Funding Opportunities Archive

Funding Opportunities Archive

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Miscellaneous

DOD
Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d8bfeaf2e38a1e4aeb9908190fc2e0f2&tab=core&_cview=1
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is soliciting research proposals in areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities for two specific branches: 1) engineering and information sciences and 2) physical and biological sciences. 

Proposals will be evaluated as received on an open basis. 
National Institutes of Health
High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-079.html
Application Deadline: June 1, 2023
This program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-end, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems. The minimum award is $600,001. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $2,000,000.
National Institutes of Health
NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (U13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-193.html
The purpose of the NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (U13) is to support high quality scientific meetings, conferences, and workshops that are relevant to NIOSHs scientific mission and that promote occupational safety and health, NIOSH program priorities, and public health. 

Standard NIH due dates apply.
National Institutes of Health
Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-080.html
Application Deadline: June 1, 2023
This program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system. The minimum award is $50,000. There is no maximum price limit for the instrument; however, the maximum award is $600,000.
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Agriculture and Rural Development

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research
https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/rapid-outcomes-from-agricultural-research/
This program deploys urgent funding to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanticipated threats to the nation's food supply or agricultural systems. This programs funds research related to the response, prevention, or mitigation of new pests and pathogens.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Research Concepts
https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/submit-a-research-concept/
FFAR funds food and agriculture science that addresses large-scale challenges to develop actionable knowledge and solutions in the following cross-cutting areas: soil health, sustainable water management, next generation crops, advanced animal systems, urban food systems, and the health-agriculture nexus.

Research concepts for funding are accepted on a rolling basis.
National Institutes of Health
Research on the Impact of and Methods for Implementing Regional Genomic Medicine eConsult Services (U01 Clinical Trials Optional)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-24-001.html
Application Deadline: May 30, 2024
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications for sites to conduct research on the impact of and methods for implementing regional clinician-to-clinician genomic medicine eConsult services.
National Institutes of Health
Research to Support the Development of Alternatives to Antimicrobials for Use in Food-Producing Animals (U01) Clinical Trial Not Allowed
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-087.html
This opportunity supports studies that identify the most common drivers for antimicrobial use in animal agriculture and identify potential alternatives to antimicrobials that may reduce the need for antimicrobial use. Such alternatives can include changes in husbandry, biosecurity, vaccination, and other practices.

An optional letter of intent is due March 1, annually. Proposals are due April 1, annually.
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Arts and Humanities

American Philosophical Association
Fund for Diversity and Inclusiveness
https://www.apaonline.org/page/grants
This program supports efforts to make philosophy as a field more diverse and inclusive from the major to the professoriate. Funds go to projects that will have a demonstrable impact on the representation of and climate for women, people of color, LGBT people, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups in philosophy, with special focus on seeding new and innovative projects.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
American Philosophical Association
Teaching Fund
https://www.apaonline.org/page/grants
The teaching fund provides support for philosophy teaching initiatives and programs.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Decorative Arts Trust
Publishing Grants
https://decorativeartstrust.org/publishing/
Application Deadline: March 31, 2024
The Decorative Arts Trust established a new publishing grant program in December 2023, the latest expansion of the organization's efforts to invigorate scholarship and broaden appreciation of material culture. The endeavor is structured to support publications tackling the broad context of the Americas and to encourage projects that advance diversity in the study of American decorative arts and material culture. The program will also respond to the changing needs of the field and will consider publishing efforts in both the print and digital sectors. 
Humanities Nebraska
Major Grants
https://humanitiesnebraska.org/application-deadlines/
Major Grants are given for projects or programs in the humanities that take place in Nebraska and/or have direct significance to Nebraska. Major Grants are for projects or programs costing more than $2,000.

