Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC

The first step for you as a researcher or an institution seeking grant funding is to identify funding sources that fit your research or institutional priorities. 

That means not only identifying likely funders, but also determining what programs within those funders' organizations are likely to support the projects for which you seek funding.

How we can help:

• We offer seminars and workshops for faculty and staff on how to identify and evaluate potential funding sources and how to make strategic decisions on which funding opportunities to pursue.
• We offer individual consultation with faculty, working with them to identify and evaluate potential funding sources that best fit their research and education interests.
• We offer on-going support for institutions and faculty research groups in which work with them to develop and pursue a long-term strategic plan for identifying and pursuing funding through competitive grants. 

For more information on how to work with us, please see our About Us page, or contact us for an estimate at LDeckard@academicresearchgrants.com or 979-693-0825

Helpful Resources for Finding Funding

Agency Funding Webpages

• National Science Foundation
• National Institutes of Health:
  • Requests for Applications (RFAs)
  • Program Announcements (PAs)
  • Parent Announcements (unsolicited proposals)
  • National Institutes of Health - social and behavioral research

• Department of Energy:Office of Science
• Department of Energy:EERE
• Department of Energy: ARPA-E
• Department of Energy:NETL
• DoD: Office of Naval Research
• DoD: Air Force Office of Sponsored Research
• DoD: Army Research Office
• DoD: CDMRP
• NASA
• USDA

For a comprehensive table of "who funds what", excerpted from our Sept. 2011 New Faculty Issue Newsletter, click here (pdf)

For a more comprehensive list of funding pages and open long-range solicitations, go here.

Compilations of Funding Announcements

• Grants.gov (all federal funding opportunities are announced here - use the "Advanced Search" feature to narrow down your search)
• Foundation Center (funding from non-profit foundations)
• Science Magazine's GrantsNet
• University of Iowa
• Duke University