Funding Search Tools
STANFORD RESOURCES
DoResearch [https://doresearch.stanford.edu/funding]
Pivot is a funding opportunities database that helps you find grant notices in medicine, humanities, social sciences, engineering, and science from federal and private sources.
https://doresearch.stanford.edu/how-to/use-pivot
The Stanford Research Development Office (RDO) curates lists of open and recurring funding opportunities to highlight large, collaborative, and/or strategic funding opportunities that may be of particular interest to the Stanford community.
https://doresearch.stanford.edu/curated-funding-opportunities
- Curated Funding Opportunities in Humanities, Arts, and Interpretive Social Sciences
- Curated Funding Opportunities in STEM* (*includes social sciences that utilize quantitative methods)
School of Medicine - Research Management Group
The Research Management Group curates a list of grant opportunities in the biomedical sciences.
https://med.stanford.edu/rmg/funding.html
Candid
Foundation Directory online database is a prospect research tool that provides information on more than 242,000 grantmakers. Grantmaker profiles include private and independent foundations; corporate foundations; U.S. federal funders; public charities; and international foundations.
- To access Foundation Directory for free via the library’s subscription: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/databases
- Instructions on how to perform Foundation Directory searches: https://help.candid.org/s/article/How-do-I-Search-in-Foundation-Directory-Online
Foundation Landscapes combine multiple resources, including data visualization tools, original research, and more to illuminate critical issues in philanthropy so you can see you where you stand:
https://candid.org/explore-issues/foundation-landscapes
Philanthropy News Digest publishes Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and notices of awards as a free service for U.S.-based nonprofit and grantmaking organizations.
https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rfps
NON-STANFORD RESOURCES (requires subscription outside of Stanford)
GrantForward
https://www.grantforward.com/index
GrantStation
https://grantstation.com/search/us-funders
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