Research and Funding Opportunities

External Funding Links

These are links to free resources for finding federal, state and private funding opportunities for reseach and other scholarly projects.

• Grants.gov
• Maryland Governor's Grant Office
• The Foundation Center
• National Council of University Research Administrators (This site has links to other university research Web sites and agency sites)
• U.S. Department of Education open competitions
• National Science Foundation upcoming deadlines
• NSF Academic Research Infrastructure Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (ARI-R²)
• NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program: Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI- R²)
• Get registered and view the NSF webcast for the ARI-R2 and MRI-R2 programs by clicking here .
• ARI-R2 and MRI-R2 Power Point Slides
• National Institutes of Health grants page
• NIH Institute Specific Guidelines for Supplemental Funding
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Federal Register
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
• Federal Business Opportunities
• GrantsNet (funding for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education)
• Department of Justice
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program: Providing the Technology Infrastructure to Address National Priorities
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Federal Transportation Administration

Guidance from Higher Education Advocacy Groups

• Economic Recovery Legislation (Association of American Universities)
• Aligning Funding Strategies with Federal Priorities (Grants Resource Center Presentation)

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Phone: 410-704-2236
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