1. Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Funding Basics
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

2. Organization of Presentation
Definition of Terms
Types of Funding Announcements
Funding Mechanisms
How to Find Funding Opportunities
Special Search Engines
Specific Agencies

3. Types of Funding Announcements
Program Announcements (PA)
Requests for Application (RFA)
Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
Requests for Proposals (RFP)

4. Types of Funding Announcements
Program Announcements (PA)
Scope Very broad, award results in a grant
Researcher initiated and allows for control over-problem, approach and timeline
Grants.gov
Requests for Application (RFA)
Scope more restrictive, award results in a grant
Researcher has control over problem, approach and timeline

5. Types of Funding Announcements
Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
Broad but variable
Directed toward increasing knowledge in a specific area of Agency Interest
Researcher has control over problem, approach, etc. but within the context of Agency needs
Grant, contract or cooperative agreement
Grants.gov or FedBizOpps (

6. Types of Funding Announcements
Requests for Proposals (RFP)
Most restrictive
Specifies research problem, methods, product delivered, applicant qualifications
Contract
FedBizOpps (

7. Funding Mechanisms Grant Contract Patron or Partner
Support or stimulate research
Money provided in hopes study goals are reached
Contract
Purchaser
Acquire goods or services
Researchers legally required to deliver goods or services in exchange for money

8. Where to Find Funding Opportunities
Newsletters/Opportunity Compilations
Funding Connection
Grant Advisor Plus
Philanthropy News Digest
Funding Opportunity Databases
PIVOT, SPIN (subscription based)
Grants.gov
FedBizOpps
Funding Agency Websites

9. Funding Databases PIVOT
Funding opportunities from all over the world worth ~$33 billion
Includes federal agencies, libraries, nonprofits, some foundations
Weekly notifications
Not as timely as grants.gov

10. Funding Databases Grants.gov All Federal grant funding opportunities
Can sign up for notifications (“Manage Subscription”)
Sign up for specific funding agencies
Doesn’t always catch everything

11. Funding Databases FedBizOps
Federal procurement and service opportunities
Can sign up for notifications via the “Getting Started” tab

12. Agency Websites
National Institutes of Health—
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
National Science Foundation-
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
INFEWS
DOD—

13. Agency Websites
NASA-
DOE-
DARPA

14. Contact Information
Mary Lou Marino
Joel Anderson