Information for Faculty

Grant Writing Tips

• NIH Grant Writing Guide
  • The following guidance may assist you in developing a strong application that allows reviewers to better evaluate the science and merit of your proposal. This page provides tips for demonstrating to reviewers and NIH staff the high quality of the personnel involved in your project and documenting resources and institutional support of the project.
• NIH Sample Applications
  • ​​​​​​​Several NIAID investigators have graciously agreed to share their exceptional applications and summary statements as samples to help the research community. Below the list of applications, you’ll also find example forms, sharing plans, letters, emails, and more.

Funding Opportunity Databases

• Fogarty International Center

  • Non-NIH Funding Opportunities - Grants and Fellowships

• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts

  • The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts is the official publication for NIH grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities.

• SPIN

  • Searchable database of federal and private funding opportunities in all fields.

  • Research Affairs supports this database, go to their webpage for login information

Awarded Grants Databases 

• NIH RePorter

  • RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.

Web of Science

To find which funding agencies publish on your topic/subject, use the Analyze Results tool. 

In the Web of Science Categories drop-down box, select Funding Agencies. 

For more information, visit Clarivate's guide on finding funding: https://clarivate.libguides.com/authors/funding