Announcements of research funding opportunities are typically posted on the dedicated websites of the relevant federal agencies or other funders, as well as on government-wide sites like Grants.gov. It’s not always easy to find your way through this welter of information to locate opportunities that match your needs and interests. Various offices across campus provide tools that can help.
Pivot Funding Database
Pivot is a comprehensive funding opportunities database that is freely accessible to anywone with a Berkeley email or CalNet ID. You can use Pivot to search for solicitations by specific research areas, funding mechanisms (e.g., grants, fellowships, awards), types of funder (federal, state, local, public, private sector), and other parameters. Create your own saved searches or review dozens of subject-specific lists of opportunities hand-picked by Office of Research staff.
- Log in here to get started.
- Review BRDO's Pivot Guide.
- Watch our recent Pivot Training Session.
Additional Databases & Funding Resources
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Grants.gov: the database where federal grant-making agencies publish their funding opportunities. Grants.gov can be searched by government agency, date, funding activity category, funding instrument type, and funding agency.
- Federal Grants Wire: a free resource that includes current information on federal grants and loans. Opportunities can be searched by applicant type, subject, government agency, or assistance type.
- California Grants Portal: a one-stop destination to find all grants and contracts currently being offered by California state agencies.
- Foundation Directory Online: a database of funding opportunities from U.S. foundations, corporate giving programs, public charities, and a growing number of international sources. This online database is available to the campus community through the UC Berkeley library, and can also be used remotely with your CalNet ID or UC Berkeley library login.
- Foundation and corporate funding opportunities: The Office of Foundation Relations and Corporate Philanthropy (FRCP) provides lists of funding opportunities from foundations and related sponsors.
- UC Research Initiatives: UCRI regularly opportunities for collaboration and seed funding across the full breadth of academic disciplines and scholarship at the UC, from the arts and humanities to engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, education, and medicine.