The investigator completes a profile of his or her research interests on the Web. The investigator profile information is matched against the SPIN database, a comprehensive database of over 10,000 funding opportunities issued by the federal government, corporate and other private sources, and international sponsors. Every day, matched programs are emailed automatically to the individual investigator with full details of the opportunity.
Detailed instructions are available on the website.
The full text of selected documents can be accessed on your own personal homepage, created for you by NSF, and resident on the NSF's server. The NSF funds research in a wide range of non-medical science, including social science. NIH Guide for Grants and Contacts Table of Contents . Though not technically an alert service, the Table of Contents is a weekly email listing current program and policy announcements from the National Institutes of Health. If you see a grant program of interest to you, simply visit the web site listed with each announcement.