Funding Opportunities
Here you will find links to a wide variety of sites with information on funding opportunities. This includes internal funding for faculty, as well as federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Veterans Health Administration. It also includes links to a selection of non-federal agencies and foundations who regularly release funding opportunity announcements. You will also find links to searchable databases, such as Fed Biz Opps and the Foundation Center.
Internal Funding for Faculty
- Office of the Vice Provost: Limited Applications
- Penn's University Research Foundation (URF)
- Pilot and Seed Grants
- SOM Bridge Funding Program (PennKey log-in required)
- Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund
External Funding
Federal Agencies
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Federal Register
- Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants/Funding
- NIH Funding Opps
- NIH Common Fund (Office of Strategic Coordination)
- NIH New & Early Stage Investigator Program
- NIH Training Grants
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- VHA Research and Development: Resources for Researchers
Selected Non-Federal Agencies and Foundations
- Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
- Alzheimer's Association
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Federation for Aging
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- Arthritis Foundation
- Barth Syndrome Foundation
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America
- March of Dimes
- The McKnight Foundation
- National MS Society
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Searchable Databases
- AAAS/ HHMI GrantsNet
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Fed Biz Opps
- Foundation Center
- Grant Advisor Plus
- Grantsmanship Center
- HHS Grants/Funding