Resources

Government Grant Opportunities

Grants.gov is a federal database system through which applicants can find and apply to all available federal grant programs. Users can search for grant programs by category, agency, or using keywords.

In addition to Grants.gov, most federal agencies provide information about their grant programs on their own websites including, but not limited to, the following:

• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Science Foundation
• Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
• U.S. Department of Education

Illinois does not have a state-level equivalent of Grants.gov, but the following agencies have publicized grant programs:

• Illinois Arts Council
• Illinois State Board of Education
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Local (City of Chicago)

• Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE)
• Department of Family & Support Services

Institutional Review Board

Research projects involving human subjects must be reviewed by the college’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure to ensure that the dignity, rights, privacy, safety, and welfare of all actual and potential research participants are protected. Faculty and staff seeking grant funding for research involving human subjects are strongly encouraged to reach out to the IRB prior to writing a proposal. For more information about IRB and human subjects research, please contact the IRB Coordinator at irb@colum.edu.

Non-government Grants

For access to online search tools for non-government grants, academic units can contact their department's assistant dean. Non-academic units can contact Chelsea Lauing at clauing@colum.edu.