Prospecting
Looking for a grant that fits your project or program?
1. Review the Required Reading for SU PI/PDs.
2. Set up weekly, customized automated searches using SPIN, a searchable grants database (FREE to Shepherd staff, faculty and students).
- SPIN: Log-In Page (Your profile will need to be approved by OSP staff. This can take up to 72 hours. So, log-in for the first time BEFORE you plan on using it.)
- SPIN: QUICK START GUIDE (This is a refresher from the tutorial session, or a self-guided tour for those who prefer to work alone.)
3. When you find a grant you’d like to apply for: complete the quick and easy “Intent to Submit Form” as soon as practical!
Be sure that sponsored projects align with the Shepherd University Strategic Plan 2023-2028 .
Funding resources:
Federal
- Grants.gov
- Army Corp of Engineers
- Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance(CFDA)
- Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Department of Commerce (DOC)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Department of Labor
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Department of Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Federal Register
- Fulbright Program
- Grants.gov
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Library of Congress
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Archives – Grants
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Park Service (NPS)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
- Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Smithsonian Institution
- SRA International Grants Web
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet
- Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
State
- West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History (WVDACH)
- Grants.WV.gov
- WVOasis
- West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC)
- West Virginia Science and Research (HEPC STaR)
- HEPC STaR Vision 2025 WV Science and Technology Plan
- NSF EPSCoR
Private/ Foundations
- Women Investing In Shepherd (WISH)
- Nora Roberts Foundation
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (Berkeley County Industrial Park Grants, Two Rivers Giving Circle, etc.)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES for Shepherd University’s Grants Community