resources for finding

federal Funding opportunities

All Federal agency competitive grant announcements are posted at this site. These agencies include:

- Agency for International Development (AID)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Corporation for National and Community Service (Corp. for Natl. Service)
- Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
- Dept. of Commerce (DOC)
- Dept. of Defense (DOD)
- Dept. of Education (US ED)
- Dept. of Energy (DOE)
- Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Dept. of the Interior (DOI)
- Dept. of Justice (DOJ)
- Dept. of Labor (DOL)
- Dept. of State (State)
- Dept. of Transportation (DOT)
- Dept. of the Treasury (Treasury)
- Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Affairs)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Food and Drug Adminisitration (FDA)
- Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Social Security Administration (SSA)

The “Find” feature facilitates searching for information on competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies from one location. Searches can be done by topic area as well as by agency, date of publication, and other identifying parameters.

Sign up to be notified automatically of future grant opportunities as they are added to the site also can be done at this site.

In the future, grants.gov will be the single portal through which applications for funding for all the agencies will be submitted.

For more information about using grants.gov at UNH, go to:
http://www.unh.edu/osr/e-proposals/grants_gov.html

For the lists of its funding opportunities provided at each agency website, go to:
http://www.unh.edu/osr/funding/fed_op.html

Federal Business Opportunities
(http://www.fedbizopps.gov/)

FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Research opportunities listed in FedBizOpps also are listed at grants.gov.

CBDNet
(http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/)

CBDNet is the official online listing of Government contracting opportunities which were published in the Commerce Business Daily on or before January 4, 2002, when its publication was suspended. CBDNet is now an archive database which will be maintained indefinitely.

Opportunities previously published in the CBD are now available through Federal Business Opportunities (http://www.fedbizopps.gov).

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(http://www.cfda.gov/)

The CFDA provides general descriptions of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.

The database can be searched by a variety of parameters.

The asssigned CFDA# identifies the program, but it is not a unique identifier for a specific competition or submission deadline.

Also available at this site are several aids that provide guidance for writing of a proposal to apply for these programs.

Federal Register Online (via GPO Access)
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/)

Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Any notice of funding opportunity that is published in the Federal Register also will be posted in grants.gov.

SearchGov.com
(http://www.searchgov.com/)

This site provides links to virtually all Federal branches, departments, executive agencies, and independent agencies, as well at to State and Local government sites.

It also has links to:

SearchEdu.com (http://www.searchedu.com/) -- Over 15 million university and education pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity; Useful Reference Links; and Calculators, Constants and Conversions

SearcheBooks.com (http://www.searchebooks.com/) -- Online books

SearchMil.com (http://www.searchmil.com/) -- Over 1 million military pages indexed and ranked in order of popularity

Last Updated: 8/13/08