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Finding Funding

GrantForward is a search engine dedicated to helping institutions and individuals find grants to fund their research. 

GrantForward covers more than 21,000 sponsors worldwide to provide a comprehensive database of more than 83,000 funding opportunities linked with over 6,000 pre-solicitations and 2.1M funded awards that continues to grow with the most up-to-date information.

GrantForward’s powerful search system helps to lessen the hassle of searching for grants with advanced search filters and specialized search features.

GrantForward researcher profiles allow researchers to highlight their research achievements and interests to receive personalized grant recommendations that match their research needs.

Get started!

To get started, visit GrantForward.com, enter "email" in the Log In (at the upper-right corner), then click outside of the email Address input box to trigger the email recognition. (Please note you must use your Wayne State University Access ID for login.) When your email is detected, choose “Click here to use Single-Sign-On." After you sign in using Wayne State's account, you will be redirected to the GrantForward website.

Key Resources

If you have questions about GrantForward, please email Nicole Morris at rifs@wayne.edu.