Funding Opportunities
For more information contact
Leigh Botner
(302) 831-7088
Internal Funding
Internal UD funds are available to support research, scholarship and creative activities through annual university-wide competitions.
External Funding
External funding opportunities sponsored by various agencies from NASA to Delaware Department of Education. You must login with your UD credentials to view these opportunities.
Limited Submissions
Funding opportunities that have limits on the number that may be submitted from a single institution.
New and Young Faculty
These programs are intended for late postdoctoral investigators and new faculty. This resource has been developed by UC Berkeley and can be utilized by the UD’s research community.
RESOURCES
Databases
COS PIVOT Database
Detailed professional information for scientists and scholars worldwide.
Foundation Directory (UD Paid Version)
Provides information on U.S. grantmakers and their grants. The database has full-text search capability across more than 250,000 990s.
Foundation Grants to Individuals Online
Find sources for scholarships, fellowships, grants, awards and other financial support. NOTE: This database can only be accessed from within the University of Delaware Library.
Foundation Maps
An interactive mapping tool that combines the Foundation Center’s data on grantmakers and their grants with Google maps.
Government Grants database
Grants.gov system houses information on over 1,000 grant programs and vets grant applications for federal grant-making agencies.
IGNITE- NineSigma Innovation Bulletin
NineSigma helps organizations in the public, private and nonprofit sectors 'connect with the world' to find new solutions, knowledge and partners to accelerate their innovation cycle.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
The Oak Ridge Associated Universities is a consortium aimed at encouraging and enhancing the strengthening of U.S. research and education. Their opportunities are based on “field of interest,” begin throughout the year, and vary with respect to US citizenship requirements.
Recently Funded Projects
TITLE | PI | SPONSOR | AMOUNT |
Genetic and Cellular Dissection of Mutualistic Plant-Microbe Symbioses in Medicago Truncatula | Randall Wisser | NSF | $ 111,808 |
Demonstration of Storage from Electric Vehicles used for Both Grid Market Participation and Emergency Power | Willett Kempton | Delaware Department of Natural Resources | $ 200,000 |
Modeling the Transport of HIV Antivirals into Lymph Nodes | Ryan Zurakowski | Merck & Company | $ 388,617 |
How the COVID-19 Information Environment Affects Perceptions of Scientific Research and Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Efforts | Amy Bleakley | HHS | $ 706,414 |
Positive Behavioral Support | Deborah Boyer | ED | $ 717,908 |
The Ratcliffe Eco-Entrepreneurship Fellows Program | Estella Atekwana | Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Fdn | $ 745,000 |
A State Partnership Evaluation: Turning Around North Carolina’s Lowest Performing Schools | Gary Henry | ED | $ 758,860 |
DinoSHIELD: A Slow-Release Natural Algicide Produced by Shewanella sp. IRI-160 for Management of Red-Tide | Kathryn Coyne | DOC | $ 954,590 |
A Tandem Electrolysis Process for Multi-Carbon Chemical Production from Carbon Dioxide | Feng Jiao | DOE | $ 1,000,000 |
Silicon Photonics Enabled Reconfigurable Optical Analog Processor | Vishal Saxena | DOD | $ 1,000,000 |
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
Anshuman Razdan, PhD
Associate Vice President
for Research Development
Jennifer Doran
Administrative Assistant
Ph: (302) 831-6703
COMMUNICATIONS
David Barczak
Communications Manager
Ph: (302) 831-8169
FUNDING / LIMITED SUBMISSIONS
Leigh Botner
Research Development Director
Ph: (302) 831-7088
EDUCATION / TRAINING
Jennifer Roth
Research Education Coordinator
Ph: (302) 831-3777
TECHNOLOGY
Sudha Aravindan
Computing Support Specialist
Ph: (302) 831-8621
GOVERNMENT SPONSOR LINKS
- State of Delaware
- US Government
- Dept of Education Grant Opportunities
- Dept of Agriculture
- Dept of Health and Human Services (HRSA) Open Opportunitiess
- Dept of Commerce
- Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Funding
- Dept of Defense
- Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA) Funding
- Dept of Energy
- Dept of Homeland Security
- Dept of Justice
- Dept of Labor
- Dept of State
- Dept of the Interior
- Dept of Transportation
- Dept of Treasury
- Delaware EPSCoR Funding Opportunities
- Federal Govt Grants (Grants.Gov)
- NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) Research Opportunities
- National Archives Grant Program
- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Funding Opportunities
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grants
- National Endowment of Arts Grants
- National Institute of Health (NIH) Grants and Funding
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Funding Opportunities
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Funding Opportunities
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding
- NSF Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) Funding Opportunities