Locate Funding Opportunities
Tips for Starting a Funding Search
- Identify and use keywords instead full sentences/descriptions.
- Know what type of funding you are looking for—sabbatical funding, summer pay, student support, supplies, travel, publication, etc. This can help you define your search parameters.
- Make sure you are eligible for the funding.
- Make sure to check with your professional organization(s) to see if they have any funding opportunities in your field.
- Sign up for listservs that distribute notifications of funding opportunities.
- Remember that funding is often distributed in cycles. If you found a funding opportunity, but the application deadline has passed, then you will need to wait until the next funding cycle to apply. Depending on the program, the cycle could vary from quarterly to biannually.
- Once you find a funding source, please check with ORGA before starting your application. We will look over the guidelines to determine your eligibility, in addition to providing assistance with the budget and other administrative items frequently required of grant proposals.
Start Searching!
Internal Resources
- Email ORGA for assistance with funding opportunities (orga@cofc.edu)
External Resources
External Databases useful place to start when conducting a funding search
- grants.gov can find all federal funding opportunities here
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Foundation Center
- The Grantsmanship Center
Other External Resources list of funding sources that have frequently been utilized by College faculty/staff
Federal Funding Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
- NASA
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- National Institutes of Health
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Parks Service
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- US Department of Education
- US Department of Energy
- US Department of Justice
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service
- US Geological Survey
State/Local Funding Agencies
- City of Charleston-Community Assistance and Accommodations Tax Grants
- SC Arts Commission
- SC Department of Education
- SC Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
- SC Humanities
- SC IDeA Networks Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)
- SC Sea Grant Consortium
- SC Space Grant Consortium
Private Funding Agencies