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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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4/24/2025 Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Burroughs Wellcome Fund
4/25/2025 Scientific Discovery through Computing (SCiDAC): Partnerships in Basic Energy Sciences Department of Energy
4/25/2025 Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense (DoD) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Department of Defense
4/25/2025 Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD-EN) National Science Foundation
4/30/2025 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
4/30/2025 Hevolution Foundation Scientific Conferences Fund Hevolution Foundation
4/30/2025 Scripps Howard Fund Journalism Grants Scripps Howard Fund
5/1/2025 LOI - Science and Engineering Grants W. M. Keck Foundation
5/1/2025 Supporting Advancements in the Field of Aging Retirement Research Foundation (RRF)
5/1/2025 Environmental Research & Education Foundation Research Grants Environmental Research and Education Foundation
5/1/2025 Strategic Initiatives Grants State Justice Institute
5/1/2025 Project Grants State Justice Institute
5/1/2025 Technical Assistance Grants State Justice Institute
5/2/2025 Nasdaq Foundation - Quarterly Grant Program Nasdaq Foundation
5/5/2025 Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation (FDT-BioTech) National Science Foundation
5/6/2025 Humanities Initiatives at Colleges and Universities National Endowment for the Humanities
5/7/2025 Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions National Archives and Records Administration
5/7/2025 Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence William T. Grant Foundation
5/7/2025 Research Grants on Reducing Inequality William T. Grant Foundation
5/8/2025 Illinois Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program (IDEC) Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
5/13/2025 NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science Initiative National Science Foundation
5/15/2025 Multiplier Grants Illinois Humanities
5/15/2025 Concept Paper: Research Grant Gerber Foundation
5/15/2025 Waterhouse Family Instutue (WFI) Research Grants Villanova University
5/15/2025 Pivot Fellowship Simons Foundation
5/20/2025 Research and Development National Endowment for the Humanities
5/22/2025 Digital Humanities Advancement Grants National Endowment for the Humanities
5/22/2025 Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards Simons Foundation
5/23/2025 "Effects of the Usage of Digital Technology on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Children and Young People " Huo Family Foundation
5/25/2025 Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5/31/2025 Gladys Brooks Foundation Grant Gladys Brooks Foundation
5/31/2025 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) National Science Foundation
5/31/2025 Racial Equity Research Grants Spencer Foundation
6/1/2025 LOI - ministries, health, relief, education, community service, welfare, and arts DEW Foundation
6/1/2025 College/University and Amateur Performance Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
6/1/2025 Scholarly Symposia and Conferences Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
6/1/2025 2025 EPRI University Global Research Award: Supporting a Clean Energy Future Electric Power Research Institute
6/2/2025 Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/2/2025 Limited Competition: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/2/2025 Pilot Research Opportunities in Crisis Response Services for Suicide Prevention (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/2/2025 Research Opportunities in Crisis Response Services for Suicide Prevention (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/2/2025 Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships National Science Foundation
6/5/2025 NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science National Institutes of Health
6/6/2025 NIH Science Education Partnership Award National Institutes of Health
6/13/2025 BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development National Institutes of Health
6/13/2025 Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
6/13/2025 Beckman Scholars Program Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
6/16/2025 LOI: Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research National Endowment for the Humanities
6/18/2025 Accelerating and Scaling Biological Sciences With AI Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
6/20/2025 Internationlizing Teacher Prep & Innovations Longview Foundation
6/20/2025 Innovations in Internationalization Longview Foundation
6/20/2025 NIMH Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (NIMH BRAINS) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/24/2025 Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research 2.0 National Science Foundation
7/1/2025 Institutional Grants Japan-United States Friendship Commission
7/1/2025 Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards (Arch-SR) National Science Foundation
7/3/2025 Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
7/9/2025 Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) National Science Foundation
7/10/2025 LOI: Performing Arts Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
7/14/2025 Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM) National Science Foundation
7/16/2025 Future of Work Russell Sage Foundation
7/16/2025 Social, Political, and Economic Inequality Russell Sage Foundation
7/16/2025 Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities Russell Sage Foundation
8/1/2025 Research Project (RP) proposals and Existing Program Evaluation (EPE) proposals Brady Education Foundation
8/15/2025 John Templeton Foundation Funds John Templeton Foundation
8/15/2025 Community-Based Participatory Research Projects Sociological Initiatives Foundation
8/15/2025 Open Call for Support of Science Events and Gatherings Heising-Simons Foundation
8/18/2025 Economics National Science Foundation
8/28/2025 Civil Discourse on Campus Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
8/28/2025 Advocacy for the Liberal Arts Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
8/29/2025 Bilateral Academic Research Initiative (BARI) Program – Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) Department of Defense
9/5/2025 Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) Department of Defense
9/10/2025 LOI: Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC) National Science Foundation
9/12/2025 Education, Improving the Environment, or Supporting Healthy and Vibrant Communities Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
9/19/2025 LOI: Basic Science Research Grant Mathers Foundation
9/25/2025 Complex Integrated Multi-Component Projects in Aging Research (U19 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/20/2025 Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/21/2025 Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
10/28/2025 HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
11/30/2025 The Illinois Bar Foundation's Access to Justice Grants Illinois Bar Foundation
6/16/2026 Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
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 CNS: Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) - SMALL Projects 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 CNS: Computer Systems Research (CSR) National Science 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 Human-Centered Computing 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


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