***Limited Submission***
NIH / National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Program: NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Early-Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99 / R00 – Career Transition Award / Research Transition Award)
NOFO #: PAR-23-286
Synopsis: Supports postdoctoral fellows with research and / or clinical doctoral degrees who do not require an extended period of mentored research training beyond their doctoral degrees. The objective of this award is to facilitate a timely transition of these fellows from their mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty positions. The program will provide independent NCI research support during this transition to help awardees to launch competitive, independent research careers. Researchers in the scientific areas of cancer control, cancer prevention and cancer data sciences are especially encouraged to work with their institutions to apply.
Award details: Mentored Phase K99: NCI will contribute up to $100K per year toward the salary of the career award recipient's candidate. The requested salary must be consistent both with the established salary structure at the institution and with salaries actually provided by the institution from its own funds. Independent Phase R00: The total cost for the independent phase may not exceed $249K per year. This amount includes salary, fringe benefits, research costs, and applicable indirect costs.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/par-23-286/
External announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-286.html
USC Internal due date: March 14, 2025.
External due date: Multiple due dates through 2026. Next due date is June 16, 2025.
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Bogliasco
Program: Fellowships (Residential)
Synopsis: Supports meritorious and gifted artists and scholars without regard to nationality, age, race, gender, religion, physical ability or any other status. Applicants may propose projects on any subject area in the following disciplines: Archaeology; Architecture; Classics; Dance; Film / Video; History; Landscape Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Public Humanities; Theater and Visual Arts. Bogliasco's selection process is based entirely on peer review by discipline, and a policy of rotating evaluators for each selection round to minimize bias. The international panels are composed of distinguished alumni and professionals from all disciplines. Spring 2026 residencies January 7 to February 5; February 10 to March 12; March 17 to April 16; and April 21 to May 21.
Award details: One-month Fellowship consists of living quarters (bedroom with private bath), full board, and a workspace or separate studio, depending on the discipline. All meals are shared, and every evening, Fellows come together for a dinner featuring typical local cuisine from the region of Liguria (Italy). Fellows must provide for their own transportation to Liguria.
Announcement on website: https://www.bfny.org/en/about/program-overview
Application due dates: Regular due date: March 7, 2025, with $30 application fee; Extended due date: March 14, 2025 with $45 application fee.
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Japanese American National Museum
Program: 2025 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship
Synopsis: Supports two emerging arts writers of color who write critically about music. The Yamamoto Fellowship focuses on a different artistic discipline each year and encourages emerging and under-recognized arts writers of color to write from their own cultural and political perspectives, enriching and broadening cultural criticism as a practice and profession. Applicants must be 18 years or older and have less than 2 years of publication experience. Applicants must identify as a member of a community with ancestry in one of the original peoples of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, or Pacific Islands.
Award details: $5K unrestricted funds to be expended over 6 months. Announcement on website: https://www.janm.org/press/release/2025-irene-yamamoto-arts-writers-fellowship-applications-now-open
Submission due date: March 17, 2025.
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The John Randolph Haynes Foundation
Program: Governance and Democracy Initiative
Synopsis: Supports high-quality planning and research grants that:
- Add significantly to knowledge and understanding of governance and democracy issues in the Los Angeles region (Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange counties).
- Help influence policies and practices.
- Offer a promise of helping to improve the lives of people and our communities.
The Foundation expects academic researchers to seek opportunities to collaborate with community-based organizations and / or policymakers. Haynes is open to all fields of study and disciplines that address governance and democracy in the Los Angeles region.
Award details: Planning grants are made for up to one year for up to $100K. Research-to-action grants can be made for up to two years, with a third-year renewable that may be considered. The grant amount is $250K per year. Depending on the nature of the research-to-action project, consideration may be given to a larger award.
Announcement on website: https://haynesfoundation.org/
Letter of Intent due dates (for 2025 consideration): March 10, June 30, and September 29, 2025.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Program: Call for Proposals: Local Data for Equitable Communities
Synopsis: (NOTE: Universities are ineligible to apply, but may partner with an eligible non profit organization.) Supports eligible nonprofit organizations in the U.S. to collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place that may Improve these conditions — a key to achieving health equity where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
Award details: RWJF expects to award up to 30 grants of $50K each, with a period of performance of nine months.
Announcement on website: https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2025/local-data-for-equitable-communities.html
Application due date: March 15, 2025.
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Fulbright
Program: 2026-2027 Fulbright Scholar Awards Competition
Synopsis: Supports college and university faculty, administrators, and researchers, as well as artists and professionals to build their skills and connections, gain valuable international insights, and return home to share their experiences with their students and colleagues. Scholars come from and go to all institution types and geographic regions across the United States and around the world.
Award details: Award amounts differ with each region (foreign country) and discipline. Click on this link. https://fulbrightscholars.org/awards/search
Announcement on website: https://fulbrightscholars.org/what-fulbright/fulbright-scholar-program
Application due date: September 15, 2025.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Program: Global Grand Challenges: Innovative Data and Modeling Approaches to Measure Women's Health
Synopsis: Supports innovative modeling approaches that rethink how women's health is measured, using available data, or easily obtainable, in new ways to provide a more holistic and actionable understanding of health outcomes. Advances in data science, modeling techniques, technological development, and gender-sensitive approaches present a unique opportunity to innovate; especially when global systems are facing unprecedented shifts that could further increase gaps in equity. The Gates Foundation particularly encourages applications involving projects led by women, early-career researchers and practitioners seeking to innovate in women's health measurement, or from women-led organizations and applications from institutions based in low- and middle-income countries. Collaborative submissions across disciplines such as economics, public health, and gender studies are encouraged. Eligible applicants are non-profit 501(c) 3 organizations including academic institutions.
