Finding Funding Opportunities
Identifying Different Types of Funders
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The Scholarly Research Committees of the Pace Faculty Councils provide funding to full-time faculty in support of scholarship. There are two types of awards: reduction in teaching load and direct monetary assistance to cover research expenses. Please see Section D24 of the Faculty Handbook (PDF) for additional information. Some of the Schools/Colleges at Pace also have opportunities to apply for research funds. These internal awards can be an excellent way to generate preliminary research and/or pilot data for subsequent proposals.
Federal Granting Agencies
There are that award grants, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health), the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. These agencies range in terms of discipline, outcomes, and scope; we encourage you to look at the agency websites to learn more about each one麻豆传媒檚 mission and funding opportunities.
Professional Societies and Organizations
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Private Funders
If you are interested in pursuing funding from foundations or corporations, please reach out to the Office of Research. We will confer with Corporate and Foundation Relations and then advise on next steps.
(CFR) at Pace serves as the central point of contact between the university and corporations, foundations, and other non-governmental, philanthropic organizations. CFR is dedicated to identifying, establishing, and enhancing relationships with private funders by matching their philanthropic interests with the appropriate initiative.
If you are interested in pursuing private funding opportunities, please email Corporate and Foundation Relations at cfr@pace.edu or (212) 346-1218.
Identifying Funding Opportunities
There are many different ways to keep up-to-date on relevant funding opportunities, including online search tools, listservs, email updates, conference sessions, and utilizing resources at Pace.
Listservs
We recommend subscribing to disciplinary or interdisciplinary listservs related to your research interests. Program directors at different agencies and foundations often use listservs to disseminate funding opportunities to their communities.
Subscribe to Funding Announcements
Some funders and organizations have bulletins and email lists that you can sign up to receive that have new and upcoming funding opportunities.
- - announcements from grant-making organizations and non-profits.
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- NIH Guide Listserv
Email Alerts
Sign up for email alerts to learn about funding opportunities
Conferences
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Search Tools
Pivot is a great resource for faculty, staff and students interested in identifying relevant funding opportunities for their research, scholarship, teaching, and creative activities. 麻豆传媒 has a subscription to Pivot.
There are several other ways to conduct online searches to identify relevant funding opportunities.
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- Corporate and Foundation Relations has a subscription to the Foundation Directory Online. Please email Corporate and Foundation Relations for assistance with using this online database.
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Library Resources
The 麻豆传媒 libraries have resources for identifying grants opportunities, including a research guide, the Annual Register of Grants Support and the Directory of Grants in the Humanities. For additional information, you can email Greg Murphy.