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Funding Resources
Sites and resources relevant to funding educational research are included below. Also included are guides produced by the Bureau and links to database tools to help explore and select the best funding options for potential research projects.
The Research Opportunities Office conducts targeted searches of funding opportunities for College faculty seeking support for a particular project. This service is available on request to ROO staff.
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Bureau Resources
Federal Funding for STEM Education Research Seminar
Workshop sponsored by the Bureau on applying for STEM Education Research grants. Handouts and presentation material available online.
IES FundingLunch seminar sponsored by the Bureau and held in the Spring and Fall. Handouts and presentation material about applying for IES grants are available online.
NSF Funding
Workshop sponsored by the Bureau on applying for NSF grants. Handouts and presentation material are available online.
NIH Funding
Workshop sponsored by the Bureau on applying for NIH grants. Handouts are available online.
Doctoral Student Funding Information
ROO offers information on dissertation and pre-dissertation opportunities for individual students in education. Opportunities can be filtered by minority status, gender, and citizenship. A searchable database for specific funding opportunities is available. Search funding opportunties
Graduate Student Dissertation Funding Seminar
Sponsored by the Bureau and held on June 25, 2008. Handouts for graduate students applying for dissertation funding are available online.
External Funding Databases
IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service)
Subscription only funding database available to members of the UIUC community and other subscriber colleges and universities. IRIS is based at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign. Accessing from: Campus | Off Campus
Fund Source
Search tool for research funding in the behavioral and social sciences, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
GRAPES
Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Extramural Support)-funding database supported by the UCLA Graduate Division.
Funding News Services
Each of the following funders and services offer free subscriptions for information provided via email or on personalized web pages.
IRIS Alert Service. Accessing from: Campus | Off Campus
EDInfo (US Department of Education)
Custom News Service (National Science Foundation)
OELA Newsline (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs)
*NEW* ResearchResearchLite (formerly Sciencewise.com)
National Institutes of Health
Guide-Weekly Table of Contents Listserv
Behavioral & Social Science Funding Announcements (BSSR-GUIDE-L)