The Office of Research is here to help with resources for finding grant opportunities that fit your research interests and with developing successful proposals, including limited submission process and opportunities.
The Pivot-RP database covers all major funding sources for research and allows researchers to connect on shared interests. A free Pivot account is available for all Lehigh faculty, staff and students.
Visit the LTS Pivot-RP Getting Started page for instructions on how to set up your account, create your profile, set up customized funding alerts, and get the most out of your searches.
Pivot-RP provides global and local connections that strengthen research by exploring new avenues for funding and collaboration for faculty, staff researchers, and graduate students.
Top reasons to start using Pivot-R
- Get automated email updates by setting up Search Alerts - Pivot Search Alerts help you to keep up to date on your specific research areas by letting you know when new funding becomes available in your research field.
- Any search strategy you try in Pivot can be saved as a Search Alert. Once set up, the Search Alert will run automatically every week, and Pivot will email you with any new funding opportunities matching the criteria of your search.
- Search Alerts are available to anyone signed in to Pivot (create a free account from the 'sign in' link in the upper right corner of Pivot).
- Pivot Search Alerts can be general - such as a word or phrase - or more complex, with boolean connectors, filters, and/or limits. The following are Search Alert examples - click to see the matching grant opportunities in the Pivot database.
Pivot RP is made available to the Lehigh community through the Lehigh Libraries and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.
Type in a search term to try Pivot-RP:
Federal Agency Grants
Individual agencies have resources that allow you to find a good fit for your work and to sign up for mailing lists alerting you to new opportunities.
- Grants.Gov - Grants.gov provides access to all federal funding resources. You can search by agency, keyword, type of funding etc.
- Department of Energy
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Institute of Health
- National Science Foundation
If the grant opportunity you find is a Limited Submission, please see our page with policies.
Agency Resources
Below you'll find agency-specific information to support the development of your narrative proposal.
NIH
Introductory Materials
The NIH website has resources that may be helpful including: NIH Success Rates, Information for Peer Reviewers from NIH, and The Anatomy of a Specific Aims Page.
NIH-Provided Guides
Check out the NIH Grant Writing Guide to help draft your proposal. Provided by the NIH.
Here is the NIH Application Guide for grant proposals.
DOE
Funding Opportunities
OVPR held a workshop bringing together mentors. This list from Israel Wachs of funding opportunities.
Basic Energy Science Funding Opportunities
IES
Funding Opportunities
Check out the funding opportunities provided by the Institute of Education Sciences