External Funds

Funding Sources Outside Binghamton University

• Graduate Grants and Fellowships Workshop
• Links to External Funding for Graduate Research and Studies
• Beginning the Grants and Fellowships Search and Application Process
• Binghamton University Students Access to COS - For ALL Disciplines!

The Annual Graduate Grants and Fellowships Workshop

The Career Development Center and the Graduate School partner to offer workshops on Grant and Fellowship writing. These workshops are run by the professional grant writers. Topics typically include:

• What do granting agencies look for?
• What kinds of grants are available?
• What are appropriate things to place in a budget?
• What do review panels look for?

Links to External Funding for Graduate Research and Studies

Most granting agencies have information on their programs, including general information, eligibility, and deadlines. Some even have application forms on line. Below are some helpful links for graduate students to find external funding in support of graduate studies and research.

• Community of Science: also includes social sciences and humanities.
• Grants.Gov: Electronic storefront for federally-administered grant programs.
• The Foundation Center: Foundation Grants to Individuals on line.
• GrantsNet: training in the biomedical sciences.
• Social Science Research: interdisciplinary research in the social sciences.
• Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society.
• The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWNFF): research in education.
• The National Science Foundation
• The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
• The National Endowment for the Humanities
• Federal Student Aid

More on Community of Science

Although COS stands for Community of Science, Inc., COS is really a community of scholars!

COS:

• is the leading Internet site for the networking within the academic and scientific community.
• maintains one of the most extensive databases on-line of current grant and fellowship opportunities called COS Funding Opportunities.
• brings together academics, institutions, scientists and researchers at more than 1,300 universities, corporations and government agencies and in an online network. It provides tools and services that enable these professionals to communicate, exchange information and find people and technologies that are important to their work.
• maintains a database of detailed, first-person profiles of more than 480,000 R&D professionals called COS Expertise.
• is a privately held company available to members only. However, Binghamton University has subscribed to COS, so access to its services are available to any graduate student enrolled at Binghamton University