External Opportunities

 To find and stay updated on external funding opportunities, you can: 

• Use Pivot-Research Professional (Pivot-RP) a large, comprehensive funding opportunity database that UC San Diego affiliates have free access to. Log in with your institutional credentials, run searches, save searches, browse curated lists of opportunities, and more. To get started, watch these brief video tutorials: 
  • Logging in, claiming your profile, and running a search (4 minutes)  
  • Running a search (extended), sharing a search, and saving a search (15 minutes)  
  • Bonus features for unit administrators and research group leaders (4 minutes) 

• Review sponsor websites, for example: 
  • University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Research Grant Programs Office 
  • Grants.gov, includes funding opportunities from a range of federal agencies 
  • NIH Funding Opportunities
  • NASA 
  • NSF Find Funding 
  • DARPA Funding Opportunities 
  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 
  • National Endowment for the Arts 
  • National Endowment for the Humanities 
  • ARPA-H 
  • California Grants Portal, includes funding opportunities from a range of California agencies 
  • Philanthropic Organizations with Upcoming Deadlines   

• Subscribe to e-mail lists, for example:
  
  • Grants.gov 
  • NIH Guide Announcements 
  • NSF E-mail Updates 
  • Department of Energy E-mail Updates - scroll down to the “Stay Connected” box and type in your email address 
  • ARPA-E Newsletter 
  • DARPA Newsletter 
  • ARPA-H Vitals Newsletter 
  • California Grants Portal 
  • Candid/Philanthropy News Digest, private foundation opportunities 

• Access institutional lists and subscriptions:
  
  • Foundation Relations private foundation funding opportunities lists 
  • Weekly Opportunities Outlook, a weekly compilation of new funding opportunities, news, and other announcements curated by Research Development.

• Sign in and edit/update your own UCSD Profiles profile (academics only)