Search Tools

• Pivot (UVM subscription; NetID required)
• Vermont Directory of Foundations
• Grants.gov Search Grants (for federal agencies to post discretionary funding opportunities)
• beta.SAM.gov Contract Opportunities (formerly FedBizOpps.gov )

Alert Services

• Pivot Alerts
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (for all NIH announcements) use Advanced Search to create targeted alert
• National Science Foundation Update or Social Media Tools for news and grant announcements
• USDA/NIFA Sign up for Email or other Social Media Tools for News and Events Updates
• Environment Protection Agency (EPA) 
• Grants.gov E-mail Subscription for Funding Notices for any federal agencies without individual alert sign ups
• Philanthropy News Digest RFPs - alerts and search engine for Foundation and other grantmaking organization funding opportunities 

• A limited competition is a grant program where the sponsor restricts the number of applications that may be submitted by an institution, thus requiring an internal selection process.
• SPA along with several other units on campus use the UVM InfoReady Review Portal for interested applicants to submit their expressions of interest to be the selected applicant.
• See the Current Active Limited Competitions webpage for the internal announcement and instructions for expressing interest.

• For Faculty
• For Students
• UVM Foundation Corporate and Foundation Relations Services

The Office of the Vice President for Research offers several internal grant completions designed specifically to stimulate research and scholarship.

• See OVPR Competitions for more details and deadlines.