External Funding Grant List
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External Funding by Discipline
This is an unofficial list of external funding sources for undergraduate research. Not all opportunities are for undergraduates – some may require a graduate or professoriate level PI.
Funding Resources
- Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
- Sponsor: WK KELLOGG Foundation
Program: OPEN, Supports Children, Families, and Communities
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
- Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies
Program: Fellowship and Grants
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
- Sponsor: Smithsonian Institute
Program: Fellowship and Internship Program
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
- Sponsor: American Association of Medical Colleges
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Medicine
Discipline: Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences
Deadline: Not Specific
- Sponsor: National Institute of Health (DHHS)
Deadline: Varies
Programs:- Research Grants (R series)
- Career Development Awards (K series)
- Research Training and Fellowships ( T & F series)
- Program Project/Center Grants (P series)
- Resource Grants (various series)
- Trans-NIH Programs
- Sponsor: Sigma Xi
Program: Grant-in-Aid of Research
Discipline: Natural and Social Sciences, Engineering
Deadline: March and October
- Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Program: Focus on mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, neuroscience and autism research.
Website
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Computer and Information Science Engineering (CISE)
Discipline: Computer Science, Engineering Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: STEM Education Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Office of Integrative Activities
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Discipline: Humanities
Program: NEH Sabbatical Fellowships
Deadline: April
- Sponsor: American Philosophical Society
Program: Library Resident Research Fellowship
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: March
Website
- Sponsor: California Arts Council: A State Agency (Supported by National Endowment)
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: Varies- Program: Collaborative Research
- Resource
- Program: Collaborative Research
- Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Discipline: Physics, Astronomy, Applied and Material Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering
Deadline: February
- Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program: Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Discipline: Health-related
Deadline: February
- Sponsor: American Association of Medical Colleges
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Medicine
Discipline: Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences
Deadline: Not Specific
- Sponsor: American Society of Plant Biologists
Program: ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Discipline: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences
Deadline: February
- Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Program: APA Summer Science Institute
Discipline: Psychology
Deadline: Not specified
- Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Program: APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research (SUPER) Fellowships
Discipline: Psychology
Deadline: Not specified
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation Directorate: Biological Sciences
Deadline: Varies by program
- Sponsor: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Program: Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship
Discipline: Biology Deadline: March
- Sponsor: Botanical Society of America Program: Minority Undergraduate Participation Grant
Discipline: Biology
Deadline: April
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Computer and Information Science Engineering (CISE)
Discipline: Computer and Information Science
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate: International Science and Engineering
Discipline: Engineering and Technology
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Engineering
Discipline: Engineering
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: International Science and Engineering
Discipline: Engineering and Technology
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Biological Sciences
Discipline: Environmental Biology
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Wildlife Federation
Program: NWF Campus Ecology Fellowship Program
Discipline: Environmental Studies, Ecology
Deadline: Not available
- Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Program: National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Undergraduate & Graduate Student Fellowship Program
Discipline: Environmental Sciences and Studies, Public Policy
Deadline: February
- Sponsor: Geological Society of America (GSA)
Program: GSA Undergraduate Student Research Grants
Discipline: Geology
Deadline: February
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Geosciences
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Deadline: varies by program
- Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Program: Focus on mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, neuroscience and autism research.
- Sponsor: American Psychological Society
Program: APSSC Student Grant Program
Discipline: Psychology
Deadline: Varies
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Deadline: varies by program
General
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Program: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Discipline: All
Deadline: July 26, Annually