We have provided below links to various private and public funding agencies and organizations.   For a more extensive search, you may wish to consult the web site of Georgetown University's Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), which has a number of direct links to the web pages of extramural funding sources.  While many of these sources support postdoctoral research, a small number have programs supporting pre-dissertation or dissertation research.

If you have any questions or would like assistance with locating external funding, please contact Maria Snyder, Sr. Grants Administrator for the Humanities and Social/Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

• The Fellowship Database (Sponsored by Cornell University)

• Grants for Individuals (including Disabled, Gay/Lesbian, and Women) and Minorities  (Sponsored by Michigan State University Libraries)
  
  
  
• Funding for Women and Minorities (internal web page)

• U.S. Federal Government Departments, Agencies, and Institutes (via FedWorld)

• Private Foundations (via The Foundation Center) 

• Corporate Grantmakers (via The Foundation Center)

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

• The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)

• The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)

• Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• The Foundation Center  

• Grants.gov

• Community of Science (COS)
  
  

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