IRRoC Search

Search for funding opportunities that fit your project. Search by keyword and register to receive alerts as new funding becomes available. SPINPlus is the funding search database available to UMD faculty, staff and students. Click on the "See Also" link below for the SPIN Instruction Manual on how to create an account, set up standard filters, and maximize searches.

Seed Grant Programs support research and collaboration between the University of Maryland and the co-sponsoring institution. These programs include partnerships with the Smithsonian Institution, the University of Maryland Baltimore, the Future of Information Alliance, the National Cancer Institute, Leidos, and the University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research. Seed grants encourage new teams of investigators to cross institutional and disciplinary boundaries, to enhance established collaborative teams to move to the next level in their research, to establish specific high impact research foci and/or generate preliminary data to support new areas of endeavor and to encourage research that leads to new funding opportunities. Guidelines and forms for Seed Grant Programs can be found on VPR's website.

Browse and apply for open internal and external funding opportunities, including Limited Submissions, Seed Grant Programs, and Tier I and Tier II Faculty Incentive Programs. These funding opportunities are open to UMD faculty and staff.

VPR supports research and scholarly activity of UMD faculty through use of the Designated Research Initiative Fund (DRIF). Guidelines and forms for the Faculty Incentive Program can be found on VPR's website.

Grants.gov is the federal system for finding and applying for funding opportunities with the federal government. Click the See Also link below to find ORA-sponsored training events on using the grants.gov system.

The BSOS Dean's Office holds an annual internal grant competition. It is open to all BSOS faculty, staff, and students.

The SRI program is designed to encourage and enhance the diversity of scholars working in the social and behavioral science fields. Rising undergraduate juniors and seniors are welcome to apply.