Find Funding
Thousands of private foundations and hundreds of federal agencies award billions of dollars in grants each year.
A variety of tools exist to help identify funders whose interests align with any given project.
Recommended Sites
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Grants.gov is a great source for federal grant funding.
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InfoEd’s SPIN is a search engine that identifies funding opportunities from public and private sources. SPIN access is integrated right into the InfoEd home screen. Anyone signed into InfoEd with their Middlebury credentials can access SPIN. If you would like help searching this database for specific funders, contact the Grants Office.
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Guidestar is a searchable database of private and corporate foundations.
Other Resources
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VT-EPSCoR has state opportunities for physical and environmental sciences.
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The Vermont Directory of Foundations Online has information on in-state and out-of-state foundations that like to support Vermont-focused projects.
Listserv Sign Up
The Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs currently offers two subscriptions opportunities:
GRANTS-INFO is a general email listserv for faculty and staff at Middlebury who are interested in receiving information about grant opportunities to support research, scholarships, programmatic activities, and other initiatives in myriad disciplines.
SCIENCE-GRANTS-INFO is an email list for faculty and staff at Middlebury who are interested in receiving information about grant opportunities to support research, scholarship, and other professional activities in the natural and physical sciences, mathematics, neuroscience, and computer science.
Subscribe to both and don’t miss a thing!