• "A funding database search is an intellectual exercise, not a mechanical process" (Shore & Carfora. 2011. The Art of Funding and Implementing Ideas: A Guide to Proposal Development and Project Management. page 27).
• Duke University provides a searchable database of funding opportunities.
• Science Magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) maintain a database of funding opportunities in the sciences.
• H-Net maintains a database of funding opportunities in the humanities and social sciences that can be searched by keyword. Access is free but users are asked to make a donation.
• Grants.gov is a clearinghouse for federal funding opportunities. The site provides a search engine. Users are urged to review the instructions before trying to search this database.

Email Newsletters and Listservs

While most of these email newsletters will not generate more than one message per week, it is a good idea to set your email client to direct such bulk messages to a folder so that they do not clog your inbox.

• H-Net provides an email newsletter of funding opportunities in the social sciences and humanities. Subscription to the email newsletters is free. However, users are asked to make a donation.
• The Foundation Center sends out a weekly RFP Bulletin to subscribers. This email bulletin is "a roundup of recently announced Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from private, corporate, and government funding sources." Specific email summaries are available for funding in Arts, Education and Health.
• The Arts Deadlines List contains announcements about art contests and competitions, art jobs and internships, art scholarships and grants and fellowships, art festivals, call for entries/proposals/projects, and other opportunities. There is a free and "premium" version of the newsletter.

Newsfeeds and Syndicated Content

In order to view some of the links you will need to use an aggregator. The urls may not load properly in your browser.

• Pivot is a subscription-based database that maintains information for the scientific community, including funding opportunities and lists of experts. Enter using your Trinity log-in credentials.
• Grants.gov provides RSS feeds of funding opportunities, organized by category and by agency. Users are encouraged to read the instructions before subscribing.
• The National Science Foundation, a major funder of science and social science research, provides RSS feeds of program announcements and upcoming deadlines.
• The National Institutes of Health maintains RSS feeds for funding opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research.
• NIH's Fogarty International Center maintains a feed for opportunities in global health sciences.
• The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) maintains an RSS feed for minority programs.
• The Foundation Center maintains an RSS feed for its Philanthropy News Digest, a weekly compendium of philanthropy-related articles from print and electronic media outlets.
• IREX is an international nonprofit organization focusing on education, media, and civil society. IREX maintains an RSS feed for its program deadlines.
• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting maintains an RSS feed for CPB grant opportunities in television and radio.

Useful Websites

• The Office of Proposal Development at Texas A&M University maintains a website which lists active funding opportunities in a variety of disciplines.
• Middlebury College's Grants and Sponsored Programs Office maintains a list of funding agencies.
• The American Historical Association maintains a list of prizes, fellowships, and awards.
• The American Political Science Association maintains a list of grants, fellowships, and other funding opportunities.
• The American Psychological Foundation offers foundation grants and prizes.