Funding Opportunities

Securing external grant funding is crucial for Yale researchers. The tools below, which include databases and grant directories, will help you find organizations, foundations, government agencies, and corporations that fund projects similar to yours. 

Funding Opportunities Newsletter

The Funding Opportunities Newsletter is sent out every Wednesday. It contains a curated selection of internal funding, limited submissions, and select federal and foundation funding opportunities. Subscribe here or explore back issues. 

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InfoReady

InfoReady is Yale’s grant management platform for internal and limited submission grants. Funding opportunities are also posted on Yale’s InfoReady website. Visit the site to search for funding opportunities in your particular area of interest.

SPIN

Yale subscribes to the InfoEd SPIN funding opportunities database. Per InfoEd Global, SPIN™ funding opportunities database is an online resource that helps faculty, students, and staff quickly find relevant programs available to fund all types of research. Tracking approximately 40,000 funding opportunities across thousands of governments, foundations, and commercial entities around the world, SPIN makes it easy to locate potential sources of funding. Powerful text searching tools coupled with filters to tailor searches, exposing opportunities that are really of interest. Let SPIN do the work by easily setting up daily or weekly alerts of new or modified opportunities with their SMARTS™ automation tool.

Funded Research Databases (Federal)

Both NIH and NSF maintain public databases of grants awarded. This is a valuable tool for assessing whether proposed research is in the realm of what is being funded by either agency, particularly in recent months. These records include an abstract of the funded research, the funding opportunity announcement under which the proposal was submitted, names of principal investigators and program officers, dollars awarded, (for NIH) the study section that reviewed the grant proposal, and the divisions or institutes funding the research. Both are kept up-to-date to reflect awards made through the last day or two.

• NIH Reporter
• NSF Award Search

ASCEND with HBCUs

Are you affiliated with an historically Black college or university (HBCU)? Interested in collaborating with HBCU researchers? Learn about grants, fellowships, and faculty collaboration opportunities through Yale’s ASCEND initiative with HBCUs across the country. Individuals with a keen interest in quantum technologies are urged to apply. Learn more here.

QuantumCT

QuantumCT is a joint initiative between Yale University and the University of Connecticut and funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal is to advance Connecticut’s position as a center of excellence in quantum and to accelerate the adoption of quantum technologies in Connecticut and beyond. Learn more about QuantumCT funding opportunities.