Finding Funding

Investigators can search for funding opportunities using publicly available sites such as Grants.gov search page.

Federal (General)

• The Library of Congress - Official US Executive Branch Web Sites

Federal Agencies and National Laboratories

Agency for International Development	www.usaid.gov
Brookhaven National Laboratory	www.bnl.gov
Center for Disease Control	www.cdc.gov
Central Intelligence Agency	www.cia.gov
Commerce Business Daily	cbd-net.com/
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)	www.darpa.mil
Defense Logistics Agency	www.dla.mil
Department of Agriculture	www.usda.gov
Department of Commerce	www.doc.gov
Department of Defense	www.defenselink.mil
Department of the Air Force	www.af.mil
Air Force Office of Scientific Research	www.afrl.af.mil/AFOSR/
Department of the Army	www.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	www.usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Research Office	www.arl.army.mil
Department of the Navy	www.navy.mil
Office of Naval Research	www.onr.navy.mil
Department of Education	www2.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln
Department of Energy	www.energy.gov/science/office-science
Department of Health and Human Services	www.hhs.gov/
Department of Housing and Urban Development	www.hud.gov/
Department of the Interior	www.doi.gov
Department of Justice	www.justice.gov/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention	ojjdp.ojp.gov/
Department of Labor	www.dol.gov
Department of Transportation	www.transportation.gov/
Department of Veterans Affairs	www.va.gov
Environmental Protection Agency	www.epa.gov
Federal Aviation Administration	www.faa.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)	www.fema.gov
Federal Highway Administration	www.fhwa.dot.gov
General Services Administration	www.gsa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	www.nasa.gov
Jet Propulsion Laboratory	www.jpl.nasa.gov
Los Alamos National Laboratory	www.lanl.gov
National Endowment for the Arts	www.arts.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities	www.neh.gov
National Institutes of Health	www.nih.gov
National Science Foundation	www.nsf.gov
Oak Ridge National Laboratory	www.ornl.gov
Small Business Administration	www.sba.gov
U.S. Geological Survey	www.usgs.gov
U.S. Information Agency	www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/306.html
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	www.fws.gov

Top Federal Sponsors for UAF

Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.
Agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry
CRIS - Current Research Information System

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
To understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet economic, social and environmental needs
Atmospheric research, understanding the space environment, geophysical data, ocean habitats and resources, sustainable fisheries, complex climate systems and how they work
NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office

Department of Defense (DOD)
To ensure that warfighters today and tomorrow have superior and affordable technology to support their missions, and to give them revolutionary war-winning capabilities.
https://www.defense.gov/

Department of Education (ED)
establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education.
Fully integrating technology into schools, assist individuals of all ages with disabilities in the acquisition, utilization, or maintenance of assistive technology services or devices, improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary, increase the capacity of States to design, conduct, and procure high-quality evaluations of educational technology.
https://search.usa.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=ed.gov&query=technology

Department of Energy (DOE)
Advances national, economic, and energy security; to promote scientific and technological innovation; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.
Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Medicine, National Labs, Nanotechnology, Materials Sciences, Life Sciences, Information Resources, High Energy Physics, Geoscience, Genome Research, Fusion Energy, Environmental Science, Energy Sciences, Computing, Climate Change, Chemical Science, Carbon Sequestration, Biological Sciences 
https://www.energy.gov/

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Protects human health and the environment
P3, biotechnology, benign manufacturing, transitioning from high risk pesticides, indoor air in developing countries, new vehicle and fuel technologies, harmful algal blooms, bioenergy production, diesel emission control and others.
https://www.epa.gov/resources-small-businesses/doing-business-epa

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Promotes science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
Research Projects, Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings, Academic Research Enhancement, Exploratory/Developmental Research, Clinical Trial Planning, Bioengineering, Biomedical Information Science and Technology, Research on Ethical Issues in Human Studies, Institutional Development.
https://grants.nih.gov/funding/index.htm

Department of Interior (DOI)
Protects and provides access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and our commitments to island communities.
Water Desalination Research and Development, Technical Preservation, Hydropower Recreation, Preservation Technology
https://www.doi.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Provides reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.
Biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water
https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/administration/office-acquisition-and-grants

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Develops innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructures to support decisions for human exploration and to promote international and commercial participation in U.S. exploration efforts
Verification and Validation, Thermal, Structures, Sensors and Sources, Robotics, Propulsion, Power and Energy, Microgravity, Materials,  Manufacturing, Information, Extravehicular  Activity, Electronics, Education, Cryogenics, Communications, Bio-Technology , Avionics and Astrionics
https://www.nasa.gov/

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Promotes research and education in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
Biology, Computer and Information Sciences, Crosscutting Programs, Education, Engineering, Geosciences, International, Math, Physical Sciences, Polar Research, Science Statistics, Social Behavioral Sciences 
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/

Types of NSF Funding Opportunities

NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Department of Transportation (DOT)
Initiatives are directed to high priority transportation research and development requirements in the Operating Administrations.
planning, design, and construction of transportation improvements (e.g., highway, transit, and airport improvements). A limited amount of funding is available for research and development projects.
https://www.transportation.gov/rural/routes/usdot-discretionary-grant-funding-matrix-0

State

Alaska Online Public Notices

Private Foundations, Corporations, Institutions

• M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
• Rasmuson Foundation
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• American Heart Association
• Margaret A. Cargill (MAC) Foundation
• American Cancer Society
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
• Google.org

Internal UA/UAF

• Alaska INBRE Minigrants
• Alaska ESPCoR Funding Opportunities
• Alaska Space Grant Program
• Biomedical Learning and Student Training (BLaST)
• Mountain West IDeA Clinical and Translational Research –Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN)