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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 agency’s website, which should be consulted prior to preparing a proposal. 

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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12/3/2024 Preparation of Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs Department of Education
12/3/2024 Digital Justice Grant Program American Council of Learned Societies
12/3/2024 The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Translation Grants in Buddhist Studies The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
12/4/2024 Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
12/4/2024 NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
12/4/2024 Research Grants on Education: Small Spencer Foundation
12/4/2024 Scholarly Editions and Translations National Endowment for the Humanities
12/5/2024 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Economic Outcomes National Bureau of Economic Research
12/5/2024 Mental Health Award Wellcome
12/5/2024 Scientific Software Research Faculty Award Simons Foundation
12/5/2024 Post-Doctoral Researcher in Transportation Economics National Bureau of Economic Research
12/10/2024 Research Grant Program - Thomas L. McKenzie Research Award Society of Health and Physical Educators
12/11/2024 UCRC Proposals for Research and Thought Leadership on Insurance Risk Modeling and Underwriting Related to Terrorism and Catastrophic Cyber Risks National Science Foundation
12/11/2024 LOI - Environmental System Science Department of Energy
12/12/2024 NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings National Institutes of Health
12/12/2024 LOI - Climate Resilience Centers Department of Energy
12/13/2024 LOI - Astrophysics Research and Analysis National Aeronautics and Space Administration
12/15/2024 Transformation of Mental Health Care Program Klingenstein Philanthropies
12/15/2024 Transformation of Mental Health Care Program Klingenstein Philanthropies
12/15/2024 LOI - Generating Consistent Real World and Risk Neutral Interest Rate Scenarios Society of Actuaries
12/16/2024 LOI - Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator National Science Foundation
12/20/2024 Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith The Council of Independent Colleges
12/31/2024 Employee Ownership Foundation/Louis O. Kelso Fellowship Rutgers
12/31/2024 Interledger-NextGen Higher Education Grant Interledger Foundation
12/31/2024 Educating, Engaging the Community, & Promoting Equity GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
1/8/2025 Advancing Informal STEM Learning National Science Foundation
1/8/2025 Public Humanities Projects National Endowment for the Humanities
1/8/2025 Media Projects National Endowment for the Humanities
1/8/2025 Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence William T. Grant Foundation
1/8/2025 Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History - 2025-26 Faculty Fellowship Harvard University
1/9/2025 Digital Humanities Advancement Grants National Endowment for the Humanities
1/9/2025 Public Safety Grants Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation
1/9/2025 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement Department of State
1/10/2025 National Digital Newspaper Program National Endowment for the Humanities
1/10/2025 Luminarts Fellowship - Jazz Improvisation Fellowship Luminarts Cultural Foundation
1/10/2025 Luminarts Fellowship - Classical Music Fellowship Luminarts Cultural Foundation
1/10/2025 Luminarts Fellowship - Creative Writing Fellowship Luminarts Cultural Foundation
1/10/2025 Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections National Endowment for the Humanities
1/13/2025 Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund Projects Department of State
1/13/2025 Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund Projects Department of State
1/14/2025 Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) National Science Foundation
1/14/2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Award Simons Foundation
1/14/2025 ACED: Accelerating Computing-Enabled Scientific Discovery (ACED) National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) Engaged Student Learning Level 1 National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 Harwood Visiting Research Fellowships American Institute for Economic Research
1/15/2025 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Research Grants Broadcast Education Association
1/15/2025 Ethics of Generative AI in Public Communication The Arthur W. Page Center
1/15/2025 Law and Science National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 One to Two Month Residential Academic Research Fellowships American Antiquarian Society
1/15/2025 Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grants Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
1/15/2025 Publication Subsidies Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
1/15/2025 Linguistics National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) National Science Foundation
1/15/2025 First Book Grant for Scholars of Color Louisville Institute
1/15/2025 Illinois Humanities - Action Grants Illinois Humanities
1/15/2025 International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) Educational Scholarship Grant International Association of Medical Science Educators
1/16/2025 Innovations in International Education Longview Foundation
1/16/2025 Service Club of Chicago Grant Service Club of Chicago
1/16/2025 LOI: Internationalizing Teacher Preparation Grant Longview Foundation
1/16/2025 LOI: Innovations in Internationalization Longview Foundation
1/16/2025 Career Guidance for Trainees Burroughs Wellcome Fund
1/16/2025 Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation
1/16/2025 The Epilepsy Study Consortium Mini-Grant American Epilepsy Society
1/17/2025 Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship Medical Library Association
1/21/2025 Economics National Science Foundation
1/21/2025 Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS) National Science Foundation
1/21/2025 International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program—Short-Term Projects Department of Education
1/21/2025 International Foreign Language Education (IFLE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program—Long-Term Projects Department of Education
1/21/2025 Research on Bioethical Issues Related to Bionic and Robotic Device Development and Translation (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/21/2025 Technology Development to Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/22/2025 Quad Advancing Innovations for Empowering NextGen AGriculturE (AI-ENGAGE) Collaborative Research Opportunity National Science Foundation
