Searching for Funding Opportunities
Search Tools
The following search tools allow you to search for funding opportunities across a variety of fields:
- Community of Science (COS)
- Research
- Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
- The Foundation Center (contact WSSU Advancement, which has a subscription, for searches requiring a username and password)
- FundSource (behavioral and social sciences)
- GrantsNet (biomedical research and science education)
Alerts and Listservs
You may set up electronic searches that send regular alerts to your email inbox using the following tools:
- Grants.gov (the single portal for grant proposal submission to all federal grantmaking agencies)
- Community of Science (COS)
- Research
- Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
- MyNSF
You may also join listservs that offer up-to-date information on funding opportunities using these sites:
- NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
- NIH LISTSERV page (provides subscription information regarding various NIH-supported listservs)
Other Resources
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) [technical reports from DOD-funded research efforts]
- HBCU/MI Resources (at DTIC)
- STINET (search tool for technical documents)
- Federal Register
- FundsforWriters
- http://www.ncgov.com
- NSF Funding Opportunities
- Recently Announced Funding Opportunities (at NSF)
- Funding Opportunities by Due Date (at NSF)
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
WSSU Contact
If you need assistance using any of these tools, contact Vernon Shanks at (336) 750-3019 or shanksvl@wssu.edu.
