International Funding
Grants Management Office
This page relates specifically to international funding bodies only. If you are interested in international collaboration programmes and schemes please follow the link to other external schemes.
If you would like to apply to an international funding body you should:
- Contact your Faculty's Grants Team to notify them of your intent to submit an application.
- Submit your application at least ten working days prior to the deadline for compliance check.
- Be aware that the majority of submissions require approval from a delegated UNSW representative.
- Be aware that some funding bodies still require hard copies of submissions, which can take 3-4 working days for delivery.
- Refer to the list of commonly used codes whilst completing your application.
US Government Funding
All of the following listed sources of US Government funding are applied for via Grants.gov. Please take the time to read through the relevant UNSW Instructions.
- National Institutes of Health
- UNSW NIH webpage
- UNSW Instructions for submitting your application to the NIH
- Department of Defense - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
- UNSW Instructions for submitting your application to the DOD CDMRP
- Research Office of the US Army
- US Office of Naval Research
- US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- US National Science Foundation
- UNSW Instructions for submitting your application via Grants.gov
Other International Funding Opportunities
| Alexander von Humbolt Foundation | Fellowships to support non-German researchers to work in Germany |
| DFG | Various programs supporting collaborative research with Germany |
| Human Frontier Science Program | Fellowships and Awards supporting international collaborative research |
| The Wellcome Trust | Various programs supporting human and animal health |
| The World Bank | Grants to support development projects, reduce poverty, build capacity, address global and regional challenges and support the efforts of civil society organisations |
| Gates Foundation | Grants to support global health development research |
| Fellowship programs to give opportunities for excellent researchers from around the world to conduct scientific collaboration with their Japanese colleagues. |
This is not an exhaustive list and you should also regularly check the following databases/websites for additional funding opportunities:
The Grantsmanship Center: Grant making foundation and corporate giving programs
SPIN: Database of Australian and International funding opportunities
Forum for European Australia Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST): List of funding opportunities supporting EU-Australian collaborative research
CORDIS: Information on EU and R&D programs and funding opportunties