Grant Searching Tools
Pivot is a paid subscription service for funding information that is available to all Purdue employees. It combines a comprehensive source of global funding opportunities with a large collection of scholar profiles into one intuitive solution. With Pivot, researchers, faculty and research administrators can easily explore new avenues for funding, view funding opportunities uniquely matched to their scholar profile, collaborate with colleagues and manage the results of the process to build a funding strategy that supports both immediate and long-term funding needs.
Use this link to create a profile, log in to your existing account, and set funding alert and tracking options. Click here for online tutorials or check out our one-page Pivot Quick Reference Guide. If you have any questions or would like a one-on-one demonstration, please contact Sue Grimes or Kristyn Jewell.
Grants.gov is a website for federal agencies to post discretionary funding opportunities and for grantees to find and apply to them. Today, the Grants.gov system houses information on over 1,000 grant programs and vets grant applications for federal grant-making agencies. Register to receive an email notification of new grant postings, search by keywords and other fields, or view all grant opportunities posted in the last seven days.
Proposal Central supports a variety of non-profit and government funding agencies in proposal submission. Agencies that utilize this system include the American Cancer Society, the Arthritis Foundation, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Muscular Dystrophyis a Cloud-based grants management solution chosen by over 100 non-profit and government funding organizations in health, biomedical and scientific research (see a list of proposalCENTRAL member organizations).
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