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fundopp.uci.edu features:
Limited Funding Opportunities
Limited Funding Opportunities or "Limiteds" are externally sponsored grants that require an internal selection process ...Learn More...
Internal Funding Opportunities
Internal Funding Opportunities are, as the name implies, grants internal to UCI, offered by a UCI unit to UCI personnel...Learn More...
Funding Search Tools
Can't get funding if you can't find funding! Learn about funding search tools available to UCI Faculty, Staff and Students...Grant Writing Tips
Knowing how to navigate the grant writing process is critical to success, so we've put together some resources to help.
Proposal Submission Resources
OK, so you found a funding opportunity? Now what? Explore the lifecycle of a research project at UCI.
Directory
This site features a directory of UCI Research Development and related professionals. Find out who they are and how they can help!
Limited Funding Opportunities (“Limiteds”) are externally sponsored grants that require an internal selection process because the sponsor limits the number of applications that can be submitted by UCI. Interested Applicants submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research (unless otherwise indicated), and a review committee of faculty peers and knowledgeable staff reviews the proposals and makes a recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for Research about which proposal should go forward from UCI.
Visit our Current Opportunities page now for a list of open limited opportunities. Check out our Look Ahead Calendar for upcoming limited opportunities.
Internal Funding Opportunities are, as the name implies, grants internal to UCI because they are offered by a UCI unit to UCI personnel. The selection process may vary depending on which UCI entity is offering the funding and managing the competition, but typically this is a one-stage process where selected applicants are awarded funding directly from the entity holding the competition (e.g., the UCI Research Seed Funding Program, UCI ADRC Pilot Grants, ICTS Campus Incubator Program).
Visit our Current Opportunities page now for a list of open internal opportunities. Check out our Look Ahead Calendar for upcoming internal opportunities.
Featured External Opportunities—shown on the fundopp homepage—are externally sponsored grants or other funding prospects that are high-value, high-prestige, potentially obscure or that UCI leadership otherwise wants to promote to the UCI research community. A few examples include the the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change initiative, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Sciences, the NIH Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program, and many others.
Featured External Opportunities do not require an internal review process.


Pivot provides a comprehensive database of funding opportunities worldwide and across all disciplines, as well as a flexible portfolio of tools to support research collaborations. Individual users can perform funding searches, create their own weekly email funding alert, save lists of funding opportunities, search for potential research colleagues on- or off-campus and match profiles to funding opportunities.
Minority Serving Institutions
UCI is considered a Minority-Serving Institution having the specific designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) as defined by the U.S. Department of Education. Based on these designations, UCI faculty, staff and students are eligible to apply for HSI, AANAPISI, and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grants, internships and partnerships.
For more information please contact Joseph Morales at (949) 824-7455 or joseph.morales@uci.edu.
