Loyola University Chicago

Office of Research Services

Funding

 

In Research Services' PTAP system:

Funding opportunity announcements will be emailed to you when they match the keywords in your "Research/Scholarly Interests Profile." To quickly set up your research/scholarly interests profile, click here.

In the federal grants.gov system:

Search for federal grant opportunities here; you may also set up an RSS feed to receive updates on new or modified opportunities.

In the Pivot system*:

Use the Pivot search engine to craft searches that match your interests.  Then save those searches and set up funding alerts to be emailed to you every week.  Also set up and/or update your faculty profile so that potential collaborators can link up.

Pivot Overview

Pivot Search Engine

Pivot Profile in Pivot

Pivot Search Tips

Learn more about Pivot with their online User Training Videos.

 

Opportunities for Faculty and Graduate Students

Listed are many of the most common federal and state agencies and private foundations/corporations that typically fund research and scholarly activities.

NOTE: Applicants for internal funding may make use of resources available here, including grant writing assistance, statistical consultation, and (when the research is computationally intensive) the Research Data Center.

Federal

All federal funding opportunities can be found on Grants.gov. Go to the site to search for funding by keyword or to browse opportunities by agency or category.

 

State Government

 

 

 

Prive Foundations/Corporations

Note: Certain private foundations are "restricted" (e.g., will only make one award per year per institution) and so all proposals to foundations will be coordinated with the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations by the Office of Research Services.