The federal government has thousands of grant programs, and navigating the numerous Web sites administered by the various grant-making agencies and departments can be difficult at times. Stepping into that breach is Grants.gov, which serves as an electronic storefront for federally-administered grant programs. From the homepage, visitors may want to begin by browsing through a list of grant...

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Web site is a regularly updated database of grants and other federal programs available to State and local governments; Indian tribal governments; domestic public, private, profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. Visitors can search the database (e.g., a search using the keyword soil brought back 26...