Funding Opportunities
What is a grant? Think of a grant as funds awarded to an organization for specific purposes.
Who awards grants? Grant funders may be federal, state or local agencies, not-for-profit agencies or foundations, or private industry.
How do you find relevant grant opportunities? There are multiple ways to seek funds. You may start on your own, or meet with us to design a search plan.
Popular Funding Sources:
- Global Funding Opportunities: SPIN World's Largest Database of Sponsored Funding Opportunities.
- Federal Funding Opportunities are best searched for at Grants.gov.
- New York State Opportunities: New York State Grants Gateway.
- Chautauqua County Foundations: Chautauqua Grants.
Popular Training and Grant Writing Resources:
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Grants.gov's Grant Learning Center.
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National Science Foundation's How to Prepare an NSF Proposal: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Spring 2017.
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National Institutes of Health's page Get Started.