Federal Funding
Federal government agencies provide the majority of research funds for Drexel investigators. Most federal agencies maintain their own research funding portals and provide overall guidelines and documentation to assist you in your proposal development.
The central database for federal grants is Grants.gov. Another federal database is SAM.gov, which provides opportunities for larger research projects and other goods and services by investigators. Both of these sites offer customizable email notification services for upcoming solicitations. However, for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF), we encourage you to continue using those agencies' own websites as well.
Click on each research area below for a list of relevant government agencies and programs with links to their websites.
Research Areas
- Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
Fellowships
Career Development
- NSF Career Development opportunities for junior faculty
- NIH Career Development Opportunities
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Training Grants
- NSF Research Traineeship Program (NRT)
- NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT)
- NIH Institutional Training Grants (all levels)
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Not sure which agency is the best fit for your research? Search awards by each agency.
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
- Department of Education Institute for Education Sciences (IES)
- Department of Energy Office of Science (DoE OS)
- Elsevier Funding Institutional – Award Database Search
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institutes of Health RePORTER (NIH, CDC, AHRQ, HRSA, SAMSA, VA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)