Major Sponsor Sites

There are many funding agencies that provide funds to colleges and universities.  Becoming acquainted with particular agencies – their mission, organizational structure, etc. can benefit in the pursuit of grant procurement. 

This listing serves as a basic reference for a number of likely funding sources, not as a comprehensive listing.  If you would like more comprehensive information please use the SPIN database or search on grants.gov.

General Funding Search Sites

• GrantForward 
• Grants.gov
• FedMoney.org
• Federal Business Opportunities
• proposalCENTRAL
• eReceipt System/CDMRP

Federal Agency Links

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
• Army Research Office (ARO)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Department of Defense/ Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of House and Urban Development (HUD)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Justice (Department of Justice) (NIJ)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) (NIST) 
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)

State Agency Links

• Mental Health and Addiction Services (Formerly Ohio Department of Mental Health and Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services)
• Ohio Arts Council
• Ohio Board of Regents
• Ohio Commission on Minority Health
• Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
• Ohio Department of Education
• Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
• Ohio Development Services Agency (Formerly known as the Ohio Department of Development)

Private Agency Links

• ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research
• American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
• Alzheimer’s Association (AA)
• American Cancer Society (ACS)
• American Diabetes Association (ADA)
• American Education Research Association (AERA)
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
• American Heart Association (AHA)
• American Historical Association
• American Lung Association (ALA)
• Arthritis Foundation (AF)
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)
• Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• Leukemia Research Foundation
• March of Dimes (MOD)
• Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ)