• Grants.gov
  The single online source for all Federal grants.

• SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network)
  SPIN is a computer database with detailed information about thousands of federal, nonfederal, and international funding opportunities. There is no charge to University of Minnesota faculty and staff for using the system. SPIN requires users to have a University of Minnesota IP address. Therefore, SPIN can easily be accessed from campus computer systems; however, VPN must be installed and run on remote systems to gain access. Information on VPN, its installation and use, and software downloads can be found at http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/network/vpnoverview.html.
  If you encounter difficulty connecting to the SPIN database, please contact tmcclun@umn.edu or call 612.624.9250.

• Foundation Center
  Opportunities and information on foundations, corporate sponsors, and public charities.

• Community of Science
  Search for funding opportunities or subscribe to funding alert.

• Funding Opportunities via TRAM (Texas Research Administrators Group)
  Search solicitations, proposal requests, and program descriptions from various agencies. The data for the search engine is updated once a day, and a list of the URLs that are indexed for the search is available.

• GENIUS Search

• GrantsNet To find funds for training in the biological sciences and undergraduate science education.

For details on the funding and grants process through the NSF, click on the NSF icon above.

NSF Links

• Agency for Children and Families (ACF)
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  
• Bureau of Health Professions (BHP) Grants Page
  
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
• Congressionally Directed Mandated Research Programs (CDMRP)
  
• Cooperative State Research Education & Extension Service (CSREES)
  
• Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR)
  
• Department of Defense Broad Agency Announcements (DOD BAA)
• FedBizOpps
  
• Federal Register
  
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  
• NASA / Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications (OLMSA) Research Opportunities
  
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
  
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
  
• Office for Human Research Protections
  
• Office of Minority Health (OMH) Resource Center
  
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
  
• U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
  
• U.S. Army Research Office
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research Education & Extension Service (CSREES)
  
• U.S. Department of Education
  
• U.S. Department of Energy
  
• U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  
• U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• AARP Andrus Foundation
  
• American Cancer Society
  
• American Federation for AIDS Research (AmfAR)
  
• American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
  
• American Lung Association
  
• American Paralysis Association
  
• Arthritis Foundation
  
• Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
  
• Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate (Cap CURE)
  
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  
• Cancer Research Foundation of America
• Christensen Fund
  
• Dermatology Foundation
  
• Hereditary Disease Foundation
  
• Honda Initiation Grant
  
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  
• International Union Against Cancer
  
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  
• Leukemia Society of America
  
• March Of Dimes
  
• Minnesota Council on Foundations
  
• Minnesota Humanities Commission
  
• Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco
  
• National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
  
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  
• National Kidney Foundation
  
• National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD)
  
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
  
• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
  
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
  
• Pew Charitable Trusts
  
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
• Funding Opportunities Listed in The Scientist
  
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
  
• Whitaker Foundation
  

The Office of the Vice President for Research maintains a listing of intramural funding opportunities at www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/intramural/index.html.



Extramural Funding Opportunities that Limit the Number of Applications

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs can help faculty researchers find funding opportunities and develop their research into marketable businesses. Competition for SBIR and STTR funding is relatively low, and the range of research possibilities is broad. Ten federal agencies (the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Education, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and the EPA, NASA, and NSF) are required to set aside a portion of their research and development budget exclusively for SBIR/STTR contracts. These programs were authorized by congress and are awarded to small business to fund research and development projects in cooperation with research institutions. Proposals having the greatest potential for commercialization are given funding priority.

For more information, including links to various SBIR and STTR programs, go to
http://www.ospa.umn.edu/fundingopportunities/sbir_sttr.html.
or
http://www.zyn.com/sbir/

For assistance with finding partners to bid on these opportunities, contact:

Betsy Lulfs
Program Director, SBIR/STTR Assistance Program
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
1st National Bank Building
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E200
St. Paul, MN 55101-1351
651.282.6714 phone
651.296.5287 fax
betsy.lulfs@state.mn.us
www.deed.state.mn.us/sbir