Services Provided

GrantForward is a Funding Opportunity Search and Grant Recommendation service, which is open to all members of our institution. I invite you to sign up to use the service – it will keep you informed about future funding opportunities.

GrantForward helps you find grant opportunities that suit your research needs with a database of grants from over 12,000 sponsors which is updated daily. You can search for grants by keywords, apply filters, save your favorite searches for new grant alerts, and save your favorite grants to keep track of them.  GrantForward also recommends grants to you based on your CV, past publications, and research interests. 

You can access GrantForward at https://www.grantforward.com/index. In order to be able to use full search features including saved-search and personalized grant recommendations, please sign up for a user account using your @buffalostate.edu email address. We also encourage you to take a few minutes to create your “Researcher Profile” to start receiving grant recommendations!

You can find tutorials and guides on the GrantForward Support webpage (https://www.grantforward.com/support), or view the video tutorials at their YouTube Channel.

Once a funding source has been identified, our office can assist you with:

• interpretation of sponsor guidelines (i.e., Request for Proposal, solicitation, PA)
• creating a budget according to sponsor guidelines
• completion of necessary forms required by sponsor
• transmission of proposal to sponsor. Generally most proposals are now submitted electronically and require an Authorized Organizational Representative to execute the transmission of the official document(s).

NOTE: Individual departments and/or faculty members are not authorized to submit proposals or sign contracts on behalf of the Research Foundation for SUNY or Buffalo State.

Some sponsors issue a contract as a result of a proposal submission; other times a faculty or staff member may be offered a contract by an outside agency or company. Contractual arrangements must be reviewed and approved by the Pre-Award and Contract Services office, following a similar procedure as for standard grant competitions. This includes: a completed and approved routing sheet; a detailed budget; and a scope of work outlining the responsibilities and/or deliverables. At the time of award/funding, all terms must be negotiated by our office and signed by an authorized representative.

Often a proposal is submitted by two or more entities - for example, universities, agencies, community organizations, school districts, etc. In most instances one of the participating entities is considered to be the lead or prime applicant and will submit the application as well as being designated to receive the award. Other participating institutions may be considered “subawards” or “subcontracts.” These collaborations still require interaction with and approval from the Pre-Award and Contract Services office. Please notify us as soon as possible if you are working with another entity.