External Grant Opportunities
 
 
 

There are several agencies which have online information available about their grant programs. This information can include notices of new awards, lists of abstracts for previously funded proposals, grant writing tips, program guidelines, and contact persons. With this information you can get a view of the funding trends that these agencies have made and match their interests with your own. Some of the programs offer online applications. Please contact the Office of Grants and Program Review before applying to these programs.

Office staff will help to coordinate your proposal with others made from the university and will offer assistance in creating the strongest possible submission. The following is a list of agencies, by subject area, with links to their web sites.
 
 

  • Arts/Humanities/International
  • Education
  • Health/Mental Health
  • Human and Community Development
  • Science/Engineering



  • A web site maintained by the University of Illinois at Chicago contains a wealth of information for researching funding opportunities. The site offers access to on-line search tools such as the Commerce Business Daily, the Federal Web Locator, the Government Printing Office and the Foundation Center. These tools provide information including searchable databases on private and federal grants as well as access to the Congressional record and the Federal Register. For improved access to the Commerce Business Daily, try CBD's newly established database, CBDNet.

    For more information about grant opportunities and the grants process, TRAM provides a number of useful links including those to: interactive forms for grant proposals; federal agencies and their regulations; solicitations, procurements, and program announcements; sample policies and agreements from various universities; and almost 250 university grants department web sites. TRAM also provides a search engine for funding opportunities which is updated daily. GrantsWeb, sponsored by the Society of Research Administrators, provides information on government resources, private funding resources, and general resources as well as policy information and circulars.

    In addition, the Federal Government is funding a free e-mail service that automatically delivers targeted research and educational funding opportunities. To subscribe to the FEDIX Opportunity Alert system simply register at their web site and select the keywords that identify your specific areas of interest. Beginning with the next business day, a search of new federal opportunities will be conducted daily on your behalf and information that matches your area selections will be automatically e-mailed to you.


    ARTS / HUMANITIES / INTERNATIONAL

    CIES/Fulbright: http://www.cies.org/

    Department of Justice, U.S.: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/

    Information Agency, U.S.: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia

    International Research & Exchange: http://www.irex.org/

    National Endowment for the Arts: http://arts.endow.gov/

    National Endowment for the Humanities: http://www.neh.fed.us/

    State Justice Institute: http://www.statejustice.org

    Tennessee Arts Commission: http://www.arts.state.tn.us/

    Humanities Tennessee:  http://www.tn-humanities.org/


    EDUCATION

    Bellsouth Foundation: http://www.bellsouthfoundation.org

    Department of Education, U.S.: http://www.ed.gov/

    National Institute for Literacy: http://www.nifl.gov/


    HEALTH / MENTAL HEALTH

    Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.: http://www.hhs.gov/

    National Institutes of Health: http://www. nih.gov/index.html

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org

    Tennessee Department of Health: http://www.state.tn.us/health/


    HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

    Department of Commerce, U.S.: http://www.doc.gov/

    Department of Labor, U.S.: http://www.dol.gov/

    Department of Housing and Urban Development:, U.S.http://www.huduser.org/

    Tennessee Department of Labor: http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd


    SCIENCE / ENGINEERING

    American Society for Engineering Education: http://www.asee.org/

    Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation: http://www.dreyfus.org/

    Department of Agriculture, U.S.: http://www.usda.gov/

    Department of Energy, U.S.: http://www.doe.gov/

    Department of the Interior, U.S.: http://www.doi.gov/

    Engineering Information Center: http://www.asee.org/neic/

    Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/

    Globe Program: http://www.globe.gov

    Institute of Medicine: http://www.iom.edu

    National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nas.edu/

    National Academy of Engineering: http://www.nae.edu/

    National Aeronautic and Space Administration: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

    National Research Council: http://www.nas.edu/nrc/

    National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/

    Tennessee Valley Authority: http://www.tva.gov/

    U.S. Man and Biosphere: http://www.mabnetamericas.org/


     

     

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