Getting Started with Grant Opportunities

Faculty/Staff Research Profile Form:

To receive customized grant opportunities delivered directly to your e-mail inbox, fill in your research interests on the faculty research profile form. Send the completed faculty research profile form to ORSP either by:

• fax: 973-655-5150
• e-mail to orsp@mail.montclair.edu
• snail mail to College Hall, Room 309

Upon receipt of your Faculty Research Profile Form, ORSP will create an InfoEd account for you and you will receive SMARTs e-mails. SMARTs e-mails list relevant funding opportunities based on your profile across federal, state, and private funding sources.

Search Engines for External Funding Sources:

InfoEd is a company that facilitates and streamlines the research administration process. The SPIN search engine within InfoEd is quite advanced and yields topic specific results.

Grants.gov is a Federal central storehouse for information where applicants can locate and apply for Federal grants on over 1,000 programs.

Grant Advisor Plus is a leading source of information on grant, research, and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education and their faculty.

Links to Federal Agencies:

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
• NEA - National Endowment for the Arts
• NEH - National Endowment for the Humanities
• NIH - National Institutes of Health
• NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• NSF - National Science Foundation
• US Department of Education
• American Chemical Society (including Petroleum Research Fund)
  

• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Children and Families
  • Division of Youth and Family Services
• Department of Community Affairs
  • Historic Trust
• Council on Developmental Disabilities
• Department of Education
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Department of Health and Senior Services
• Commission on Higher Education
• Department of Human Services
• Department of Labor and Workforce Development
• Commission on Science and Technology
• Department of the State
  • Historical Commission
  • State Council on the Arts
• Department of Transportation

Other New Jersey Funding Agencies:

• Council for the Humanities
• The New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium

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Updated: May 9, 2012