External Funding
External Funding Opportunities for Faculty and Graduate Students
Listed are many of the most common federal agencies and private foundations/corporations that typically fund research and programs
External Funding
- All
Federal Government:
As of November 7, 2005, the Office of Federal Financial Management requires all Federal agencies to post all grant opportunities online at www.grants.gov. This is the clearinghouse for all federal grant-making agencies and can be searched by agency, category, or advanced search by keywords. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
- US Department of Agriculture
- US Department of Commerce
- US Department of Defense
- US Department of Education
- US Department of Energy
- Health and Human Services
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- US Department of the Interior
- US Department Of Justice
- US Department of Labor
- US Department of State
- US Department of Transportation
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Science Foundation
- Institute of Museum and Library services
- US Institute of Peace
State Government:
- Illinois Arts Council
- Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Illinois Department on Aging
- Illinois Department of Agriculture
- Illinois Department of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse
- Illinois Department of Children & Family Services
- Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs
- Illinois Department of Human Services
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Illinois Department of Veteran’s Affairs
- Illinois Emergency Management Agency
- Illinois Humanities Council
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Illinois Student Assistance Commission
Private Foundations/Corporations
IMPORTANT: Letters of Intent and Proposals to private corporations and foundations are handled through Corporate and Foundation Relations in conjunction with Research Services. All contact must begin with Jessica Horowitz in the Office of Research Services at (773) 508-2476 or jhorow@luc.edu
- Abbott Laboratories Fund
- American Cancer Society
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Heart Association
- American Lung Association
- American Psychological Association
- Annenberg Foundation
- Baxter International
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Camargo Foundation
- Carnegie Corporation
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- Chicago Community Trust
- Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Charles A. Dana Foundation
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- William T Grant Foundation
- Greenwall Foundation
- HF Guggenheim Foundation
- S Guggenheim Fellowships
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- The Joyce Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- Lilly Endowment
- Lindbergh Foundation
- Louisville Institute
- John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- McCormick Tribune Foundation
- Mellon Foundation Fellowships
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- David and Lucille Packard Foundation
- The Pew Charitable Trust
- Polk Bros. Foundation
- Resources for the Future
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Sara Lee Foundation
- Dr. Scholl Foundation
- Alfred P Sloan Foundation
- Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute
- Spencer Foundation
- Templeton Foundation
- UCLA CALDAR Summer Institute on Longitudinal Research
- Wabash Center
- Humanities
Federal
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- US Department Of Justice
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Institute of Museum and Library services
- Department of Education
- Fund for the Improvement for Post Secondary Education
- US Institute of Peace
- Grants.gov
- National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA)
- National Historical Publications & Records Commission
State
Private Foundations/Corporations/Organizations
IMPORTANT: Letters of Intent and Proposals to private corporations and foundations are handled through Corporate and Foundation Relations in conjunction with Research Services. All contact must begin with Jessica Horowitz in the Office of Research Services at (773) 508-2476 or jhorow@luc.edu
- H.F. Guggenheim Foundation
- American Council of Learned Societies
- Ford Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Lilly Endowment
- Lindbergh Foundation
- Mellon Foundation fellowships
- S. Guggenheim Fellowships
- Fulbright Scholars
- Annenberg Foundation
- Chicago Community Trust
- Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
- The Joyce Foundation
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Polk Bros. Foundation
- Sara Lee Foundation
- Wabash Center
- Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science
- American Academy of Religion
- Louisville Institute
- Association of Theological Schools
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
- Chatlos Foundation
- Templeton Foundation
- American Academy in Rome
- American Research Center in Egypt
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Roswell Museum and Art Center
- Association of Performing Arts Presenters
- Weill Foundation for Music
- Greenwall Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Tanner Humanities Center
- Stanford Humanities Center
- Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Maryland Historical Society
- Peace History Society
- Holocaust Educational Foundation
- Organization of American Historians
- Library of the Boston Athenaeum Research Fellowships
- Ransom Humanities Research Center
- PEN American Center
- French American Cultural Exchange
- Camargo Foundation
- Social and Natural Sciences
Federal
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Education
- Grants.gov
- National Institute of Health
- National Science Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health
- US Department of Justice
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- US Department of Labor
- US Department of Transportation
- US Institute of Peace
Private Foundations/Corporations/Endowments
Note: Letters of Intent and Proposals to corporations or foundations require the approval of Corporate/Foundation Relations. Please contact Alicia Menchaca de Cerda at (312)915-6191 before preparing a proposal.
- Alfred P Sloan Foundation
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
- American Psychological Foundation
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
- Charles Lafitte Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Fulbright Scholars
- HF Guggenheim Foundation
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- John D and Katherine T MacArthur Foundation
- Kopelman Foundation
- Lindbergh Foundation
- Luther I Replogle Foundation
- Mellon foundation Fellowships
- National Alliance for Autism Research
- Nick Traina Foundation
- Public Welfare Foundation
- Resources for the Future
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- S Guggenheim Fellowships
- Smithers Foundation
- Society for Research in Child Development
- William T Grant Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Education
Federal
- National Science Foundation
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Department of Education
- Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- US Department Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Grants.gov
Private Foundations/Corporations/Endowments.
Note: Letters of Intent and Proposals to corporations or foundations require the approval of Corporate/Foundation Relations. Please contact Alicia Menchaca de Cerda at (312)915-6191 before preparing a proposal.
- Business
Federal
- US Department of Agriculture
- National Science Foundation
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- US Department of Labor
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- US Department of Transportation
- US Department of Commerce
- US Department of Justice
- Grants.gov
Private Foundations/Corporations/Endowments
Note: Letters of Intent and Proposals to corporations or foundations require the approval of Corporate/Foundation Relations. Please contact Alicia Menchaca de Cerda at (312)915-6191 before preparing a proposal.
- Graduate Student Funding Opportunities