Funding Opportunities

The following resources are presented to assist in seeking out and applying for sponsored research. To submit a link for inclusion on this page, please e-mail the Office of Research Support and Administration.

Federal Sources
Non-Federal Sources
Other Searchable Databases and Web Sites

Federal Funding Sources

• grants.gov. Browse by keyword, category, or agency.
• Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps). For procurements over $25,000.
• National Science Foundation
• Foundation Center.
• More...

Non-Federal Funding Sources

A

• ARP Andrus Foundation
• A-T Children's Project
• Abt Associates, Inc.
• Aetna Foundation
• Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
• Allen Foundation, Inc.
• American Association for Advancement of Science
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
• American Health Assistance Foundation
• American Social Health Association
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Aspen Institute

• Baxter Foundation
• Beckman Foundation
• Benton Foundation
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation & Corporate Philanthropy

• Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
• Cancer Research Institute
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Carnegie Institution
• Century Foundation (formerly the Twentieth Century Fund), The
• The Coleman Foundation, Inc.
• The Collegiate Inventors Competition
• Commonwealth Fund

• Danforth Foundation
• Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
• Downing Family Foundation, The (formerly known as the J.C. Downing Foundation)
• The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.

• East-West Center
• Friedrich Ebert Foundation
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Eurasia Foundation

F

• FannieMae Foundation
• Ford Foundation

• J. Paul Getty Trust
• Global Fund for Women
• William T. Grant Foundation

• Hagley Museum and Library
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Human Frontier Science Program

I

• Institute for Advanced Study
• International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
• Irvine Health Foundation, The

• The Jacobs Research Funds
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• W. Alton Jones Foundation (Blue Moon Fund)

K

• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, The
• W.M. Keck Foundation
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

• Life Sciences Research Foundation, The

• The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The
• James S. McDonnell Foundation
• Markle Foundation, The
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• The McKnight Foundation
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The
• The John Merck Fund
• Metropolitan Life Foundation
• The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
• Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Henry A. Murray Research Center, The

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators
• National Academy of Sciences
  • National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• National Research Council, The
• National Academies' Research Associateship Programs
• Newberry Library, The
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

P

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• PEW Charitable Trusts
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation
• Population Council

R

• Research Corporation
• Resources for the Future
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Russell Sage Foundation

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Christopher D. Smithers Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, The (SPSSI)

• Warburg Institute, The
• Whitaker Foundation, The
• Woods Charitable Fund, Inc.
• World Health Organization

Other Searchable Databases and Web Sites

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Community of Science (COS)
  Instructions on how to access through Georgetown University
• The Council on Foundations
• The Foundation Center
• Guidestar
• Independent Sector