Grants and Funding: Home

An extensive lists of grants compiled by topic area from Michigan State University.

A list put together by Northeastern University.

There are thousands of federal agencies, private foundations, corporations, and associations in the United States that support instructional projects, research, technology, and innovation. Browse by grant type or topic for a list of grant funding sources to fit your project.

This foundation helps universities to “become more entrepreneurial—not only in what they teach and how they teach it, but in how they operate.”

“The Henry Luce Foundation seeks to bring important ideas to the center of American life, strengthen international understanding, and foster innovation and leadership in academic, policy, religious and art communities.”

“The digital media and learning initiative aims to determine how digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to education and other social institutions that must meet the needs of this and future generations.”

This foundation provides funding for initiatives designed to “to increase awareness of the benefits of higher education, improve student access to and preparedness for college, improve student success in college and increase productivity across the higher education system.”

This foundation’s mission is to “investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world.” It funds grants focusing on several different aspects of higher education.

This foundation is “committed to promoting and strengthening liberal education.” Their programs “generally encourage collaboration among institutions, seeking to generate new knowledge on issues of importance to higher education.”

The free online directory from the Foundation Center lets you find in depth information about specific Foundations. More features can be accessed with paid individual accounts.

Information on grantseeking in the arts with helpful links.

Government grants. Choose "Arts" as the category.

Grants in the Science Education program area promote access to the scientific enterprise, provide information about scientific and technical careers, and encourage innovation to the structure of scientific training.

These grants are “For support to develop and/or implement a program as it relates to a category in one or more of the areas of education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation.” For currently available R25 grants, search here using the keyword “R25.” You can also subscribe to the NIH’s weekly email of all NIH grant opportunities

This directorate includes the Division of Graduate Education (DGE), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), and Division of Research on Learning (DRL), all of which offer funding opportunities of potential interest to the science, engineering, and mathematics community. The most recent EHR program announcements are available, and you can subscribe to these announcements via email or RSS.