Pivot Funding Opportunities Database
Pivot provides a comprehensive database of funding opportunities worldwide and across all disciplines, as well as a flexible portfolio of tools to track funding opportunities and support research collaborations. Pivot is available to any UCSB faculty, staff, or student with an @ucsb.edu email address.
Pivot allows you to:
- Search for funding relevant to your research
- Get weekly email alerts with new funding opportunities
- Save customized lists of funding opportunities
- Search for potential research colleagues on- or off-campus
- Create and maintain a personalized profile
- Automatically match your profile to relevant funding opportunities
Getting Started with Pivot
Access the Pivot website
Check out our step-by-step Guide to Using Pivot
Explore Pivot's training videos and tutorials
Need more help? Contact: Meghan McDonald (mcdonald@research.ucsb.edu)
Curated Funding Lists by Category on Pivot
Research Development maintains curated lists of funding opportunities of relevance to UCSB faculty. These opportunities are anticipated to have broad interest on campus. To access all curated funding opportunities, log into your Pivot account.
Additional Sources of Federal Funding
These databases and resources provide funding opportunities from state and federal government agencies.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
United States Army Research Laboratory
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
US Geological Survey (USGS)