External Funding

External Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

The original list was provided by the National Postdoctoral Association

• AAAS Fellowship Resources

• AASCU Grant Resource Center

• Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

• Alpha-1 Foundation

• ALS Association

• Alzheimer’s Association

• American Association for Cancer Research

• American Brain Tumor Association

• American Diabetes Association

• American Epilepsy Society

• American Federation for Aging Research

• American Heart Association

• American Lung Association

• American Mathematical Society

• Cancer Research Institute

• Community Foundation Locator

• Cooley’s Anemia Foundation

• Cornell University Fellowships Database

• Craig H Neilsen Foundation

• Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

• Dravet Syndrome Foundation

• Euraxess: European Researchers in Motion

• FedBizOpps

• Federal Register

• FRAXA Research Foundation

• Foundation Directory

• Funding Institutional

• Funding for US Study Online

• GBS/CIDP Foundation International

• Grants.gov

• Harvard FAS Research Administration Services

• Harvard GSAS Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Heart Rhythm Society

• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation

• Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation

• Hope Funds for Cancer Research

• Huntington’s Disease Society of America

• IIEPassport: Study Abroad Funding

• James S. McDonnell Foundation

• Jane Coffins Childs Memorial Fund

• Juvenile Diabetes Research  Foundation

• Lalor Foundation Inc.

• LAM Foundation

• Larry L. Hillbom Foundation

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

• Life Sciences Research Foundation

• Lymphoma Research Foundation

• Marfan Foundation

• Morris Animal Foundation

• Morton Cure Paralysis Foundation

• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

• Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation

• National Ataxia Foundation

• National Hemophilia Foundation

• National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

• National PKU Alliance

• New York Foundation for the Arts

• Newton's List

• Notre Dame Energy (an ND Net ID and Password required)

• NIH Fogarty International Center Postdoctoral Non-NIH Funding Opportunities

• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research

• NIH-Pathway to Independence K99-R00

• NRC Research Associateship Programs

• NSF-National Science Foundation "Find Funding" Search Tool

• Paralyzed Veterans of America

• Parkinson’s Foundation

• PKD Foundation

• Prevent Cancer Foundation

• Schmidt Science Fellow

• Simons PDF in Marine Microbial Ecology

• St. Baldrick’s Foundation

• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation

• Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

• Tourette Association of America

• Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

• UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support (GRAPES) Database

• Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program

Search Funding Opportunities

These are the primary databases we recommend when searching for funding opportunities.

• PIVOT (see note below) is the most comprehensive national database for all types of academic funding and has recently expanded to provide opportunities for collaboration.

• Grant Forward

• The H-net Fellowships Listing is excellent research for funding in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• NIH Office of Extramural Funding
  • F-Kiosk - Information about Ruth L. Kirchstein NRSA Individual Fellowship Funding Opportunities
  • Career Development - K Kiosk - Information about NIH Career Development Awards

• Proposal Central

Note:

To create a Pivot profile:

1. Go to pivot.cos.com
2. Click on the “Signup” button on the upper left corner
3. Fill in all the requested information and create your account

To search for funding opportunities:

1. Log in to pivot.cos.com
2. Click on “Search for Funding or Scholars”
3. Click on the “Advanced Search” tab
4. Click on “More Search Attributes”
5. Click on “Requirements” and select “Graduate Students”
6. Customize your search using your specific criteria

*Please also note that the “search” button on the bottom of the page is conveniently located next to the “clear fields” button.