Finding Funding
- General Tools
- University of Illinois Funding
- Selected Key Sponsors and Specialized Databases
- Other Gateways to Grant-Finding
GENERAL TOOLS
IRIS Database
www.library.illinois.edu/iris
Available free to the University of Illinois community. Search for federal and private funding opportunities in every field, including the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, or view upcoming deadlines by subject area. Includes funding opportunities for faculty, as well as fellowships and scholarships for grad students and undergrads. Updated daily.
Grants.gov
www.grants.gov
Portal for finding and applying for federal government grants. Includes information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards.
- Grants.gov alert service
www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscriptions.jsp
Foundation Directory
Information on funding opportunities, organizations, statistics from the Foundation Center. NOTE that the Illinois subscription to the online version is temporarily unavailable; see Maeve Reilly -mjreilly, at illinois.edu- regarding searching this database. Paper copies are available at the Main Library Reference Desk.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FUNDING
Campus Research Board Programs
www.research.illinois.edu/crb/
Funding opportunities from the University of Illinois Research Board under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR). See details in program descriptions on right menu bar at above page.
- Note in particular Research Support Awards
crb.research.illinois.edu/content/programs/RSA.aspx - and Scholars' Travel Fund
crb.research.illinois.edu/content/programs/STF.aspx
Illinois OVCR External Support Resources: Limited Submission Program
www.research.illinois.edu/lsp/Default.aspx
List of current Limited Submission Program funding opportunities restricted to the Illinois community. Maintained by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Illinois. Requires login with Netid.
SELECTED KEY SPONSORS AND SPECIALIZED DATABASES
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Available Grants
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/available_grants.aspx
Searchable by name, grant type or institution type. Includes links to sample applications and related tutorials.
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
www.nsf.gov
Information on funding opportunities from NSF. Includes advanced search and browsing options. See Maeve Reilly -mjreilly, at illinois.edu- for help with more targeted searches.
- NSF: Find Funding
www.nsf.gov/funding/ - NSF Guide to Programs / Browse Funding Opportunities
www.nsf.gov/funding/browse_all_funding.jsp
GrantsNet (biological and medical sciences)
www.grantsnet.org/
Free information on funding for research and training in the sciences. Provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (publisher of The Journal Science). Includes alert service.
Other Compiled Lists of Funding Entities (maintained by UCLA Office of Contract and Grants Administration)
- Federal Agencies
www.research.ucla.edu/ocga/sr2/Federal.htm - Private Foundations and Organizations
www.research.ucla.edu/ocga/sr2/Private.htm
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