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Funding Opportunities



Faculty and staff members are invited to advise the staff of the Office of Research Administration of their interests so that we may direct announcements that come through the office to appropriate persons.  Sites and libraries that may offer funding opportunities are listed below:
 
  • PSC-CUNY GRANT PROGRAM

  • NEH SUMMER STIPENDS

  • FEDERAL SOURCES
     
  • NYC & NYC SOURCES
     
  •  HUNTER INTERNAL GRANTS

  • CUNY INTERNAL FUNDING PROGRAMS
     
  • FOUNDATIONS & NON-PROFITS SOURCES
     
  • GRANTS.GOV
    Hunter College is already registered with Grants.gov.  No further registration is required.
     
  • COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE PIVOT
     Hunter College recently gained access to the funding opportunities database Pivot.  Pivot replaces COS Funding Opportunities.  Pivot is a tool that merges the COS Funding Opportunities and COS Expertise profile databases.  The subscription, which is paid by the Research Foundation, is available to all CUNY colleges.  PIVOT may be used by faculty and staff.  You make access the website at http://pivot.cos.com.  We have had and will continue to have workshops on Pivot.  Please ensure that you are on our listserv to obtain information about the latest workshops.  More details can be found on the PIVOT announcement.



     
  • FOUNDATION DIRECTORY ONLINE
    Foundation Directory Online provides access to an unprecedented wealth of timely, comprehensive information on grantmakers and their grants. Included is a database of the entire universe of over 96,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities in the U.S.; a database of over 3,500 sponsoring companies, offering a quick pathway to corporate funders; a database of over 1.5 million recently awarded grants; and a keyword-searchable database of over 561,000 recently filed IRS Forms 990 and 990-PF. Unique funder portfolios organize additional funder-specific content in one convenient location and include: grantmaker-related news, job opportunities, and Request For Proposals (RFPs); grantmaker-sponsored publications; and officer and trustee affiliations.      Access can only be granted by computers on the Hunter College campus.  It is a part of the library's online databases.  Please click here to access the database
     
  • LIBRARY
    The Office of Research Administration has a reference library to assist in searching for possible funding sources.  The Research Administration has recent issues of the Federal Register, the current edition of the Foundation Directory and various other reference guides issued by the Foundation Center, and other publications on proposal writing and newsletters on funding sources. 
     

  •  THE FOUNDATION CENTER
    The Foundation Center located at 79 Fifth Avenue, welcomes visitors to use its reference materials. The Center is now open six days a week.  For information on its hours, see www.foundationcenter.org.

 

 



 

 
 
 
 
 

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