Office of Undergraduate Research
Legare 126
Phone: 803-777-1141
Email: our@sc.edu

Search for Funding

Looking for money for your research? The following links will help.

PLEASE NOTE: All funding requests must go through the Sponsored Awards Management Office. Please contact them for more information: http://sam.research.sc.edu/  

Do not let the name mislead you, Community of Science (COS) is the most comprehensive searchable database for funding opportunities. It is not just for biology, engineering, chemistry, etc. Funding is available for music, law, economics, costuming, history, etc. To use the system, you will need to set up a FREE user account. The database is updated daily and includes over 18,000 records from public and private sources. Tips for students: use the “Main Search” page. Type a keyword under “All Fields” or select topics under “Keywords”. Under “Requirements”, select undergraduate student. Under funding type, select one of the following: Research, Training/Scholarship/Fellowship, Travel, Artistic pursuit, or Dissertation/Thesis. For Faculty: COS also provides the opportunity to search for researchers at other institutions that may have similar interests – check out “Search COS Expertise”. Also, you can set up the system to send you weekly electronic funding alerts.

Other options:

1. Federal
   1. National Institutes of Health
      1. Grants and Funding Opportunities
      2. NIH Student Research and Training - be sure to scroll down to see “Other Programs” to view all opportunities.
          
   2. National Science Foundation
      1. NSF: Find Funding - Can also scroll down to see Special Programs: For Undergraduate Students.
      2. NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates **excellent summer research opportunities**
      3. NSF: International Research Experience for Students (IRES)
          
   3. Other Federal
      1. General (all competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies)
      2. US Department of Justice (DOJ)
      3. Department of Education
      4. Department of Commerce’s Telecommunications and Information Administration
      5. NASA
      6. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
      7. National Center for Environmental Research
      8. Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships
      9. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
      10. NOAA Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowship
           
2. Private
   1. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship
   2. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) German Studies Research Grant
   3. American Academy of Audiology Student Summer Research Fellowship
   4. American Foundation for Aging Research (AFAR) Research Grants/Fellowships
   5. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) Student Traineeships
   6. Office of Biological and Environmental Research Global Change Education Program
   7. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Research Participation Program in Science
   8. Sigma Xi: Grants-in-Aid of Research program
   9. Funding for undergrads from the journal Science
       
3. Internal Funding
   1. Research Funding Programs