Research Funding Opportunities

• Penn State Opportunities - Find announcements and applications for limited submissions and other opportunities such as Foundation Relations, Undergraduate Research, the Graduate School, as well as other internal funding programs.
• Social Science Research Institute - SSRI - Bringing together researchers from different disciplines around emerging areas of study.
• Research Initiation Grant Program - RIG - Assisting College of Education faculty in the developmental stages of major research projects.
• College Endowment Research Opportunities  - seed grants to advance K-12 social issue research.
  • Power of Story: One-year projects for research and practice focused on the power of story to advance leadership, pedagogy, and social justice. Funding support from the David H. and Pamela A. Monk Endowment. Funding announcement made early in the Social Issues:  One-year projects for capacity building, research, and intervention programs. Social Issues:  One-year projects for capacity building, research, and intervention programs.Spring semester.
  • Social Issues:  One-year projects funded in two categories:  1) Capacity Building Studies: Proposals that support the development of interventions that lead to a proposal for Research and Intervention Programs (internal or external), and 2) Research and Intervention Programs: Proposals to advance research and intervention programs. Funding support from the King Family Impact Endowment. Funding announcement made mid-Spring semester.

• Grants.gov - Navigate through all Federal funding opportunities.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) - Active funding opportunities at NSF.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Active funding opportunities at NIH.
• U.S. Department of Education - Active funding opportunities at the US Department of Education
• Institute for Education Sciences – Direct link to IES Funding Opportunities Page
• Institute for Education Sciences - News Flash – sign up for IES announcements specific to your interest area.

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