Current Call for Applications
General Funding Opportunities and Advice
Grant Support Services
Connect with grant opportunities through these search services.
Resources
Hanover Research
Allows for greater customization by you, the user, and connects grant-seekers to proprietary grant support services that we have contracted for with Hanover.
Please sign up for this notification service on the Hanover Research website.
If you need assistance with sign-up or management, please contact Debi Jeffery ([email protected]) in the Division of Research and Innovation - Research Advancement.
Additional Services
PIVOT Grant Searches. PIVOT is a customizable, key-word based grant opportunity search engine. You have access to this database via your SDSUID single sign-on. For training or guidance with PIVOT please contact Debbie Brighton ([email protected]).
Grant Opportunity Publications from our DC Representatives, Van Scoyoc Associates. We will be archiving ongoing Grant Opportunity PDFs at our SDSUID Library Site for additional support reviewing these weekly newsletters, please contact Debi Jeffery ([email protected]).
Concierge opportunity searches - we recognize that not everyone is seeking funding opportunities with the same intensity at the same time. We have set-aside both internal DRI support, and organized external grant search support through Hanover and another service provider. If you would like a more specialized search experience, please contact Nadia Campbell ([email protected]).
Faculty Funding
SDSU provides extensive training on how to find research funds. The university also offers internal funding opportunities, as well as access to national and global databases of funding resources.
- Given the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on many SDSU faculty to progress their research, scholarship, and creative activities (RSCA), the Division of Research and Innovation (DRI) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Assigned Time for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities. The purpose of this program is to provide faculty with much-needed time to ensure the successful commencement, continuation, or completion of research, scholarship, or creative activity projects at SDSU. Learn more about assigned time.
- The SDSU Seed Grant Program, formerly known as the University Grants Program, aims to assist faculty in their career and research goals. Awards are limited to $7,500 and awarded for an 12-month period.
- SDSU offers its employees access to two major databases of potential funding, including SPIN (the world's largest database of sponsored funding opportunities) and Pivot (a comprehensive global source of information). Learn more about faculty funding.
- Attend a SDSU Find Funding Workshop. Also, consider signing up for the Weekly Bulletin from the SDSU Research Foundation, which informs recipients of field-specific funding opportunities. Sign up here.
- The Grants and Research Enterprise Writing Fellowship includes a stipend for grant writing efforts, as well as travel funding to meet with funding agency representatives for select fellows.
- The SDSU Rapid Response Program is designed to help faculty respond quickly to funding opportunities as they emerge. The primary purpose of this new program is to provide support for projects that will lead to an extramural funding proposal or projects that need immediate grant writing support in response to an extramural funding announcement. Faculty who receive this funding are required to submit a proposal for extramural funding (e.g. federal, state, local, foundation, etc.). Award periods can range from three to six months. The total amount of an individual award can range between $10k - $25k, depending upon the amount of extramural funding sought. Learn More About the Rapid Response Program
Graduate Student Funding
Many of our largest internal funding opportunities require a faculty member to nominate an exceptional and deserving graduate student. We also encourage students to apply for funding from national funding agencies within their field.
- The University Graduate Fellowship supports up to 30 graduate fellows with an annual stipend of $25,000, plus benefits. Accompanying support from an external funding source is required to receive this fellowship. Learn more about the University Graduate Fellowship.
- The Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship is for non-resident graduate students who demonstrate outstanding potential for achievement. Recipients must be nominated by advisors. Learn more about the Presidential Graduate Research Fellowship.
- The CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program provides student loans to doctoral students who show promise of teaching within the CSU system, as well as loan forgiveness to those who obtain a CSU instructional position. SDSU Graduate Affairs holds workshops for interested students. Learn more from Graduate Affairs.
- There are many internal and external options for graduate student funding, several of which students can apply to directly. You can find a full list here.
Undergraduate Student Funding
For an undergraduate to receive research funding they almost always need a faculty mentor to help them with their research proposal and oversee their work. Learn how to find a mentor. Additionally, SDSU undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds have a handful of research-related scholarships available to them.
- The Summer Undergraduate Research Program offers $3,000 stipends to select students participating in research over the summer with a faculty mentor. Learn more about the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
- The Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship is available to select juniors, seniors, and graduate students interested in obtaining research doctorates. Graduate Affairs holds workshops for students interested in applying. Learn more about the Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship.
- SDSU's Maximizing Access to Research Careers program provides scholarships to juniors and seniors interested in obtaining a doctoral degree in STEM fields. Learn more about SDSU's Maximizing Access to Research Careers.
- SDSU's Excellence in Science through Equity and Outreach provides hourly wages to undergraduates participating in research at an SDSU lab. Learn more SDSU's Excellence in Science through Equity and Outreach.
- SDSU has a number of funding opportunities open to underrepresented students. Learn more about funding opportunities.
- The Zahn Spirit of Innovation Award is a $25,000 award given to a graduating senior to help him or her pursue an innovative or entrepreneurial goal.