Grants and Funding Resources

Searching for Funding Opportunities

• Internal institutional funding opportunities intended to facilitate UIC research and lead to extramural funding: https://research.uic.edu/sponsoredprograms/funding-opportunities/internal-funding/
• Search engines sponsored by the OVCR, for external funding opportunities: https://research.uic.edu/sponsoredprograms/funding-opportunities/external-funding/
• Active NIMHD funding opportunities: https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/funding/nimhd-funding/active_foa.html
• The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts is NIH’s official publication of notices of grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). https://grants.nih.gov/funding/searchguide/index.html#/
• Active funding opportunities at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: https://www.rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/grants-explorer/funding-opportunities.html

NIH Grant Writing Resources

• NIH Grants Basics: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm
• Fundamentals of the NIH Grant Process and Need to Know Resources: https://youtu.be/-U72FWz2YCg
• Plan Your NIH Application: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/planning_application.htm
• NIH Biosketch Format Pages, Instructions and Samples: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms/biosketch.htm
• Develop Your NIH Budget: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/format-and-write/develop-your-budget.htm
• NIH Standard Application Due Dates: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and-submission-policies/due-dates.htm