The Research Development team can help you identify and vet funding opportunities and develop a strategic funding roadmap for each stage of your career. Cultivating relationships with program officers is critical to funding success. We suggest creating a short concept paper and reaching out to the program officer to discuss fit. We can help you prepare for program officer conversations and sit in on these calls. You can also search for funding, research agency funding trends and find potential collaborators using the links below.

Concept Paper Template

Grants.Gov

Defense Funding Guide

Foundation Directory

Foundation Funding Opportunities

NIH Reporter

NSF Program Suitability & Proposal Concept Tool

Internal Funding

The University of Missouri System and UMSL offer competitive grant programs throughout the academic year. These programs support a variety of faculty and staff projects, research, travel support and equipment purchases.

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UMSL Junior Faculty Travel Grants

Amount: Up to $2,000 for expenses to attend professional conferences at which the applicant will be making a presentation.

Application Deadline: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, 5:00 PM

Guidelines  |  Apply on InfoReady

You can access the InfoReady platform by using your SSO Login using the umsystem.edu domain.  When you login for the first time, an account will automatically be set up for you.

 

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UMSL Research Awards  

Designed to strengthen faculty research and creative activities. A significant portion of the funds available for faculty research support is based on F&A cost recovery from externally funded grants and contracts. In order to perpetuate the fund, one purpose of the Research Awards is to support faculty whose competitive position for external funding will be improved by such assistance. Special consideration, particularly for summer research support, is given to junior faculty to assist them in establishing a strong research record.

Amount: $1,000 – $20,000

Applications Due: Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 by 5:00pm

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UMSL MID CAREER Research and Creative Works Seed Grants

UMSL Mid-Career Seed Grants provide funding to support research and creative endeavors that have high potential for scientific or societal impact. This funding aims to help mid-career faculty generate preliminary data in preparation for external applications and to stimulate multidisciplinary research toward solving big problems. Funding may also be used for training and related support to help mid-career faculty pivot to new areas of research and to support certain costs associated with approved sabbatical leave. Reach out to Cynthia Jobe at jobec@umsl.edu with questions or for more information.

Amount: Up to $30,000

Applications Due: March 14, 2025 5:00PM

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