Federal Recovery Act and Stimulus Updates
Funding Opportunities by Email
- Research Funding Update is published monthly to highlight potential sources of external support for research and scholarly and creative activities.
- SMARTS is an electronic matching and funding opportunity notification system that provides information on federal and non-federal grants, contracts and fellowships as they are announced by the various agencies. To sign up for Smarts/Genius, go to http://www.infoed.org and click on the Genius icon (top right hand corner). From here select Create a New Profile.
- Sponsor Listservs and eNewsletter including details on how to subscribe to federal and non-federal agency distribution lists.
Searchable Funding Databases
- SPIN is a searchable database containing information on nearly 40,000 grant programs from federal, private, and corporate sponsoring agencies. To access, go to http://www.infoed.org and in the top right hand corner click on the SPINQS for the Quick Search function or SPIN to do a more targeted Advanced Search. For a brief introduction to SPIN, take the SPIN Tutorial. (Please note: SPIN is a subscription service restricted to the Sac State domain)
Other Funding Resources
President's Award honors a Sacramento State colleague who has made significant contributions within the previous five years to a discipline through scholarly activity, creative/artistic endeavors, or research and publication.
Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award is given annually to a Sacramento State faculty member who has, over many years, made significant contributions to a discipline through scholarly activity, creative/artistic endeavors, research and publication.
Pedagogy Enhancement Awards are offered through the Center for Teaching and Learning to increase the teaching and scholarly effectiveness of individual faculty or groups of faculty, respond to the varied needs of our diverse student population and disseminate results.
CSU Faculty Research Fellows Program is a system-wide program that makes the research expertise of the California State University faculty available to the State Senate, the State Assembly, and the Governor's Office. Short-term research projects are funded on policy issues of concern to these state government entities.
RCA Capstone Awards are made to the research celebration presenters whose projects are judged to have made a significant contribution to their field.
Research and Creative Activity Awards provide assigned time grants, monetary awards and summer fellowships to both tenured and tenure track faculty. The deadline for 2011-2012 applications has passed. Information regarding future competitions will be available in Fall 2011.
UEI Campus Grant Program invites applications for projects that are innovative, have a demonstrable need and clearly benefit Sacramento State students, faculty and/or staff.
Of particular interest are projects that advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, research and campus engagement.
For detailson the grant and upcoming informational sessions, visit the website.
