Funding Opportunities

For additional information concerning funding sources, publications, internet resources, internal competitions, COS Pivot services, and training, please contact our Information Specialist.

 

University Contractual Resources

COS Pivot
Pivot: Funding ConnectedEncompassing all disciplines, COS Pivot is the largest and most comprehensive research funding database on the Web. COS Pivot Web-based products and services are designed to promote your work, find funding, access experts, consult, and collaborate with colleagues. Updated daily, Pivot Funding Opportunities includes more than 20,000 records of opportunities from around the world. Pivot is a fee-based subscription service paid for by the University. To help you get started, try out the Pivot Quick Start Guide. In addition, hands-on Pivot training for Southern Miss faculty and staff is scheduled periodically, or you can request special arrangements for yourself, your department or unit.

GRC GrantSearch
The Grants Resource Center (GRC)The Grants Resource Center (GRC), a division of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), is a comprehensive, Washington-based grants service available to subscribing institutions. Assisting with private as well as federal sponsors, GRC offers up-to-date funding information combined with individualized services. GRC's GrantSearch (available on campus), is a user-friendly funding database arranged by academic discipline.

This Web site is available through a paid subscription by Sponsored Programs Administration. It is restricted to the “@usm.edu” domain; however off-campus access may be given to a faculty member on a special needs basis. Please contact our Information Specialist for details.

 

SPA Reporter

Each month we produce and publish an online newsletter, the SPA Reporter, which features news related to grant-funded research and other scholarly activites, as well as solicitations from government, private, and corporate sources, for grant proposals, fellowships, scholarships, and awards, etc. With funding opportunity summaries compiled by the Grants Resource Center (a division of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities), the Reporter is available to USM users (after logging in to the University's Info Center) via our internal-audience SPA Reporter webpage.

The funding opportunities are summarized, then organized in four broad categories:

  • Arts/Humanities/International;
  • Education/Human & Community Development;
  • Health/Mental Health; and
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics).

The Reporter's PDF format enables readers to use Adobe Reader/Acrobat's search function to find keywords related to their particular funding needs.

Because of copyright restrictions, access to this publication is limited to USM faculty, staff, and students.

 

Limited Submissions / Internal Competitions

Certain sponsors and programs place restrictions on the number of applications an organization is allowed to submit. Because exceeding stated limits typically results in disqualification of ALL institutional applications, SPA coordinates submissions for these situations.

Please visit our Limited Submissions and Internal Competitions page to find general information and see internal competitions currently underway.

If you find a limited submission opportunity, please contact SPA's Information Specialist immediately for instructions (601-266-4119 or sponsoredprograms@usm.edu).

 

Internal Funding Opportunities

Please visit the University Research Council website to learn more about annual internal funding opportunities such as Faculty Summer Research Stipends and Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Awards. Additionally, the Office of the Provost conducts several competitions for faculty each fall. 

Proposal Development Grant Program
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research initiated a grant program during the Fall 2012 term, for Southern Miss faculty to facilitate the planning, writing and submission of extramural proposals to support research and scholarly activities. The proposal development program will provide grants of up to $2,000 to be used for any activity, travel expense or commodity that aids faculty members in preparing and submitting extramural proposals.  

Requests that propose to facilitate interdisciplinary efforts across departmental or college lines will be considered with higher priority. In addition, requests to collaborate with faculty at other institutions to prepare competitive proposals will also be considered.
   
Proposal Development Grants will be in the amount of $2,000 and limited to a period of 12 months (competitively renewable for up to 24 months for maximum of $4,000). Grant recipients will be expected to prepare and submit one or more extramural, competitive grant proposals within the 12-month award period.                                                                
   
To apply for a grant, faculty should submit a request (not to exceed two pages) which details the following:

•    the proposed research or scholarly activity
•    how the requested development funds will be used
•    a simple budget
•    the faculty member(s) involved in the proposal development
•    department affiliation of all participating faculty
•    the agency(ies) targeted by the planned proposal
•    a link to the relevant Request for Proposals or other application guidelines

Requests should be forwarded through the appropriate dean(s) to the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. A second round of proposals will be reviewed in the spring, with a due date of April 15. It is anticipated that 10-15 grants will be available for the 2012-13 academic year. For more information, contact the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at 601.266.5116.

 

Federal Agencies

In addition to the agency links listed below, we recommend the helpful links and informative summaries related to all federal agencies that make funding opportunities available to institutions of higher education, which are posted on the Grants Resource Center's members-only website. GRC's online resources are accessible to Southern Miss users only through the usm.edu domain. USM users who need off-campus access to the GRC member site should contact SPA's Information Specialist at sponsoredprograms@usm.edu or 601-266-4119.

Please inform the Information Specialist if any of the links listed below are dysfunctional.

 

State Agencies

 

Private Foundations

The Foundation Center provides links to more than 1,500 grantmaker Web sites divided into the following categories:

In addition, here are links to other major and regional private foundations:

 

Listservs

Subscribe to these free electronic message services to receive e-mail alerts about funding news and opportunities