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The University Libraries: Research Funding and Grants
This page provides links to our institutional subscriptions to several funding opportunity databases: Candid, Pivot, SPIN, and the Foundation Directory Online (FDO).
- Candid provides detailed profiles on foundations, corporate funders, grants, funding priorities, and application guidelines to support effective prospect research.
- Pivot is a comprehensive database of funding opportunities and collaborators across many disciplines.
- Foundation Directory Online
Foundation Directory Online (FDO) has detailed profiles of over 80,000 U.S. foundations and a growing number of international ones.
Local Resources
UMN Internal Funding Opportunities and Industry Funding & Partnership Opportunities are available through the Research & Innovation Office.
Charitable grants resource hub provided by the U of M Foundation’s Corporate & Foundation Relations team, which leads the University’s relationship management efforts with philanthropic and corporate foundations.
Externally funded grant opportunities that require university coordination.
Private Foundation Request for Proposals announced recently.
Corporate Engagement Center: Leveraging UMN Resources to develop successful industry partnerships for researchers. Industry Partnerships Quick Guide.
Grant-in-Aid funds are used to support independent research, and in most cases, are not meant to provide sole support for research activities.
Experts@Minnesota is the research information management tool for the University of Minnesota. It uses University records and publication data harvested from Scopus to create public profiles for University of Minnesota faculty and researchers. It’s a great place to start when looking for an advisor, co-author, and collaborators for a multidisciplinary grant.
Grants.gov
Grants.gov is a web-based single submission portal developed by the federal government. It provides a database of most federal grant opportunities. It is, however, a good idea to check an organization's own website as well. The following are links to funding opportunities from federal organizations.
- Department of Education
- Fulbright Scholar Program
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)