Office of Grants & Sponsored Research
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Search funding databases and explore common sources of support.
Search Sites
InfoEd SPIN Database
Rollins maintains a subscription to InfoEd SPIN, one of the most widely used funding opportunity databases covering all disciplines. The service tracks the funding programs (e.g., research grants, fellowships, publication support, sabbatical support, curriculum development, etc.) of over 6,000 government, private, and non-profit funding sources worldwide and is accessible to all Rollins faculty, staff, and students. Contact Devon Massot to request account for off-campus access.
Additionally, SPIN Matching And Research Transmittal Service (SMARTS) can deliver targeted funding opportunities that match specific search criteria directly to your inbox. Contact Devon Massot to get set up for this service.
Duke University's Searchable Funding Database
Provided by Duke’s Office of Research Support, this searchable database includes information on all funding sources for research and other scholarly projects across all disciplines.
Philanthropy News Digest
Philanthropy News Digest publishes active Requests For Proposals (RFP) and notices of awards from grant-making organizations and nonprofits. Sign up to get RFP alerts in specific fields.
Grants.gov
All discretionary grants offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies can be found through Grants.gov
H-Net
H-Announce service highlights calls for papers, calls for publication, workshops, sources of short-term funding, fellowships, and other events relevant to all humanities and social science disciplines.
ArtDeadline.com
Exhibitions, grants, news, and publication resources for artists of all disciplines.
Common Funding Sources
Arts, Humanities, and Humanities-Related Social Sciences
- Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Historical Association
- American Philosophical Society
- American Political Science Association
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Asian Cultural Council
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
- Association for Asian Studies
- Center for Chinese Studies
- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
- Creative Capital
- Cultural Mobility Funding Guide - artist exchanges to or from the U.S.
- FACE Foundation (French-American Cultural Exchange)
- Florida Humanities Council
- Global Religion Research Initiative
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Loeb Classical Library Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Collaborative Research Grants
- Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
- Digital Projects for the Public
- Fellowships
- Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions
- NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication
- Humanities Connections (course development grants)
- Public Scholar Program
- Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants
- Summer Stipends
- Summer Seminars and Institutes (to organize/host)
- Summer Seminars and Institutes (to attend)
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Spencer Foundation
- USArtists International
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- William T. Grant Foundation
Sciences and Social Sciences
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund
- American Economic Association
- American Educational Research Association
- American Political Science Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Sociological Association
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation
- CRDF Global
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida Conservation Grants
- Florida Department of Health
- Florida's State Wildlife Grants Program
- Institute of Education Sciences
- Mathematical Association of America
- Mindlin Foundation
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Geographic Society – field research & exploration
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) grants
- Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) supplements and sites
- International Research Experiences for Students (IRES)
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE)
- Search NSF awards
- Serve as an NSF reviewer
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement (astronomy, chemistry, physics)
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Simons Foundation
- Smith Richardson Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Science grants
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. and Global Issues and Policy
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Sociological Initiatives Foundation
- Spencer Foundation
- U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Institute of Peace
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Special Programs and Multidisciplinary
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- American Association of University Women - Summer/Short Term Research Publication grants
- Associated Colleges of the South
- Japan Foundation
- Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
- J.M. Kaplan Fund - Furthermore Grants in Publishing
- John Templeton Foundation
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- U.S. Dept. of Education International and Foreign Language Education
- VentureWell
Sabbatical/Leave Opportunities
U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program
Provides approximately 800 teaching and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Grants are available in over 125 countries worldwide. See recent and upcoming webinars for additional information.
Faculty Opportunities on Approved Semester Programs
A number of international Rollins-Approved Semester Program partners have opportunities for faculty to serve as visiting scholars and/or instructors and/or are interested in connecting faculty for the purposes of collaborative research or pedagogy. Please visit the Office of International Programs for additional information or contact Giselda Beaudin for further assistance.
Fellowships and Residencies
- Abe Fellowship
- American Academy in Berlin
- American Academy in Rome
- American Antiquarian Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Association of University Women - Fellowships
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
- American Councils for International Education
- American Institute of Indian Studies
- American Philosophical Society Resident Fellowships
- American Physical Society
- American Statistical Association
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Bogliasco Foundation
- Camargo Foundation
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers
- C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
- Dumbarton Oaks
- East-West Center Visiting Fellowships
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- The Frick Center for the History of Collecting
- George A. and Eliza Howard Foundation
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Getty Foundation
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- The Huntington
- Institute for Advanced Study
- John Carter Brown Library
- Korea Foundation
- Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships at Princeton
- Library Company of Philadelphia
- Library of Congress – Kluge Center
- MacDowell Colony
- Millay Colony for the Arts
- NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes (various locations)
- National Academies – Research Associateship Program
- National Humanities Center
- New York Public Library – Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
- New York Public Library -- Schomburg Center Scholars-in-Residence
- New York Public Library short-term research fellowships
- Newberry Library fellowships in the humanities
- Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
- Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
- Russell Sage Foundation visiting scholars program
- School for Advanced Research
- Science History Institute
- Smithsonian Institution fellowships
- Social Science Research Council
- Society for the Humanities at Cornell University
- Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia University
- Stanford Humanities Center
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Yaddo