Whether you're a student, a recent Ph.D., or a senior faculty member, the search for sponsorship information is the first step toward research funding. Those new to grant seeking will find the information they need in this section of the ORS website. So will established investigators, who can learn here about new sources of funding, internal competitions for Institutionally Limited Opportunities, and new developments affecting the grant-seeking process.

Funding Search Tools

Electronic aids for locating research funding include funding databases, email alert services, the funding resource center, and our funding search tutor.

Funding Announcements

Our newsletters, the weekly Duke Funding Alert and monthly Grants Deadlines, are published on the Funding Opportunities website. ORS also maintains lists of Duke Internal Funding and Institutionally Limited Opportunities lists.

Postdoctoral and Student Funding

Funding sources are shown for graduate and undergraduate students seeking research and project funds, as well as information for postdoctoral researchers. Sources for students and researchers seeking international research project and travel funding are also listed.

Sponsors

Quick links are provided to major research sponsor websites, as well as their grants and forms webpages.

Publications & Resources

Additional helpful tools for funding searches have been compiled, such as agency-based grant opportunity listings and information about professional societies in research administration.

Proposal Writing Guides

ORS staff has collected some of the better proposal writing guides available on the web, including agency and disciplinary specific proposal preparation material.

Last updated, August 28, 2006.