External Funding Sources

General Policies

Indirect Costs

Fiscal practices regarding grants and contracts

Search for Funding through RSP

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) offers a number of Electronic Funding Search Tools to assist researchers with finding funding sources and navigating their way through the funding process. RSP also maintains a list of potential State and Federal Funding Agencies and support for Faculty Publications and Exhibition.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• System for Award Management
• GPO 
• GrantsNet
• Center for Defense and Homeland Security
• Society of Research Administrators International Grants
• Complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
• NIH Responsible Conduct of Research Training 
• The NSF Policy Information

Existing Awards

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards
• U.S. Department of Education Awards
• Environmental Protection Agency Grant Award Data
• Department of Energy R&D Highlights
• National Institutes of Health Awards

International Funding Opportunities

• Higher Education Doing Business with USAID
• NATO Science for Peace and Security
• U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
• The Eurasia Foundation
• Fulbright Scholar Program
• University of Iowa's International Funding Sources

Federal Funding Agencies

Agriculture, Department of (USDA)
Air Force, Department of:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Army, Department of:
Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Science Research
Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Army Research Office (ARO)
Commerce, Department of:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Defense, Department of:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Department of Defense Business Opportunities
Education, Department of (DoEd)
Energy, Department of (DoE)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Health & Human Services, Department of (DHHS):
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Housing & Urban Development, Department of (HUD)
Interior, Department of:
US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
US Geological Survey (USGS)
Justice, Department of (DoJ)
NASA Research Opportunities
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NRC Research Associateship Programs
Navy, Department of:
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Navy Research Laboratory (NRL)
The Smithsonian Institute
Transportation, Department of (DoT)
US General Services Administration Schedule Solicitations