Please notify us at proposals@wichita.edu if you find an opportunity you would like to apply for.
The Office of Research encourages faculty and staff to complete the “Research Profile
Builder”. This quick (5-10 minute) survey helps in our efforts to assist you in finding
external funding opportunities. Please click on the link above to complete the survey.
The Office of Research subscribes to Pivot, a database that helps researchers identify
funding opportunities and find collaborators inside and outside of the university.
Please click on the link below to sign up for a free account (Note: You must use your wichita.edu email address).
Using the Grants.gov system makes it faster, easier and more cost effective for grant
applicants to electronically interact with federal grant-making agencies. It also
provides the following key benefits, among many others, to the grant community.
The 49ͼ Foundation strives to enhance a community of learning excellence for our students
and faculty through philanthropy and stewardship. For information about applying to
private foundations, please contact the 49ͼ Foundation at foundation.grants@wichita.edu.
Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding
and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their
imaginations, and develop their creative capacities.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created
in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States.
NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries,
colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual scholars.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries
that improve health and save lives.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity,
and welfare; to secure the national defense..." NSF is vital because we support basic
research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.