Division of Research and Economic Development:Grant Search Engines

How exactly do I search for funding?

You may be comfortable using search engines to search for information, products or the latest news. Fortunately, you can also use specially designed search engines to search for grants and external resources to fund your next research project.

Listed below are online resources available for locating funding opportunities and collaborators in your area of interests.

The Search Engines

We’ve compiled a number of online resources to help you locate funding opportunities and collaborators in your areas of interest.

Federal and State Funding

  • FedConnect – Search opportunities for federal contracts and grants.
  • Grants.gov – Search this comprehensive database for all federal funding using keywords, CFDA number or sponsor.
  • Texas eGrants – Search competitive funding opportunities offered by the State of Texas.

For the Humanities

  • H-NET – Humanities and Social Net creates and coordinates Internet networks for research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Nonprofits

  • GuideStar – Search this National Database of Nonprofit Organizations. You must register for a free account to search the database.
  • Grantsnet.org – Funding Directory represents a list of all programs currently entered in the GrantsNet database support by the nonprofit Advancing Science Serving Society.

General Searches

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