Applications are due March 1 (for programs beginning May 1 or later) and August 1 (for programs beginning October 1 or later) of each year.
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Centers

National Institutes of Health
Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-210.html
Application Deadline: May 17, 2024
This NOFO 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 health care in the United States. 
National Institutes of Health
Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers (P40) (Clinical Trials Not-Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-23-001.html
Application Deadline: February 21, 2023
Animal and Biological Material Resource Centers create, collect, develop, characterize, preserve, and distribute special colonies of high-quality and well-characterized laboratory animals and animal-related models. 
National Institutes of Health
Biomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination Center (BTOD) (RM1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-110.html
Application Deadline: January 26, 2024
This FOA encourages applications for NIGMS Biomedical Technology Optimization and Dissemination (BTOD) Centers to support late-stage technology optimization and sustainable dissemination of the technology to the wider biomedical research community.
National Institutes of Health
Center of Excellence for Systems Modeling of Infection and Immunity across Biological Scales (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-23-077.html
Application Deadline: July 30, 2024
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support the establishment of one (1) Center of Excellence (CoE) to coordinate the research community of infectious and immune-mediated disease (IID) computational modelers and advance IID modeling research across biological scales. The CoE must include three (3) Coordinating Cores and two (2) Research Projects to advance and integrate bridge models across scales in the context of IID, including HIV/AIDS. The CoE will accelerate multi-scale model development, sharing and re-use, and support collaboration to benefit the entire IID research community.
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Conservation and the Environment

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
https://www.bwfund.org/funding-opportunities/climate-change-and-human-health/climate-change-and-human-health-seed-grants/
Application Deadline: April 25, 2024
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change's impact on human health. In the three years between Fall 2023 and Summer 2026, we will dedicate $1M to supporting small, early stage grants of $2,500-$50,000 toward achieving this goal.

We are mainly but not exclusively interested in activities that build connections between basic/early biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields, including epidemiology and public health, demography, economics, and urban planning. Also of interest is work piloting new approaches or interactions toward reducing the impact of health-centered activities, such as developing more sustainable systems for health care, care delivery, and biomedical research systems.

Another area of interest is preparation for the impacts of extreme weather and other crises that can drive large-scale disruptions that will immediately impact human health and the delivery of health care. Public outreach, climate communication, and education efforts focused on the intersection of climate and health are also appropriate for this call. This program supports work conceived through many kinds of creative thinking. Successful applicants include academic scientists, physicians, and public health experts, community organizations, science outreach centers, non-biomedical academic departments, and more.

Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through July 2026. A review will be conducted quarterly.
Environmental Protection Agency
Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Pollution at Schools
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351780
Application Deadline: March 19, 2024
The Notice of Funding Opportunity solicits applications from Tribes, states, territories, local governments/educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to enable more low-income, disadvantaged, and Tribal kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) schools and/or school districts1 across rural, suburban, and/or urban areas to monitor and reduce GHG emissions and indoor air pollutants through the development and adoption of comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) management plans consistent with EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit and Framework, Energy Savings Plus Health Guidance, Preventive Maintenance Guidance, and other EPA recommended IAQ best practices.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ROSES 2023: A.59 Technology Development for Support of Wildland Fire Science, Management, and Disaster Mitigation
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={C3183194-7A02-F6FA-48AD-D5BA1984CE84}&path=&method=init
Application Deadline: March 29, 2024
NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) has established the Wildland FireSense Project to consolidate science objectives and NASA applications toward a broad set of wildland fire management objectives. Under this project, ESD is prioritizing improvements in the prediction, management, and understanding of the overall impacts of wildland fires within the United States and around the world.
National Geographic Society
Freshwater Conservation
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/grants-and-investments/rfp-freshwater/
Application Deadline: March 25, 2024
Freshwater is essential to the functioning of our planet; it's necessary to sustain healthy and biodiverse ecosystems, it's inextricably linked to climate change, and humans depend on water to drink and grow crops and raise livestock. The World Water Map, which is part of the Society's World Freshwater Initiative, visualizes areas of global water gaps. The global water gap Hotspots are regions where human demand for freshwater is outpacing renewable supplies. This leads to depletion of freshwater resources and the risk of water scarcity. 

