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Exploring External Funding: Resources for ACM Campuses

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This page offers a starting point for ACM faculty and staff seeking external funding to support research, scholarship, creative activities, professional development, and special initiatives. It includes resources to help explore, track, and pursue external funding across academic or professional interests.

While this collection is not exhaustive, it is intended to help users begin identifying resources that align with their goals. ACM does not guarantee the accuracy or relevance of the information provided and does not endorse any specific organizations, programs, opportunities, or websites listed here. Please also note that some funding agencies may award on an “invitation-only” basis.

Users of this page are encouraged to explore further, verify details directly with each funding source, and consult their college’s sponsored research officer, grant, or foundation relations office (or the appropriate office on their campus) for additional guidance and support.

Resources for Seeking External Funding

Databases

Duke University
The Duke University Office for Research & Innovation provides a curated database of research funding opportunities. Some opportunities may be exclusive to faculty, staff, and students at Duke University.

Federal Register
The daily journal of the U.S. government.

GrantForward
A funding opportunity database and service built by academics for researchers. Membership is required but may be available through your institution.

Grants.gov
A centralized database for more than 1,000 different grant programs across federal grant-making agencies.

Guidestar
A database where donors, grantmakers, and other organizations can find detailed information about nonprofit organizations.

H-Net
Search funding opportunities in the humanities and social sciences.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
The largest federal funder of the humanities. Explore potential funding opportunities for your project using the website’s search engine or quiz.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. Learn about assistance programs, identifying a potential funding organization, and past NIH funding.

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
Search hundreds of funding opportunities across science and engineering.

Pivot-RP
A subscription-based database of global research funding opportunities. Enter using your institutional login credentials (if applicable).

Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
A search engine by InfoEd Global that identifies funding opportunities from public and private sources across the globe. Login is required; please contact your institution’s research administration’s office if you need assistance.

St. Olaf College
Search selected external funding opportunities by discipline.

Texas A&M University Foundation Directory
Search grants, grantmakers, companies, and 990s.

Email Newsletters and Listservs

The Arts Deadlines List
Announcements about public art commissions; art competitions; art jobs and internships; art scholarships, grants, and fellowships; residencies; art festivals; and calls for entries/proposals/projects. The premium list (paid subscription required) provides earlier access and access to all announcements.

Candid
Subscribe to newsletters featuring the latest trends and research in the social sector; philanthropy news; professional development opportunities; a job bulletin; and requests for proposals from private, corporate, and government funding sources.

U.S. Department of Education
Subscribe to newsletters and communications to stay informed of Department programs, policies and initiatives.

Grants.gov
With a free account, you can subscribe to a daily listing of new grant opportunities or customized notifications matching saved criteria.

H-Announce
A moderated one-way distribution network for events, conferences, calls for papers, calls for publication, programs, workshops, sources of short-term funding, fellowships, and news from H-Net and its affiliates.

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Subscribe to email updates on grant opportunities, important initiatives, and research data related to the field of museums and library sciences.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Subscribe to email updates on topics of interest. You can also subscribe to updates through the Fogarty International Center or the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, the official publication for NIH medical and behavioral research grant policies, guidelines, and funding opportunities.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Subscribe to email updates.

Newsfeeds

Grants.gov
Subscribe to RSS feeds on new and modified opportunities by agency or category.

IREX
A global development and education organization focused on empowering youth, cultivating leaders, strengthening institutions, and extending access to quality education and information. Subscribe to the RSS feed for their latest news.

National Institutes of Health
RSS feeds available on a variety of topics in the health sciences. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed through the Fogarty International Center or the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
Subscribe to RSS feeds on NSF news, events, funding opportunities, and job openings.

Funding Agencies

Potential funding agencies for grants and fellowships are listed according to broad thematic subject areas; however, there is some fluidity across categories and they are not intended as strict classifications.

Grants

Education

Humanities and Fine Arts

Social Sciences

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Multiple Areas of Support

Fellowships

Humanities and Fine Arts

Social Sciences

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Multiple Areas of Support

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