While I may peruse 10-15 news sources daily, I only rely on a very small handful of very reliable sources to know which grants are currently available. There are thousands if not millions of trade magazines, journals, newsletters and websites out there publishing information about grant opportunities. I would venture to say that every last one of them is a waste of time and money, at least from a grant prospecting perspective. (I highly recommend reading trade magazines and journals to stay on top of trends in a given field, but not for their grant notices.)
All these media sources are doing is regurgitating information from the source, the funders. Instead of trying to sift through all the chatter and mountains of paper, I go to the source. Simply put - if you want federal money, get an RSS feed from grants.gov; if you want foundation money, subscribe to FIDO, the Foundation Center’s Foundation Directory Online; and, if you want state money, learn how your state publishes grant notices (even better, get to know someone at the state agencies you’re most likely to approach for funding and touch base with them often).
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