Funding Opportunity Services at NC State
See also "Other Research Adm. Training Opportunities" 
Community of Science
- A vast database offering information on funding opportunities, expertise, patent information, and many other services.
- Offers a researcher the ability to set parameters for up to five saved search topics tailored to the researcher’s own specific needs and research discipline.
- Provides a weekly email funding alert based on grants located by the researcher’s search topics.
InfoEd
- Another large international database offering a variety of funding opportunity services in a different format and using a different set of keywords from COS.
- To use: Click on the Access Info Office logo on the homepage, then on SPIN.
- To conduct a Quick Search, simply type in a keyword in the Quick Search field on the left and then click on Search.
- To set up a profile that will generate regular email alerts about your specific interests, click on GENIUS/SMARTS. Select Create a New Profile. Complete the forms; then complete General, Keywords, Applicant Type, and Geographical Restrictions fields. Important: In Locations Tenable, select all regional designations that apply and also select North Carolina.
- To conduct an Advanced Search, click on the Advanced Search link underneath the Quick Search column.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov/public/browse_by_fa.asp
- Lists current programs by 20 categories, including sciences, humanities and social sciences. Click on the category and then on the subcategories that interest you. The webpage for each subcategory provides hyperlinks to program descriptions and announcements.
Sponsors’ alert services:
- NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm
- EPA: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_list/elists/
- NASA: http://spacescience.nasa.gov/announce/listserv.htm
- NIH: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm
- The AAAS & HHMI GrantsNet (biomedical and biotechnology only): http://www.GrantsNet.org/
Foundation Directory Online Plus
- Click on “Foundation Directory Online” & log on with username ncstate and password sparcs.
- For assistance: Carol Linelle Ashcraft, Research & Graduate Studies, 513-2466.