Other Funding Opportunities
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides multiple research and education grants. In addition, the Center also provides Regional Development Grants. Some agencies, like those found below, fund projects or programs specifically related to education or research. Also included are databases providing a broad range of opportunities.
Economic Development Specific
- NC Rural Center
To develop, promote, and implement sound economic strategies to improve the quality of life of rural North Carolinians.
Education Specific
- Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. - GrantsAlert
Provides educational grants searchable by category. - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Enhancing science education for students at all levels. - National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Awards grants to its member institutions to support and strengthen invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education through curricular development and the work of Advanced E-Teams. - Office of Environmental Education
Provides a list of funding opportunities to get your education program or project off the ground. You can subscribe to the Funding Alert ListServ. - Public Education Network
Builds public demand and mobilize resources for quality public education for all children through a national constituency of local education funds and individuals. - SchoolGrants
Lists a variety of opportunities available to public and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools and districts. - TeachersCount
Services tailored to the teaching profession and education. You can also subscribe to the Funding Alert ListServ. - Teachers Network
Series of grant opportunities for various topics in education (science, technology, etc.). For more grant opportunities, you can subscribe to the eblast list by contacting Sandy Scragg.
Research Specific
- American Chemical Society
Developing the next generation of chemistry leaders – petroleum, alt. energy, green chemistry. - BioFuels Center of NC
Facilitate and support the development of a sustainable biofuels industry across the state. - Cancer Research Portfolio
One-stop Web site for information on cancer research and funding opportunities supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). - Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. - FundSource
Helps scientists find research funding designed to be specific to behavioral and social science research. - NC Board of Science and Technology
Manages two programs. The Green Business Fund focuses on biofuels, green building and renewable energy industries. For Phase I SBIR/STTR grants, the Small Business Program provides funding to NC businesses for a portion of the fees incurred and to those who receive awards.
Broad
Provides the grant seeker the opportunity to run a funding search tailored to the project or program.
- Community Resource Information System
Helps local communities obtain information about state government financial assistance programs and other services. - Follett Library Resources
Offers information about grant opportunities by category. - FundsNet Services
Provides grant writing and fundraising resource assistance and offers information about grant opportunities by category. - Grant Prose Inc.
Assist institutions, agencies and organizations expand fiscal resources and program operations by helping locate and secure grant funds matched to your interests and needs. Provides links to funding opportunities, professional affiliations, statistical databases and grant writing tips. - Grants Information Network of North Carolina
Offers resources that link to Web sites that provide funding opportunities. - GrantsNet
Search by keyword or granting foundation to find information about specific programs. GrantsNet membership is free and enables you to save searches/grants, similar to COS. You can also subscribe to the Funding News Alert. - Made in North Carolina
List of grants, foundations, and venture capital funds in NC. - Noza
Locates funders who are giving to organizations similar to yours and can tailor to funding amounts, geographic location, etc. Search by charitable organizations and cause. - ResearchResearchLite
Browse online database of U.S. funding opportunities by topic.
For more information about the Gateway to Funding Resources, contact Amber Walker.