The goal of this RfP is to help highlight the real-life stories about water scarcity by funding on-the-ground, community-led conservation projects addressing freshwater scarcity challenges through impactful solutions.
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Defense

Department of Defense
Air Delivered Effects
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338821
Application Deadline: March 21, 2027
This Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate Broad Agency Announcement seeks white papers covering basic research, applied research and advanced technology development. A request for proposal will be issued by the Contracting Officer if a white paper is favorably evaluated against the criteria.
Department of Defense
Air Superiority Technology Broad Agency Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322104
This broad agency announcement seeks white papers in two research areas: (1) modeling, simulation and analysis to develop/modify and employ models used to analyze Air Superiority concepts and their related concepts of employment and (2) innovative aircraft integration technologies to design, develop, and demonstrate innovative aircraft integration technologies, including but not limited to physical, electrical, and logical interfaces and other aspects of aircraft integration that may be applicable.

White papers are accepted on a rolling basis.
Department of Defense
Airman Readiness Medical Research Hybrid Broad Agency Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327332
Application Deadline: April 30, 2026
This opportunity solicits White Papers with the focus of conducting medical research in support of optimizing of the warfighter by enabling, enhancing, restoring, and sustaining the Airman to more effectively execute the Air Force mission.
Department of Defense
Armed Forces Pest Management Board
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336337
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
This program is soliciting pre-proposals for original and innovative research designed to develop new interventions for protection of deployed military personnel from diseases caused by arthropod-borne pathogens and to improve control of bed bugs and filth flies.

Pre-proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Education and Outreach

Arnold Ventures
Rigorous Impact Evaluations of Student Success Programs and Practices in Higher Education
https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees
This program will support rigorous impact evaluations of programs and practices ("interventions") to promote college success in the United States that fall into one of three tiers: (1) the intervention is backed by promising prior evidence suggesting it could produce sizable impacts on important student success outcomes; (2) the intervention is widely adopted in practice but has not yet been rigorously evaluated and its impacts on key student success outcomes are thus largely unknown; or (3) the intervention is growing in use and likely to become widely adopted but has not yet been rigorously evaluated.

Letters of intent are accepted on a rolling basis, followed by invited full proposals.
Department of Defense
National Defense Education Program STEM Open Notice of Funding Opportunity
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345938
Application Deadline: February 8, 2028
The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) seeks innovative applications on mechanisms to implement and research the effectiveness of STEM education, outreach, and/or workforce initiative programs.

White papers required; invited full proposals only.
National Institutes of Health
Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Courses for Skills Development (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-278.html
The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this opportunity will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences. Applications are encouraged that propose innovative, state-of-the-art programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, or the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients, in order to advance the National Cancer Institute mission.

Standard application due dates apply. See solicitation for details.
National Institutes of Health
Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-279.html
The overarching goal of this program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation's biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this opportunity will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on Research Experiences. Applications are encouraged that propose innovative, state-of-the-art programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, or the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients, in order to advance the National Cancer Institute mission.

Standard application due dates apply. See solicitation for details.
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Engineering and Technology


Enabling Access to the Semiconductor Chip Ecosystem for Design, Fabrication, and Training (Chip Design Hub)
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/enabling-access-semiconductor-chip-ecosystem
Application Deadline: April 4, 2024
The aim of this solicitation is (i) to dramatically lower the barriers to accessing state-of-the-art electronic design automation (EDA) tools, process design kits (PDKs), and design intellectual property (IP) cores for students and academic researchers, and (ii) to enable students at various levels to design IC chips. A key goal is to broaden participation in IC chip design beyond the small number of institutions currently engaged in these activities.

This solicitation seeks proposals to establish and manage a community infrastructure that supports the entire IC chip design process beginning from behavior/structural description at the Register Transfer Level (RTL) or above to GDSII fabrication mask file generation. The infrastructure should provide licensing, access, and maintenance of (i) commercial and/or open-source EDA tools necessary for the end-to-end IC chip design and verification process, and (ii) design PDK/IPs at various CMOS technology nodes (potentially including emerging technologies), as well as support for multi-project-chip (MPC) integration. Further, proposals should include efforts to develop, curate, and host educational/tutorial materials on the entire IC chip design flow to help train the next generation of IC designers and researchers.
Department of Commerce
Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331121
This program supports activities that develop, expand, strengthen, or sustain National Institute of Standards and Technology partnership programs through measurements, standards, data, industry and technology studies, and technology research and development (R&D). Specifically, the ADIIS Grant Program seeks to support technology innovation and service to American industry in the following fields: bioscience, chemistry, dimensional metrology, electronics, engineering, infrastructure, information technology, manufacturing, manufacturing metrology, materials science and engineering, nanotechnology, neutron research, optics, and physics.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Department of Energy
American-Made Solar Prize
https://americanmadechallenge.org/solarprize?utm_source=Funding+Supplement&utm_campaign=6860478f80-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d6cbefc3d-6860478f80-212708225
This program seeks applications that intend to accelerate the development of technologies and solutions that will advance the solar industry; enable rapid prototyping of ground-breaking solar solutions and prove their viability; provide connections to a network of solar industry experts, fabricators, and developers; and connect entrepreneurs with the investor community to help solar businesses and technical solutions scale.
No deadlines for this competition have been formally announced at this time. Applicants are encouraged to preregister using the program website to receive notifications about submission guidelines. 

