Funding Opportunities

Announcements of research funding opportunities are typically posted on the dedicated websites of the relevant federal agencies or other funders, 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 tools that can help.

Review Recent Funding Program Announcements

• Selected Upcoming FOAs: A list of upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcements organized by agency and funding source, compiled by Research Administration and Compliance (RAC) at UC Berkeley.  
• Databases and Search Engines: A resource list compiled by BRDO.

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. Below we include direct links to some of the most commonly requested opportunities by targeted needs, subjects, and applicant types.

• Specific Funding Need
  • Equipment
  • Travel 
  • Faculty Prizes/Awards
  • Centers/Collaborative Research
  • Limited Submissions
• Specific Subject Area
  • Humanities
    • France-Berkeley Fund
    • Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
    • Humanities Research Fellowship and Mellon Project Grant: College of Letters & Science
• Specific Applicant Types
  • Women and Minorities
  • New and Early Career Faculty 
  • Postdoctoral Researchers
    • Biosciences
    • Humanities
    • Natural Resource Studies
    • Social Sciences
    • UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • lncoming Postdocs
  • Graduate Researchers
    • Big Ideas@Berkeley / Bears Breaking Boundaries Contest
  • Undergraduate Researchers
    • Office of Undergraduate Researchers and Scholars
  • Hellman Fellows Fund
  • Committee on Research

Ask BRDO for help finding research funding.

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