Funding Sources

OSP maintains a set of curated funding directories to help W&M faculty identify external grant opportunities aligned with their research. The Humanities A–Z and Sciences A–Z directories provide discipline-specific listings of federal agencies, private foundations and scholarly organizations. For foundation funding specifically, the Foundation Directory Online offers a searchable database of private funders across all fields.

Key federal agency portals, including Grants.gov, FedConnect, NSF, NIH, NEH, and the U.S. Department of Education, are also linked directly for faculty who are ready to search active solicitations, review submission guidelines, or access program-specific resources.

Agency Funding Sources

• Grants.gov
  • Search by Agency, Keyword and other options
• FedConnect
  • Search FedConnect's Public Opportunities
    • (Portal used for US Department of Energy, complement to Grants.gov.)
• National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Grant Opportunities, Application Deadlines and Resources for Managing your Grant
• US Department of Education
  • Grants Information
  • Application Forms
  • Staff Locator
• National Science Foundation
  • Fastlane
  • NSF Proposal Review Criteria
  • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide
  • Staff Locator
  • Responsible Conduct of Research
• National Institutes of Health
  • Grants and Funding Information
  • NIH Commons
  • NIH: "Should I Contact a Program Officer Before I Apply?"
  • Standard Due Dates for Competing Applications
  • Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Program (R15)
    • AREA FAQs
  • Research Project Grant Program (R01)
  • Small Grant Program (R03)
  • Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21)
  • Institutes, Centers and OfficesNew and Early Stage Investigator Policies
  • Staff Locator