As a service for all researchers at Duke University and Duke Health, DORI provides this information on funding sources for research and other scholarly projects. Dates and sign up links for our funding opportunities workshops can be found here.

Research Funding Database
Search this extensive, on-line database of internal and external funding opportunities as a resource for the entire Duke University research community. Get personalized recommendations of relevant funding opportunities in this database based on your research profile by using the Funding Opportunities widget in myRESEARCHhome.

PIVOT
ACCESS PIVOT WITH YOUR DUKE EMAIL
PIVOT maintains a database of grants, fellowships, and other funding information from public and private, domestic and international sources. This service offers a wealth of information on biomedical and hard sciences, as well as social sciences, humanities & community outreach funding. This tool can help you make connections within Duke with its database of our faculty and postdocs. Links to Pivot tutorials available here.

Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
Foundation Center's Foundation Directory Online is the most comprehensive search tool available for locating the funding interests of foundations on local, regional, national, and international levels, as well as past foundation grants and grantees. The Foundation Center publishes the free electronic newsletter, Foundation Center's RFP Bulletin. Access the database through the Duke Libraries.
Reminders:
- Duke Health users – Before approaching or applying to any corporate or foundation funders, contact Anita Shirley at 919-385-3117 or anita.shirley@duke.edu at Foundation Relations and Corporate Giving, Duke Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs.
- Duke University users – Before approaching or applying to any corporate or foundation funders, contact Vera Luck at 919-681-0404 or vera.luck@duke.edu in the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, University Development.