The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs strives to provide information on funding opportunies for UW-Whitewater. The department subscribes to several search engines to funding sources.
UW-Whitewater provides opportunities for grants and professional development. Please click on the links below for the Request for Proposal (RFP) of each opportunity to view the requirements of each award. The deadlines shown are for the grant submission to ORSP; there may be earlier deadlines to your department chair, dean, or division head to obtain approval or letters of support. Please see the specific grant pages for additional information including specific deadline times.
Grant Name | Status/ETA | Due Date | Contact Person |
Faculty Sabbatical | Open | Oct. 3, 2023 | Lori Trimble |
Undergraduate Research and Grant Opportunities | Open | Various | Undergraduate Research Program |
UW-System grants and professional development funds are listed below. Please click on the links below for additional information regarding each specific grant opportunity. Submissions for grants will still need to go through ORSP for signatures. Please make sure that submissions are provided to ORSP so there is time for review, signing and submission of the required information.
Grant Name | Due Date |
Ideadvance Seed Fund Grant | |
UW System Women and Science Program | |
UW System Regent Scholar Program | |
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC) | |
WSGC Elijah Balloon High-Altitude Research Fellowship | |
Thommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership | October 1st 2018 & March 1st 2019 |
Grant opportunities provided by WiSys.
Grant Name | Status | Due Date | Contact Person |
Ignite Grant Program - Applied Research | Open | January 27, 2020 | WiSys |
Small Company Advancement Program (WiSCAP) | Open | No deadline | WiSys |
WiSys Spark Grant Program | Open | June 3, 2019 | grants@wisys.org |
The following are subscriptions that are provided to campus with funding from ORSP.
Grant Name | Status | Finding Funding Details |
SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) | Open | Download Instructions |
GRC (Grant Resource Center) | Open | Download Instructions |
PIVOT | Open | Download Instructions |
Foundations in Wisconsin | Open | Download Instructions |
Foundations Center Directory Online | Open | Download Instructions |
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National Endowment for the Humanities funding opportunities.
Grants.gov funding opportunities.
National Science Foundation funding opportunities.