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Brain Research Foundation: 2027 Scientific Innovations Award (SIA) Monday, April 6, 2026 - This program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. The objective of the SIA is to support projects that may be too innovative and speculative for traditional funding sources but still have a high likelihood of producing important findings. Amount: $150,000 Due Date: 04/30/2026 More Information:
NSF TechAccess: AI-Ready America Monday, April 6, 2026 - This program supports a coordinated national network of state and territorial hubs, partnerships and pilot initiatives that expand AI literacy, workforce skills and real-world adoption — helping communities, businesses and governments effectively use and benefit from AI. Amount: $3,000,000 Due Date: 04/17/2026 More Information:
NEH: Media Projects Thursday, March 26, 2026 - The purpose of this program is to support the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, and documentary films that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Amount: Up to $75,000 (Development); Up to $700,000 (Production) Due Date: 06/25/2026 More Information:
NOAA: Ocean and Coastal Mapping Center 2026NEH: Collections Stewardship Thursday, March 26, 2026 - The objective of this opportunity is to advance the nation’s capacity for modern ocean and coastal mapping through the development, integration, and operational transition of innovative technologies and workflows. Amount: $8,500,000 Due Date: 05/11/2026 More Information:
NEH: Collections Stewardship Thursday, March 19, 2026 - The goal of this program is to advance the preservation and availability of physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities. Amount: $50,000 – $500,000 Due Date: 05/11/2026; 12/15/2026 More Information:
Department of State: Advancing Global Health Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - The Department of State invites eligible applicants to advance the America First Global Health Strategy through its new Advancing Global Health (AGH) program, which aims to save lives, strengthen health systems, enhance efficiency, foster self-reliance, and ensure U.S. investments benefit American safety, strength, and prosperity. Amount: $500,000 – $250,000,000 Due Date: 05/31/2026 (Window 1); 11/14/2026 (Window 2); […]
NIH: Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities (UG3/UH3 – Clinical Trial Optional) Friday, February 27, 2026 - This program leverages the NICHD clinical research network infrastructure relevant to infants, children, women, and persons with disabilities to conduct innovative, multisite, investigator-initiated clinical trials and observational studies. Amount: $6,250,000 Due Date: 07/15/2026 More information
NIH: Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) Friday, February 27, 2026 - This NOFO invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States. Amount: $11,325,000 Due Date: 04/18/2026 (LOI); 05/18/2026 (Full Proposal) More information
NSF: Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) Friday, February 27, 2026 - This program supports the design and implementation of research infrastructure — including equipment, cyberinfrastructure, large-scale datasets and personnel — whose total project costs are under $20 million. Amount: $4,000,000 – $19,999,999 Due Date: 09/01/2026 (Pre-Proposals); 02/08/2027 (Full Proposals) More information
NIH: Impact of Initial Influenza Exposure on Immunity in Infants (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Monday, February 23, 2026 - This program aims to support the establishment or continuation of longitudinal infant cohorts to determine and compare how initial and repeated natural influenza infections and/or influenza vaccinations shape infant and childhood immunity to future influenza exposures. The goal is to understand how these exposures influence immune responses to subsequent influenza infections and/or vaccines and provide […]
NIH: National Centers for Cryo-electron Tomography (cryoET) (R24 -Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Thursday, February 12, 2026 - This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for support of National Centers for Cryoelectron Tomography (CryoET) to provide nationwide access to advanced cryoET instrumentation and technical support, and to assist investigators in acquiring the skills needed to perform cryoET studies. Amount: Unspecified Due Date: 01/26/2027 More Information:
Children’s Cancer Research Fund 2026 Accelerating Hope: Clinical Trials for Hard-to-Treat Cancers Award Thursday, February 5, 2026 - This grant mechanism provides support for clinical trials focused on hard-to-treat childhood cancers. Amount: $1,000,000 Due Date: 08/07/2026 (LOI); 11/16/2026 (Full Proposal) More Information:
FY2027 Faculty Seed Grants in the Sciences and Engineering Tuesday, January 13, 2026 - The Office of Research announces the FY 2027 cycle for the Faculty Seed Grants in the Sciences and Engineering. The goal of the Faculty Seed Grants in the Sciences and Engineering is to enable faculty to launch new, promising lines of research for which resources are currently not available. These seed grants are intended to fund pilot […]
NIH: Informatics, Coordination and Service Center for the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - The purpose of this opportunity is to support the Informatics, Coordination and Service Center (ICSC) unit of the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (MMRRC) consortium. The ICSC supports the MMRRC in its mission to provide mutant mice, sperm, embryos, and embryonic stem (ES) cell lines to qualified biomedical researchers at research centers, academic institutions, […]
NIH: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - MIRA provides support for research in an investigator’s laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS. The goal of MIRA is to increase the efficiency of NIGMS funding by providing investigators with greater stability and flexibility, thereby enhancing scientific productivity and the chances for important breakthroughs. Amount: $5,662,500 Due Date: 05/27/2026 More information
NIH: Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - Centers supported by this program provide support for special colonies of laboratory animals and associated services, as well as other resources such as informatics tools, reagents, cultures (cells, tissues, and organs) and genetic stocks that serve the biomedical research community in a variety of research areas on a local, regional, and national basis. Amount: Unspecified […]
NSF: Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence Monday, November 24, 2025 - This program supports research collaborations between mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, engineers and social behavior scientists to establish innovative and principled design and analysis approaches for AI technology. Amount: $500,000 – $1,500,000 Due Date: 10/09/2026 More Information
Hereditary Disease Foundation: Transformative Research Award Program Monday, November 24, 2025 - This program will make funds available to advance transformational collaborative projects that will provide new insights into disease mechanisms or create or implement tools and technologies not previously applied to Huntington’s disease (HD) research for the advancement of therapeutics. Amount: $600,000 – $1,000,000 Due Date: 01/15/2026 (LOI); 04/30/2026 (Invited Full Proposals) More Information
NSF: Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) Friday, November 14, 2025 - This program supports long-term, multi-institutional research with the potential to transform computer and information science and engineering. Amount: Up to $15,000,000 Due Date: 06/22/2026 (Pre-Proposals) More Information
NIH: Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional) Friday, October 24, 2025 - This program invites applications for centers to support transdisciplinary teams of clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental […]
NSF: Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) Thursday, May 8, 2025 - NSF: Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) This program provides the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) research and education community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, fundamental research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information. Amount: $15,000,000 Due Date: 06/22/2026 (Pre-Proposals) More Information
Georgia Network for Electric Mobility Seed Grants Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - This program supports interdisciplinary research in e-mobility related topics along the electric vehicle/mobility value chain such as battery manufacturing and rare earth materials mining, supply chain and logistics, vehicle manufacturing, charging infrastructure and utilities, sales and consumer knowledge, and battery and EV components/materials recycling. Amount: $40,000 up to $60,000 per award Proposal due date: December 18, […]
NIH: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) Monday, March 18, 2024 - This program supports mentored research career development of junior faculty members who have recently completed clinical training or postdoctoral fellowships, and who will be engaged in interdisciplinary basic, translational, data science, behavioral, clinical, and/or health services research relevant to the health of women and, where appropriate, the use of both sexes to better understand the […]
NIH: Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Supports the work of the research projects funded under the Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH) initiative described in the companion announcement RFA-MH-23-105. Amount: $18,875,000 Due Date: 6/14/23 More Information
NEH: Digital Projects for the Public Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - This program supports projects that interpret and analyze humanities content in primarily digital platforms and formats, such as websites, mobile applications and tours, interactive touch screens and kiosks, games, and virtual environments. Amount: $400,000 Due Date: 6/14/23 More Information
NIH: Development of Novel Nonsteroidal Contraceptive Methods Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - Supports multidisciplinary research approaches for the development of novel nonsteroidal contraceptive products for men and women that act prior to fertilization. Amount: $3,020,000 Due Date: 3/29/23 More information
NIH: BRAIN Initiative: Exploratory Team-Research BRAIN Circuit Programs Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - Supports interdisciplinary teams to elucidate the contributions of dynamic circuit activity to a specific behavioral or neural system.
NSF: Biodiversity on a Changing Planet (BoCP) Thursday, October 21, 2021 - The Biodiversity on a Changing Planet program is a cross directorate and international program led by NSF that invites submission of interdisciplinary proposals addressing grand challenges in biodiversity science within the context of unprecedented environmental change.
CDC: Vector-Borne Disease Regional Centers of Excellence Thursday, October 21, 2021 - The purpose of this NOFO is to support research to improve national capacity to address the growing problem of vector-borne diseases via continued support for regional Centers of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases.
NSF: Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Transdisciplinary Research in Principles of Data Science Phase II (TRIPODS) Monday, October 18, 2021 - NSF's Harnessing the Data Revolution Big Idea is a national-scale activity to enable new modes of data-driven discovery that will allow fundamental questions to be asked and answered at the frontiers of science and engineering.
NSF: Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community Research Infrastructure Program Monday, October 18, 2021 - The Computer and Information Science and Engineering Community Research Infrastructure program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines by funding the creation and enhancement of world-class research infrastructure.
