Research Funding Opportunities

The Berkeley campus' primary resource for information on research funding is the Sponsored Projects Office (SPO). This site provides information on federal, state, non-profit, and UC funding programs. SPO and other campus departments also provide information on:

• Limited Submission programs
• Faculty Prizes/Awards
• Equipment Grants
• New and Young Faculty Grants
• Travel Grants
• Women and Minorities Grants
• Postdoc Funding in the Biosciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Social Sciences
• Postdoc Funding in the Humanities
• Graduate Research Fellowships
• Undergraduate Research Fellowships

Other research funding opportunities on Campus include:

• Bears Breaking Boundaries: IT for Society, CITRIS
• Chancellor's Faculty Partnership Fund
• Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Studies
• Committee on Research
• Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
• Faculty Research Fund for the Biological Sciences
• France-Berkeley Fund
• Hellman Family Faculty Fund
• Humanities Research Fellowship
• Human Rights Center Student Fellowships
• Portuguese Studies Program Grants
• Research Futures Grant Program

Off-campus funding databases include:

• University of California Funding Opportunities
• Community of Science Funding Opportunities
• IRIS Funding Opportunities
• The Foundation Center
• GrantsNet

The Research Advocate published monthly by SPO lists funding opportunitites with upcoming deadlines as well as other relevant information. SPO also publishes guidance on preparing and submitting proposals.

The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations can provide assistance in obtaining funding from corporations and foundations. The Industry Alliances Office works with UC Berkeley employees and companies to enable innovative research relationships with private industry.

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