Fund Your Research

Research Funding Agencies and Funding Opportunities

A significant task that researchers face is identifying sponsors to fund a project. The Office of Contracts and Grants (OCG), Pre-Award, focuses on proposal preparation and submission, and provides support services for faculty members who need assistance in locating appropriate sponsors.

Receive DOR Emails on Funding Opportunities and Awards Management Topics
OCG provides faculty-wide or targeted announcements on major grant opportunities as that information is received. Faculty who have joined a research cluster and who have requested to be added to a dedicated Division of Research email distribution group will receive the notices on a weekly basis.

Limited Submission Proposals
In cases where a sponsor limits the number or type of proposals that an institution may submit, the Division of Research coordinates a process to determine which proposals are submitted to the agency.

Internal Awards
The University of Houston provides internal awards to support the development of research within the university through the Excellence in Research and Scholarship Program, the New Faculty Research Program, the Small Grants Program, and the Grants to Enhance and Advance Research Program (GEAR).

The Division of Research has prepared guidelines for the preparation of proposals requesting funding to develop new Core Facilities and enhance existing Core Facilities to advance the research infrastructure at UH. Core Facilities are defined as major research instrumentation, laboratories, or facilities that will be used by a broad group of researchers within and outside UH.

                    

Funding Opportunities: Registers
Community of Science: Pivot
FedBizOpps.gov
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Grants.gov
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation manages grants and announcements thru FastLane.
View a listing of active funding opportunities.
Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide, January 2011
Grant Proposal Guide, January 2011
Award and Administration Guide, January 2011

The Foundation Center

The Foundation Center offers access to a wide variety of services on funding opportunities and proposal preparation.
Read The Foundation Center’s Philanthropy News Digest.
View a listing of recent funding opportunities.
View Proposal Writing Short Course.

Funding Opportunities: National, Government
Most governmental organizations announce, accept and/or manage awards through Community of Science, Grants.gov, NSF or NIH. UH faculty and staff are encouraged to use these resources.

Funding Opportunities: National, Organizations and Foundations
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
American Cancer Society (ACS)
American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF)
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
American Heart Association (AHA)
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Fulbright Scholar Program
Ford Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

Lewis-Burke Memorandums
Federal Opportunities for Hispanic Serving Institutions (April 2012)
Federal Funding Opportunities for Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (September 2012)
Federal Opportunities for Hispanic Serving Institutions (October 2012)