Pivot is the most comprehensive database of funding opportunities available. Create your own saved searches or click directly on one of dozens of subject-specific lists of opportunities hand-picked by Office of Research staff. Access is free and available to everyone with a Kerberos login.

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Grants.gov includes all discretionary grants from federal grant-making agencies. Create a unique search or browse by funding categories for the 29 sponsoring federal agencies. Additionally, California Grants Portal is your one-stop destination to find all grants and loans offered on a competitive or first-come basis by California state agencies.

Philanthropy News Digest serves as a source for private foundations and other philanthropic organizations. View a list of RFPs, search by keywords, or browse by subject. Additionally, Philanthropy News Digest includes an option to sign up for RSS feeds and newsletters.

For more help with funding opportunities via private entities, contact UC Davis Foundation and Corporate Engagement.

UC Research Initiatives offer unique opportunities for collaboration and seed funding across the full breadth of academic disciplines and scholarship at UC, from the arts and humanities to engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, education, and medicine.

InfoReady Review is the main application portal for our campus’s administered funding programs.

Browse a list of currently available intramural funding opportunities, or contact us to set up a competition page on the platform for your own internal proposal review.

Need more help? Contact Dr. Meg Sparling, our Research Funding Specialist.

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View all open limited submission programs and submit internal preproposals on the InfoReady Review platform.

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