Grant Databases

Sponsored Funding Opportunities Database 

Description 

Getting Started 

Infoed SPIN and GENIUS 

Infoed's SPIN search engine and associated GENIUS database is the world's most widely subscribed to database of funding opportunities and is heavily used by a large number for primarily undergraduate institutions.   This is a subscription fee based service.  Paid for by the IPPSP office.

For access to SPIN, contact the IPS office.  A username and password needs to be created prior to accessing this resource.

Grants Resource Center (GRC)

There are three options we provide regarding the GRC funding opportunities database.  Each of these is noted below.   This is a subscription fee based service. Also paid for by the IPSSP office.

See more details for each of the three options below or contact the IPS office.

Each month, all faculty members receive the Funding Opportunities Bulletin in pdf format.  This provides descriptions, priorities, complete contact information, and links for a number of opportunities with deadlines that are less than three months away. These are broadly sorted by discipline.   This pdf is also published to the IPS web site.

Check your e-mail inbox for the monthly Bulletin, which is typically issued by the IPS office during the second week of each month or please visit Professional Development Opportunities .

You may sign up for the targeted funding opportunities program, where you provide a list of key terms and subject areas, along with your contact information.  These are then forwarded to the GRC and your profile entered into a database, resulting in your receiving monthly e-mails of targeted funding opportunities.

Please see Customized Funding Opportunities     for additional details and how to sign up.  Contact the IPS office at x1251 if you have additional questions. 

Option three is to search the GRC database yourself.   An institutional password and username is required.

Contact the IPS office at x1251 for more information on how to access this option.

Foundation Center 

A database of private and corporate foundations.  The IPS office possesses a three volume set of printed materials.  This is a subscription fee based service.

Please visit the IPS office to access these materials.

Grants.gov 

A centralized database for sponsored programs across many branches and agencies of the federal government.  Access to this service is free and universally accessible.

Click on the link to proceed directly to the web site and start searching!

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

An independent federal agency that funds a large share of basic research undertaken at American colleges and universities.  Access to this service is free and universally accessible.

Click on the link to proceed directly to the web site and start searching!