Funding Opportunities
The Office of the Vice President for Research, or OVPR, helps Saint Louis University faculty identify and pursue internal and external funding opportunities.
SLU faculty can explore internal awards, federal and foundation grants, limited submission opportunities, and fellowships through centralized resources to advance their research and scholarship.
Internal Funding Opportunities
SLU offers a range of internal award programs designed to foster research and scholarly activities, strengthen competitiveness for external funding, and support SLU’s mission as a leading teaching and research institution.
Find information on these funding opportunities below. These programs typically have the same deadline in January of each year, except for the Scholarship Opportunity Fund, which reviews applications on a rolling basis. The most current deadline is included in each request for proposals below.
The Health Research Grant is intended to encourage collaborative groups of interdisciplinary health sciences researchers across at least two or more academic units to conceptualize a larger future grant application for external funding. Applications for pilot projects should include a tentative plan for a future structured grant and clearly describe how the seed money will support the future grant application. New working relationships are encouraged.
The Beaumont Scholarship Research Award is intended to encourage faculty researchers working in the arts, humanities and social sciences to further and complete scholarly research projects and to conceptualize and prepare for applications for external funding.
The President’s Research Funds were established in 2009 to support promising research projects with strong potential to attract external funding. Applications can support data collection or other pilot activities that the awardee will use as the basis for extramural grant or contract applications. PRF funds can be used for seed funding, bridge funding or development of a new collaboration or area of research.
The President’s Research Fund has two programs, one for medical school faculty appointments and one for nonmedical faculty appointments. Please see the links below:
The Scholarship Research Council seeks to support low-cost, high-impact research needs in the humanities, social sciences, and other fields represented in the SRC that are not readily funded by existing mechanisms, but that can pose a significant impediment to research productivity and advancement.
External Funding Opportunities
SLU provides researchers with access to a broad array of external funding opportunities offered by federal agencies, foundations, and other sponsors. These opportunities support the development, growth, and sustainability of research and scholarly activity across disciplines.
OVPR provides access to the funding search database, InfoED SPIN, that helps researchers discover active funding opportunities from federal agencies, foundations, corporations, and internal sponsors. Advanced tools allow individuals to search multiple opportunity types (e.g., research or training grants, fellowships, travel awards) and complete advanced searches by discipline, sponsor type, funding amount, and eligibility.
Find more information on how to access InfoEd SPIN on SharePoint.
Grants.gov is the official U.S. government website that serves as a centralized portal where federal agencies post funding opportunities. Researchers can search current and forecasted funding opportunities (NOFOS) across multiple federal agencies, learn about eligibility and application requirements, as well as federal grant policies.
Some federal or foundation sponsors limit the number of proposals that may be submitted by an institution for external funding. In these cases, OVPR coordinates an internal selection process to equitably identify and advance the most competitive proposals on behalf of the University.
Find more information on SharePoint, including a list of current limited submission opportunities.
OVPR shares information on external fellowship opportunities that provide research support, professional development, and dedicated time for faculty and graduate students to advance their scholarly work.
Find more information on SharePoint, including a list of current fellowship opportunities.