Resources

The Office of Sponsored Programs team supports faculty and staff in obtaining and managing sponsored awards, as well as reviewing and approving proposals sent to government agencies and external sponsors.

The corporate relations team partners with companies to develop collaborations that accelerate innovation, enhance talent and are mutually beneficial.

Pivot is a comprehensive database for both foundation and government grants. Users can search interest areas by keyword or sign up to receive custom proposal alerts. Create a free account using your UT Dallas email address.

Candid offers many resources to expand your knowledge of philanthropy and foundation giving. Our team can access Foundation Center’s grant database of more than 100,000 foundations for you. Candid also offers a free introduction to proposal writing course, which provides an overview on how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation.

Philanthropy News Digest publishes requests for proposals and notices of awards as a free service for foundations and nonprofits. Create custom funding opportunity lists based on your areas of interest.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy provides articles, reports, benchmarking data and webinars for nonprofit professionals. It can be a good resource if you are looking for more information on recent gifts made by national foundations.

The Chronicle of Higher Education is one of the largest national publications covering colleges and universities. Keep up to date on the latest trends that shape what foundations and other donors support.

NORDP Maintains a Writing a Grant 101 page, which includes links to many useful guides, as well as a more general Resources page.