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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. 

Submissions to private foundations/corporations require DePaul’s Advancement Office clearance. This is required before preparing an application and will connect you with an Advancement team member to manage the application process. Contact foundationrelations@depaul.edu with any questions.

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DEADLINE PROGRAM AGENCY
3/24/2026 LOI - Early Career Research Program (ECRP) Department of Energy
3/25/2026 Innovations in Graduate Education Program National Science Foundation
3/27/2026 Braille Training Program Department of Education
3/31/2026 Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Technical Assistance Programs (NTAP) Cooperative Agreements Health Resources and Services Administration
4/1/2026 Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System Russell Sage Foundation
4/1/2026 Early Childhood Education Grant Frances R. Dewing Foundation
4/1/2026 Project Support Grant Laerdal Foundation
4/8/2026 William G. McGowan Charitable Fund William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
4/9/2026 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert and Related Events, FY 2027 National Endowment for the Arts
4/9/2026 LOI - FY2026 Research Opportunities in Accelerator Stewardship and Accelerator Development Department of Energy
4/10/2026 Salary Assistance Grant Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
4/10/2026 BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program Bureau of Justice Assistance
4/15/2026 LOI - Engineering Biological Solutions for Societal Impact Walder Foundation
4/15/2026 LOI: Simons Foundation Autism & Neuroscience Conferences and Courses Awards Simons Foundation
4/16/2026 Facilitator Training for Victim Offender Dialogue Department of Justice
4/21/2026 State Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Services and Results for DeafBlind Children and National TA&D Center for DeafBlind Children Department of Education
4/22/2026 Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan National Endowment for the Humanities
4/23/2026 Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants program Burroughs Wellcome Fund
4/27/2026 National Environmental Education and Training Program Environmental Protection Agency
4/28/2026 The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI Department of Energy
4/30/2026 Hevolution Foundation Scientific Conferences Fund Hevolution Foundation
4/30/2026 Community Ties Giving Program - Annual Local Grants Union Pacific Railroad
4/30/2026 Peoples Gas Charitable Giving Peoples Gas Community Fund
4/30/2026 Hulsebosch Hope Foundation Grant Hulsebosch Hope Foundation
5/1/2026 George William Groh Trust Wells Fargo Private Foundations
5/1/2026 Book grants Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
5/1/2026 Talent Search Program Department of Education
5/5/2026 FY 2026 Leaders Lead On-Demand Department of State
5/10/2026 Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Grants Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
5/11/2026 Fueling AI Innovation and Adoption Department of State
5/11/2026 Collections Stewardship National Endowment for the Humanities
5/14/2026 Five Star Grant Program 2026 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
5/17/2026 Science of Trustworthy AI Schmidt Sciences
5/18/2026 FY 2026 U.S. Leadership in Education, Advanced Manufacturing, and Digital Skills (U.S. LEADS) Program Department of State
5/25/2026 NLM Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities and Promote Health for All (G08 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
5/25/2026 Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5/25/2026 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) National Institutes of Health
5/25/2026 NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
5/26/2026 NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34) National Institutes of Health
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
5/27/2026 Support for Research Excellence - First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
5/27/2026 Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
5/27/2026 Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
5/31/2026 Endowments, capital projects, or capital equipment grants Gladys Brooks Foundation
6/1/2026 Venable Foundation Grant Venable LLP
6/1/2026 Carl R. Hendrickson Family Foundation Grant Carl R. Hendrickson Family Foundation
6/1/2026 FY 2026 American Film Showcase Department of State
6/1/2026 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Grantmaking Programs - Education Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
6/1/2026 Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Grantmaking Programs - Art Learning Program Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
6/5/2026 The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S. (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Research Grants in Clinical Informatics (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Advancing Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/5/2026 Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/8/2026 Mind and Body Interventions to Restore Whole Person Health via Emotional Well-Being Mechanisms (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required) National Institutes of Health
6/9/2026 Fiscal Year 2026 Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research - U.S. University/College-led Integrated Research Projects (IRPs) Department of Energy
6/10/2026 BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/10/2026 Standardizing Data and Metadata from Wearable Devices (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/15/2026 LOI: Existing Program Evaluation Brady Education Foundation
6/15/2026 LOI: Research Project Brady Education Foundation
6/15/2026 BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization- Next Generation Sensor Technology Development (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/16/2026 Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
6/16/2026 AHRQ Small Health Services Research Grant Program (R03) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
6/16/2026 Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/17/2026 NIDCD Early Career Research(ECR) Award (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/18/2026 Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
6/22/2026 Preliminary Proposal - Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) National Science Foundation
6/22/2026 Digital Health Technology Derived Biomarkers and Outcome Assessments for Remote Monitoring and Endpoint Development (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) National Institutes of Health
7/1/2026 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission - Institutional Grants Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
7/1/2026 Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards (Arch-SR) National Science Foundation
7/1/2026 Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards Morgan Stanley
7/1/2026 LOI - Brain Injury Scholar Seed Grants Brain Injury Association of America
7/9/2026 Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) National Science Foundation
7/9/2026 Grants for Arts Projects National Endowment for the Arts
7/15/2026 Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) Institutional and Community Transformation Level 2 & Engaged Student Learning Level 3 National Science Foundation
7/15/2026 Linguistics National Science Foundation
7/15/2026 FY 2026 Ocean Technology Transition Program National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7/22/2026 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) National Science Foundation
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
8/3/2026 Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC) National Science Foundation
8/3/2026 The Joyce Foundation Journalism Grant The Joyce Foundation
8/11/2026 Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems (CS2) National Science Foundation
8/14/2026 Research Grants Sociological Initiatives Foundation
9/8/2026 Discovery Research Grants March of Dimes
9/15/2026 NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) National Science Foundation
9/18/2026 LOI: Land, Health, Community-Chicago Program Lumpkin Family Foundation
9/28/2026 Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0) National Science Foundation
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
10/1/2026 A. Montgomery Ward Foundation Grant A. Montgomery Ward 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
11/4/2026 Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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 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 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 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
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 JFNY Grant for Arts & Culture Japan Foundation, New York