Sponsoring agencies provide listings of funding announcements and other pertinent information about obtaining research funding. Visit federal agencies, state agencies, non-profit organizations and other sponsors’ websites to learn about the funding opportunities they provide.
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Army Research Office
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense)
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- USDA Cooperative State Research Service
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDRE) (Department of Defense)
- Federal Laboratory Consortium
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institute of Standards & Technology
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Naval Research Laboratory (Office of Naval Research)
- Office for Human Research Protections
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
Interested investigators should Foundation Relations before contacting or submitting an application to a private foundation. Foundation Relations provides assistance in making meaningful connections with foundations and in identifying proposal support services. Contact Janice Taylor for more information.
- Amgen Foundation
- Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
- Brain Research Foundation
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
- Greenwall Foundation
- W.M. Keck Foundation
- The McKnight Foundation
- The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
- Pew Charitable Trust
- Searle Scholars Program
- Simons Foundation
- California Arts Council
- California Department of Education
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- California Department of Transportation
- California Department of Water Resources
- California Energy Commission
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board
- California Environmental Protection Agency State Water Resources Control Board
- California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways
- CalRecycle
- Employment Training Panel
- State Council on Developmental Disabilities
- State of California Coastal Conservancy
- State of California Ocean Protection Council
- State of California Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
- State of California Sierra Nevada Conservancy
- State of California Wildlife Conservation Board