Funding Alerts - Featured Opportunities-Updated 08/16/2023

Grant Opportunities

Contact Jeane McGraw, Grants Coordinator, for more information on grants listed below.

 

Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking proposals supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions (dynamics, processes, and feedbacks) within and among the environmental (biological, physical and chemical) and human ("socio") (economic, social, political, or behavioral) components of such a system.  Proposals are due November 17, 2023. Estimated $15 million to $18 million is available to fund 12 to 20 awards.

Graham Foundation
Deadline: 09/15/2023
Program offers grants in architecture and its role in arts, culture and society: Production and Presentation Grants for individuals or organizations; and Research and Development Grants for individuals. Grants fund production-related expenses to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation and provide seed money for research-related expenses. Annual deadlines: 2/25 for organizations.

Collaborative Research Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities

Supports original research undertaken by a team of two or more scholars, or individual research that requires additional staff and resources. Eligible projects include research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding in the humanities, archaeology research, translations, and research conferences. Funds can be used for personnel, travel, field work, information technology applications, and technical support. Publication Grants and Archeology Grants provide up to $250,000 for projects lasting one to three years; convening awards up to $50,000 for one year.

Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities

Supports research that examines technology and its relationship to society through the lens of the humanities, with a focus on the dangers and/or opportunities presented by technology, broadly defined. NEH is particularly interested in projects that examine the role of technology in shaping current social and cultural issues.

Research and Scholar Programs
Russell Sage Foundation
Supports research in the social sciences. Presidential Awards of up to $35,000 and Project Awards from $35,000 to $175,000 support basic social science research to improve social policies. Program areas include: 1) Inequality; 2) Future of Work; 3) Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; and 4) Behavioral Economics. Annual deadlines (for required LOIs) 5/3; 7/26; and 11/7. Additional programs available. See here for more information.

Mellon (Andrew W.) Foundation
The foundation focuses on addressing historical inequities in the fields of humanities, the arts, public knowledge, and higher education. The foundation also has initiatives that change periodically. Annual deadline: applicants can submit letters of inquiry at any time to one program area or initiative per year.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Supports research on suicide and suicide prevention from a variety of disciplines: psychiatry, medicine, psychology, genetics, epidemiology, neurobiology, and others. Grants are awarded for one to two years under seven programs: Focus Grants ($500k/required LOIs due 8/1); Early Career Research Innovation Grants ($110k); Standard Research Grants ($125K); Linked Standard Research Grants ($450K/required LOIs due 9/15 ); Distinguished Investigator Grants ($150K); Postdoctoral Research Fellowships ($140K); and Pilot Grants ($50K). Other programs may be available. Annual deadline: 11/15 unless otherwise noted.

Collaborative Research 
National Endowment for the Humanities 
Notice seeking proposals from groups of two or more scholars seeking to increase humanistic knowledge through convenings, manuscript preparation for collaborative publications, the creation of scholarly digital projects, or the planning of an international collaboration.  Applications are due November 29, 2023. Estimated $2.5 million is available to fund up to 15 awards.

Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education 
National Endowment for the Humanities 
Notice seeking applications supports the exploration and development of small projects that would benefit underserved populations through the teaching and study of the humanities. Applications are due October 11, 2023. The maximum amount for awards is $25,000 for Exploration and $60,000 for Development.

Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Notice seeking proposals for investigator-initiated research that will further the understanding of potential risk factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), while supporting the National ALS Registry's mission. Applications are due December 19, 2023. Estimated $7.5 million is available to fund up to eight awards.

Support for Trauma-Affected Refugees (STAR) 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families 
Notice seeking proposals for the integration and successful achievement of sustained physical, social, emotional, and economic well-being of those underserved refugees and other newcomers eligible for ORR services (hereafter referred to as “newcomers” for simplicity) whose experience of trauma is impeding their ability to function effectively at home, school, work or in social settings. Applications are due October 2, 2023. Estimated $14 million is available to fund up to 28 awards.

Arctic Research Opportunities 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking research proposals that advance a fundamental, process, and/or systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment, social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change. The Arctic Sciences Section supports research focused on the Arctic region and its connectivity with lower latitudes.  Proposals are due January 16, 2024. Estimated $50 million is available to fund 70 to 80 awards per year. 

Condensed Matter and Materials Theory 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking proposals for theoretical and computational materials research in the topical areas represented in DMR's other Topical Materials Research Programs.  Applications are accepted at any time. Estimated $15 million is available to fund 40 awards.

Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking proposals advancing the fundamental understanding of materials, materials discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, properties, and materials-related phenomena. Applications accepted any time. Estimated $66 million is available to fund 250 awards.

National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes 
NSF, Defense, Commerce 
Notice seeking proposals that expands the nationwide network of AI Research Institutes with new funding opportunities over the next two years.  Required preliminary proposals are due October 31, 2023. Estimated $100 million is available.

Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education (NEH)
This program supports the exploration and development of small projects that would benefit underserved populations through the teaching and study of the humanities at small and medium-sized colleges and universities. The program supports activities including but not limited to curricular or program development, expert consultations, speakers’ series, student research, creation of teaching resources, and community engagement.  Proposals are due by October 18, 2023.

Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (NSF)
This program supports research projects that advance basic scientific understanding of integrated socio-environmental systems and the complex interactions (dynamics, processes, and feedbacks) within and among the environmental (biological, physical and chemical) and human ("socio") (economic, social, political, or behavioral) components of such a system.  Proposals are due by November 17, 2023.

Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (NSF)
The purpose of this interagency program solicitation is to support the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. Transformations hinge on scientific and engineering innovations by interdisciplinary teams that develop novel methods to intuitively and intelligently collect, sense, connect, analyze and interpret data from individuals, devices and systems to enable discovery and optimize health. Proposals are due by November 9, 2023.

Collaborative Research (NEH)
The Collaborative Research program aims to advance humanistic knowledge by supporting teams of scholars working on a joint endeavor. NEH encourages projects that incorporate multiple points of view, pursue new avenues of inquiry in the humanities, and lead to manuscripts for print publication or to scholarly digital projects. Collaborators may come from one or more institutions. They may propose research in a single field of study or interdisciplinary work.  Proposals are due by November 29, 2023.

Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking proposals for physics research and the preparation of future scientists in the nation’s colleges and universities across a broad range of physics disciplines that span scales of space and time from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest.  Deadlines vary by subject matter. Estimated $120 million is available to fund up to 300 awards.

Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science 
National Science Foundation 
Notice seeking proposals for the development of transformative high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities.  Proposals are due November 9, 2023. An estimated 10 to 16 awards with a per-year ceiling of $300,000 are anticipated.