Grants.gov
The Grants.gov program management office was established in 2002, as a part of the President’s Management Agenda. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Grants.gov is an E-Government initiative operating under the governance of the Office of Management and Budget. Under the President’s Management Agenda, the office was chartered to deliver a system that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities. Today, the Grants.gov system houses information on over 1,000 grant programs and vets grant applications for 26 federal grant-making agencies.
Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
The Foundation Directory Online provides information on U.S. based private and corporate foundations that fund national and international projects from 28 broad fields of interest ranging from agriculture to youth development. The database includes information on each foundation’s application process, the number and amounts of grants given each year, recently awarded grants and their recipients, geographic focus, specified areas of interest, contact information, and more. Additional content includes links to foundation websites, recently filed IRS 990 forms, listings of recently announced RFPs and Foundation Center newsletters. You can search by grant maker name, geographic region, fields of interest, recipient type, support type (fellowships, scholarships, research grants, travel awards etc.), grant amount, and names of trustees and officers.
UConn Pivot
For years, COS, a ProQuest brand, has been recognized as a global leader that provides unmatched tools for discovering funding opportunities and supporting collaboration in the research development field. Pivot answers the growing demands on research developers to quickly discover the right funding opportunities and effectively collaborate with their colleagues. Designed for faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students, it’s intuitive and easily implemented. See (one-page instructions) (instructions with screenshots).
Sponsored Program Information Network (SPIN)
InfoEd’s Sponsored Program Information Network (SPIN) is a comprehensive database of grant funding opportunities. It allows researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to search for funding opportunities, and setup and receive funding opportunity alerts. Learn more. See (one-page instructions) (instructions with screenshots).