Find Funding Sources
External Funding Opportunities
There are multiple locations online to search for the availability of external research and other sponsored activity dollars. Naturally, most agencies host information about available funding opportunities on their respective websites. There are also other websites and subscriptions that provide an array of funding announcements.
Common resources
Grants.gov
This is an E-Government initiative that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for research funding offered by a variety of government agencies.
Fed Connect
This is a web portal that provides information on grant opportunities from government agencies. It provides greater detail on funding opportunities to assist the investigator in doing business with the government.
Pivot
This is a comprehensive database of more than 400,000 funding opportunities worth over $33 billion, and not just for science. Pivot also offers grant, fellowship and other funding information for social sciences, humanities and community outreach funding. Creating a Pivot funding alert is an invaluable tool for investigating funding options.
Foundation Finder
This is a search tool that helps you locate funding interests of foundations on local, regional, national and international levels, as well as past foundation grants and grantees.
Funding Opportunities
Federal funding
- FedWorld.gov
- Federal Register
- Federal Grant Listings
- Corporation for National and Community Service Grants
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Justice
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Health and Human Services
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment of the Humanities
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Recovery Act Funds
- Small Business Administration
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- U.S. Agency for International Development
State of Missouri funding
- Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Department of Health and Senior Services
- Department of Mental Health
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Social Services
- Humanities Council
- Missouri Arts Council
- Office of Administration
- Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities