What you can do today
Browsing is open to everyone. A free account shows each faculty member's grants, research metrics and match score.
See who has active funding
Faculty profiles list the NSF and NIH grants linked to them, with amounts, dates and a link to the official award record, so you can check each one yourself.
Browse four engineering fields
Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (including aerospace) and Chemical Engineering (including biomolecular), by university, department or research topic.
See where your interests overlap
Add your research interests and each faculty member gets a match score based on the interests you share. Hover over a score to see which ones.
Build a shortlist
Add the professors you're considering as you go, and compare their publication and citation metrics from OpenAlex.
Follow the funding
Funded labs can take on students. GradNova links faculty to the federal research grants they hold, so you can see who has money before you apply.
$8.3B
in active NSF & NIH grants
7,856
active grants
5,729
faculty with active funding
Active NSF and NIH grants held by faculty with GradNova profiles, from public NSF and NIH award records, as of November 6, 2026. The dollar total counts each grant once: its estimated total award value for NSF grants and its most recent fiscal year's funding for NIH grants.
Have a person check your shortlist
Pick 2 professors from your shortlist. Someone on our team checks how their recent research fits yours, whether they hold an active NSF or NIH grant, any note about taking students, and how to contact them, then emails you within 3 days.
How the free check worksUse GradNova in ChatGPT or Claude
In early access: you'll ask ChatGPT or Claude about faculty in your field and their research funding, with answers from GradNova's faculty and grant data.
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