Grants.gov – The centralized, searchable clearing-house for over 900 grant programs from the 26 federal grant-making agencies. Several email alert features are available.
Institute of Translational Health Sciences (supported by grants from the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program)
ITHS offers funds for novel, innovative, and collaborative translational and clinical research. They also engage in collaborative partnerships with non-ITHS programs that provide funding for more targeted research opportunities.
Please check each funding opportunity for specific eligibility criteria, which are dependent on the requirements of the funding sources. These criteria may be based on topic area, academic affiliation, geography (e.g., Puget Sound area, WWAMI region), or other factors.
Federal Agencies
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Supports projects that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Supports research to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
Agency for International Development (USAID)
Supports research that is intended to produce knowledge that will offer solutions to specific development challenges including broad-based economic growth; environment; population, health and nutrition; democracy; and providing humanitarian assistance and aiding post-crisis transitions.
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Provides funding to help promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Grants assist health-related and research organizations that contribute to CDC’s mission through health information dissemination, preparedness, prevention, research, and surveillance.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Supports food and agriculture research, including biotechnology, genomics, pest management, biofuels, and childhood obesity.
Department of Defense
Supports basic and applied research related to the mission of each service. In addition to physics, materials, mathematics, computer science, etc., they may fund life science and psychology (e.g., human cognitive and behavioral modeling).
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Department of Education
Supports research on education from pre-school through higher education and adult education.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provides funding to strengthen teaching and learning in schools and colleges, facilitate research and original scholarship, provide opportunities for lifelong learning, preserve and provide access to cultural and educational resources, and strengthen the institutional base of the humanities.
National Institute of Justice
Provides grants for research, development and evaluation projects relating to criminal justice and forensic laboratory enhancement. Also funds research fellowships.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Supports research that increases our fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.
State Department – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Supports academic, cultural and professional exchange and training programs.