Funding Opportunities

Here you will find links to a wide variety of sites with information on funding opportunities. This includes internal funding for faculty, as well as federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. It also includes links to a selection of non-federal agencies and foundations who regularly release funding opportunity announcements. WSU subscribes to Pivot, a searchable database that contains external funding opportunities from many government and private sources. This database is available to WSU students, faculty, and staff. Users can build profiles, save searches, track opportunities, and set up funding alerts. The NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) provides information (including abstracts) about previously funded Federal grants.
 

  • INTERNAL FUNDING FOR FACULTY

    WSU Internal Funding

    OVPR offers funding to support and encourage research endeavors at the university.

    DMC Foundation

    The DMC Foundation funds two types of grants: Health Education and Community Benefit grants and Medical Research grants.

     

  • EXTERNAL FUNDING

    Federal Agencies

    Grants.gov

    Register with Grants.gov and search for federal grant opportunities from agencies including USDA, DOD, DHHS, DHS, NSF and CDC.

    National Institutes of Health This site provides comprehensive information about federal funding from the NIH. Sign up to receive regular notices of grants available, search funding opportunities, and find out how to apply for NIH awards.

    Agency for Health Care Research and Quality

    AHRQ funds research to enhance the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services and access to those services. AHRQ's research projects examine the availability, quality, and costs of health care services and ways to improve the effectiveness and appropriateness of clinical practice.
     

    Selected Non-Federal Agencies & Foundations

    Emergency Medicine Foundation

    In 2016, EMF provided over $1,000,000 in grant funding to further emergency medicine research.

    Society for Academic Emergency Medicine SAEM provides grants in a number of different categories, including medical student interest groups, research training, scholarly sabbaticals, and more. Emergency Medicine Residents' Association

    EMRA offers scholarships for workshop or conference attendance and grants to residents or medical school students.

    Emergency Nurses Association Foundation

    ENAF provides educational scholarships and research grants in the discipline of emergency nursing.

    American Heart Association

    AHA is the largest source of non-federal funding for CVD and stroke research impacting prevention and treatment.

    Health Resources & Services Administration

    HRSA offers grants to improve and expand health care services for underserved populations with several focus areas.

    Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    PCORI's goal is to determine which of the many healthcare options available to patients and those who care for them work best in particular circumstances by funding research that addresses the questions and concerns most relevant to patients, and we involve patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders, along with researchers, throughout the process.

    The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology

    AACT promotes advancement of research, education and treatment of diseases caused by chemicals, drugs and toxins. AACT provides support through research awards and grant programs in all career stages.

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

    BCBSMF gives nearly $2 million a year in grants to research quality, cost and access to care in the health care system.

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    RWJF funds a wide array of research and initiatives to help address some of America's most pressing health challenges.

    Skillman Foundation

    Skillman has an annual grant budgets of $15-$17 million, supporting programs that improve the lives of Detroit youths.

    Gilead

    Gilead grants aim to improve access and eliminate barriers to healthcare, advance education among patients and healthcare professionals and help build strong local communities across a variety of therapeutic areas

    AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation

    AZ supports quality, independent research that enhances patient care.

    Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

    Researchers have used NIBR funding to develop treatments and technologies that have the potential to help produce therapeutic breakthroughs for patients.