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Select Funding Opportunities

​​Below are announcements of select upcoming funding opportunities. Full details of each initiative are available on the sponsoring agencies’ websites, which should be consulted in advance of application preparation. 

​For all proposals, complete the External Sponsor Proposal Form. Once your proposal request is submitted, a member of the ORS Pre-Award team will be assigned to work with you on the proposal. For Foundation and Corporation opportunities, form submission will notify Advancement’s Corporate and Foundation Relations team of your interest and initiate the clearance process. This is required before preparing an application and will connect you with a team member to manage the application process. Contact foundationrelations@depaul.edu with any questions related to Foundation and Corporate opportunities. If you have questions about a government opportunity, please feel free to contact ORS Pre-Award staff​ for assistance. ​​​

If you are interested in applying for one of these initiatives or if you have questions about the opportunities, please feel free to contact ORS Pre-Award staff​ for assistance. If you would like to submit a proposal, please complete the External Proposal Request Form​. 


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12/5/2025 Research Report Stipends IBM Center for the Business of Government
12/5/2025 Geoinformatics (GI) National Science Foundation
12/5/2025 Farm to School Grant Program Department of Agriculture
12/8/2025 Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation Grant Program Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation
12/9/2025 Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (WoU-MMA) National Science Foundation
12/9/2025 Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects National Science Foundation
12/15/2025 LOI - Foundations for Operating the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource: the NAIRR Operations Center (NAIRR-OC) National Science Foundation
12/19/2025 NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith Council of Independent Colleges
12/19/2025 Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Transportation Data Quality Transportation Research Board
1/5/2026 Supporting Workforce Mental Health and Work Zone Safety Transportation Research Board
1/5/2026 LOI: Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas Greenwall Foundation
1/7/2026 Advancing Healthcare for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/8/2026 Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) National Science Foundation
1/8/2026 Visually Impaired Pedestrians and Protected Intersections with Bike Lanes Transportation Research Board
1/12/2026 Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Substance Use Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/13/2026 Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) National Science Foundation
1/14/2026 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) National Science Foundation
1/15/2026 Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition National Endowment for the Humanities
1/15/2026 National Digital Newspaper Program National Endowment for the Humanities
1/15/2026 Linguistics National Science Foundation
1/15/2026 Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) National Science Foundation
1/16/2026 Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) National Science Foundation
1/20/2026 Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS) National Science Foundation
1/20/2026 Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods National Science Foundation
1/21/2026 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) Engaged Student Learning (Level 1) National Science Foundation
1/21/2026 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) - Institutional and Community Transformation - Capacity-Building National Science Foundation
1/21/2026 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) - Institutional and Community Transformation Level 1 National Science Foundation
1/22/2026 Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences National Science Foundation
1/25/2026 Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/25/2026 Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
1/26/2026 LOI - NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
1/27/2026 Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant National Institutes of Health
1/29/2026 Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) National Science Foundation
1/30/2026 Developmental Sciences (DS) National Science Foundation
2/1/2026 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
2/1/2026 Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Esther A. and Joseph Kingenstein Fund
2/2/2026 Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells) National Science Foundation
2/2/2026 Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC) National Science Foundation
2/2/2026 Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) National Science Foundation
2/4/2026 Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Robust Intelligence (RI) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Cyber-Physical System Foundations and Connected Communities (CPS) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Information Integration and Informatics (III) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Computer Systems Research (CSR) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Foundations of Emerging Technologies (FET) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Human-Centered Computing (HCC) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Computing Education Research National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Algorithmic Foundations (AF) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning (AIMing) National Science Foundation
2/5/2026 Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
2/9/2026 A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise National Science Foundation
2/9/2026 Growing Convergence Research National Science Foundation
2/11/2026 Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence National Science Foundation
2/17/2026 NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) National Science Foundation
2/27/2026 EDU Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research National Science Foundation
3/2/2026 Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) National Science Foundation
3/2/2026 Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) National Science Foundation
3/11/2026 LOI: Future of Work Russell Sage Foundation
3/11/2026 LOI: Social, Political, and Economic Inequality Russell Sage Foundation
3/11/2026 LOI: Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities for Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility Russell Sage Foundation
3/17/2026 Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
3/25/2026 Innovations in Graduate Education Program National Science Foundation
5/27/2026 NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institute on Aging
5/27/2026 NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institute on Aging
6/16/2026 Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
7/1/2026 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission - Institutional Grants Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
9/8/2027 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Analysis of Existing Linked Datasets to Understand the Relationship between Housing Program Participation and Risk for Chronic Diseases and Other Conditions (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
10/16/2027 Small Grants for New Investigators to Broaden Participation in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/16/2027 Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
1/12/2028 Time-Sensitive Evaluation of Policies Affecting Health Behaviors and Chronic Disease Risk (R01-Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
7/18/2029 AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
7/18/2029 AHRQ Small Health Services Research Grant Program (R03) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Open Support Funds for Presentation of Junior (Faculty) Scholarship The Federalist Society
Open CSWEP-SSRC Women in Economics Research Consortium Social Science Research Council
Open Sociology Program National Science Foundation
Open Broadening Participation in STEM: Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) National Science Foundation
Open The Mercury Project: 2023 Call for Proposals Social Science Research Council
Open Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) National Science Foundation
Open Human-System Team Interactions Department of Defense
Open The Domestic Public Policy Program Smith Richardson Foundation
Open Criminal Justice Grant Charles Koch Foundation
Open U.S. & Chinese Foreign Policy and Relations Research Grants Charles Koch Foundation
Open Grand Strategy Research Grants Charles Koch Foundation
Open Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) National Science Foundation
Open Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (HDBE) National Science Foundation
Open Research Coordination Networks National Science Foundation
Open Manufacturing Systems Integration National Science Foundation
Open CCF: Communications and Information Foundations (CIF) - SMALL Projects National Science Foundation
Open Cancer Research & Prevention Grant UNICO National Foundation
Open Veterans' Issues Research Grants Charles Koch Foundation
Open Institute of Management Accountant (IMA) Research Foundation - Academic Research Grant Program Institute of Management Accountants
Open Moody's Credit Markets Research Fund Moody's Corporation
Open Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs Department of Commerce
Open Knight Foundation Grants Knight Foundation
Open Investigate Media Over QUIC for Interactive and Streaming Media Delivery Cisco
Open General and Targeted Research Grants Comcast Corporation
Open Environmental Sustainability National Science Foundation
Open Biological Oceanography National Science Foundation
Open Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences Simons Foundation
Open Cybersecurity in Emerging Tech Areas Cisco
Open Visiting Research Scholar Program Educational Testing Service 
Open Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional Grant Program Library of Congress
Open Institute for the Study of Human Rights - Visiting Scholars Program Columbia University
Open Funding opportunity: Governance, Norms and Values – Research on the Future Internet John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Open Congressional Research Grants The Dirksen Congressional Center
Open American Statistical Association/National Science Foundation/Bureau of Labor Statistics Research Fellow Program Department of Labor
Open Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation - General Grant Program FINRA Investor Education Foundation
Open Internet Freedom Fund Open Technology Fund
Open Chemistry of Life Processes National Science Foundation
Open The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation Grant The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation
Open Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Open Wabash Center - Small Project Grants Wabash Center
Open Postsecondary Education Grants Charles Koch Foundation
Open Education Grants Carnegie Corporation of New York
Open Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Soref Fellow Program The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Open Ending Endless Wars in the Middle East Charles Koch Foundation
Open Reva and David Logan Foundation Grant The Reva and David Logan Foundation
Open Democracy Grant Carnegie Corporation of New York
Open International Peace and Security Grant Carnegie Corporation of New York
Open Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System Arnold Ventures
Open Rural Feasibility Study Grant Compeer Financial
Open Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Funding Program Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation
Open The Scholarly Research Grants Program ASAE Research Foundation
Open Open Philanthropy Course Development Grants Open Philanthropy
Open Pop Culture Collaborative - Opportunity Grants Pop Culture Collaborative
Open Journalism John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Open New Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Writers Program Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Open FDA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Metagenomics Department of Health and Human Services
Open Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs (Small Projects) National Science Foundation
Open Community Possible Play Grants U.S. Bank Foundation
Open Pedagogies for Social Justice and Civic Engagement Wabash Center
Open U.S. Embassy Rangoon Public Affairs Small Grants Competition Department of State
Open Civic Engagement (LOI) Rita Allen Foundation
Open Dowdy Research Grant Baylor University
Open Borders and Boundaries Postdoctoral Fellowships University of Pennsylvania
Open C. R. Anderson Research Fund Proposals Association for Business Communication
Open Department of Transportation Data Analytics Fellow Department of Transportation
Open The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Visiting Fellow Program Asian Development Bank
Open Research Opportunities for Scientists - Research Educational Component (REC) Scholar Program University of California Davis
Open Community Energy Fellowship Program Department of Energy
