External Funding Grant List
Learn about external grants to help fund your undergraduate research while at Pitzer
External Funding by Discipline
This is an unofficial list of external funding sources for undergraduate research. Not all opportunities are for undergraduates – some may require a graduate or professoriate level PI.
Funding Resources
- Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
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Important Dates and Deadlines
- Sponsor: WK KELLOGG Foundation
Program: OPEN, Supports Children, Families, and Communities
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
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- Sponsor: American Council of Learned Societies
Program: Fellowship and Grants
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
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- Sponsor: Smithsonian Institute
Program: Fellowship and Internship Program
Discipline: All
Deadline: Variable
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- Sponsor: American Association of Medical Colleges
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Medicine
Discipline: Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences
Deadline: Not Specific
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- Sponsor: National Institute of Health (DHHS)
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Types of Grants
Deadline: Varies
Programs:- Research Grants (R series)
- Career Development Awards (K series)
- Research Training and Fellowships ( T & F series)
- Program Project/Center Grants (P series)
- Resource Grants (various series)
- Trans-NIH Programs
- Sponsor: Sigma Xi
Program: Grant-in-Aid of Research
Discipline: Natural and Social Sciences, Engineering
Deadline: March and October
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- Sponsor: Simons Foundation
Program: Focus on mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, neuroscience and autism research.
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Computer and Information Science Engineering (CISE)
Discipline: Computer Science, Engineering Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: STEM Education Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Office of Integrative Activities
Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Discipline: Humanities
Program: NEH Sabbatical Fellowships
Deadline: April
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- Sponsor: American Philosophical Society
Program: Library Resident Research Fellowship
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: March
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- Sponsor: California Arts Council: A State Agency (Supported by National Endowment)
Discipline: Humanities
Deadline: Varies
Website- Program: Collaborative Research
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- Program: Collaborative Research
- Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
Discipline: Physics, Astronomy, Applied and Material Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering
Deadline: February
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- Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Program: Undergraduate Scholarship Program
Discipline: Health-related
Deadline: February
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- Sponsor: American Association of Medical Colleges
Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Programs in Medicine
Discipline: Medicine, Pharmacy, Natural Sciences
Deadline: Not Specific
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- Sponsor: American Society of Plant Biologists
Program: ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
Discipline: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences
Deadline: February
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- Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Program: APA Summer Science Institute
Discipline: Psychology
Deadline: Not specified
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- Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Program: APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Experience in Research (SUPER) Fellowships
Discipline: Psychology
Deadline: Not specified
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation Directorate: Biological Sciences
Deadline: Varies by program
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- Sponsor: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Program: Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship
Discipline: Biology Deadline: March
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- Sponsor: Botanical Society of America Program: Minority Undergraduate Participation Grant
Discipline: Biology
Deadline: April
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Computer and Information Science Engineering (CISE)
Discipline: Computer and Information Science
Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate: International Science and Engineering
Discipline: Engineering and Technology
Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Directorate: Biological Sciences
Discipline: Environmental Biology
Deadline: varies by program
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- Sponsor: National Wildlife Federation
Program: NWF Campus Ecology Fellowship Program
Discipline: Environmental Studies, Ecology
Deadline: Not available
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- Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Program: National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Undergraduate & Graduate Student Fellowship Program
Discipline: Environmental Sciences and Studies, Public Policy
Deadline: February
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- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Program: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Discipline: All
Deadline: July 26, Annually
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Humanities & Social Sciences
- Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grants to Organizations
- American Philosophical Society (APS) Phillips Fund for Native American Research
- Vilcek Foundation Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Music
- Carey Institute for Global Good Logan Non-Fiction Fellowship
- Library of Congress, John W Kluge Center Kluge Fellowships