Funding for Research
ORD manages research funding opportunities, including institutionally limited submissions and OVPR internal grant programs. ORD provides consultations to help identify external funding opportunities and offers strategic guidance to strengthen proposals for interdisciplinary teams. Keep apprised of new opportunities via the Blueprint newsletter.
Limited submissions are external funding opportunities in which a funder requests a limited number of applications from the University. If there is broad interest in an opportunity (i.e., more than the limit), ORD will coordinate an internal competition, and peer reviewers will select an institutional nominee(s). Investigators must have institutional approval to submit to a limited opportunity.
- See currently open Limited Submission Opportunities
Research Commons serves as a central hub for promoting and sharing currently open internal funding opportunities to U‑M researchers.
OVPR’s Research Catalyst & Innovation (RCI) Program: Administered by ORD, RCI provides seed funding to catalyze interdisciplinary research projects and accelerate new collaborations.
- PIVOT is a funding database available to U-M researchers via the U-M Library. PIVOT contains thousands of funding opportunities from governmental, foundations and international sponsors.
- U-M Foundation Relations provides lists of foundations’ funding opportunities and guidance on pursuing foundation funding.
- Grants.gov lists funding available from federal funding agencies.
- More resources on finding funding are available on the U-M Library’s Research Funding and Grants Guide.
Reach out to the RD team: RD-support@