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Funding Search Databases
Pivot Proquest: Features funding opportunities for all disciplines, including federal and non-federal funding sources. Custom searches can be saved, and users can set-up automatic email alerts for their queries.
How to access: Set up individual user account.
GRC GrantSearch: Targeted database of approximately 2,000 funding opportunities that are recurring and have a national/regional scope.
How to access: Set up individual user account.
GRC Faculty Alerts: Customized funding alerts by disciplinary areas, activity types, and/or funding sponsors. Save one or multiple alerts and customize them as your project interests change. GRC will send you monthly email updates targeted to your criteria.
How to access: Use the institutional GRC log-in and password. Contact ORSP.
Grants.gov: Searchable database of all federal funding.
How to access: No log-in is required to search.
Foundations in Wisconsin: Searchable directory of active, grant-making foundations in Wisconsin.
How to access: UWL access is made available through the Murphy Library. Contact the Murphy Library reference desk with log-in issues.
H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online: Free online forum for faculty in the humanities and social sciences to access a variety of information, including funding opportunities.
How to access: No log-in is required.
Common External Grant Opportunities
American Honda Motor Company Community Gift Program
- Supports a range of community-centered programs
- Continuous deadline
- Supports tech education programs for underserved teens
- Spring Deadline
- Supports programming in the areas of health, education, recreation and basic needs, with a particular focus on low-income and disadvantaged youth and their families.
- Continuous deadline: Applications limited to one per organization per calendar year. Priority is first come, first served by contacting ORSP.
La Crosse Community Foundation
- Projects and programs that address a community need or priority. Program areas: Arts & Humanities, Culture & Diversity, Education, Environment, Faith, Health & Human Services, Recreation & Wellness, and Community Improvement
- Due January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15
La Crosse Public Education Foundation
- Requires a partnership with a School District Staff Member
- Due dates vary by program
People’s Food Co-op Community Fund
- Supports projects focused on: Food Access, Food Systems, Health and Well-being, Sustainable Agriculture, Social Change, and Cooperative Education
- Applications accepted from May 15 through June 15
- Due quarterly
- Pre-proposals generally due in January
- Local Community grants range from a minimum of $250 to a maximum of $5,000.
- Continuous deadline
- Supports projects under the following categories: housing affordability, financial health, and small business growth
- Continuous deadline
- Due dates vary by program
Wisconsin Athletic Trainers' Association (WATA)
- Research Grants: due April 1 and November 1
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
- Supports multiple grant programs with varying deadlines
Wisconsin Historical Society Preservation Project Curated List
- Features a variety of programs around the state that supports preservation projects
- Due dates vary by program
- Supports several research fellowships and other award programs
- Mini grants: due February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1
- Major grants: due April 15, August 15, and December 15
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
- Faculty programs:
- Research Infrastructure/SEED grants: generally due in December
- NASA sponsored competitions: generally due in November and February
- Undergraduate programs: due dates vary by program
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
- Grants to advance ornithological research by students and professionals, promote the study of birds by youth, enhance knowledge of Wisconsin wetlands, and implement shorebird management activities
- Due dates vary by program
- Deadline generally in spring (applications accepted by invitation only)
- Priorities: economic sustainability, STEM education, environment, arts & culture accessibility
This is a list of non-federal sponsors curated for UWL faculty and staff. It is not intended to be comprehensive. Complete a UWL Funding Finder request for individualized assistance finding funding that aligns with your project ideas.
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- Grants and fellowships in multiple disciplines (e.g., American Fellowships; Career Development Grants; Community Action Grants; International Fellowships; International Project Grants; Research Public Grant in Engineering, Medicine & Science; Selected Professions Fellowships)
- Cancer research in multiple disciplines (e.g., Research Scholar Grants, Institutional Research Grants, Health Equity Research in Cancer Control & Prevention)
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
- Multiple grants and fellowships in the humanities and humanistic social sciences (e.g., Collaborative Research, Digital Extension, China Studies, Buddhist Studies)
- Diabetes research (e.g., general research, career development & training, community capacity building, targeted solicitations)
- Cardiovascular research in multiple areas (e.g., AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award, basic research, career development, precision cardiovascular medicine, collaborative sciences)
- Youth education in STEM subjects, the environment, job training, and literacy
American Philosophical Association
- Funding for projects and initiatives beneficial to the philosophical community (e.g., Small Grant Fund, Fund for Diversity & Inclusiveness, Berry Fund for Public Philosophy, Teaching Fund)
American Philosophical Society
- Humanities and science research funding in multiple disciplines (e.g., astrobiology; field studies; small grants for library & archive travel, fieldwork, or laboratory research expenses; Native American research in linguistics, ethnohistory, and history of studies)
American Psychological Association (APA)
- Psychology-related grants, awards, and scholarships for faculty, students, educators, researchers, practitioners, and institutions
American Psychological Foundation (APF)
- Psychology-related grants and fellowships for researchers and teachers of psychology; as well as grants, scholarships, and fellowships for students
- Priority areas include: Empowering Women, Protecting the Environment, and Enhancing Communities
- Continuous deadline
Fulbright Scholar Program (Council for International Exchange of Scholars)
- Faculty, staff, administrator, student, and institutional awards to support international academic exchange
Human Frontier Science Program
- Interdisciplinary basic research on complex mechanisms of living organisms, especially collaborations that bring biologists together with scientists in fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering
- Advancing racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region. Program areas: Culture, Democracy, Education & Economic Mobility, Environment, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
- Arts & culture, education, environment, advancing health equity through housing funding, human services
Liberty Mutual Community Grants
- Priority is given to projects focusd on Education and Health and Human Services
- Continuous deadline
- Supports public PK-12 and institutions of higher education through Learning & Leadership Grants for individual or group professional development and Student Success Grants
- Supports a variety of projects
- Continuous deadline
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
- Cottrell Scholars program supports the research of early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy
- Social sciences research in multiple areas (e.g., Behavioral Economics; Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration; Social, Political, & Economic Inequality; Computational Social Science; Immigration & Immigrant Integration; Non-Standard Employment; Decision Making & Human Behavior in Context)
- HR-related scholarships for undergraduates and graduates; Innovation Grants for programs or services that bring awareness to the value of veterans in the workforce or build skills of HR professionals to attract, hire, and retain veterans
Sociological Initiatives (SI) Foundation
- Supports social change by linking research to social action (e.g., research on laws, policies, institutions, regulations, and normative practices that may limit equality in the US; research that furthers language learning and behavior)
- Supports a variety of projects
- Continuous deadline
- Education research (e.g., small and large education research grants, research-practice partnerships grants, field building conference grants)
- Support is made through invitation only. However, groups can submit an Information form if project work aligns with Target's initiatives.
- Promoting and strengthening liberal arts education
TESOL International Association
- Supports a number of TESOL initiatives, such as travel grants, professional learning scholarships, and teaching materials grants
- Supports broad-based research to promote water quality and improve water service to the public.
- Research that increases understanding of (1) the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes, and (2) how policymakers and practitioners acquire, interpret, and use research evidence (e.g., reducing inequality, improving the use of research evidence, building sustained research-practice partnerships, providing early-career development support for researchers)
Grants.gov (search all federal funding)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS)
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
National Archives, National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
US Department of Defense (DOD), Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
US Department of Education (ED)
US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA)
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