Funding Opportunities

Announcements of research funding opportunities are typically posted on the dedicated websites of the relevant federal agency or other funder, as well as on government-wide sites like Grants.gov.  It’s not always easy to find your way through this welter of information to locate opportunities that match your needs and interests. Various offices across campus provide ideas and search tools that can help.

Review Recent Funding Program Announcements

Research Administration and Compliance (RAC) maintains a list of selected funding opportunity announcements with upcoming deadlines, organized by agency/funding source.  

Search using Databases and Search Engines for funding opportunities

Explore Targeted Funding Opportunities

UC Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) and other campus sites provide additional information on funding opportunities for a variety of needs, subjects, and types of applicant:

Specific needs:

• Limited Submission programs
• Equipment Grants
• Travel Grants (see also Committee on Research)

Specific subjects:

• France-Berkeley Fund
• Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
• Humanities Research Fellowship and Mellon Project Grant in the College of Letters and Science
• The Free University Berlin - UC Berkeley Research Mobility Fund

Specific types of applicants:

• Women and Minorities Grants
• Faculty Prizes/Awards
• Hellman Fellows Fund
• New and Young Faculty Grants
• Committee on Research
• Postdoc Funding in the Biosciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Social Sciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Humanities
• UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Miller Research Fellowship for incoming postdocs
• Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Studies
• Graduate Research Fellowships
• Big Ideas@Berkeley / Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest
• Undergraduate Research Fellowships

Ask us for help to find research funding