Opportunities for research funding are available from a wide variety of sources and the amount of support each provides varies tremendously. Examples of possible sources include federal and local government agencies, private foundations, and industry. Links for a sampling of the resources available to help researchers identify potential funding sources are listed below. The list is not exhaustive but provides a starting point for individuals in a wide variety of research endeavors who are seeking extramural funding.

FEDERAL SOURCES

COMPREHENSIVE SOURCES

OTHER UNIVERSITIES

SELECTED INFORMATIONAL NIH WEBSITES

FEDERAL SOURCES:

ALL Federal Funding Opportunities (and applications):

http://www.grants.gov

Links to a wide range of Federal Agencies:

http://graduados.uprrp.edu/investigacion/recursos_fiscales/agencias_federales.htm

National Council of University Research Administrators.

Links to most federal funding sources ranging from the arts to science to defense to energy http://www.ncura.edu/resources/agencies.htm

NIH Guide www.nih.gov;

NIH Grants and Funding Opportunities http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm ; Links to RFAs, Notices and Program Announcements http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

NSF Guide

www.nsf.gov

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COMPREHENSIVE SOURCES:

Community of Science ( COS )

http://www.cos.org Instructions for searching the COS database: http://fundingopps2.cos.com/docs/help_toc.shtml Search for funding: http://fundingopps2.cos.com

Links to a wide range of Foundations:

http://graduados.uprrp.edu/investigacion/recursos_fiscales/fundaciones.htm

Links to a wide range of foundations and government agencies:

http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu/links/foundat.html

FundSource

www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource Funding opportunities (federal and private) in the behavioral and Social Sciences

Grants Net

www.grantsnet.org Funding opportunities in biomedical research and science education = training

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OTHER UNIVERSITIES:

University of Washington:

Complete Guide to Funding including numerous links at http://www.washington.edu/research/guide/fund.htmland http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/pa.php

ALSO Research Funding Service. A comprehensive list of links to both free and commercial information about funding sources, workshops, grant writing, applications, toolkits, etc. http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/index.html and http://healthlinks.washington.edu/toolkits/ and http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/services.html (look at “What’s Hot” buttons) http://www.lib.washington.edu/gfis/resources/federal.html (links to all federal $)

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SELECTED INFORMATIONAL NIH WEBSITES:

NIH institute directory and links to programs and staff

www.nih.gov/icd

NIH CRISP database of information and abstracts of funded grants

http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/

NIH links to unsolicited or investigator-initiated applications Program Announcements

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/parent_announcements.htm

NIH links to instructions and forms for all grant programs

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm

NIH modular grant web page

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/modular/modular.htm

NIH CSR study section descriptions

www.csr.nih.gov/review/irgdesc.htm

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