The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs offers faculty and staff a wide range of information on funding sources for research and other projects that support Marquette's mission. Marquette personnel seeking funding opportunities can use the resources below to identify potential funding support.  

PIVOT

Marquette has a subscription to Pivot, a user-friendly, searchable funding database that allows you to save searches, and also see others who share the same research interests. With Pivot you can search for funding, create continuously updated searches with weekly notifications, and see who on campus might also share the same research interests.

Below are the steps to get set up and start using Pivot:

  1. Create/Login to your account (the Create Account link is under the Sign In button)
  2. Claim and update your profile (enables better funding opportunity matching)  
  3. Basic Searches tutorial
  4. Advanced Searching and Saving tutorial

You can learn even more about using Pivot through the Quick Start Guide PDF or their additional brief YouTube tutorials

 

Additionally, here are some curated lists available in Pivot:

 

Beyond Pivot, some additional resources available are:

 

Specific Sponsor or Award Information 

If you know what kind of sponsor or award you are targeting, such as federal (NIH or NSF), state/local, individual/fellowship, early career, or equipment, you can find more information about each of those on the tabs below.

 

 

Finding Federal Grant Programs

Trying to find the right program in the realm of grants and government funding can feel overwhelming at times. To sort through the federal grant programs, the authoritative source is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). This catalog lists all of the available funding programs to all levels of government, nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, and other eligible entities.

Another option is to search grants within Grants.gov, which provides grant and cooperative agreement opportunities from federal agencies. To view these opportunities select Search Grants to search, filter, and apply for specific opportunities to receive funding from one of these programs. 

List of Common Federal Funding Programs

List of Common Federal Awards Databases

 

  

Foundations in Wisconsin 

Raynor Library has announced a partnership with CharityEZ, Inc., a nonprofit volunteer and donor management platform, to carry on the legacy Foundations in Wisconsin, a directory of every grantmaking foundation in the state of Wisconsin, which the library created and made available to nonprofit organizations. 

Foundations in Wisconsin ceased operations on Dec. 31, 2023, with the database information now available at CharityEZ.org and on CharityEZ’s companion site, YouCanGiveBack.com. YouCanGiveBack.com is a portal that provides a comprehensive way to search for places to give time, money and in-kind goods to nonprofits whose mission matches donor interest and values.

 

Other Wisconsin Funding Opportunities

Individual applications and awards, such as fellowships, are opportunities received directly by individuals, rather than through the university. Because no funds are coming directly to the university, individuals will be responsible for all tax-related reporting.

These opportunities are significant endeavors and should be recognized. Faculty and students are strongly encouraged to work with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to facilitate a successful application and to register individual application and award activity into the Kuali database. 

Additional opportunities beyond Fulbright and other fellowships listed below can be found via the Pivot database.

Fulbright

The Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program (CIES) aims to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other countries through exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills offering more than 400 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in 130 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. In addition to several new program models designed to meet the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright offers flexible awards including multi-country opportunities.

The deadline to apply each year on September 15th.

Learn More

 

Fellowships and Travel Grants

While the term "fellowship" is used to represent a variety of opportunities, generally fellowships are short-term opportunities lasting from a few months to several years; focus on the professional development of the fellow; and are sponsored by a specific organization seeking to expand leadership in their field.

For more information and resources, visit our Fellowships and Travel Grants webpage.

 

New investigators are the innovators of the future - they bring fresh ideas and technologies to existing research problems and topics, and they pioneer new areas of investigation. Entry of new investigators into the ranks of independent, funded researchers is essential to the health of this country’s research and education enterprise.

NIH Early Stage Investigator (ESI)

ESIs are new investigators who are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or within 10 years of completing their medical residency at the time they apply for R01 grants.

NIH Early Career Reviewer Program (ECR)

The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) ECR program was developed to train qualified scientists without prior CSR review experience to become effective reviewers, help emerging researchers advance their careers by exposing them to peer review, and enrich the existing pool of NIH reviewers by including scientists from less research-intensive institutions as well as those from traditionally research-intensive.

NSF Early Career Program (CAREER)

The Faculty Early Career Development Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.  Faculty must be untenured until October 1 following the deadline to be eligible and may only apply 3 times. 

 

If interested in seeking funding for equipment, click here.