Searching for funding
Finding a funding opportunity that matches your interests and goals is the first step to creating a grant proposal.
SELF-SERVICE FUNDING SEARCH RESOURCES
General Funding Information Services
For customizable searches, explore our outstanding subscription search services, Pivot and SPIN
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For Pivot, you can login with your Cal Poly user name and password from the Cal Poly Portal, using the Pivot Funding Search link in the My Apps list. Can't see the link? How to Hide/Show links.
- Explore these Pivot How-to resources: CP Pivot How-to Wiki; Pivot Start Guide
- Access SPIN here (can only be accessed via on-campus computers)
- Explore these SPIN How-to resources: SPIN reference guide (pdf), SPIN User Guide (pdf)
General Governmental / Federal Funding Opportunity Resources:
- National Science Foundation Update
- National Institutes of Health guide listserv
- Grants.gov listserv
- Federal Agency Listing of Home Web Page and Funding Initiatives
- Federal Register
- FedBizOpps (a GSA agency-wide electronic system for posting bids, proposals, and quotes)
Additional Governmental Granting Organizations:
Federal – By Agency/Department/Branch
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
California, State of
- New! California Grants Portal: grants.ca.gov
- CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB)
Foundations/Non-Profit
Non-government and non-profit sponsored research / grant proposals are now handled by the Corporate Engagement & Innovation ("CEI") unit, so funding opportunities for those categories of funding sources are now included on the CEI website and can be accessed here:
The non-gov/non-profit list sorted alphabetically can be found here.
The non-gov/non-profit list sorted by subject can be found here.
Internal (on campus) Support
- The Warren J. Baker Endowment for Excellence in Project-Based Learning and the Robert D. Koob Endowment for Student Success; Click here to go to the Baker-Koob Endowments page
- CSU Student Research Competition
- Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities Grant Program
- International Center - Cal Poly Global Programs