Open The Maurice L. Silverstein Cinema Studies Lectureship Fund Tulane University
Open Calihan Academic Grants Acton Institute
Open Richards Civil War Era Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Grants Pennsylvania State University
Open Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program Department of Veterans Affairs
Open Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Department of Defense
Open NSF/FDA Scholar-In-Residence at FDA National Science Foundation
Open Biophotonics National Science Foundation
Open Behavioral Systems National Science Foundation
Open The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Grants The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation
Open Visiting Research Fellowships American Institute for Economic Research
Open Marketing Science Institute Research Grants Marketing Science Institute
Open Global Reporting Grants Pulitzer Center
Open Data Journalism Grants Pulitzer Center
Open Ahmanson Research Fellowships for the Study of Medieval and Renaissance Books and Manuscripts University of California, Los Angeles
Open Scholars in Residence Newberry Library
Open Takemi Program in International Health Harvard University
Open ECMC Foundation Grants ECMC Foundation
Open The Infinity Foundation: Call for Grant Proposals Infinity Foundation
Open Our Work/Environment Reporting Grants Pulitzer Center
Open Gender Equality Grant Pulitzer Center
Open Li Educational Foundation Grants Li Educational Foundation
Open Ceramics National Science Foundation
Open Law School Admission Council (LSAC) DEI Pathway Grant Law School Admission Council
Open Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science Program: Crosscutting Programs - Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agricultural Systems Department of Agriculture
Open Park Foundation - Media Grants Park Foundation
Open Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) National Science Foundation
Open Capacity: Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation
Open Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP) Department of Veterans Affairs
Open Controlling Health Care Costs Commonwealth Fund
Open Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Grant Tateuchi Foundation
Open Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN) National Science Foundation
Open Neural Systems National Science Foundation
Open Education Grant Japan Foundation, New York
Open Democracy Reporting Grant Pulitzer Center
Open Global Health Reporting Grant Pulitzer Center
Open Machine Learning Reporting Grants Pulitzer Center
Open Journalism Support John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Open Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Core Programs National Science Foundation
Open Educational Grants for the Advancement of Medical Education - General Educational Grants Enovis (DJO, LLC)
Open Educational, Charitable, and Fellowship Grants Globus Medical
Open Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) National Science Foundation
Open Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB) National Science Foundation
Open Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs (IOS) National Science Foundation
Open FY 2024 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Department of Energy
Open Justice Grants The Field Foundation of Illinois
Open Flexible Research Grants for Scholars Institute for Humane Studies
Open Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R01, R21, R03) National Institutes of Health
Open Journalism and Storytelling The Field Foundation of Illinois
Open Healthcare Services & Housing Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
Open Advancing Health Equity - LOI The Commonwealth Fund
Open Catholic Human Services Foundation Grant Catholic Human Services Foundation
Open OpenAI Cybersecurity Grant Program OpenAI
Open Glenn W. Bailey Foundation Grant Glenn W. Bailey Foundation
Open Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) National Science Foundation
Open Center for Jewish History - Visiting Scholars Program Center for Jewish History
Open Geospace Cluster National Science Foundation
Open Urban Environmental Justice Conant Family Foundation
Open FY 2025 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Department of Energy
Open Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Advancing Data Science Research in HIV: Responding to a Dynamic, Complex, and Evolving HIV Epidemic with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning National Institutes of Health
Open U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research (Fiscal Years 2023-2028) Department of Defense
Open Information Innovation Office (I2O) Department of Defense
Open BNSF Railway Foundation Grant BNSF Railway Foundation
Open The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. National Institutes of Health
Open Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions National Institutes of Health
Open Full-Scale Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions National Institutes of Health
Open LOI: Building Community Power Grand Victoria Foundation
Open Urban Environmental Justice Conant Family Foundation
Open Infrastructure Systems and People National Science Foundation
Open The Transformational Partnerships Fund - Catalytic Grants Transformational Partnerships Fund
Open The Transformational Partnerships Fund - Seed Grants Transformational Partnerships Fund
Open Request for Proposals: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance Open Philanthropy
Open The Great Lakes Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program Enviromental Protection Agency
Open High School, College and Career Success The Brinson Foundation
Open The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS) National Science Foundation
Open Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X) National Science Foundation
Open Education and Broadening Participation in Earth Sciences (EAR EBP) National Science Foundation
Open Research Grant Program Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business
Open Economics Research Grants Sloan Foundation
Open Matter-to-Life Sloan Foundation
Open NSF STEM K-12 National Science Foundation
Open Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Foundation Grants Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Foundation
Open LOI: Good Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Open LOI: Good Health and Health Equity W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Open LOI: Good Early Care and Education W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Open LOI: Good Jobs and Family Economic Security W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Open LOI: Promise of an Equitable Future W.K. Kellogg Foundation


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