Seed Money
• Services
• Special One-Time Expense
• Training for A New Career
• Travel
• Publications - Support for the publication of documents that explore the lives and actions of important figures and/or bring to light major themes of United States history
• Digitization projects (projects to convert records originally created in hardcopy or analog formats to electronic form) particularly for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

How to Search For Grants on The World Wide Web

There are numerous resources on grants, scholarships, fellowships, loans and internships available through the World Wide Web specifically for women. You don’t want get lost in the masses.

Before you start your search determine your funding needs. A proposal or project outline can be the first step in creating a grant search strategy, since it will help you expand or limit your search.

First, determine the type of grant you need. If you want to find women’s small business grants for opening a co-operative arts gallery, for example, you can search for

• women arts grants
• women coop art grants
• women regional arts grants
• women businesses grants
• women minorities businesses grants

Make a subject list - complete with synonyms and alternate word-endings - which will save an inordinate amount of time.

Examples of search words:

• Women’s Funds .. or .. Grants for Women .. or .. Money for Women
• Research Grants
• Grants for Women in Science
• US Grants
• Education Grants
• Grant Money
• Small Business Grants
• Technology Grants

Ignore Sites That Make You Pay

IMPORTANT NOTE:   Sometimes you will find that the first few web sites that display as a result of your search will want you to pay for this information. You do not need to pay! You can find them yourself. Just ignore those profit-hungry mongrels and page past them.

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