Funding Opportunity Databases & Emails

Funding Opportunity Databases & Emails

*Note: The Office of Research Development disseminates federal and state funding opportunities that we anticipate our faculty might find of interest. We also strongly encourage faculty to register for Pivot-RP, a comprehensive online funding database that provides funding opportunities across all disciplines, allows users to save searches and track funding opportunities, and enables users to receive tailored funding recommendations and alerts.

Pivot link


To register for Pivot-RP, visit the Pivot RP website and sign in using the log in from my institution option. To learn more about getting started with Pivot-RP, visit their Knowledge Center here, or contact Jalon Martin, Research Development Coordinator, at jm277@rice.edu.

Federal Funding

Register to receive automatic notifications of new funding opportunities:
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/manage-subscriptions.html

Types of funding opportunities you’ll find posted on Grants.gov:
Opportunities for federal funding only. Grants.gov serves as a central repository for discretionary funding opportunities for all 26 federal grant-making agencies, and houses information on more than 1,000 funding opportunities.

Other resources available on the Grants.gov site:
You can download application packages and application instructions, submit application packages, track applications, receive training to learn how to use Grants.gov, and obtain troubleshooting help with the Grants.gov system.

Foundation and Corporate Funding

Register to receive automatic notifications of new funding opportunities: http://www.philanthropynewsdigest.org/user/register

Types of funding opportunities you’ll find posted in the RFP Bulletin: Opportunities for foundation and corporate funding only.

Other resources available on the Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin site: You can search for foundation- and philanthropy-related conferences, read blogs and commentaries on topics of importance to the philanthropic sector, obtain lists of recent books on foundation- and philanthropy-related subjects, and find foundation- and philanthropy-related jobs.

Limited Submissions

Note: Rice University is limited to 1 proposal for this program. Those interested in submitting a proposal to NSF should submit a brief Notice of Intent (NOI) to the Rice Office of Research via Infoready. The internal NOI is required but non-binding. If NOIs exceed sponsor submission limits, an internal pre-proposal competition may be required.

Types of funding opportunities you’ll find posted on Limited Submissions website:
Opportunities only for limited submission funding from federal and state agencies, as well as from foundations and corporations.

Other resources available on Rice’s Limited Submissions website:
You can view opportunities in list form or in calendar form, filter the opportunities in a wide variety of ways (by keyword, research area, funding mechanism, citizenship requirements, cost share requirements, sponsor type, sponsor, and internal and external due dates), and view both active and archived opportunities. The site is also fully accessible on mobile phones and tablets should you wish to view opportunities or submit an internal letter of intent or pre-proposal on the go.

Internal Funding

Types of funding opportunities you’ll find posted on the Creative Ventures website:
Opportunities that make up Creative Ventures represent more than $1 million available annually to support new and creative works in research and scholarship. The site currently lists university-wide funds, as well as a subset of other opportunities in Architecture, Engineering, Humanities, and Social Sciences. University-wide funds include the following:

  • Arts Initiatives Fund
  • Awards for International Travel
  • Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance
  • Brown Teaching Grants
  • CERCL Course Development Grant
  • Conference and Workshop Development Fund
  • DeLange Major Conference Grant
  • Doerr Leader Development Innovation Awards
  • Engineering Solutions in Surgery Joint Seed Grant Program
  • Faculty Initiatives Fund
  • Houston Solutions Lab
  • Inquiry-based Learning Development and Enhancment Grant
  • Inquiry-based Learning Planning Grants
  • InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards (IDEA)
  • Rice Shared Equipment Authority (SEA) New Equipment Proposals
  • Rice University and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Neuro-related Joint Seed Grant Program
  • Scholarly and Creative Works Subvention Fund
  • Scientia Small Conference Grant
  • Teaching Innovation Fund