Electronic Funding Alert Services / Email Alerts

Email alert services allow the researcher to subscribe to daily and weekly automated listings of current funding opportunities by funding agencies. Funding alerts often allow the researcher to limit the search to selected criteria related to research areas and programs. Examples are provided below:

Grants.gov

a. Website

b. You can select either e-mail or RSS notification of funding opportunities

National Science Foundation

a. Website

b. MyNSF, formerly the Custom News Service, allows you to receive notifications about new content posted on the NSF website. Notification can be received via email or RSS.

NIH National Institutes of Health Listserv

a. Website

b. Each week (usually on Friday afternoon), the NIH transmits an e-mail with Table of Contents (TOC) information for that week's issue of the NIH Guide, via the NIH LISTSERV. The TOC includes a link to the Current NIH Guide Weekly Publication as well as links to each NIH Guide RFA, PA and Notice published for that week.

NIH National Human Genome Research Institute

a. Website

b. The page above allows you to join or leave the NHGRIBULLETIN-L list. To confirm your identity and prevent third parties from subscribing you to the list against your will, an e-mail message with a confirmation code will be sent to the address you specify in the form. Simply wait for this message to arrive, then follow the instructions to confirm the operation.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

a. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allows users to subscribe to several mailing lists via the CDC World Wide Web site.

b. To subscribe, go to the website and fill out the on-line form.

GrantsNet

a. GrantsNet is a one-stop resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education. Through the support of HHMI and AAAS, this service is completely free.

b. Website

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

a. Website

b. Once you are registered for this service you can receive email notification of the release of research announcements pertaining to any or all of NASA offices.

National Center for Environmental Research, Environmental Protection Agency

a. Website

b. Use this page to subscribe or unsubscribe to the NCER e-mail mailing list. NCER periodically sends out emails to our subscribers announcing new grant and/or funding opportunities or highlight new documents in specific subject areas.

U.S. Dept. of Education, EDINFO

a. Website

b. Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education publications, funding opportunities & more.

NEH Connect, National Endowment for the Humanities

a. Website

b. Stay connected to the humanities with NEH Connect! Each month NEH Connect! delivers the latest news, projects, upcoming events, and grant deadlines from NEH.

RFP Bulletin, Foundation Center

a. Website (bulletin)

b. Website (Foundation Center)

Department of Energy

a. DOE Pulse, a bimonthy newsletter, highlights work being done at the Department of Energy's national laboratories. Each issue will include research highlights, updates on collaborations among laboratories, and profiles of individual researchers.

b. To subscribe, go to the DOE website.

Department of Justice

a. JUST INFO, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), is a biweekly e-mail newsletter that reports on a wide variety of criminal justice topics.

b. To subscribe, send a message to listproc@aspensys.com. In the body of the message, type: subscribe JUSTINFO <your full name>.

National Institute for Standards and Technology

a. NIST Update is a bimonthly report that highlights research, activities and services at National Institute for Standards and Technology.

b. To begin receiving e-mail copies, sign up here.

NCHRP

a. Transit Cooperative Research Program and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program

b. To register to receive e-mail notification that Requests for Proposals have been published on the NCHRP and TCRP Homepage, just complete the form on the web here.