Step 1: Find Funding
Find Funding
Looking for your next opportunity? SPD helps you target the right fit, set alerts,
and plan a competitive path to submission.
Funding Databases
Use sponsor and aggregator tools to search by keyword, discipline, deadline, and eligibility.
SPD can set up saved searches and email alerts tailored to your interests.
Limited Submissions
Some opportunities limit how many proposals NMT may submit. SPD coordinates these
calls to ensure a fair, transparent selection.
Sponsor Portals & Tools
Search and apply through major sponsor portals:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Grants.gov – Federal opportunities across agencies
- Department of Defense (DoD) – Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs) & service branches
- Department of Energy (DOE) – OCED, EERE, Office of Science
- Department of Education (ED) – Grant opportunities
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Foundations
Private and corporate foundations fund a wide range of projects. SPD can help scope
prospects and align proposals. Funding opportunities from foundations can be found in the Foundation Directory Online.
Early Career
Targeted guidance for Early Stage Investigator and Early Career programs (e.g., NSF
CAREER, NIH K-series and MOSAIC, DOE Early Career). Visit Early Career for timelines, writing tips, and examples.
PIVOT https://pivot.proquest.com/
NMT has a subscription to this service, it locates funding opportunities from federal and non-federal sources. Once faculty and staff have registered in PIVOT they receive weekly notices of opportunities. You can also do keyword searches to find opportunities that match your specific area and track opportunities that you are interested in (PIVOT will email you when the opportunity opens).
Environmental Protection Agency: National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
NCER periodically sends out emails to subscribers announcing new grants and/or funding opportunities or highlighting new documents in specific subject areas.
EdInfo delivers 2-3 messages per week from the U.S. Department of Education to your e-mail account. Each message features one report or initiative (or other information) from the U.S. Department of Education.
The DOE's IIPS website provides a listing of financial assistance opportunities; be aware, though, that it can be difficult to sort through.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Each week the NIH transmits via LISTSERV email the Table of Contents (TOC) information for that week's issue of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Associated with each TOC entry is the URL address for each Guide article/opportunity.
National Science Foundation (NSF): MyNSF
An alert service for NSF grant opportunities, publications and news that you customize to your own needs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Search for and view open, closed, past, and future NASA research announcements. The full text of the solicitation announcements can be viewed and downloaded.
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)