Research funding
Private
8,700+ open programsCatalog updated
Private research funding means everything that is not a government agency and not a university: foundations, professional societies and corporations. Together that is the large majority of the open programs in this catalog, and the part of the funding world most research offices track worst.
The reason is structural. Federal opportunities arrive through a handful of portals everyone already watches. Private opportunities are published on several thousand separate websites, in no common format, with no shared deadline calendar. A program can open and close without anyone at your institution seeing it.
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This page groups the three sponsor types so you can see how they differ. Foundations are the biggest and most varied. Societies are the most numerous and the most winnable, because their awards are usually restricted to members of one discipline. Corporate programs are the smallest and behave less like grants than like partnerships.
The median across all three is $5,000, which says something real: most private funding is small, specific, and aimed at a person rather than a project.
Open programs 8,700+
Alumni Fund
The Dedalus Foundation’s Alumni Fund provides targeted, project-based support to past Dedalus fellows, awardees, scholarship winners, and interns pursuing artistic or scholarly work.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
Artist Trust Fellowship Awards
Artist Trust offers unrestricted $10,000 Fellowship Awards to recognize artistic excellence and sustained dedication among practicing professional artists in Washington State, with at least eight awards available annually across all disciplines.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
ASSFN AMPLify Mentorship Program (3-month visiting fellowship)
The American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN) AMPLify Mentorship Program funds mentor–mentee partnerships to provide early exposure, practical guidance, and networking in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery through a contiguous 3‑month visiting fellowship at the mentor’s institution (to occur between July 1, 2027 and June 30, 2028) plus nine months of ongoing mentorship; ASSFN will offset housing, board, and travel costs (total award amount TBD).
- Deadline
- Amount
- Not listed
These are the soonest deadlines of 8,700+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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