Finding Grants and Funding

• Office of Research Administrataion (ORA)
Office of the Vice Provost
From the Office of the Vice Provost, the Office of Research Administration is responsible for pre-award and non-fiscal post-award administration of grants and contracts at Tufts University. They have a comprehensive website that covers finding, writing, and managing grants.

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• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants & Funding Opportunities
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Information about NIH grant and fellowship programs, research training opportunities, and Requests for Proposals resources.
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) - Grants On-Line Database (GOLD)
  U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  Searchable database of grants funded by AHRQ.
• National Science Foundation Funding
U.S. National Science Foundation
Search NSF for funding by keyword, browse the A-Z index, or look by categories.
• Foundation Center
The Foundation Center claims to be the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide, and to maintain the most comprehensive database on U.S. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants.

Grant Statistics

• NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The RePORT website provides a central point of access to reports, data, and analyses of NIH research. Discover information about spending, awards, and outcomes by searching the site.
• Federal Research in Progress Database (FEDRIP)
  NTIS, U.S. Department of Commerce/National Information Services Corp.
  The FEDRIP Database provides access to information about ongoing federally funded projects in the fields of the physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences.
• Research.gov
U.S. National Science Foundation
The research.gov website provides information on NSF's spending and results, as well as the application status of proposals.

Writing Proposals

• Write and Submit Proposal
Office of Research Administration
These pages offer information integral to creating a research grant proposal, including information about the proposal process, types of proposals, institutional information, budget figures and rates, and more.
• Office of Proposal Development
Office of the Vice Provost
The Office collaborates with Tufts faculty on the development of grant proposals and also offers resources to help faculty, graduate students, and postdocs develop their grant writing skills and identify sources of funding for research and scholarly activities.

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• Foundation Center
The Center provides training in writing better proposals via workshops, webinars, online tutorials and books. Some services require a fee, while others are completely free.
• Library Resources:
• Writing the NIH Grant Proposal: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Grant Application Writer’s Handbook
• Research Proposals: A Guide to Success electronic
• Grant proposal Guide: National Science Foundation electronic
• Proposals that Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals
• The Complete Writing Guide to NIH Behavioral Science Grants
• Writing Successful Science Proposals
• Strategies for Success: How to Write a Grant in Cancer CAM electronic

Other Resources

• New Principal Investigator Website
Office of the Vice Provost
This website has been primarily designed to offer useful information on policies, procedures and available resources that will enhance the research experience of new principal investigator faculty at Tufts.
• Postdoctoral Scholars at Tufts University
Office of the Vice Provost
This website has been designed to offer a wide range of useful information on policies, procedures and available resources that will enhance the postdoctoral experience at Tufts.

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• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
This Fund's mmission is to support biomedical scientists at the beginning of their careers and to make grants in areas of science that are poised for significant advancement but currently undervalued and underfunded.
• The Commonwealth Fund
The Fund supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - Grants and Special Programs
  HHMI awards fellowships for graduate students and medical students, and supports special lecture and laboratory courses.