Funding Trends & Opportunities

While we can’t assist with routine grant-writing and finding individual RFPs, we’re more than eager to steer you toward helpful information and trends in federal funding, as well as opportunities in specific fields. For more on funding databases, please visit BU’s Sponsored Programs. Otherwise, please contact us.

Federal Funding Trends

• Analysis of the President’s FY 2015 Budget Request for Federal Research, Health and Education Programs
• Analysis of FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
• Federal R&D Funding Outlook for 2013 and Beyond
• Federal R&D Funding Outlook for 2013 and Beyond (Medical Campus version)
• Analysis of the President’s FY2014 Budget Request for Federal Research, Health and Education Programs

Agency Primers

• Lewis-Burke Federal Research Agency Primer – Sept 2012
• Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities – Sept 2013
• Federal Programs Providing Support for International Collaborations – Feb 2013
• Catalog of National Science and Education Awards and Medals – Nov 2012
• Federal Programs That Support Postdocs – Sept 2012
• Federal Programs That Support Graduate Students – June 2012

University Resources

• Sponsored Programs Funding Information
• Research at Boston University
• Government & Community Affairs