Funding Resources

The staff at GFCR is available for assistance at any stage of your funding search. On this page you will find links to a number of databases that you can access to aid in your funding search, as well as listservs to which you can subscribe. Additionally, if you already know where you want to apply, we will be more than happy to work with you to put together a competitive proposal.

Databases

• SPIN: A searchable database for potential funding options you can access from any campus IP address. You can also create your own profile to receive alerts for funding that may fit your particular research interests.

• Grants.gov:  A storehouse for information on over 1,000 grants.
• Foundation Center: GFCR can request searches of their databases of information on the more than 95,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grant making public charities in the U.S. and of their recent grants.
• Duke University
• Michigan State University

Lists of select funding opportunities

• Fine Arts
• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Fellowship Opportunities

Updates by e-mail

• The Grants Advisor: This monthly summary of upcoming deadlines is sent as a PDF from GFCR.
• Grants.gov e-mail subscription for all federal funding agencies
• NIH e-mail subscription
• NSF e-mail subscription