Grants Resource Center

04/07/2023

Join research administrators and faculty from across the country April 11-13 at the AASCU 2023 GRC Virtual Funding Summit and get the latest updates from federal agencies and foundations on grants for your campus! https://grants.aascu.org/GRC/Webinars/

Can’t make all the live sessions? You won’t miss out! Registered participants will receive recordings of the sessions soon after the event.

GRC hosts a minimum of two web conference training sessions per month. In many cases, especially involving short-turnaround grant competition deadlines, GRC web conferences present the only formal agency outreach.

03/22/2022

Join us online for the 2022 AASCU GRC Virtual Funding Summit, April 12–14! Get the latest grants and external funding information for your campus, directly from federal and private funders. Register and view the developing agenda here: https://www.aascu.org/GRC/Webinars/

The agenda includes a federal update by AASCU staff, National Institutes of Health sessions focused on policy updates and building research capacity, two sessions focused on the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, and a session featuring the assistant director of NSF's newest directorate, the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP). Attendees can also join a town hall to connect with colleagues from around the country. GRC staff aims to make this event reminiscent of our in-person conference with added sessions and the possible opportunity for private consultations. Recordings will also be available to registrants about two weeks after the Virtual Funding Summit ends.

We look forward to "seeing" you in April!

For username and password information, contact the Office of Sponsored Programs at your institution. If further assistance is needed, contact Ken McDonald, [email protected].

04/22/2021

Join us April 27-29 for the AASCU GRC 2021 Spring Webinar Series! Get the latest on grants and research funding for your campus with speakers from SAMHSA, ED, NIH, NSF, SoAR Foundation, and AASCU GRC members University of West Alabama and Central State University! Learn more and register here -

Tuesday, April 27; 11 a.m.–12 p.m. ETEmerging Priorities Within SAMHSAOrganization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Speaker: Charles H. Smith, regional administrator, SAMHSA-Region VIII

04/16/2021

The GRC 2021 Spring Webinar Series will feature funding updates from a variety of agencies and programs essential to research administrators, faculty, and staff. Join us April 27–29 to stay up to date on the latest opportunities for your campus! https://www.aascu.org/Meetings/2021-GRC-Spring-Webinar-Series/

03/26/2021

University of Pennsylvania is awarding $250,000 and $125,000 grants for psychology research on primal world beliefs – the basic perceptions of the general character of the world - and how they are formed. LOIs are due Sept. 26, 2021. For details see

12/15/2020

Learn all about the EPA Grants Award Process in a webinar on Thursday, December 17, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, ET. Have questions about EPA grants? EPA plans to make half of the allotted time available for Q&A:

EPA's Office of Grants and Debarment periodically hosts webinars for the EPA grants community. If you are interested in applying for EPA grants or are currently managing an EPA grant, please consider attending one of the upcoming webinars listed below.

12/15/2020

Have an idea for a project that fosters U.S. and Russian communication and cooperation? Apply to the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program (P2P), which offers grants of up to $50,000 for projects that create or expand U.S.-Russia ties. Applications are due January 15, 2021. Learn more at

P2P invites project applications from nonprofit organizations and institutions seeking to expand U.S.-Russian communication and cooperation.

06/09/2020

The U.S. Department of Education recently posted a PDF document of COVID-19 FAQs for HEA Title III, IV, V, and VII Grantees, linked at the top of its OPE CARES Act page:

Congress set aside approximately $14.25 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the CARES Act for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). The Department will award these grants

06/05/2020

While working from home, GRC continues to support our member campuses, providing them with timely grants information and external funding expertise through our publications, online resources, and personalized services - illustrated in a new series of infographics below:

04/07/2020

Learn how University of West Alabama's Black Belt Museum is pivoting its mission to help fight the spread of COVID-19 by producing and distributing personal protection equipment to their region's healthcare workers.https://www.facebook.com/blackbeltmuseum/posts/2879683918785297?__tn__=-R

03/27/2020

The latest from Mike Lauer shares FAQs related to the effects of COVID-19 on NIH funded research

The public health emergency due to COVID-19 is causing difficulties in many aspects of our lives. My colleagues and I here at NIH are well aware of the challenges being felt in the research communi…

03/27/2020

Council on Governmental Relations is maintaining an excellent compilation of guidelines for how COVID-19 is affecting federal grants and research

Jump To: Agency Guidance Specific to Federal Award Impact Institutional Guidance Additional Resources COGR's FAQs and Resources on COVID-19's Impact to Federal Awards