Funding Source Databases
This page lists several online funding databases (in order of GSGFO preference) available to graduate students looking for external funding opportunities for their projects.
For a quick listing of graduate student funding opportunities, visit the upcoming deadlines section of the IRIS database at http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/deadlines/grad/ . (Note that to access this database, you need to be connected to an NIU server).
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Illinois Research Information Service (IRIS)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/iris/
IRIS is a user-friendly database consisting of over 8,000 grant and fellowship opportunities covering over 25 subject areas. To access IRIS, you need to be connected to a NIU server. Before using IRIS, be sure to check out our IRIS Help Sheet.
GrantSearch
http://www.aascu.org/grc/gs/
GrantSearch is sponsored by the Grants Resource Center, and is another user-friendly database for funding opportunities. You need to be connected to an NIU server to access GrantSearch.
Graduate and Postdoctorate Extramural Support (GRAPES)
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/grpinst.htm
UCLA sponsors this database, which catalogues over 350 major awards, fellowships, scholarships, and internships for graduate and postdoctoral scholars. Some awards are only for UCLA students.
Scholarsite.com
http://www.scholarsite.com/
This website offers detailed and up-to-date information on approximately 600,000 financial aid opportunities. Registration is not required. Also provides Spanish search engine as well.
FundSource
http://www.decadeofbehavior.org/fundsource/
This site offers short descriptions, contact information, and web links to programs in federal agencies, foundations, and international organizations that specifically fund behavioral and social science research.
Foundation Center
http://www.fdncenter.org/
An online database of more than 6,000 foundation and public charity programs that fund students, artists, researchers, and other individual grantseekers. Comprehensive directory offers links to private foundations, corporate-giving programs and other sources of nonprofit funding.
FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.com
This site offers access to over 375,000 awards and other funding opportunities, but requires that you offer personal information and open a FastWEB mailbox so that you may check your search results.
GrantsNet
http://www.grantsnet.org/
This is a searchable database of biomedical and science education funding opportunities.