Academic Grants

Funding Opportunities

The following provides information and access to major private foundations and governmental agencies providing grants to Universities. Individuals are encouraged to learn the grant “game” by exploring a few sites on their own.

Major Search Engines to Access Public and Private Grant Sources: Links to some of the major search engines and to web sites that MSUM has membership.

Federal Funds: Grants.gov provides links to over 900 grant programs from 26 federal grant-making agencies. 

Fellowship and Research Funds: Provides links to foundations that fund both research opportunities and professional development.

Internal Funds: Provides links to various awards available to the MSUM faculty/staff community.

Minnesota State Funds: Provides links to major sources of Minnesota governmental agencies, including MnSCU.

Private Foundations-National: Provides links to many top national foundations. 

Private Foundations-Regional: Provides links to agencies and foundations that provide funds in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Student Funds: Links to web resource sites for external scholarship and grant searches and on-campus information for scholarships and research opportunities.