Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

GRANT - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Deadline: Open Year-Round The Foundation makes grants Year-Round to support original research and broad-based education related to science, technology, and economic performance; and to improve the quality of American life. Also, the Sloan Research Fellowships program seeks to recognize the achievements of outstanding young scholars in science, mathematics, economics and computer science. READ MORE...

Funding Sources

Funding Sources

External Funding Databases

• Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CPCESU)
• Grants.gov - provides information about all federal grant opportunities. The database is searchable by  federal agency, CFDA number, project number, and keywords.
• FedBizOpps - The single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Receive notification of federal contracting opportunities. Registration is required.
• Foundation Center Database - The database is available by accessing the site from within the Gerald Sherratt Library.  
• Upper Sevier River Community Watershed Project - Grant listing of various groups that have given in Utah.
• Utah Humanities Council - Funding opportunities for projects in Utah dealing with the Humanities.
• Utah Arts Council - Funding for the Arts in Utah.
• Google Grant-Making Organizations
• Guidestar - A national database of non-profit organizations.
• Grants Alert - (Emphasis on Education)
• Grants Net - (Science)
• Michigan State Grants for Non-Profits by subject
• Michigan State University - Grants for Individuals by subject
• William & Mary College: Science & Technology Funding Sources
• William & Mary College: Humanities Funders
• Sigma Xi
• Sigma XI Grants-in-aid - The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment necessary to complete a specific research project.

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Internal Funding Sources

• Faculty Development GrantThe Provost Fund for faculty professional development invites faculty members to submit proposals intended to promote and facilitate professional development on the campus. The primary goal is to promote faculty scholarship and professional activity at all levels of expertise in their efforts to develop as teachers, scholars and artists. Funded activities are intended to support the mission and strategic goals of the university and the home department and college.
• UGRASPSouthern Utah University’s Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Program (UGRASP) provides funds to support undergraduate research and scholarship activities.  Both students and course instructors may apply.

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Travel Funding Opportunities

• American-Mideast Education & Training Services, Inc. - promotes cooperation between Americas and the people of the Middle East and North Africa.            
• American Academy  in Berlin 
• American Antiquarian Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science  
• American Association of University Women 
• American Councils for International Education - Education, training and consulting organization specializing in the countries of Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia.
• American Council of Learned Societies - funding for the humanities  
• American Institute for Economic Research  
• American Musicological Society Travel and Research Grants   
• American Philosophical Society  
• American-Scandinavian Foundation - Promotes educational and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden     
• Asia Foundation - Promotes U.S.-Asian understanding and cooperation.
• Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (the) - Promotes the study of Chinese culture and society.   
• Council for the International Exchange of Scholars - (CIES) administers the FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAM 
• Eurasia Foundation  
• Fulbright Scholar Program - Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)  
• German Academic Exchange Service - (DAAD) promotes international academic relations especially through the exchange of students and faculty 
• Institute of International Education - (IIE) 
• International Research & Exchanges Board - (IREX) offers access to scholars, policymakers, and research resources of the Newly Independent States of Eurasia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. 
• IREX Short Term Travel Grant Application - (IREX) offers access to scholars, policymakers, and research resources of the Newly Independent States of Eurasia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia. 
• Japan Foundation 
• Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities - located on the Italian Riviera offers Bogliasco residential fellowships.   http://www.bfny.org/
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization - (NATO)  
• Open Society Institute - Promotes the advancement of higher education within the humanities and social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
• Peace Corps - US agency that sends trained volunteers in the areas of education, government, business, health and agriculture to interested countries.
• Social Science Research Council - (SSRC) offers a multitude of programs concerning Eastern Europe, International Migration, International Peace and Security, Japan, Near and Middle East, South Asia, the Soviet Union and successor states, and others. 
• SSRC Fellowships  
• von Humboldt Foundation, Alexander offers scholarship and fellowship opportunities available for research and study in Germany.
• U.S. Information Agency (now Bureau of International Information Program)  
• USIA Education and Cultural Exchanges (now Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs)

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Email Alerts

• Grants.gov
  Provides an email alert system for opportunities offered by federal agencies.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Reports)
• EDInfo
  The U.S. Department of Education EDInfo alert system provides 1-2 email messages a week describing federal teaching and learning resources and ED funding opportunities. 
• Environmental Protection Agency
• The Foundation Center Newsletters
• GrantsNet
  Science's Next Wave GrantsNet, by adding your email address, you will receive automatic notifications on updated funding opportunities in the biological and medical sciences.
• H-Net Online
  Humanities and Social Science announcements
• NSF
  Formerly the Custom News Service of the National Science Foundation, allows you to receive notifications about new content posted on the NSF website. Notification can be received via email.
• NASA
• U.S. Department of Justice Bi-weekly newsletter