Opportunities
University of Minnesota Funding Resources
The Research & Innovation Office provides approximately $5 million in funding and awards annually to support and nurture the University’s systemwide research enterprise.
PIVOT Comprehensive Database for Funding
Pivot is a comprehensive database of funding opportunities and collaborators across many disciplines. It provides access to currently available research opportunities from a variety of funding sources (federal, foundation, private) and offers a mechanism to connect with researchers from other institutions. Pivot’s searchable and curated database of global funding opportunities covers over 13,000 public and private sponsors and over $70 billion of funding.
Pivot users can create and save individual searches. Research administrators can build department or topic searches that can be automatically updated on websites.
The UMN LIbraries Research Funding and Grants
Offers search tools, local resources, proposal development, additional funding sources, and sources for international activities.
Private Foundation RFP List
The University of Minnesota Foundation Central CFE team has assembled a list of current requests for proposals (RFPs) from private foundations. The list is updated continuously as new RFPs are announced. The purpose of this list is to share funding opportunities over $50,000 currently available from private funders that are aligned with programs and/or research University-wide. At the beginning of the month, SPH staff curates this list to identify RFPs that may have alignment with SPH research priorities.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please consult with Sara Veblen-Mortenson (veble001@umn.edu) and Advancement Staff (duda0040@umn.edu)
National Funding Sites
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants and Funding
NIH offers funding for many types of grants, contracts, and even programs that help repay loans for researchers. Learn about these programs, as well as about NIH’s budget process, grant funding strategies, and policies, and more.
University of Minnesota Library Proposal Search Tools and Training
The University Libraries offers a hands-on and online workshops on searching Pivot and the Foundation Directory Online (FDO).
American Cancer Society
As the nation’s largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society focuses its funding on investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed proposals.
American Gastroenterological Association
The AGA Research Foundation funds more than $2 million in research grants annually. The AGA funds research to ensure physicians have new tools and treatments to care for their patients.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Grant announcements from AHRQ for supporting research to improve the quality, effectiveness, accessibility, and cost effectiveness of health care.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is committed to funding cutting-edge science and building careers in science and research. Its new research vision focuses on 12 Essential Elements that ensure its program is at the forefront of global changes, emphasizing collaborative and team research, accelerating discovery, and driving groundbreaking research outcomes.
Centers for Disease Control
As the nation’s health protection agency, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish its mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
Department of Defense (Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs)
Responsibly manage collaborative research that discovers, develops, and delivers health care solutions for Service Members, Veterans, and the American public.
Environmental Protective Agency
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.
Foundation Directory Online
Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.
Grants.gov
Under the President’s Management Agenda, Grants.gov is chartered to deliver a system that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities.
HRSA
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
HRSA-Maternal and Child Health (MCHB)
Supporting an applied and translational research program is one of the many ways that MCHB meets its national responsibility to promote and improve the health and wellbeing of all mothers, children, and families.
National Institutes of Justice
NIJ — the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice — is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJ provides objective and independent knowledge and tools to inform the decision-making of the criminal justice community to reduce crime and advance justice, particularly at the state and local levels.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. It does this through grants, and cooperative agreements to more than 2,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations and other research organizations throughout the United States. The Foundation accounts for about one-fourth of federal support to academic institutions for basic research.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
At RWJF, we are working alongside others to build a national Culture of Health. Our goal is to help raise the health of everyone in the United States to the level that a great nation deserves, by placing well-being at the center of every aspect of life.
USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides leadership and funding for programs that advance agriculture-related sciences. We invest in and support initiatives that ensure the long-term viability of agriculture. NIFA applies an integrated approach to ensure that groundbreaking discoveries in agriculture-related sciences and technologies reach the people who can put them into practice
