Grant Funding Databases
- UofL Find FundingThe UofL Office of Research and Innovation provides information about how to find funding and access two grant funding databases: PIVOT and InfoReady.
- NSF Grant FundingGrant funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- Grants.govUS government grant funding opportunties.
- Geological Society of America Student GrantsLook for North-Central grant application. Must be a GSA member.
Data Management Plans
Many federally funded grant programs, such as the NSF, require researchers to submit a data management plan with their proposal.
Basic data management plans will include:
- description of the project and data that will be produced
- standards used for metadata format and contents
- legal and ethical issues, such as intellectual property, copyright issues, and privacy
- how the data will be accessed, shared, and reused
- plan for short-term data storage, backup, security, disposal, and preservation
Learn more about data management best practices.
Data Management Plan Tool
- DMP ToolDeveloped by numerous research institutions, this tool can be used to assist in the development of your data management plans in order to fulfill funder requirements. View examples of Data Management Plans submitted to NSF, NIH, and more. Log in with your UofL email address.