Funding agencies
The KU Office of Research maintains a list of select funding sources and databases.
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Army Research Office
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Department of Transportation: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- National Science Foundation: NSF EPSCoR
- NASA
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- American Institute for Yemeni Studies
- American Research Center in Egypt
- American School of Classics at Athens
- American Scandinavian Foundation
- Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
- Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
- Department of State: Bureau of Intelligence & Research
- Institute of Current World Affairs
- Institute of International Education
- Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Foundation for AIDS Research
- American Heart Association
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Geological Society of America
- Human Frontier Science Program
- Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
- National Geographic Society
- Packard Foundation
- Pfizer
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Walgreens
- Weeden Foundation
- Whitehall Foundation
- Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
- Allen Foundation, Inc.
- Alliance Healthcare Foundation
- Arthritis Foundation Research
- Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation of America
- Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
- Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Lymphoma Research Foundation
- March of Dimes
- Marfan Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Abbott Laboratories Fund
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- American Academy in Rome Fellowships
- American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellowships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of University Women
- American Center of Oriental Research Fellowships
- American Council of Learned Societies
- American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowships
- American Philosophical Society
- American Research Institute in Turkey Fellowships
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Coleman Foundation
- Commonwealth Fund
- Council for European Studies
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers Fellowships
- Dana Foundation
- Earthwatch
- Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Eurasia Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Getty Trust
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
- Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowships
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Huntington Library Research Fellowships
- IBM Corporation
- International Research and Exchanges Board
- International Union Against Cancer
- John Carter Brown Library Fellowships
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- John Templeton Foundation
- JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Kauffman Foundation
- Lindbergh Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- MedTronic Foundation
- Millipore Foundation
- National Academies
- National Gallery of Art
- National Geographic Society
- National Institute of Statistical Sciences
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science Programs
- Population Council
- Research Corporation
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Searle Scholars
- Surdna Foundation
- Toyota Foundation
- U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
- United States - Japan Foundation
- United States Institute of Peace
- Verizon Foundation
- W.M. Keck Foundation
- Whitaker Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Allstate Foundation
- American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
- American Express Company
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
- American Physiological Society
- American Psychological Association
- Ben & Jerry's Foundation
- Bradley Foundation
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- George Gund Foundation
- General Electric Fund
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
- Global Fund for Women
- Human Rights Watch Fellowships
- McGregor Fund
- Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
- MetLife Foundation
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Open Society Foundations
- Organization of American States
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- State Farm Companies Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Fellowships