Searching for External Grant Opportunities

Atom Grants

SUNY Cortland has partnered with Atom Grants, an AI-powered platform that matches researchers with relevant funding opportunities based on your research interests and expertise. It searches across federal agencies, foundations, and other funding sources to find grants tailored to you. Unlike traditional keyword-based searches, researchers can now find relevant funding opportunities by using natural language descriptions of their research—including the ability to input abstracts from existing papers directly into the search system. The platform automatically generates researcher profiles by analyzing existing public outputs, delivering personalized weekly email alerts with matching opportunities. Additionally, powerful AI features assist throughout the application process by extracting key requirements, generating submission checklists, and automatically assessing eligibility criteria, ensuring researchers can focus more on their work and less on administrative tasks.

• Personalized grant recommendations based on your research profile
• Weekly digest emails with new opportunities
• Easy-to-use interface to save and track grants
• Comprehensive database of funding sources

1. Visit https://atomgrants.com/signup
2. Sign in using your university credentials (SSO)
3. Review your research profile
4. Start receiving personalized grant recommendations!

Additional Search Options

These are some of the free online tools you should use first in your search for funding opportunities. There are others (most federal and state agencies do have their own grants pages), but this is a good start! In most cases you can also subscribe to receive funding alerts from individual funders.

• https://grants.gov/ The federal government’s master site for all federal funding opportunities. Start here if you want the broadest federal reach.
• https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities National Science Foundation’s own specific funding portal
• https://grants.nih.gov/funding/explore-nih-opportunities National Institutes of Health
• https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html?src=ft US Department of Education
• https://www.epa.gov/grants Environmental Protection Agency. Also: Discretionary Programs Competitive Status List | US EPA
• https://www.neh.gov/grants National Endowment for the Humanities
• https://www.arts.gov/grants National Endowment for the Arts
• https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/ NYS grants gateway
• https://www.nysed.gov/finance-business/funding-grants NYS Dept of Education
• https://dec.ny.gov/get-involved/grant-applications NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• https://www.health.ny.gov/funding/ NYS Department of Health
• https://www.suny.edu/impact/research/seed-grant-program/ SUNY-sponsored grants (see NIH resubmission grant)
• https://online.suny.edu/iitg2/ SUNY Innovative Instruction Tech Grants
• GrantStation Insider Free weekly digest of select foundation and nonprofit requests for proposals
• https://research.uoregon.edu/plan/find-funding/external-funding-opportunities/sabbatical-funding-opportunities Good collection of sabbatical funding opportunities
• Don’t forget https://www.google.com/ (Be cautious about using generative AI search tools, as results may not be fully current)