The following sites and resources serve as databases of external funding opportunities for fellowships and grants. The chart below list the various features each resource offers.

Ways to Find Funding @ CU Boulder (6min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

4 Free Funding Platforms @ CU Boulder (10min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

Need help?
The Research Development team can help you navigate funding opportunity databases, including SPIN, Dimensions, Foundation Directory Online, and Philanthropy News Digest. We are available for individual faculty consultations to identify relevant opportunities. We can also customize trainings for groups of researchers. Email:   rioconsult@colorado.edu
Chart of Funding Databases

 

SPIN

SPIN Funding Opportunities Database

SPIN is a web-based, searchable funding opportunities database available to all CU Boulder faculty, staff, and students. NOTE: For best functionality use Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers. For assistance, call InfoEd Global SPIN at 1-800-727-6427.

Targeted Funding Emails w/ SPIN (26min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

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Dimensions

Dimensions is an innovative grants and funder database providing insights into research activities from multiple perspectives allowing CU Boulder stakeholders to analyze and understand the funding landscape across the U.S. and around the globe.

Recycle Your Proposal: Dimensions (10min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

Foundation Directory Online

Foundation Directory Online

Foundation Directory Online includes more than 140,000 foundations, corporate giving programs and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; a database of more than 4,000 sponsoring companies, offering a quick pathway to corporate funders; and much more.

How to Use Foundation Directory Online (FDO) (4min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

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Philanthropy News Digest

Philanthropy News Digest (PND) covers the philanthropic world, from original content to aggregated stories and daily Request for Proposal (RFP) listings.

How to Use Philanthropy News Digest (PND) (4min) To view, please use your CU Boulder identikey login credentials.

Grants.gov

Grants.gov

Grants.gov is the single point of access for searching competitive funding opportunities from more than 900 grant programs offered by the 26 federal grant-making agencies.