Find Funding with GrantForward
Finding the right funding opportunity can feel overwhelming. ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University partners with GrantForward to help you quickly identify funding opportunities that match your research interests.
With GrantForward you can:
• Search funding opportunities by keyword, discipline, or sponsor
• Receive personalized funding recommendations
• Save opportunities and create alerts
• Stay up to date with new funding in your field
Need help getting started or refining your search? Contact Proposal Development for assistance at rspa@lamar.edu.
Other Funding Resources
Grants.gov
Grants.gov is a website that allows organizations to search and apply for federal funding opportunities.
Competition Space
ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University Competition Space is a website for internal funding opportunities, limited submissions, and awards.
State Funding
State governments partner with higher education institutions to strengthen areas such as public health, economic development, infrastructure, education, energy, agriculture, and environmental stability. These agencies include:
Federal Funding
Federal government agencies invest in university-level research to advance knowledge, encourage innovation, and address national priorities through grants, contracts, or agreements. These agencies include:
Funding Types
- Grant
A type of financial assistance for the conduct of research or other program as specified in an approved proposal. A grant is used whenever the awarding office anticipates no substantial programmatic involvement with the recipient during the performance of activities. Grants are normally awarded by sponsors whose purpose in supporting research is scientific, cultural, or philanthropic.
- Gift
A voluntary, non-reciprocal transfer of money or property from a donor to an institution. The donor may be an individual, a corporation or a non-profit organization. The donor does not expect anything of value other than recognition and does not exert control over expenditure of the funds. A gift may meet the interests of the donor and can be restricted or unrestricted. A restricted gift is a contribution designated for a specific purpose, program, or project. If the donor does not specify any restrictions, the gift is unrestricted and the institution allocates the funds according to its own discretion.
- Contract
A mechanism for procurement of a product or service with specific obligations for both sponsor and recipient. Typically, a research topic and the methods for conducting the research are specified in detail by the sponsor, often in the Request for Proposal (RFP) which announces the funding opportunity. In general, there are greater performance expectations associated with contracts, including project milestones and detailed deliverables (e.g., reports). The arrangement is usually designed to benefit the sponsor by achieving an expected outcome or product.
- Cooperative Agreement
An award similar to a grant, but in which the sponsor's staff may be actively involved in proposal preparation and anticipates having substantial involvement in research activities once the award has been made.