Funding Search Resources
Grant.gov
A central portal for all federal funding agencies, Grants.gov includes funding opportunities and submission information from each federal source. Agencies range from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation to the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, NIST, th National Endowment for the Arts, the Department of Labor, and many more. To learn more about how to use this resource take advantage of several tutorials offered. Once a funding opportunities has been identified, click the red Subscribe button to receive email updates about changes.
PIVOT-RP
Pivot-RP provides a comprehensive database of funding opportunities and an expertise database to help you identify potential collaborators across the system and at institutions worldwide. The website also allows users to set up automated funding alerts tailored to their interests.
For more information, view the Quick Start Guide or Handout.
Other Funding Search Resources
State of Illinois Funding Opportunities
The Catalog of State Financial Assistance (CSFA) is a single, authoritative, statewide, comprehensive source document of Illinois funding opportunities.
The Philanthropy News Digest
Individuals may sign up for updates on the funding climate and requests for proposals from private foundations according to disciplinary area at the Philanthropy News Digest website. Sign up to have alerts sent to your email in areas related to aging, animal welfare, arts and culture, athletics and recreation, children and youth, civil and human rights, community development, education, the environment, health and human services, international affairs, journalism/media, medical research, philanthropy and volunteerism, religion, science and technology, and women and girls' issues.
H-Net Academic Announcements-Funding and Fellowships
The H-Net website declares itself as "an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web." However, the various announcement lists through this groups also provide valuable information about prizes, job announcements, calls for papers, and funding opportunities. The Academic Announcements list shows funding for disciplinary areas in the humanities and social sciences ranging from literature, history, art, cultural studies, art history, memory, political science, medical and scientific history, language studies, legal studies, and more.
Specialized Funding Topics
- Diversity Topics
- Early Career Investigators (list edited by UC-Berkley)
