Funding Opportunities and Resources

Federal Funding Agencies

Grants.gov
Grants.gov is the U.S. government’s central grant portal.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES): Fulbright Scholars Program
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• NASA Headquarters
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Office of Naval Research

State Funding Agencies

• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Virginia Commission for the Arts
• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Environmental Endowment
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Foundations and Non-Profit Agencies

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• American Council of Learned Societies
• Ford Foundation (fellowships)
• Getty Foundation
• Human Frontier Science Program
• International Research & Exchanges Board
• Jeffress Memorial Trust
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Research Corporation for Science Advancement
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Disciplinary Organizations

• American Philosophical Association
• American Psychological Association
• Virginia Academy of Science

Proposal Writing Resources

• Affordable Colleges Online – College Resource Center – Expert Tips for Writing a Winning Grant Proposal 
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Fulbright – Project Statement Samples
• Grants.gov: Grants Learning Center
• GrantSpace
• Human Frontier Science Program: Art of Grantsmanship
• National Institutes of Health: Center for Scientific Review
• National Science Foundation: Preparing Proposals