Your first step toward obtaining a grant: Check the available grant sources. Grants.gov provides one robust access point for over 1,000 grant programs from all Federal agencies that provide extramural funding. The "Forecast of Funding Opportunities in the Department of Education" is an efficient resource for locating funding opportunities in this department's eight institutes and offices. The table below provides additional resources that may be especially applicable to our faculty.

You may wish to sign up to receive "email alerts" of funding opportunities in specific areas from the following sources:

• SpinSearch (use "advanced search")
• Smarts
• Grants.gov
• Community of Science

You also can check the WVU Office of Sponsored Programs (Finding Funding Sources) and the WVU Foundation (RFP database). If you are planning to seek funds from a foundation or corporation: These requests must go through the WVU Foundation. Please contact Jim Rye before proceeding with your request.