Department of Energy
Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328993
Application Deadline: October 26, 2020
This funding opportunity seeks submissions to establish new technologies to significantly improve the carbon efficiency of bioconversion platforms through the accommodation of external reducing equivalents.

Concept papers are due October 26, 2020.
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Fellowships, Awards, and Internships



https://nugrant.unl.edu/fundingOpps/singleOpportunity?VCRFundingOpID=9372
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University
Belfer Center Fellowships
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/fellowships/applying.html#eligible
Application Deadline: January 15, 2017
The Center offers both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral research fellowships for one year and seeks applications from political scientists, lawyers, economists, those in the natural sciences, and others of diverse disciplinary backgrounds. 
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
Career Development Awards
https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/research/grants-fellowships/career-development-awards
Career Development Awards are mentored awards intended to facilitate the development of individuals with research potential to prepare for a career of independent basic research investigation in the area of inflammatory bowel disease. Required letters of intent are due November 16, 2023, and invited full applications are due January 26, 2024
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
Research Fellowship Awards
https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/research/grants-fellowships/research-fellowship-awards
Research Fellowship Awards are intended to support individuals in the post-doctoral phase of their career to develop skills related to basic research investigation in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Required letters of intent are due November 16, 2023, and invited full applications are due January 26, 2024.

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International

National Science Foundation
Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/accelerating-research-through-international
Application Deadline: October 9, 2023
The goals of the Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program are to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand research challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts. The program seeks to foster high-impact science and engineering by providing opportunities to cooperatively identify and coordinate efforts to address knowledge gaps and research needs.
National Science Foundation
International Research Experiences for Students
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/international-research-experiences-students-ires-0
The International Research Experiences for Students program supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. This solicitation features two mechanisms: Track I focuses on the development of world-class research skills in international cohort experiences. Track II is dedicated to targeted, intensive learning and training opportunities that leverage international knowledge at the frontiers of research.

Track I proposals are due September 19, 2023; Track II proposals are due September 26, 2023.
USAID
USAID Growth through Nutrition Activity
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=281336
Application Deadline: March 21, 2016
The purpose of this program is to provide technical support to Government of Ethiopia agencies and other partners to implement well-coordinated, multi-sector nutrition interventions with the goal of reducing malnutrition in Ethiopia. 

Law, Justice, and Human Rights


FY24 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program
https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-171967
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
This program supports law enforcement-behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and public safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs). Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) provides grant funding to help entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target people who qualify.
Department of Defense
Data-led Governing: Raising the Bar for States' Criminal Justice Policy and Practice
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316053
Application Deadline: July 16, 2019
This opportunity seeks applications for a new initiative designed to establish standards for the collection, analysis, and use of state- and local-level data in criminal justice policy and practice decision-making, including data-sharing protocols and resource allocation decisions.
Department of Health and Human Services
Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349135
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
This program's purpose is to support training programs that enhance and expand paraprofessionals knowledge and expertise, and to increase the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who work on integrated, interprofessional teams in providing services to families impacted by OUD and other SUD. A special focus is on supporting children and adolescents in high need and high demand areas who have experienced trauma and are at risk for mental health disorders.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program
https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/higher-education-multicultural-scholars-program
Application Deadline: April 1, 2024
The purpose of this competitive undergraduate scholarship grant program is to increase the multicultural diversity of the food and agricultural scientific and professional workforce, and advance the educational achievement of all Americans by providing competitive grants to colleges and universities.
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Life Sciences


Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs (IOS)
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/division-integrative-organismal-systems-core
The Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) Core Programs Track supports research to understand why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, development, structure, modification, function, and evolution of the nervous system, biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes, symbioses and microbial interactions, interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments, plant and animal genomics, and animal behavior. Proposals should focus on organisms as a fundamental unit of biological organization. Principal Investigators are encouraged to apply systems approaches that will lead to conceptual and theoretical insights and predictions about emergent organismal properties. 

The IntBIO Track invites submission of collaborative proposals to tackle bold questions in biology that require an integrated approach to make substantive progress. Integrative biological research spans subdisciplines and incorporates cutting-edge methods, tools, and concepts from each to produce groundbreaking biological discovery that is synergistic, such that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The research should produce a novel, holistic understanding of how biological systems function and interact across different scales of organization, e.g., from molecules to cells, tissues to organisms, species to ecosystems and the entire Earth. Where appropriate, projects should apply experimental strategies, modeling, integrative analysis, advanced computation, or other research approaches to stimulate new discovery and general theory in biology.   

Full proposals accepted anytime. 

Mechanistic Research on Neuromodulation for Substance Use Disorders Treatment (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
https://nugrant.unl.edu/fundingOpps/singleOpportunity?VCRFundingOpID=19672
Application Deadline: January 16, 2024
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage clinical research that will identify and validate Novel targets for non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) and Substance use disorder (SUD)-relevant neurobiological, cognitive, and behavioral responses to NIBS that may precede clinical outcomes like reduced craving or substance use.
Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Impact
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/349409
Application Deadline: May 6, 2024
The purpose of RCORP - Impact is to improve access to integrated and coordinated treatment and recovery services for substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural areas. Ultimately, RCORP-Impact aims to address the SUD/OUD crisis in rural communities and promote long-term, sustained recovery.
Food and Drug Administration
Tobacco Regulatory Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-23-017.html
Application Deadline: October 6, 2023
The purpose of this NOFO is to support biomedical and behavioral research that will provide scientific data to inform the regulation of tobacco products to protect public health.
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Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Department of Energy
Collaborative Fusion Energy Research in the DIII-D National Program
https://science.energy.gov/~/media/grants/pdf/foas/2019/sc_foa_0001974.pdf
Application Deadline: March 5, 2019
The Department of Energy Office of Science program in Fusion Energy Sciences hereby announces its interest in receiving grant applications for collaborative research in fusion energy science as part of the DIII-D national research program. The mission of the DIII-D program is to establish the scientific basis for the optimization of the tokamak approach to fusion energy production. Pre-applications are required and due January 15, 2019.
Department of Energy
Nuclear Data InterAgency Working Group (NDIWG) Research Program
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345673
This opportunity solicits applications to the Nuclear Data InterAgency Working Group's Research program for research projects intended to answer nuclear data questions of interest to the research communities supported Department of Energy Office of Science program in Nuclear Physics and DOE National Nuclear Security Administration.

Required letters of intent due March 1, 2023. Proposals due May 2, 2023.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Nebraska Mini-Grants
https://www.nespacegrant.org/mini-grants
Application Deadline: May 20, 2023
These grants provide Nebraska faculty researchers with support for aerospace-related research to build ties with NASA scientists and conduct research important to NASA. The grants aim to elevate the aerospace-related research conducted in Nebraska for infrastructure building and workforce development opportunities and result in future proposals to NASA and/or other federal, state, or private organizations for funding.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ROSES 2023: D.18 XRISM General Observer - Cycle 1
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId={4EB634A5-C544-2541-9943-6A6A6C1EB2FF}&path=&method=init
Application Deadline: March 21, 2024
This program element solicits proposals for participation in the NASA program for the conduct of space science observations using the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and for related supporting atomic physics investigations. The XRISM mission is led by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), with significant contributions from NASA and ESA. The primary goal of the XRISM mission is to investigate the nature of astrophysical objects as revealed through detailed observations of their high-energy emission. A broad range of astrophysical sources will be studied, including stars, X-ray binaries, diffuse galactic emission, active galactic nuclei, supernova remnants, and clusters of galaxies. 
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowships for Digital Publication
https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships-digital-publication
Application Deadline: April 17, 2024
This program supports individual scholars pursuing significant humanities projects that require digital expression and publication. It provides recipients with time to conduct research, prepare publications, and develop and incorporate multimedia or interactive components using existing technologies and platforms. Recipients must publish their products in digital form. Outcomes and outputs include, but are not limited to, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, websites, virtual exhibitions, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, and critical editions. This opportunity was formerly known as the NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication. This will be the last year it is offered. We encourage future individual applicants interested in digital publication to apply to the NEH Fellowships program.
National Institutes of Health
National Drug Early Warning System Coordinating Center (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-25-029.html
Application Deadline: March 20, 2024
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) seeks applications for a single Coordinating Center to support research on the identification and dissemination of signals of emerging drug use patterns in communities across the United States.

