Funding Sources

The following offices at Northwestern are available to help you find opportunities to fund your research:

• The Office for Research Development can help you search funding databases for opportunities related to your specific research interests or facilitate collaborative research relationships with other faculty members.
• The Office for Foundation Relations assists with both seeking and applying for funding from a number of foundations.
• The Office of Corporate Relations works with establishing partnerships between faculty and corporate sponsors.

Information on available listservs and subscription-based search engines:

• The Office for Research Development maintains several internal listservs for funding opportunities in specific research areas: ORD Research Listservs
• Northwestern also subscribes to a number of searchable databases that collect funding opportunities: Comprehensive Search Engines

Some useful search engines to note:

• SciVal Funding™ Receive targeted funding recommendations and alerts based on pre-populated research profile.
• Community of Science (COS) Funding Alerts A large funding database that contains awards from the government, philanthropic, and industrial sectors in all fields.

Additional sources:

• Talk to your peers/mentors about research funding opportunities in your field
• Subscribe to federal agency listservs
• Check the Foundation Center RFP Bulletin