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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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7/29/2026 Research Grants on Reducing Inequality William T. Grant Foundation
7/29/2026 Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence William T. Grant Foundation
7/30/2026 Synthetic Plant Biology Simons Foundation
7/31/2026 Peoples Gas Charitable Giving Peoples Gas
7/31/2026 OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Legal Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault Grant Program Department of Justice
7/31/2026 Advancing Behavioral Health in Corrections: Training and Policy Innovation Initiative National Institute of Corrections
7/31/2026 Caregiver AI Challenge Administration for Community Living
7/31/2026 LOI: Distinguished Scholar Award Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
8/1/2026 Fred J. Brunner Foundation Grants Fred J. Brunner Foundation
8/1/2026 LOI: Farmers Advocating for Organic Organic Valley
8/3/2026 Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC) National Science Foundation
8/3/2026 The Joyce Foundation Journalism Grant The Joyce Foundation
8/3/2026 Norfolk Southern Corporation - Thriving Communities Grant Norfolk Southern Corporation
8/3/2026 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 Fish and Wildlife Service
8/4/2026 Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program National Science Foundation
8/4/2026 FY26 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Department of Justice
8/5/2026 Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Program: Community Living and Participation (Development) Administration for Community Living
8/6/2026 Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions (Chemical Sciences) Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
8/6/2026 State and Local Collection and Reporting of Crime Data National Institute of Justice
8/6/2026 Promise Neighborhoods Department of Education
8/7/2026 Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program (Chemistry) Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
8/8/2026 Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World Schmidt Sciences
8/11/2026 Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems (CS2) National Science Foundation
8/12/2026 Restorative and health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST) Department of Health and Human Services
8/12/2026 LOI: Vision Grants Spencer Foundation
8/13/2026 Track 2.0 Peacebuilding and Dialogue Support Department of State
8/14/2026 Research Grants Sociological Initiatives Foundation
8/17/2026 Pilot and Feasibility Grant Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium
8/18/2026 Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS) National Science Foundation
8/19/2026 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) National Science Foundation
8/19/2026 CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites (CISE REU Sites) National Science Foundation
8/21/2026 Global Health and Wellbeing in an Era of Transformative AI Coefficient Giving
8/25/2026 Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
8/27/2026 LOI: Private Higher Education grants Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
8/27/2026 Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) National Science Foundation
8/27/2026 Jackson National Life Insurance Company - Jackson Community Grants Jackson National Life Insurance Company
9/1/2026 LOI: Books Sloan Foundation
9/1/2026 Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) National Science Foundation
9/1/2026 Zero Electrocution Challenge McElhattan Foundation
9/1/2026 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Grantmaking Programs - Art Learning Program Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
9/2/2026 Grant for Researchers: Scholarly Research on Religion and Social Issues Louisville Institute
9/3/2026 2026 Request for Proposals: Strengthening Families and Communities (Social Drivers of Health) Telligen Community Initiative
9/3/2026 Community Engagement Funds Target
9/3/2026 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award for Individual and Group Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/5/2026 NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/5/2026 SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/5/2026 NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/8/2026 Discovery Research Grants March of Dimes
9/9/2026 Institutional Challenge Grant William T. Grant Foundation
9/9/2026 LOI: Faculty Scholars Program Greenwall Foundation
9/9/2026 A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO) National Science Foundation
9/9/2026 NIH Director's Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/10/2026 Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) National Science Foundation
9/10/2026 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/11/2026 Emil Gumpert Award American College of Trial Lawyers
9/15/2026 NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) National Science Foundation
9/15/2026 LOI: Integrated Vegetation Management Endowed Research grant Tree Fund
9/15/2026 Probability National Science Foundation
9/15/2026 Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) National Science Foundation
9/15/2026 Publishing Grants: Millard Meiss Publication Fund Millard Meiss Publication Fund
9/15/2026 Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant Wyeth Foundation for American Art
9/16/2026 Scholarly Editions and Translations National Endowment for the Humanities
9/16/2026 Collaborative Research National Endowment for the Humanities
9/18/2026 LOI: Land, Health, Community-Chicago Program Lumpkin Family Foundation
9/18/2026 Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) National Science Foundation
9/22/2026 Foundations National Science Foundation
9/22/2026 Combinatorics National Science Foundation
9/24/2026 2026 Game in Lab Research Grant Game in Lab
9/25/2026 NIH Research Educational Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
9/25/2026 NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (Parent R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
9/25/2026 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/28/2026 Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) National Science Foundation
9/28/2026 National Cancer Institute Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
9/28/2026 BRAIN Initiative: Clinical Studies to Advance Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
9/30/2026 Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) National Science Foundation
9/30/2026 Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) - Chemical Catalysis (CAT); Chemical Mechanism, Function, and Properties (CMFP); and Chemical Synthesis (SYN) National Science Foundation
9/30/2026 LOI: History of Art Grants Samuel H. Kress Foundation
9/30/2026 LOI: Research Projects Brady Education Foundation
9/30/2026 LOI: Existing Program Evaluation Brady Education Foundation
9/30/2026 FY 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Department of Energy
9/30/2026 Analysis National Science Foundation
10/1/2026 A. Montgomery Ward Foundation Grant A. Montgomery Ward Foundation
10/1/2026 EDU Core Research (ECR:Core) National Science Foundation
10/2/2026 NetVUE Grants to Individuals for Vocational Exploration Council of Independent Colleges
10/2/2026 Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/5/2026 Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/5/2026 Developing novel theory and methods for understanding the genetic architecture of complex human traits (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
10/6/2026 BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
10/7/2026 Solar, Heliospheric, and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) National Science Foundation