The Coordinating Center will provide operational, administrative, and logistical support by executing the following:

  • Establish a Scientific Advisory Group to provide guidance and direction.
  • Engage an Early Warning Network composed of two components: local health experts on drug use from selected communities (Sentinel Sites) and a broader network of community-based health researchers, to support the bi-directional sharing of information and insights into drug use patterns in their communities and to support the ongoing monitoring, interpretation, and dissemination of data.
  • Identify, compile, analyze, and triangulate research data and resources from multiple sources to assess and contextualize emerging drug threats.
  • Disseminate contextualized research findings, data, and resources to key audiences who can use the data to inform their response.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System Program
https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/alfalfa-seed-alfalfa-forage-system-program
Application Deadline: May 2, 2024
NIFA requests applications for the Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage Systems program, formerly known as Alfalfa and Forage Research Program (AFRP), for fiscal year (FY) 2024. Areas of potential research include increasing yield and quality; improving harvest and storage systems; developing methods to estimate forage yield and quality to support marketing and reduce producer risks; exploring new and novel uses for alfalfa; improving production and quality of alfalfa seed; and documenting the contribution of alfalfa production systems to climate-smart agriculture, including the sequestration of carbon. This is an integrated research and extension program. 

Social Sciences

Arnold Ventures
Randomized Controlled Trials of Criminal Justice Programs and Practices
https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees
This program seeks grant applications to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of criminal justice programs and practices ("interventions") in the United States that fall into one of three tiers: (1) the intervention is backed by promising prior evidence suggesting it could produce sizable impacts on important criminal justice outcomes; (2) the intervention is widely adopted in practice but has not yet been rigorously evaluated, and its impacts on key criminal justice outcomes are thus largely unknown; or (3) the intervention is growing in use and likely to become widely adopted but has not yet been rigorously evaluated.

Letters of intent are accepted on a rolling basis, followed by invited full proposals.
Arnold Ventures
Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Social Programs Whose Delivery Will Be Funded by Government or Other Entities
https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees
This program invites grant applications to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of social programs in any area of U.S. policy (e.g., educational achievement, workforce earnings, criminal arrests, hospitalizations, child maltreatment, government spending) in which Arnold Ventures will fund the RCT and government or another entity will fund the program's delivery.

Letters of intent are accepted on a rolling basis, followed by invited full proposals.
Cigna Foundation
Healthier Kids For Our Future Food Insecurity Grants
https://www.cigna.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/healthier-kids-for-our-future/food-security-grant
This program supports community organizations around the world working to address food insecurity. Many schools have programs supporting at-risk populations; the aim of this program is to fill the gaps that exist inside and outside schools.

The first step in the process is to submit an Interest Inquiry Form, which are accepted on a rolling basis.
Cigna Foundation
Healthier Kids For Our Future Mental Health Grants
https://www.cigna.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/healthier-kids-for-our-future/mental-health-grant
The goal of this program is to supplement existing mental health programming for children to address loneliness, anxiety, depression, and suicide prevention and to help close gaps both within and outside the school environment.

