External Funding Resources
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This page links to sources where you can search for funding opportunities from federal agencies, non-profit foundations, private corporations, and more. Click below...
Searchable Databases
- SPIN--Sponsored Programs Information Network from InfoEd International, allows you to search for federal, corporate, and foundation funding opportunities.
- Community of Science (COS)--(not just for science!) includes opportunities from private foundations, public agencies, national and local governments, corporations updated daily.
- Grants.gov--all discretionary grants offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies.
- GrantsNet--American Association for the Advancement for the Sciences resource to find funds for research and training in the sciences
- proposalCENTRAL--e-grantmaking website shared by government, non-profit, and private grant-making organizations
- Foundation Center's Foundation Directory Online--UM-D access through Mardigian Library Databases
- FundsNet--privately owned site providing information on financial resources available on the Internet
- FedBizOpps (Federal Business Opportunities) List of RFP's
- H-Net--Humanities & Social Science Online Academic Announcements database includes funding announcements, calls for papers, workshops, etc.
Sponsor Website Funding Pages
Below is a variety of links to sponsor webpages describing open grant opportunities and what types of programs each sponsor will support.
- NSF (National Science Foundation) Funding Opportunities
- ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy) Funding Opportunity Announcements
- NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Grant Programs
- e-Center (US Department of Engergy) Financial Assistance
- Ed.gov (US Department of Education) Grant Opportunities
- Michigan.gov eGrants Project
- IES (Institute of Education Sciences) Funding Opportunities
- NASA NSPIRES
- American Sociological Association Funding & Grants
- Office of Naval Research (ONR) Funding Opportunities
Other resources
Google Directory of Grant-Making Foundations
Yahoo Directory of Grant-Making Foundations
University Library--Grants Resources Page
Grants, Etc.--maintained by UM School of Social Work
GrantsWeb--maintained by SRA International
