American funding sources

All grant applications to US Federal Agencies must be submitted electronically via the portal Grants.gov. Spesific procedures apply and must be followed.

Two agencies have provided more detailed information:

• National Institutes of Health (NIH): Information for Foreign Applicants and Grantees
• National Science Foundation (NSF): Grants.gov Application Guide

  Funding Agency/Mechanism	Research areas	Activities funded	Program Information
  US Federal Agencies
  National Institutes of Health (NIH)	Medical and Behavioral Research	Research	Types of Grant Programs
  	Biomedical, Behavioral, Social, and Clinical Research	Training grants / Fellowships / Career Development	NIH Research Training and Career Development Programs
  National Science Foundation (NSF)	Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Education, Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences	Research	Funding Opportunities
  Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science	Energy Research: Physics, Chemistry, Geoscience, Biology, Computing	Research	Programs - Research Opportunities
  Department of Defence (DoD), Research & Engineering Enterprise	Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Research	DoD Research and Technology Funding Opportunities
  	Medical Research	Research	Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science, Technology, Engineering	Research	NASA Research Opportunities
  	Medicine, Space Life Science	Research	NASA Human Research Program
  University-based Programs
  Norwegian Centennial Chair, University of Minnesota	Science, Technology, Medicine, Health and others	Joint research / Mobility	Opportunities in research
  Peder Sather Center, University of California, Berkeley	All fields	Seed funding for joint research	Peder Sather Grant Program
  Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR), Stanford University Research Council of Norway	Social Sciences	Mobility	Visiting Scholars and Visiting Student Researchers
  The Wigeland Endowment, University of Chicago	Humanities	Research fellowships	Teaching and research fellowships to UChicago
  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology	Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics	Internships / Partner Programs / Workshops / Postdoctoral programs	JPL Programs
  Private Foundations
  Fulbright Norway	All fields	Mobility / Scholarships	Grants to the U.S.
  		Teacher Exchange	Fulbright Specialist Program
  Norway-America Association (NORAM)	All fields	Mobility / Scholarships	Scholarships for Master and PhD students
  		Professional Development / Scholarships / Visiting Lectureship	Other Scolarships and Grants
  American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF)	All fields	Mobility / Scholarships	Fellowships/Grants for Scandinavians
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Global Health	Research & Innovation	Grant Opportunities
  Wenner-Gren Foundation	Anthropology, all branches	Doctoral Students / Post-Ph.D. Scholars / Non-U.S. Scholars / Conferences and Workshops	Grants and other programs

Additional Information (in Norwegian):

Forsknings- og studiesamarbeid med USA (HF)

Veikart for bilateralt forskningssamarbeid med USA

Forskningsopphold i USA. Guide i praktiske spørsmål. EURAXESS Norge 2013