Finding Funding & Writing Grant Proposals

Database of ongoing health services research and public health projects funded by federal and private agencies and organizations. The purpose of HSRProj is to provide access to research before the results have been published.

Searchable database of active and expired NSF awards.

Repository of information on research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with links to publications and patents resulting from support. Data for most agencies available from 1993 to present. Updated weekly.

Searchable database of projects funded by federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Dates of coverage vary by agency. Updated monthly.

The Grant Number field in PubMed records grant or contract numbers as published in the article, or derived from PubMed Central as a result of the NIH Public Access Policy. To find articles funded by a particular organization, search the Grant field for the organization's name, acronym or 2-letter code (click on link above for complete list funding agency names, acronyms and codes). For example, to find studies supported by the National Institute on Aging, search PubMed for: AA[gr].

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), the standardized terms used to describe articles for MEDLINE, include Publication Types to identify financial support when that support is mentioned in the article. A list of publication types, including those for Research Support, can be viewed from the link above. To filter a search by one of the funding Publication Types: in the left-hand column of a results page, click 'Customize' under Article types. Scroll down and check the box next to the types of Research Support you would like to view. Click 'Show'. The types of research support that you selected should now be visible under Article types. Click the research support type to filter your results.