Funding Resources
The web provides a wide array of electronic information resources about Campus and external funding. Sites and resources relevant to educational research are included below. Here are guides produced by our office and links to database tools to help explore and select the best funding options for potential research projects.
ROO conducts targeted searches of funding opportunities for College faculty seeking support for a particular project. This service is available on request to ROO staff.
| Bureau Resources | External Funding Databases | Funding News Services | Links to Additional Resources |
Bureau Resources
Federal Funding for STEM Education Research Seminar
Sponsored by the Bureau and held on May 23, 2006. Handouts and presentation material about applying for STEM Education Research grants. Available online.
IES Funding Seminar
Sponsored by the Bureau and held on May xx, 2007 and August 23, 2007. Handouts and presentation material about applying for IES grants. Available online.
NSF Funding Seminar
Sponsored by the Bureau and held in May 2006. Handouts and presentation material about applying for NSF grants. Available online.
NIH Funding Seminar
Sponsored by the Bureau, to be held June 29, 2005. Handouts about applying for NIH grants. 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 20, 2007. 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.
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.
Or other search engine
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 (Illinois Researcher Information Service)
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)

