Seed Grant Programs (GEM, RC, SPARC)
Capital Equipment Grant Program
All faculty are encouraged to utilize USU’s Funding Finder database. The Funding Finder database contains research and creative activity funding opportunities from Federal sources and private entities. The database also contains nomination opportunities for faculty to be recognized for their work, limited competition programs, and internal seed grant opportunities.
The Funding Finder newsletter is sent via email to subscribers each week and lists a sample of the funding opportunities posted within the past 7 days. You can subscribe to the Funding Finder newsletter by following the information on the main page of the database.
- Grants.gov
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (Dept. of Defense)
- Department of Education
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Department of Agriculture (Funding Resources)
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Homeland Security
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- United States Army Research Office
- United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Office of Naval Research
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Department of Energy
- Department of Housing & Urban Development
- Institute of Museum & Library Services
- Fulbright
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship
- National Archives & Records Administration
- FedBizOpps
- Federal Register
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Philosophical Society
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- United States Institute of Peace
- The Foundation Center (Philanthropy News Digest)
- H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Utah Division of Arts & Museums
- Utah Humanities Council
- American Council of Learned Societies
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Institute of Museum & Library Services
- National Archives & Records Administration
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- American Philosophical Society
- United States Institute of Peace
- Fulbright
- Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship
- H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online
The National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) has a compiled list of research grant mechanisms, types, and programs representing collaborative, cross-disciplinary (multi/inter/transdisciplinary), and team-based funding opportunities.
Foundation Directory Online
Limited free searches can be done on the FDO’s public site. If you want to conduct a full search of the database, contact your college’s proposal development specialist.