Funding & Grants
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AEA Grants to Promote Diversity
Departmental Seed Grants for Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion
URM Travel Grants
Funding Opportunities
Pivot and Research Professional Database
Grant Select
GrantForward
Funding News
COSSA Washington Update
Research Professional Funding Opportunities
General Information
Grants.gov: Federal Grants Portal
Indiana Univ. GradGrants Center: Links to Grant Information Sources
The Foundation Center: Grantmaker Info
Economics Specific
Goverment Funding for Economic Research
ESRC Funding Opportunities
GrantsNet (Department of Health and Human Services)
Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
The Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics
Grant Opportunities
ABE Fellowship
AEA Minority Scholarship Program
African Economic Research Consortium
American Insitute for Economic Research (AIER) Fellowships
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Grants
Carolyn Shaw Bell Award (CSWEP)
CGP Intellectual Exchange Grant Programs
CGP Regional/Grassroots Grant Programs
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Economic Policy Fellowship Program
Elaine Bennett Research Prize (CSWEP)
Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education Grant (Coleman Foundation)
Becker Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative
Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Economics
Geneva Association - Risk and Insurance Economics
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grants
IDB Prize in Islamic Economics
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF)
International Insurance Economics Research Grant
IREX Programs and Grant Opportunities
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) Grants
MacArthur Foundation: Program on Global Security and Sustainability
Mercatus Center at George Mason University Student Fellowships
National Endowment for Financial Education
Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017-18
Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
SBE Economics Program
Science of Philanthropy Initiative
Sloan Foundation Programs: Standard of Living and Economic Performance
Sloan Industry Study Fellowships
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships
The Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship In Regional Science
The Eurasia Foundation Grant Programs
TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award (scholarly writing on lifelong financial security)
Tobacco Control Policy Fellowship
USIP Grants
W.E. Upjohn Dissertation Award
W.E. Upjohn Early Career Research Awards (ECRA)
W.T. Grant Scholars Program
WLS Pilot Grant Program
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Early Career Scholars Program
WWICS Fellowships
Private Foundations
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
CarEth Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Haynes Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
The Century Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
William T. Grant Foundation
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