funding and grant information
Browse these sources for funding and grant information:
- Community of Science, Inc.
- Additional Penn State resources for funding information
- Search utilities for locating funding information
- Private foundations and organizations funding sources
- Specialized faculty grants
- General information on government funding
- State and regional funding sources
- Federal funding sources
- Links to application forms
Community of Science Information
To locate funding sources and potential collaborators, Penn State recommends that its faculty members use the Community of Science, Inc. (also known as the Community of Scholars), a global registry of academic researchers. Researchers in all disciplines should submit an expert profile to the COS Expertise database and sign up for the COS Funding Alert service. Penn State's institutional subscription covers the use of the COS databases for all Penn State faculty, staff, and students. The following pages explain how to get the most out of your COS subscription.
- How to create or update your COS Expertise profile
- How to set up a COS Funding Alert
- Search for profiles of Penn State Faculty
- Log in to your COS Workbench to update your profile or check your funding alerts
- The COS Expertise User Guide
- How to Search for Funding Opportunities
- The COS Funding Opportunities User Guide
- COS - Search Funding Opportunities from U.S-based Sponsors
- COS - Search Federal Register
- The Community of Science Home Page
Additional Penn State resources for funding information
- Earth and Mineral Sciences Grant Announcements
- Social Science Research Institute Grant and Funding Opportunity Announcements
- Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) Compendium of information needed for preparing proposals and managing grants. Research Administration Toolbox section contains information on policies, forms, rules and regulations for grant management. Resources include proposal preparation guides and information on topics such as indirect costs, intellectual property, and conflict of interest. Additional links to major federal sponsors, funding search engines, and e-mail alert services.
Search utilities for locating funding information
- Federal Acquisition Jumpstation - Link to federal acquisitions on the Internet
- FirstGov.gov
- Foundations On-Line - Foundations and Grantmakers Directory
- The Foundation Center - Finding Funders
- Grants Net
- GrantSearch
- GrantSelect - Search
- Knownet - The Grants Supersite
- NSCE - List of Funding Foundations
- Society of Research Administrators International Foundation List
Private foundations and organizations funding sources
- American Floral Endowment
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
- Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Grants Program
- Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Chesapeake Bay Program - Requests for Proposals
- Compton Foundation, Inc.
- Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- Environmental Grantmakers Association
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- Great Lakes Information Network - Funding and Grant Sources
- Great Lakes Protection Fund
- Laird Norton Endowment Foundation - Conservation and Forestry Education
- National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry Research Opportunities
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grant Programs
- National Foundation for IMP Education - Request for Proposals
- National Geographic - Applying for a Grant
- National Sea Grant Sponsored Research
- NATO - Science Programme
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Regional IMP Grants Program - Northeast Region
- Research Corporation
- Rockefeller Family Fund
- Searle Scholars Program
- Water Environment Research Foundation
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - Grants and Application Information
Specialized faculty and postdoctoral grants
- AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships 2004:05
- Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Program
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Faculty Start-up Awards
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-New Faculty Awards Program
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Senior Scientist Mentor Program
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.-Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
- Fulbright Scholar Program
- National Academies Research Associateship Programs
- NSF-International Research Fellowship Program
- NSF - Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
- NSF - Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Pew Fellow Program in Marine Conservation
- Environmental Management Participation - U.S. Army Environmental Center
General Information on government funding
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - Program Areas
- Federal Commons, an Internet grants management portal
State and regional funding sources
- Pennsylvania Environmental and Energy Challenge Grant Program
- Pennsylvania Environmental Education Grants Program
- Pennsylvania Growing Greener Program
- Search The Pennsylvania Bulletin
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Funding Opportunities
- CSREES-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
- Department of Defense Homepage
- Department of Energy - Office of Science Grants and Contracts Website
- Department of the Interior - Financial Assistance (Grants)
- Environmental Protection Agency Homepage
- EPA Catalog of Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
- EPA Grants and Funding in the Mid-Atlantic States
- EPA Grants and Debarment - How to Apply
- EPA Grants and Fellowship Information
- EPA Grants and Debarment
- EPA Great Lakes Program Funding
- EPA National Center for Environmental Research
- EPA Research Opportunities - Environmental Research Grant Announcements
- EPA Research and Development Research Grants, Fellowships and Small Business Opportunities
- EPA STAR Grants and Cooperative Agreements
- Fish and Wildlife Service Homepage
- NASA Research Opportunities Online
- NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health - Grants and Contracts
- National Cancer Institute Current Requests for Proposals
- National Institutes of Health Homepage
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Homepage
- NSF - Homepage
- NSF - All Funding Opportunities by Date
- NSF - Funding in Crosscutting/Interdisciplinary Programs
- NSF - Funding Opportunities for Biocomplexity in the Environment
- NSF - Funding Opportunities for Environmental Education
- NSF - Funding Opportunities for Global Change Research Programs
- NSF - Funding Opportunities in Biology
- NSF - Funding Opportunities in Engineering
- NSF - Funding Opportunities in Geosciences
- NSF - Funding Opportunities in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
- NSF - Funding Opportunities in Polar Research
- NSF - Grant Opportunities for Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
- NSF - E-Bulletin Program Dates and Deadlines
- NSF - Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- NSF - Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
- Office of Naval Research - University Research Initiative
- Smithsonian - Office of Fellowships
- U.S. Global Change Research Program
- USGCRP Call for Proposals
- United States Geological Survey Homepage