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, start by registering (establishing an account); To do that, click here: https://pivot.proquest.com/register
- 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