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Funding Opportunities


Below you will find 4 links to continuously updated funding databases tailored to the needs and eligibility of UNC graduate students.
Click on the following links to browse fellowships and funding opportunities:


Funding opportunities for all graduate students
Funding opportunities specifically for under-represented minorities and women
Funding opportunities for international students

Funding opportunities for postdoctoral trainees

Each list is populated every time the link is clicked so it may take a moment to load.  If you are accessing the links from an off-campus computer you will be prompted to enter your ONYEN and password.

These lists are compiled by TIBBS and GrantSource Library staff using the COS database of over 25,000 grants and fellowships. If you would like to receive email alerts when an opportunity in COS is updated, you can track the opportunity on your own COS workbench. To learn how to register for a COS workbench and track opportunities, click here or contact the GrantSource Library for assistance.

 


The GrantSource Library is a resource for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars and graduate students seeking information on funding sources for independent research, collaborative projects, fellowships, travel and other scholarly activities. They provide assistance and instruction on the best use of their resources. http://research.unc.edu/grantsource/index.php

Selected Major Fellowships for Graduate students collated by the GrantSource Library https://research.unc.edu/ccm/groups/assets/@research/@grantsourcelibrary/documents/content/ccm3_020014.pdf

UNC Chapel Hill Graduate school fellowships and funding http://gradschool.unc.edu/fellowships_and_funding/index.html

The Office of Extramural Research at the NIH publishes funding opportunities (RFAs and Pas) on its website.

Grantsnet is a free (courtesy of HHMI and AAAS), “one-stop resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education.” The searchable database contains programs that offer training and research funding for graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. Also provides funding news and discussion forums.

AAAS Fellowships are available in a number of areas, from Science & Technology Policy to Homeland Security.

NIH RePORTER is a searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. It is maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the NIH, and is free for public use.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund's Career Awards in Biomedical Sciences provide support ranging from $445,000 for four years to $574,000 for six years. Candidates must have completed at least twelve but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral training.

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) offers a number of fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral and predoctoral levels aimed at increasing the exposure of minorities to research fields.

The Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation offers three-year fellowships to encourage the theoretical and experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies, and prevention. Only candidates beginning their first full-time postdoctoral appointment are eligible.

American Diabetes Association

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

American Thoracic Association

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