Finding Funding
Databases
Many resources exist for faculty to seek funding for their projects. The following is a list of grant databases, foundation-related websites, and informational resources to assist you on your quest for external funding.
Please keep in mind that some of these databases require a subscription to perform advanced searches. Also, we can structure daily searches for your projects in several of our databases and send you RFP announcements and targeted funding opportunities for those projects on a daily basis.
| Database | Description |
|---|---|
| Pivot RP | Pivot RP will conduct grants research for you. Single search government agency and private funding source database on CSUN website. |
| Grants.gov | Grants.gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards. All funding announcement for all federal agencies (e.g. Department of Education, Department of Labor, National Science Foundation) are now stored in a comprehensive database. |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | An independent agency of the federal government and the largest funder of humanities initiatives nationwide. Funds a variety of programs and disciplines including cultural resources; scholarly activities and research; film/television/radio; education; and museums/archives. |
| U.S. National Science Foundation | NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories. |
| NIH Grants and Funding | As the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, NIH supports a variety of programs from grants and contracts to loan repayment. Learn about assistance programs, how to identify a potential funding organization, and past NIH funding. |
| Candid | A fee-based online Foundation Directory. Excellent resource for private foundation and corporate giving; RFP bulletins; funding trends; and research tips. |
| The Grantsmanship Center | Excellent resource for researching, writing, and funding programs through foundation, corporate, and government agency support. |
General Internet Search
It is important to go beyond the realm of the structured database search to identify funding trends among similar organizations (locations; funding histories; community partnerships, etc.) through internet research.