Contact the Grants Team

Upcoming Submissions

(These are in a submission, development, or under-consideration stage.)

The Grant Repository

Please find curated lists of opportunities by clicking on the links for each type of sponsor. Tips about accessing the lists:

• Some will appear as a spreadsheet, others as a curated list on Pivot. 
• Viewing Pivot lists may require you to log into Pivot. 
• All faculty and staff have Pivot accounts but registration is required for their use: Pivot registration page and there is a video to assist.
• Verify the deadlines provided by Pivot if you are interested in pursuing a particular opportunity. Some are anticipated, but not confirmed. The grants team can assist with this.
• Once you access the Pivot list of funding opportunities, you have the ability to sort them in a number of ways. Pivot's default is "relevance."

• Federal: NEA, NEH, NIH, NSF, IMLS
• New Jersey: View
• Institutional: Corporate, Journalism/Media
• Dissertation/Post Doc: View
• Early Career: View
• Foundations: View
• AI: View
• Health
• Cancer
• Covid-19
• Conferences/Workshops: View
• Prizes: Associations, External, Internal
• RU Resources: Featured Funding Opportunities; Foundation Center, GradFund



Faculty Publication Insights

Alex Hepburn, Jonathan Potter, and a colleague deconstruct and analyze the theme of resistance in news interviews in the JJournal of Language and Social Psychology.

E.E. Lawrence posits that there are systemic threats to the freedom to read in the Journal of Documentation.

Lisa Mikesell and a team of RU researchers studying cancer survivorship concluded that there is a need to invest resources to build capacity between primary care and oncology in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

John Pavlik reflects upon our journey into the Metaverse in the Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association.

Reading List

Beyond the hype: How AI could change the game for social science research

(The Conversation)

Child Care Cliff: 3.2M Children Likely to Lose Spots with End of Federal Funds

(The Century Foundation)

‘The Single Best Tool for Forcing Public Scrutiny': New Collaboration to Expand Access to Nonprofit Data (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Funders commit $500 million to reverse decline in local news (MacArthur Foundation)

UCLA, Hebrew University receive $1.3 million to deter school violence (Candid)

Large minority of young people lack faith in democracy, report finds (Candid)

Quick Tips to Starting Up with Pivot

Pivot is RU's primary source for all funding opportunities. Activate your account if you have not and set up a profile. Even if you infrequently seek grants, Pivot has much to offer including discovering new collaborators, gaining insights from awarded grants, and staying current with global funding news.

View 2023 and archived citations to scholarly work at the SC&I website.

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