Find Funding
Identify a funding opportunity for your research or projects! SDSURF has a number of resources available to help identify external support.
Weekly Bulletins
Bulletins include discipline-specific funding opportunities and other grant-related information in the following areas:
- Arts, Humanities and Social Science
- Education, Community Development, Training and Business
- Health and Mental Health
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
If you are an SDSU faculty or staff member and would like to receive funding alerts, please go to the Bulletin Sign-up Form and check the box next to the bulletin category (or categories) that reflect your interest area(s).
One-on-one meetings and search assistance:
To arrange for a meeting, contact the grant information coordinator, Joi Coles: jcoles@sdsu.edu or 619-594-2458.
Research Databases for SDSU faculty and staff:
SPIN - World's Largest Database of Sponsored Funding Opportunities. For access, please contact: Joi Coles (jcoles@sdsu.edu or 619-594-2458).
Pivot - Comprehensive global source of funding opportunities, your profiles matched with potential funding. For access, please contact: Joi Coles (jcoles@sdsu.edu or 619-594-2458). For more information on Pivot, please visit the SDSU Library & Information Access page
Attend our Find Funding Workshop
Held once each semester, this interactive workshop will teach you the basics on how to search for funding opportunities. If you have research ideas and need to know where to begin, we will give you the tools you need and help you develop strategies to identify sponsors. The second half of the workshop is an interactive lesson on how to use the recently updated InfoEd SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) database to conduct funding searches.
To reserve a seat at the next workshop, please visit our Grant-related Workshops & Webinars. And if you have any questions, please contact Joi Coles jcoles@sdsu.edu.
Sign up for relevant Agency Listervs and databases:
Federal Business Opportunities
California State and Local Government Agencies
Opportunity Identified
Please contact your Development Specialist (PDF Format, 17KB)* for proposal development and proposal submission assistance.
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