1. Ask mentors and colleagues about funding sources relevant to your research.

• • Narrow your request down from general suggestions such as “NIH” or “USDA” to departments (e.g., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [NIDDK]; National Institute of Food and Agriculture [NIFA]).

• • Ask people to think beyond the obvious funding agencies.

2. Look for funding sources cited in journal articles relevant to your field of research.

• • Pay particular attention to articles published within the last two years to identify contemporaneous funding agencies.

• • Consider using a search tool such as Web of Science (library.illinois.edu). Funding sources are sometimes listed in the abstract information.

• • Use that information to track back to an agency and related contact information.

3. Use search engines to identify current/past grants relevant to your research. Contacts may be listed in the solicitation.

• • Search engines
    • Grants.gov
    • SPIN
    • GrantForward
    • Federal RePORTER
    • MatchMaker

• • Federal agency resources*
    • Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    • Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (DoD CDMRP)
    • Department of Education
    • Department of Energy (DOE)
    • Department of Interior (DOI)
    • Department of Transportation
    • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    • National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) (funding opportunities)
    • NIFA Request for Applications list
    • National Science Foundation (NSF)
    • USDA Current Research Information System (awarded grants)

*Agencies not included in this list generally post opportunities through Grants.gov.