1/23/2025 LOI - Heliophysics Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Ready Data National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1/23/2025 LOI - Simons Early Career Investigator in Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Evolution Awards Simons Foundation
1/24/2025 LOI - Astrophysics Pioneers National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1/27/2025 Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) - Regular Grants Fund for Investigative Journalism
1/28/2025 Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education National Science Foundation
1/28/2025 Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/28/2025 Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
1/28/2025 Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
1/29/2025 Travel Support for Mathematicians Simons Foundation
1/30/2025 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
1/31/2025 Incubator Grant Program Institute of Management Accountants
2/1/2025 Venable Foundation Grant Venable Foundation
2/1/2025 Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Klingenstein Philanthropies
2/1/2025 Strategic Initiatives Grants State Justice Institute
2/1/2025 Strategic Initiatives Grants State Justice Institute
2/1/2025 Venable Foundation Grant Venable Foundation
2/1/2025 Applied Economics Community Resilience Modeling Department of Commerce
2/1/2025 Faculty Research Grants Children's Literature Association
2/3/2025 Science and Technology Studies (STS) National Science Foundation
2/3/2025 Science of Organizations (SoO) National Science Foundation
2/3/2025 Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) National Science Foundation
2/5/2025 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
2/5/2025 Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
2/5/2025 Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
2/6/2025 HEAL Initiative: Understanding Individual Differences in Human Pain Conditions National Institutes of Health
2/11/2025 LOI - Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) National Science Foundation
2/12/2025 Computer Science for All (CSforAll: Research and RPPs) National Science Foundation
2/12/2025 Landmarks of American History and Culture for K-12 Educators National Endowment for the Humanities
2/12/2025 Institutes for K-12 Educators National Endowment for the Humanities
2/12/2025 Institutes for Higher Education Faculty National Endowment for the Humanities
2/12/2025 Wabash Center - Large Project Grants Wabash Center
2/12/2025 Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence National Science Foundation
2/12/2025 NIA Academic Leadership Career Award (K07 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
2/13/2025 Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative Department of Agriculture
2/14/2025 Fermi General Investigator - Cycle 18 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2/14/2025 LOI - Earth Action: Ecological Conservation National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2/14/2025 Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Use of Digital Technology and Mobile Health (mHealth) to Improve Diagnosis, Assessments, Interventions, Management and Outcomes for Individuals with Down Syndrome Across the Lifespan (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
2/14/2025 Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem (GEO OSE) National Science Foundation
2/15/2025 Littleton-Griswold Research Grants for Research in US Legal History American Historical Association
2/15/2025 Jacobs Research Funds (JRF) Grants on Aboriginal Peoples of the Americas University of Washington
2/15/2025 Applied Urban Communication Research Grant Urban Communication Foundation
2/15/2025 Center for the Study of Federalism: Research Grants Center for the Study of Federalism
2/16/2025 Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
2/18/2025 Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education National Science Foundation
2/18/2025 NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) National Science Foundation
2/18/2025 AMS Subventions for Publications American Musicological Society
2/20/2025 NuSTAR General Observer - Cycle 11 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2/28/2025 Discovery Research PreK-12 Program Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC) National Science Foundation
2/28/2025 Peace Research Grants International Peace Research Association Foundation
3/1/2025 Education, Criminal Justice, Reintegration, Clinical Research, and/or Social Support Grants Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation
3/1/2025 LOI: Research Projects investigating limits in equality Sociological Initiatives Foundation
3/1/2025 The Pelino Charitable Foundation Grant The Pelino Charitable Foundation
3/3/2025 Accounting Education Research Grants Program National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
3/7/2025 Exhibition Grants Terra Foundation for American Art
3/7/2025 Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences Department of Education
3/11/2025 LOI: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Russell Sage Foundation
3/11/2025 LOI: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context Russell Sage Foundation
3/11/2025 LOI: 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
3/11/2025 LOI: Immigration and Immigrant Integration Russell Sage Foundation
3/31/2025 The James W. Carey Urban Communication Grant Urban Communication Foundation
3/31/2025 Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) National Science Foundation
4/4/2025 National Council of State Boards of Nursing Grant Program National Council of State Boards of Nursing
4/15/2025 Spring Centennial Center Research Grants Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs
4/30/2025 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
5/31/2025 Gladys Brooks Foundation Grant Gladys Brooks Foundation
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
6/13/2025 BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development 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
11/30/2025 The Illinois Bar Foundation's Access to Justice Grants Illinois Bar 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
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 LOI: Building Community Power Grand Victoria 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 High School, College and Career Success The Brinson 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 Information Innovation Office (I2O) Department of Defense
Open BNSF Railway Foundation Grant BNSF Railway Foundation


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