Funding Opportunities and Resources

Grant Search

Randolph College maintains a subscription to the grant search platform GrantForward. This platform allows users to search for grants related to their interests, save the search for future notifications, and provide a more comprehensive search of all available grants, including private and government grants. All you have to do is sign up using your college email address!

Please contact the Sponsored Programs Officer if you have any questions about the service.

Federal Funding Agencies

Grants.gov
Grants.gov is the U.S. government’s central grant portal.

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Department of Education
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Fulbright Scholars Program
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• NASA Headquarters
• Office of Naval Research

State Funding Agencies

• State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Virginia Commission for the Arts
• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Environmental Endowment
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Foundations and Non-Profit Agencies

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• American Council of Learned Societies
• Ford Foundation (fellowships)
• Getty Foundation
• Human Frontier Science Program
• International Research & Exchanges Board
• Jeffress Memorial Trust
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Research Corporation for Science Advancement
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Disciplinary Organizations

• American Philosophical Association
• American Psychological Association
• Virginia Academy of Science

Additional Proposal Writing Resources

• Affordable Colleges Online – College Resource Center – Expert Tips for Writing a Winning Grant Proposal 
• Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Fulbright – Project Statement Samples
• Grants.gov: Grants Learning Center
• GrantSpace
• Human Frontier Science Program: Art of Grantsmanship
• National Institutes of Health: Center for Scientific Review
• National Science Foundation: Preparing Proposals

*Please note this list is not exhaustive and GrantForward will provide a more comprehensive search.