Listed below are a variety of opportunities and resources to assist faculty in identifying funding sources for research, scholarship and creative activity.
Accelerating Research Translation (ART): Call for Proposals
Funding is provided through George Mason University’s cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation’s Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program. Applications for the following two opportunities are due November 17, 2025
Call for Proposals: Creating Impactful Research Connections through Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE). The CIRCLE program is designed to support faculty seeking to scale up the impact of their research through community-engaged, experiential-learning curriculum.
Call for Proposals: Seed Translational Research Projects (STRP). Seed Translational Research Projects (STRP). These projects aim to turn research into real-world solutions that make a difference by applying and scaling research outcomes in practical ways.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization that has been working with government agencies, universities, and corporate entities since 1946. ORAU publishes opportunities for collaboration and funding that are either open to all institutions or open only to ORAU Consortium members. Mason is a member of ORAU so Mason faculty may review and access opportunities in both categories. You will need to access the Member Only opportunities using your Mason credentials.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Opportunities – All Institutions
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Opportunities – Sponsoring and Associate Members
Grant Databases & Resources
Sponsored Program Information Network – SPIN
SPIN provides web based information resources and searchable databases for federal and non-federal funding opportunities. It includes the InfoEd Commerce Business Daily and a SPIN keyword thesaurus. It also provides listings of upcoming deadlines and allows you to customize your own e-mail notifications of funding information using SMARTS/GENIUS.
Research Development Support for NSF Faculty Career Development (CAREER)
This page contains resources, tools, and guides to assist Mason faculty with the development of NSF CAREER proposals
Funding Opportunities for New and Early Career Faculty
This page contains information on a wide range of funding opportunities, both federal and non-federal, for new and early career faculty.
Grants.gov
This is a site maintained by the Federal government that has the ability to search for Federal government-wide grant opportunities.
The National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research
This site provides links to a wide variety of information about grants and funding opportunities.
National Science Foundation
NSF provides a searchable system of information about grants programs.
Additional Links to Funding Databases Provided by George Mason Library
The George Mason University Library provides links to a variety of federal and private sources and includes an excellent source for associations. These databases are available to GMU users only.
U.S. Federal Government Challenge website
The Federal gov. agencies offer prizes to researchers for finding innovative solutions to various types of problems.