10/7/2026 Mind and Body Interventions to Restore Whole Person Health via Emotional Well-Being Mechanisms (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
10/9/2026 Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence National Science Foundation
10/9/2026 Algebra and Number Theory National Science Foundation
10/9/2026 Development and Testing of a Multi-use Frameworks Playbook for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
10/10/2026 Science Track Award for Research Transition (START) Program (R03, Clinical Trial Optional) National Institute on Drug Abuse
10/14/2026 Research Experiences for Teachers in Engineering and Computer Science National Science Foundation
10/14/2026 Mathematical Biology National Science Foundation
10/15/2026 Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/15/2026 Full-Scale Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials for Mental Health Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
10/16/2026 Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/19/2026 PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships (D2M-AIP) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/19/2026 Model-to-Clinic (M2C) for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/20/2026 Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/20/2026 Feasibility Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions for NCCIH High Priority Research Topics (R34 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
10/22/2026 Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
10/25/2026 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
10/29/2026 LOI: Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences Simons Foundation
10/31/2026 Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs (CHE-DRP) - Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI); Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS); and Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN) National Science Foundation
11/1/2026 College/University and Amateur Performance Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
11/1/2026 Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) National Grant Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
11/3/2026 Topology National Science Foundation
11/3/2026 Geometric Analysis National Science Foundation
11/14/2026 Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
11/16/2026 Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG) National Science Foundation
11/16/2026 Applied Mathematics National Science Foundation
11/20/2026 NetVUE Program Development Grants Council of Independent Colleges
11/25/2026 Gravitational Physics (GP) National Science Foundation
11/25/2026 Integrative Activities in Physics National Science Foundation
12/1/2026 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Grantmaking Programs - Education Program Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
12/8/2026 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award (Parent F99/K00 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
12/8/2026 Quantum Information Science National Science Foundation
12/8/2026 Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) National Science Foundation
12/9/2026 Public Humanities Projects National Endowment for the Humanities
1/15/2027 First Book Grant: studies of Christian faith and practice in the United States or Canada Louisville Institute
2/15/2027 Awards for American Universities and Colleges to Host Norwegian and Swedish Lecturers American-Scandinavian Foundation
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
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 Manufacturing Systems Integration National Science Foundation
Open Institute of Management Accountant (IMA) Research Foundation - Academic Research Grant Program Institute of Management Accountants
Open Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs Department of Commerce
Open Environmental Sustainability National Science Foundation
Open Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences Simons Foundation
Open Visiting Research Scholar Program Educational Testing Service 
Open Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional Grant Program Library of Congress
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 Journalism John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Open Community Possible Play Grants U.S. Bank Foundation
Open C. R. Anderson Research Fund Proposals Association for Business Communication
Open The Maurice L. Silverstein Cinema Studies Lectureship Fund Tulane University
Open Calihan Academic Grants Acton Institute
Open Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Department of Defense
Open Biophotonics 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 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 Park Foundation - Media Grants Park Foundation
Open Capacity: Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation
Open Controlling Health Care Costs Commonwealth Fund
Open Atsuhiko & Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Grant Tateuchi Foundation
Open Neural Systems National Science Foundation
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 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 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 Center for Jewish History - Visiting Scholars Program Center for Jewish History
Open Geospace Cluster National Science Foundation
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 BNSF Railway Foundation Grant BNSF Railway Foundation
Open LOI: Building Community Power Grand Victoria 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 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 Research Grant Program Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business
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
Open ERDC Broad Agency Announcement U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Open Reducing Recidivism Grants Bob Barker Foundation
Open LOI: Environment, Global Climate Initiatives, Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, Housing and Homelessness, International Human Rights, Issues Affecting Women, Learning Differences Oak Foundation
Open LOI: Democracy, Ethics, and Public Trust Henry Luce Foundation
Open LOI: Religion and Theology Henry Luce Foundation
Open Healthcare Educational Grants GE HealthCare
Open Caring for children in distress grants Grodman Family Foundation
Open Culture, Education, Health, or Social Services Grants Hearst Foundation
Open Teacher quality and professional development in science Amgen Foundation
Open Pivotal science experience Amgen Foundation
Open Environmental Education grants Vulcan Foundation
Open Journalism & Storytelling Field Foundation
Open Community Power Building Field Foundation
Open Pride in Service Grants CSX
Open Humanities Program grants Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Open Japanese-Language Education Project Grant Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
Open Grant for Intellectual Exchange Japan Foundation, New York
Open Grant for Grassroots Exchange: Japan Festivals and Events Japan Foundation, New York
Open Grant for Grassroots Exchange: U.S.-Japan Community Networking Japan Foundation, New York
Open Comcast Innovation Fund Comcast
Open JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture Japan Foundation, New York
Open Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System Arnold Ventures
Open Community Health Needs Northwestern Medicine
Open LOI: Just Futures Borealis Philanthropy
Open New Ideas Award: Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Simons Foundation
Open Transport Phenomena National Science Foundation
Open Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems National Science Foundation
Open Research Libraries Program: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation


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