Finding Funding Databases & Resources

•  Pivot - Multidisciplinary grant funding search engine accessible with a valid NSU email address.
  • How to create a Pivot account using your NSU credentials
  • A 5-minute tutorial on tips to searching for funding using Pivot

• Foundation Directory Online - Grant search engine accessible on campus or within the Alvin Sherman Library building. Provides information about private funding opportunities, foundations, corporate giving programs, grantmaking public charities, and recently awarded grants.
  • To access, go to the Alvin Sherman Library homepage and search "Foundation Directory" in the Databases by Name search. Use your NSU credentials to log in.
• GetEdFunding- Hosts a collection of more than 2,000 grants and opportunities culled from federal, state, regional and community sources and its available to public and private preK-12 schools, districts and educators, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations that work with them. 
• Grants.gov - A search engine for all federally-funded grant competitions and application information.
• Duke University - This university site provides an extensive searchable database for funding.

   

Find below a curated selection of Funding Alerts specifically for NSU faculty and staff. Want to get automatic funding alerts on various themes sent to your email inbox? Email GrantLab@nova.edu to be added to NSU's "Funding Alerts" listserv.

Access the below table in Google Sheets by clicking here.

Access the above table in Google Sheets by clicking here.

• Community Foundation of Broward
• Florida Philanthropic Network
• State-based Grant Resources

• Federal Agencies list with links and information on what they fund
• Federal RePORTER (now called USA Spending) - Searchable database of scientific awards across U.S. federal agencies
• NIH RePORTER - Search NIH-funded projects and funding information searching by project text, PI names, project numbers, fiscal year, agency, or other search terms

• NIH Matchmaker - Tool for finding similar NIH Projects (*see our Guide for using NIH Matchmaker)

• Major Private Foundations list with links and information on what they fund
• Foundation Landscapes by region and topic