NIH: Development of Microbiome-Related Approaches for Diagnosis/Mitigation/Treatment of Radiation Injuries (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Monday, October 11, 2021 - The purpose of this FOA is to support research that will advance the understanding of how the microbiome affects radiation injury.
DOC: US Marine Life Observations: Coordinated Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) and Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) Activities to Ensure Resilient, Productive Ecosystems and Human Communities in the Face of Change Monday, October 11, 2021 - This program supports proposals that: (1) build upon the foundation established by MBON, ATN and the US IOOS Regional Associations to work across sectors and disciplines towards an integrated, sustained marine life observing capability for the U.S. ocean, coasts and Great Lakes, from estuaries to the deep ocean.
NIH: Systems Biology for Infectious Diseases (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Monday, October 11, 2021 - The purpose of the FOA is to support research that employs systems biology approaches to human pathogens.
NIH: SPARC Human Open Research Neural Engineering Technologies (HORNET) Initiative (U41) Monday, October 11, 2021 - This U41 opportunity will fund centers to create interoperable open-source modules that can be combined into custom profiles for new exploratory and clinical neuromodulation studies in the peripheral nervous system, and for potential applicability in the central nervous system.
NIH: Pediatric Obesity Discovery Science Research to Improve Understanding of Risk and Causal Mechanisms for Obesity in Early Life (R01) Monday, October 11, 2021 - The purpose of this FOA is to support innovative, discovery research studies to better characterize early-life risk factors and elucidate underlying causal mechanisms through which these risk factors contribute to the development of obesity during infancy and early childhood.
NSF: Integrative Research in Biology (IntBIO) Saturday, September 25, 2021 - This solicitation invites submission of collaborative proposals that tackle bold questions in biology and require an integrated approach to make substantive progress.
NSF: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) Saturday, September 25, 2021 - This solicitation expands the Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation program by adding a new project class: Transition to Sustainability.
NSF: Biology Integration Institutes (BII) Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - The NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences program for Biology Integration Institutes (BII) supports diverse and collaborative teams of researchers investigating questions that span multiple disciplines within and beyond biology.
NSF: EHR Core Research – Resource Coordination Hub (ECR Hub) Monday, September 13, 2021 - NSF seeks proposals to create an EHR Core Research (ECR) Resource Coordination Hub (ECR Hub) that will be an intellectual partner to the ECR:Core and the ECR:BCSER grantee communities and the NSF to enhance the overall influence and reach of ECR STEM education research investments.
DOE: Natural Gas Demand Response Pilot Program Monday, September 13, 2021 - FOA soliciting cooperative agreements for the development of multiple regional natural gas demand response pilot programs in collaboration with utilities, local distribution companies and public utility commissions.
NEH: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants Monday, September 13, 2021 - computationally challenging digital projects, leading to work that can scale to enhance scholarly research, teaching and public programming in the humanities.
NSF: Facility and Instrumentation Request Process (FIRP) Monday, September 13, 2021 - The Facility and Instrumentation Request Process (FIRP) solicitation describes the mechanism by which the research community can propose projects that require access to instrumentation and facilities sponsored by the FARE Program.
NIH: National Cancer Institute Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program (R25) Friday, September 3, 2021 - This funding opportunity seeks to facilitate the education of students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research who will become knowledgeable about cancer, and available to focus on cancer later in their careers.
NSF: Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - The goals of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes program include advancing research in the mathematical sciences, increasing the impact of the mathematical sciences in other disciplines, and expanding the talent base engaged in mathematical research in the United States.
2020-2021 UGA Research Awards – DEADLINE EXTENDED Thursday, September 24, 2020 - This extension applies to the following research awards: Postdoctoral Research Awards, Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award (for recent graduate students) and the Faculty Research Awards.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard: COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Friday, August 28, 2020 - The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator is a collaborative effort to research, develop and bring effective treatments to market quickly and accessibly.
Limited Submission: Reducing Child Labor in Ethiopian Agriculture Using a Gender Focused Approach Friday, July 17, 2020 - The Bureau of International Labor Affairs and U.S. Department of Labor announce the availability of approximately $5,000,000 total costs for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Ethiopia to reduce child labor in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector, with a focus on the informal sector, using a gender mainstreaming approach.
IBM: 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - Call for Code asks innovators to create practical, effective, and high-quality applications based on one or more IBM Cloud™ services (for example, web, mobile, data, analytics, AI, IoT, or weather) that can have an immediate and lasting impact on humanitarian issues.
TD Bank: The 2020 TD Ready Challenge Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - The TD Ready Challenge is an annual North American initiative, which supports organizations developing innovative solutions for a changing world. The 2020 TD Ready Challenge focuses on supporting innovative solutions that address the impacts of the pandemic.