UMC Library: Grant Resources: Funding Sources

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Foundation Directory
By combining exhaustive data with intuitive search functionality and informative data visualizations, Foundation Directory delivers the information you need to reach your fundraising goals quickly and efficiently.
Pivot-RP
Pivot-RP accelerates the research process by providing access to the most comprehensive global source of research funding opportunities, facilitating collaborator discovery, and offering insights and short-cuts to help research organizations win a larger share of available funding.
Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN)
Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN) is a database with detailed information about thousands of federal, non-federal, and international funding opportunities.

Sponsored Projects Administrations
SPA is the University of Minnesota system-wide office authorized to submit research proposals. Its Funding opportunities page includes a list of Databases of Extramural Funding Opportunities.
OVPR Funding
Features grant programs that are open to all campuses of the University of Minnesota and are supported by funds from a variety of sources.
University of Minnesota Internal Funding
This table lists the internal funding opportunities available at the University of Minnesota.
Limited Extramural Funding
This list features externally funded grant opportunities that require university coordination because the sponsor has limited the number of applications an institution is allowed to submit. Each posting has a link to sponsor specific information as well as detailed internal submission instructions.

Minnesota Council on Foundations
Includes many resources for finding and writing grants to Minnesota foundations and funding sources.
Minnesota Common Grant Form
The Minnesota Common Grant Application Form is designed to help make the grantseeking process simpler and more efficient for nonprofits.
Grants.gov
Background on all Federal grants. Also check specific agencies' web sites for the most current information and more detail.
MN Department of Agriculture Funding
View a list of all loan, grant, and other funding opportunities available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Open Grants
Open Grants, from the Moore Foundation, includes grant proposals made openly available by researchers. This resources includes proposals for foundation and society funders, as well as federal funders in the United States and internationally.