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Databases of external funding opportunities
SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network): Provides funding opportunities to the investigator and the institution. It houses up-to-date information on current national and international, government and private funding sources, including fellowships, research grants, publication support, sabbatical support, curriculum development, and more. All of the data in SPIN is obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies to ensure the integrity of the information.
SMARTS (SPIN Matching And Research Transmittal Service) is an automated daily alerts system that notifies investigators of new funding opportunities that match the keywords they have chosen in the GENIUS profiles.
Handout on Setting Up SMARTS
COS Pivot (Community of Science): Pivot combines the most comprehensive, editorially maintained database of funding opportunities worth an estimated $33 billion with a unique database of 3 million pre-populated scholar profiles. Its algorithm compiles pre-populated researcher profiles unique to VCU, and others, and matches them to current funding opportunities in the COS database. This allows users to search for a funding opportunity and instantly view matching faculty from inside or outside VCU. Conversely, a search for a scholar will link to matching funding opportunities. We strongly recommend that you create or update your COS profile/account in order to manage your searches.
Foundation Directory Online: A unique database of information on the more than 98,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S. and 1.7 million of their recent grants. To access, contact Jessica Venable.
RFP Bulletin: Receive a free roundup of recently announced Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from private, corporate, and government funding sources from the Foundation Center.
grants.gov: Searchable database and e-mail notification for all federal funding opportunities
FundSource: a free online database of research funding specific to behavioral and social science research.
Search for Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students
Graduate and Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): The GRAPES database catalogs extramural funding opportunities of interest to prospective and current graduate students, students working on a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation, and postdoctoral scholars. It contains information on over 500 private and publicly funded awards, fellowships, and internships. Advanced search options allow users to refine their search by field, academic level, award type, award amount, and other criteria. GRAPES is maintained by the Graduate Outreach, Diversity and Fellowships Office. http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/grpinst.htm
Funding Opportunities, Duke University: This database allows you to search by keyword, agency, discipline, award type, and for targeted opportunities. https://researchfunding.duke.edu/search.asp
Fellowship Database, Cornell University: The Graduate School at Cornell University has developed this database to allow you to search by field, keyword, and deadline. http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans, Michigan State University Libraries: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3gradinf.htm
External Fellowships, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: http://web.mit.edu/odge/finances/fellowships/external.html
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INTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES
Presidential Research Incentive Program (PRIP) |
The goal of the PRIP is to afford all faculty internal funding opportunities to support new, emerging, or continuing research. Where possible, the proposed work should help advance interdisciplinary research and inter-campus collaboration. The maximum total award is $50,000; the program requires that the faculty member’s department or college provide at least 40% of the total award amount. Contingent upon funding, proposals are due April 1. http://www.research.vcu.edu/vpr/prip/ |
| A.D. Williams Grants and Awards |
Supports biomedical research that is likely to lead to extramural funding and a sustained program of research. Research grants up to $15,000; multi-school awards up to $130,000; faculty development grants up to $5,000. http://www.vcu.edu/adw/ |
| American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants |
Funds small research grants of up to $30,000 for junior faculty to conduct one year of basic, pre-clinical, clinical and cancer-control research studies (including but not limited to health services, psychosocial/behavioral, epidemiologic and health policy/outcome cancer research). Grants are intended for new investigators who do not have an active, nationally competitive research grant (e.g., from NIH, NSF, ACS). http://www.massey.vcu.edu/acs-institutional-research-grants.htm |
| Alzheimer's & Related Diseases Research Award Fund |
Provides seed money to researchers in Virginia to stimulate innovative research into biomedical and psychosocial aspects of dementia, including cell biology, caregiving, and animal modeling. Awards are limited to $40,000.
http://www.vcu.edu/vcoa/ardraf.htm |
| Council for Community Engagement Small Grant Program |
Funds to support projects that will enhance & increase university engagement with Richmond community; a maximum of $20,000 per project; must include 2 or more VCU or VCUHS units and a substantive collaboration of a community partner. http://www.community.vcu.edu/solutions/cce/committees.html |
| Harris-Manchester College Oxford Summer Research Institute |
Funded by the VCU Office of Research, the H-M Oxford Summer Research Institute is an opportunity for faculty to spend a week away from the usual routine to focus on a scholarly area of interest. Provides travel and room/board at H-M College for up to 2 faculty members http://www.research.vcu.edu/vpr/harris.htm |
| Center for Human-Animal Interaction |
Periodically offers research support to VCU faculty members and VCU faculty-sponsored dissertations for studies that directly relate to the center's mission of improved health and well-being through human-animal interaction. Check website for current calls for proposals.
http://www.chai.vcu.edu/research/small_grant%202011.html |
| Center for Teaching Excellence Small Grant Program |
Proposals are requested annually to supply the faculty with necessary resources to support their own development as a learning-centered teacher. Especially encouraged are proposals that can demonstrate how the funding will be used to grow a larger project that will have a direct impact on student engagement in and outside of the classroom.
http://www.vcu.edu/cte/programs/small_grants.htm |
| Unit internal grants |
Some Schools/Departments have their own internal funding to support the scholarly work of faculty. |
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Federal Funding Sources
National Institutes of Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Science Foundation
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Housing and Urban Development : Grant Funds Available
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Department of Justice: Department of Justice Grants (replaces National Institute of Justice)
Department of State (DOS)
Department of Transportation (DOT): DOT University Research Grants
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Funding Opportunities
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Guidelines and Applications
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Applying for a Grant
National Security Agency (NSA): Mathematical Sciences Program & Mathematical Sabbatical Program
National Research Council
Smithsonian Institution (SI): Opportunities for Research and Study
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Solicitations
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Non-Profit Foundations
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