Federal Funding Opportunities
There are thousands of funding opportunities available through various federal agencies. Those listed below are of greatest interest to Moravian faculty. If you are aware of other opportunities and have questions about them, contact Dr. Rob Breckinridge in the Grants Office at breckinridger@moravian.edu or 610-861-1478.
National Endowment for the Humanities
“The term ‘humanities’ includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurisprudence; philosophy; archaeology; comparative religion; ethics; the history, criticism and theory of the arts; those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods; and the study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.”
—National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended
Popular grant programs:
- Collaborative Research Grants
- Dialogues on the Experience of War
- Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
- Fellowships
- Humanities Connections Planning Grants
- Humanities Connections Implementation Grants
- Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
- Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions
- Summer Seminars and Institutes
- Summer Stipends
- Note: To be eligible to apply for NEH summer stipends, faculty must be nominated by the University.
- Moravian's NEH Summer Stipends Institutional Nomination Process
National Science Foundation
A new version of the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) has been issued and will be effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020.
- An important change in this version is the required use of an NSF-approved format for the submission of the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents. NSF is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use SciENcv: Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae as an NSF-approved format for the preparation of both documents.
Research areas supported by NSF:
- Natural Sciences: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Biology, Physics
- Math and Computer Science
- Engineering
- Undergraduate Science Education
- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cultural Anthropology, Decision Risk & Management Sciences, Developmental Sciences, Economics, Geography, Law & Social Sciences, Linguistics, Perception Action & Cognition, Political Science, Social Psychology, Sociology
Popular Grant Programs (crossing all divisions):
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
- Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI)
- Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
- Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
- Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
Helpful blogs for NSF grant applications:
- Small Pond Science - Lessons from serving on NSF panels
- Small Pond Science - Broader impacts that have impact
- BIO BUZZ - Blog of NSF's Directorate for Biological Sciences, Office of the Assistant Director
- DEBrief - Blog of NSF's Division of Environmental Biology
- IOS in Focus - Blog of NSF's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
- MCB Blog - Blog of NSF's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
- DBInfo - Blog of NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure
National Institutes of Health
The NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the nation by conducting and supporting research in the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases; in the processes of human growth and development; in the biological effects of environmental contaminants; in the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and in directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists.
Popular Grant Programs:
- For undergraduate institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH support - Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - PA-18-504
- For undergraduate institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH support - Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15 Clinical Trial Required) - PA-18-343
- Other grant programs
Other Federal Funding Opportunities
- Council for International Exchange of Scholars - Fulbright Program
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Endowment for the Arts
- U.S. Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
- U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences
- U.S. Department of Education - General Grant Information
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Institute of Peace - Grants and Fellowships
If you have questions or need additional information on federal grant opportunities, contact Dr. Rob Breckinridge in the Grants Office at breckinridger@moravian.edu or 610-861-1478.