Find Funding

The federal government and foundations give close to $600 billion annually in grants. Let's find your slice of the pie.
Use the following resources to launch the funding search for your project.
Begin the process at least three months before internal or sponsor deadlines.
Talk with the sponsor’s program officer about your proposal’s fit with their Request for Proposals.

SC&I

The following links will help you search for funding for your particular research projects. The SC&I Grant Support Team is also available to work with you to conduct customized funding searches based on specific needs and priorities.

The grants team’s compilations are chockful of SC&I-relevant funding opportunities. The spreadsheets are primarily categorized by funder type and research subject area. Faculty and doctoral students are alerted to updated lists upon distribution of the monthly funding digest.

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Rutgers Resources

Faculty and graduate students can access this database to find funding opportunities for all disciplines and project types. Its functionality allows users to set up saved searches, receive targeted email updates, share opportunities, and connect with potential collaborators. Create an account and claim your profile by clicking on the link. Additional information can be found at these links:

The FFO updates are generated monthly by RU Foundation Relations and are available to any faculty or staff member by signing up for the mailing list. Search for a wide range of internal and external funding to advance your research at the database from which the new funding opportunities updates are pulled. The FFO is updated frequently and can be accessed at Rutgers Research. 

  • Rutgers Research: Some sponsors limit the number of funding applications for universities, and Research Development compiles a selection of these opportunities. PIs should carefully examine the list so they can meet the earlier internal deadlines required for these submissions. For more information on the process read Limited Submission Policies & Procedures.
  • Research Council: The Office of Academic Affairs through its RC awards seed funding to faculty for research and other scholarly and creative activities.
  • Busch Biomedical: This award generally is $60,000 total for two years with multiple funding categories. Sponsored by the Office for Research, the program enhances biomedical research and strengthens the competitive position of faculty who seek external funding.
  • RU Global: Modest seed grants are offered yearly to faculty, including tenured, tenure-track, and NTT. Its recent category offerings included International Collaborative Research Grants, Global Health Seed Grants, Global Environmental Change Grants, and Faculty Innovation in Global Learning Grants. Send queries to Johanna Bernstein, Assistant Dean for Faculty Initiatives, Rutgers Global, grants@global.rutgers.edu or 848-932-3099.

RU Foundation (a separate entity alongside Rutgers University) is the internal entity to work with when submitting a proposal to a foundation. The Assigned Business Specialist will liaison with the SC&I’s RU Foundation appointed Assistant Dean of Development when the proposal is being made to a foundation so that they can enter the proposal in the RU Foundation database.  This data entry will be attached to the funding proposal in RAPSS.  RU Foundation staff may also process/review limited submissions to foundations per foundation request/foundation policy. Any submission to a foundation has to go through the RU Foundation.   

Rutgers University Foundation 

Foundation & Non-Profit Opportunities (Philanthropy New Digest)

The School of Graduate Studies offers this resource to students in the form of a searchable database for relevant funding, counseling on funding, and an online space to inform students about opportunities and provide learning experiences. Send queries to fellowship_advisor@gradfund.rutgers.edu or phone 848-932-6546.

Federal

The site standardizes grant information from more than 1,000 programs across agencies and is an excellent search engine for federal grants. Familiarize yourself with grants.gov by browsing the online user guide. 

The agency dispenses almost $11.3 billion in funding through its directorates. Look for RDPs at the Find Funding page or subscribe to its newsletter. The website includes essential reference for scholars, including the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), awards abstract database, recent awards, and the Budget Internet Information System provides summaries of award amounts by state, institution, and directorate. 

SC&I-Relevant Directorates 

The monolithic agency, a part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, is the largest biomedical research agency in the world, with an overall budget of $51.1 billion to fund its 27 institutes and university research. Look for RDPs at the Find Funding and Diversity Related Funding Opportunity Announcements pages, or subscribe to its weekly newsletter. The website contains copious reference, including Research Matters; a description of grant programs; RePORTER, a funded grant database; and awards by location and organization.

The IMLS supports museums, libraries, and related organizations with more than $220 million in grantmaking annually, research, and policy development. See subscribing to the newsletter and awarded grants database. 

State & Local

From the homepage, navigate to RFPs from state departments and agencies such as Health, Education, and Environmental Protection.  

The center is the only umbrella organization for the state’s 501(c)(3)s. Its focus is on establishing and running a nonprofit but hosts a robust database of funding opportunities from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the NJ Council on Humanities along with hyperlocal listings. The center issues a newsletter and can be contacted at center@njnonprofits.org. 

The NJLM Resource Center provides information and links to a wide range of sources for obtaining grants in almost every area essential to municipal government, including corporate, foundation, state, and federal offerings. It also emails a “news flash” when new funding opportunities are listed. Queries can be emailed to Taran Samhammer, the director of communications.

Notable Foundations

The directory provides information on more than 100,000 foundations, corporate giving, and grantmaking public charities. It also includes searchable databases of recently awarded grants, and sponsoring companies. Access is available with a Net ID through the RU Library. 

Works to promote democracy, education, and peace across the globe.

Seeks to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.

Works to expand opportunities in cities through social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development.

Addresses pressing social challenges: climate, nuclear risk, justice reform, and reducing corruption in Nigeria.

Makes grants in four core areas: higher learning, arts and culture, public knowledge; and humanities in place.

Funds conservation and science; children and communities; reproductive heath; and organizational effectiveness.

Its goal is to build a national culture of health, believing that everyone in our diverse society should have the opportunity to lead longer, healthier lives.

Invests in education research, supports education research training.

Supports families and communities so that vulnerable children can achieve success as individuals and contributors to society.

Committed to opening pathways to economic advancement, championing affordable homes, empowering small businesses, and enabling a lowcarbon economy.