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The UMKC campus’ primary resource for information on research funding is the Pre-Award Office.

Our staff helps UMKC faculty and staff find state, federal, international, and UMKC funding, in addition to helping you prepare research proposals and negotiate contracts.


External Funding Opportunities

The following local, state, and federal databases often include different opportunities that can help fund university research. We recommend using all that seem relevant to your research project. If you need help sorting through your options, feel free to contact us.

Funding Databases

  • Pivot maintains a comprehensive database of more than 400,000 funding opportunities worth over $33 billion—and not just for science. Pivot also offers grant, fellowship, and other funding information for social sciences, humanities, and community outreach funding. Creating a Pivot funding alert is an invaluable tool for investigating funding options.
  • Grants.gov allows organizations to find and apply for more than $400 billion in federal grants. Grants.gov is the single access point for more than 1,000 grant programs offered by all federal grant-making agencies. All Grants.gov proposals must submitted by UMKC’s Office of Research Services.
  • Foundation Finder provides a search tool that helps you locate funding interests of foundations on local, regional, national, and international levels, as well as past foundation grants and grantees.
  • GrantsNet
  • GrantFoward database

Federal Funding Sites

Kansas City Funding Sites

State of Missouri Funding Sites

International

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Internal Funding Opportunities

UMKC Data Form - UMRB Proposals (PDF)

UMKC Trustees’ Faculty Fellowship Awards (PDF)

Annual deadline of September 15th
$5,000 and $15,000 stipends

The UMKC Trustees' Faculty Fellowship recognizes faculty who have distinguished themselves through scholarship and creativity. Recipients are expected to serve as role models, mentor, and encourage other faculty members and students in pursuit of academic excellence.

N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creativity

Annual deadline of September 15th
$1,000 stipend

The N.T. Veatch Award recognizes distinguished research and other scholarly or creative activity accomplished by UMKC faculty. All full-time, regular faculty members who have been at UMKC for at least three years are eligible to be nominated.

Early Career Faculty Travel Award

The Emeritus College of UMKC dedicates the proceeds of its dues- and donation-funded endowment to support Early Career Faculty. These are faculty who are early in their career at UMKC, typically tenure-track.

Awards will be made annually on a competitive basis to support travel to conferences, meetings, collaborations and projects, that will enhance networking and faculty contacts and that will directly support the career development of UMKC faculty.

Funding For Excellence ProgramThe Funding for Excellence Program (FFE) is an institutionally funded grants program to support the highest level of research, scholarship, and artistic endeavors by UMKC faculty. FFE grants are awarded once a year, on a competitive basis, by a decision of the UMKC Research Advisory Council. The program will provide funding for faculty projects up to $15,000.

Policies and Guidelines (PDF)

Application Procedures (PDF)

Budget Template (.xls)

2019-2020 Winners (PDF)

UM System Funding Opportunities

The Office of Research and Economic Development is dedicated to advancing research and innovation across the University of Missouri System. The office has formulated different programs to address funding needs at various stages of the research and discovery process.

The Research and Creative Works Strategic Investment Program supports university projects through a $50M investment over a 5-year period.

The Spinal Cord Injury Program provides research support for investigators at public or private educational, healthcare, or research institutions in Missouri to perform exploratory studies regarding spinal cord injury, as well as acquired or congenital disease processes that affect the spinal cord.