Proposals

Locating Funding Opportunities and Collaborators

Find funding and collaborators using the following resources.

If you have additional questions, please contact your Research Administrator or the Research Development Manager.

Northwestern Offices

• The Office of Research Development can help you search funding databases for opportunities related to your specific research interests or facilitate collaborative research relationships with other faculty members.
• The McCormick Office of Corporate Engagement helps create research partnerships between McCormick and industry.
• The Office of Foundation Relations assists with seeking and applying for funding from private foundations.

Listservs and Bulletins

• Subscribe to the Office of Research Development's listserv of federal funding opportunities.
• Subscribe to Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relation's listserv of corporate and foundation funding opportunities.
• Foundation Center provides funding announcements on grantmaking foundations, corporate giving programs, and public charities in the United States.
• Grants.gov Find Opportunities service: Official federal grants and contracts search site, provides daily email service.
• NSF Update: A weekly email alert service with subscription options that include new research opportunities, upcoming deadlines, and other content categories.
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: A weekly email compilation of new research opportunities from across the NIH.

Funding Search Engines

• Funding Institutional: A large funding opportunity and grant awards database that contains awards from the government, philanthropic, and industrial sectors in all fields

Collaborator Databases

• Northwestern Scholars
  A searchable database for Northwestern University researchers and investigators.