The first step in the process is to submit an Interest Inquiry Form, which are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Transportation

Department of Transportation
FAA Aviation Research Grants Program
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328902
Application Deadline: September 7, 2027
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aviation Research Grants Program encourages and supports innovative, advanced research of potential benefit to the long-term growth of civil aviation and commercial space transportation.
U.S. Department of Transportation
FY 2024 High Priority Program-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV)
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352750
Application Deadline: April 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 High Priority-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV) program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Funding Opportunity Number FM-MHP-24-004, to solicit applications from eligible entities to support HP-CMV program activities. The HP grant program is governed by 49 U.S.C. §§ 31102(l), as modified by Sections 23001(b) and 23003 through 23004 of Public Law Number 117-58 (2021), and 49 CFR part 350. For FY 2024, FMCSA anticipates awarding approximately $86,500,000 combined under the HP-CMV and HP-Innovative Technology Deployment (HP-ITD) programs. The HP-ITD program will be advertised under a separate NOFO. Final funding amounts are subject to the availability of funding appropriated by Congress.
U.S. Department of Transportation
FY24 Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Program
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352747
Application Deadline: April 19, 2024
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces its Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) grant program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications from organizations that provide commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operator training, including accredited public or private colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, post-secondary educational institutions, truck driver training schools, associations, and State and local governments, including Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments. FMCSA will also accept applications from non-accredited institutions that are approved by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) as eligible training providers to accept Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants and approved by the State Approving Agencies (SAAs) and the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) to accept VA benefits.
U.S. Department of Transportation
Initiative on the Use of Steel Slag in Concrete and Cement
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/351937
Application Deadline: March 27, 2024
U.S. DOT hereby requests applications to result in the award of a new Cooperative Agreement, that will establish research on the properties and effectiveness of steel slag for use in concrete and cement and as construction material for transportation infrastructure. This funding opportunity requires an accredited research university of higher education to partner with a producer of steel in the United States to conduct this research. 

UNL

Office of Research and Economic Development
Biomedical Research Seed Grants
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The goal of this program is to enhance the competitiveness of faculty submitting grant proposals requesting R01 grant support for biomedical research funding from the National Institutes of Health. 

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis at any time. 
Office of Research and Economic Development
Research Council: Visiting Scholar, Distinguished Lecturer and Symposia
https://uofnelincoln.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/UNL-ResearchDevelopmentGroup/Efjf0tn3XCBPsnuBgdjrZHsBHLZwwUA-jJNQ5IPvWE4gVA?e=aUwqRd
This program supports visiting invited scholars who will give a lecture, symposia, or colloquia. 

Applications must be routed and approved in NuRamp by 5:00pm on the 2nd Friday in October, and by 5:00 pm on the 2nd Friday in March of each year. Applications submitted for the October deadline need to be for visits scheduled during January -June of the following year. Applications submitted for the March deadline need to be for visits scheduled during July -December of the same year. See solicitation for details.
Voelte-Keegan Bioengineering Fund
Voelte-Keegan Bioengineering Fund
https://unl.box.com/s/wkgl69lry6sy1n3q0yd9k78z3rpc07t2
This fund supports small grant requests to generate preliminary data to support proposals for future funding or to broaden the scope of a currently funded project. Requests for operating costs for ongoing projects, rather than a distinct set of experiments toward a unique new goal, will receive lower priority for funding.

The deadline for the first round of applications is February 10, 2021. Beginning in 2022, proposals will be due November 1. See solicitation for details.

UNL Grand Challenges

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition
https://research.unl.edu/grandchallenges/grand-challenges-rfp/
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln community has identified seven grand challenge thematic areas in which to focus its expertise and resources, as outlined in the N2025 Strategic Plan. The Chancellor's Office and the Office of Research and Economic Development have committed $40 million over four years to invest in strategic, goal-based solutions.

Two types of support are available through the Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition: planning grants, for which proposals must describe the teaming, ideation, and development activities necessary for collaborative groups to coalesce around one or more of UNL's grand challenge themes; and catalyst awards, for which proposals must describe a plan of work for implementing a goal-based project developed in response to one or more of UNL's grand challenge themes.

A required notice of intent to submit is due on the last Friday of February annually. See solicitation for details.

Visiting Scholar