Grants Information

Links to Searchable Funding Opportunity Databases

GrantForward (formerly IRIS). Access is restricted to Colgate users. For assistance, contact the Grants Office.

The Grant Advisor: An online monthly newsletter and database. Search the Grant Advisor or view upcoming deadlines in 10 categories. Access is restricted to Colgate users. For password access off campus, contact the Grants Office.

Grants.gov: Find federal grant programs; register for e-mail notification of grant opportunities; apply to many federal programs.

Links to Grant Programs

Arts, Humanities, and Humanities-related Social Sciences

• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Philosophical Society
• American Political Science Association
• Association for Asian Studies
• Creative Capital
• Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
• Getty Foundation – history of art
• Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
• George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation – topics change yearly
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Samuel H. Kress Foundation --history of art 
• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
  • All grant programs and deadlines
  • Collaborative Research Grants
  • Enduring Questions (course development grants)
  • Fellowships
  • Summer Stipends
  • Summer Seminars and Institutes
  • Funded projects query form - search NEH awards 
  • NEH staff directory
  • Serve as an NEH panelist or peer reviewer
• New York Council for the Humanities
• New York Foundation for the Arts
• New York State Council on the Arts
• Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts 
• Spencer Foundation – education
• Wenner-Gren Foundation – anthropology

Sciences and Social Sciences

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund
• American Philosophical Society
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation – chemical sciences
• Energy Foundation
• Eppley Foundation for Research
• Hudson River Foundation
• National Academy of Education
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Geographic Society – field research & exploration
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • NIH grants
  • Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grants
  • NIH application basics
  • NIH eRA Commons 
  • NIH grant tutorials
  • NIH modular budgets
  • NIH Conflict of Interest
  • NIH Institutes and Centers
  • NIH New Investigator Guide (from NIAID)
  • NIH grant review
  • NIH RePORTER - search NIH awards
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • NSF FastLane
  • NSF FastLane Help Page
  • NSF FastLane DEMONSTRATION site
  • NSF Funding Opportunities
  • NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, Jan. 2013
  • NSF Merit Review guidelines (effective Jan. 14, 2013)
  • NSF Award Administration Guide 
  • NSF regional grants conferences
  • NSF directory & staff search
  • NSF Update (e-mail alert service)
  • Search NSF awards
  • Serve as an NSF reviewer
        NSF programs of interest:
  • Catalyzing New International Collaborations
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program
  • Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) supplements and sites
  • Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program
  • Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES)
• New York Sea Grant
• Research Corporation – astronomy, chemistry, physics
• Simons Foundation
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowships
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Science grants

U.S. and Global Issues and Policy

• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Ford Foundation
• German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
• Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Russell Sage Foundation
• Smith Richardson Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• Open Society Foundations
• Spencer Foundation
• U.S. Department of Education
  • Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
  • International programs including Fulbright-Hays
• U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs
• United States Institute of Peace
• W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Special Programs and Multidisciplinary

• American Association of University Women – American Fellowships
• Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation – citizenship
• Nathan Cummings Foundation – multiple disciplines
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation – all fields except performing arts
• J.M. Kaplan Fund - Furthermore Grants in Publishing
• National Academies – Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
• National Geographic Society – field research & exploration grants
• John Templeton Foundation – science and religion

International Research and Fellowship Opportunities

• American Academy in Berlin
• American Academy in Rome
• American Councils for International Education
• American Institute of Indian Studies
• Association for Asian Studies
• Camargo Foundation
• Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
• Council of American Overseas Research Centers
• Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program (Dept. of Ed.)
• Fulbright Scholar Program (Council for International Exchange of Scholars)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
• International Research and Exchanges Board
• Japan Foundation
• Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
• Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities
• National Council for Eurasian and East European Research
• Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
• U.S. Dept. of Education international programs including Fulbright-Hays

Residential Fellowships and Seminars

• American Antiquarian Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - fellowships
• Columbia U Society of Fellows in the Humanities
• Cornell Society for the Humanities
• Dumbarton Oaks
• Institute for Advanced Study
• Library of Congress – Kluge Center
• MacDowell Colony
• Millay Colony for the Arts
• NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes (various locations)
• National Humanities Center
• National Humanities Center - summer institutes in literary studies
• National Academies – Research Associateship Program
• New York Public Library – Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
• Newberry Library fellowships in the humanities
• Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion
• Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Smithsonian Institution fellowships
• Stanford Humanities Center
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Yaddo
  

Additional Foundation Links

The Foundation Center Grantmaker Information
 

Additional Government Links

Grants.gov - find grant opportunities

Grants.gov - how to apply

Grants.gov help
Research.gov
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory via LSU Libraries