Award details: Up to $150K (including indirect costs) for projects with a duration of 18 to 24 months.
Announcement on website: https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovative-data-and-modeling-approaches-measure-womens-health
Application due date: March 25, 2025.
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Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society for undergraduate and graduate students)
Program: Grants-In-Aid of Research
Synopsis: Supports close working relationships between undergraduate and graduate students and mentors by promoting scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on learning. Sigma Xi strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities, including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinx, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, or Native Hawaiians.
Award details: Sigma Xi members: awards range from $500 to $5K for graduate applicants and $500 to $2K for undergraduate applicants; for non-Sigma Xi members: awards range up to $1K for graduate and undergraduate students. Both members and non-members are eligible for designated funds from the National Academy of Sciences that allow for grants of up to $5K for astronomy research and $2.5K for vision related research.
Announcement on website: https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid-of-research
Application due date: Spring cycle: March 15; Fall cycle: October 1.
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National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) (with support from Toyota Motor of North America)
Program: Grants
Synopsis: Supports shovel-ready pollinator habitat enhancement projects on America’s public lands. Habitat enhancement projects should directly support the creation, restoration, remediation, improvement, and / or protection of habitats for important pollinator species such as butterflies, bees, bats, and more. The project should directly impact pollinators on at least 500 acres of public land. Collaboration and partnerships to meet the minimum acreage requirement are encouraged. Additionally, projects should incorporate community outreach and engagement activities designed to educate and empower the public to help enhance pollinator habitats.
Award details: $50K to $75K for one-year projects.
Announcement on website: https://www.neefusa.org/2025-biodiversity-conservation-grant
Letter of Intent due date (required): March 1, 2025.
Full application due date (invited): May 1, 2025.
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American Water Charitable Foundation
Program: Keep Communities Flowing: Water and Environment
Synopsis: Supports projects focused on clean water, conservation, environmental education, climate variability, and water-based recreation. Examples include innovative, community-based projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds, surface water and/or groundwater supplies, promote water conservation, and / or improve equitable access to water-based recreation in underserved communities. Environmental projects that seek to educate, inform and advance environmental issues to preserve and protect natural resources, including reforestation efforts, biodiversity projects (habitat restoration, wildlife protection) and hazardous waste collection.
Award details: The amount requested should be based on project needs. The Foundation has limited resources to address many needs in the communities they serve; a request for an amount that is not feasible may eliminate project from consideration.
Announcement on website: https://forms.benevity.org/c9c56d62-53c2-4f60-afe7-bde64e6bf9f6
Application due date: March 7, 2025.
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Science
Program: Science and PINS Prize
Synopsis: Supports and recognizes researchers who ask fundamental questions in the field of neuromodulation. It is awarded to scientists conducting research at the intersection of engineering and clinical neurology, with the goal of developing innovative neuromodulation approaches that advance our understanding of human health and disease, or guide therapeutic interventions. Eligible applicants must be a junior investigator within 10 years of receiving their doctorate. Research described in the essay must be research conducted in the last 3 years.
Award details: Grand Prize is $25K; Runner Up prize is $5K.
Announcement on website: Science and PINS Prize
Submission due date: March 15, 2025.
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Organization for Autism Research
Program: 2025 Applied Research Competition
Synopsis: Supports studies that expand the body of knowledge related to autism intervention and treatment, produce practical and clearly objective results, have the potential to positively affect public policy, and provide outcomes that offer to enhance quality of life for persons with autism and their families. At least one member of the research team must hold a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and maintain a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or other research facility. International researchers are eligible to apply. OAR has placed special emphasis on research addressing the following areas:
- Community-Based Assessment and Intervention
- Community-Engaged Research
- Community Living and Supports
- Gender, Reproductive, and Sexual Health
- Improving Access to and Effectiveness of Existing Systems and Services
- Intersectionality, Equity and Diversity
- Mid-life and Older Adults
- Physical Health and Mental Health
Award details: Up to $50K. OAR expects to make up to 8 awards.
Announcement on website: https://researchautism.org/researchers/applied-research/
Letter of Intent due date (required): 2-page LOI due March 17, 2025.
Proposal due date (invited): July 14, 2025. Award begins on or after January 1, 2026.
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Department of Defense (DoD) / Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Program: Chemical / Biological Technologies BAA – CBM-01: Tissue protective and regenerative, broad-spectrum medical countermeasures
NOFO #: HDTRA122S0002
Synopsis: Supports projects that aim to develop orally available small-molecule drugs that target tissue regeneration processes in the lung, heart and / or brain. However, proteins and monoclonal antibodies that target tissue regeneration processes while not outside the scope, are lower in priority to orally available small-molecule drugs. Proposals with a rigorous drug discovery strategy to produce scalable drugs with the desired effect are within the scope of the objectives. Due date to submit questions is February 27, 2025.
Award details: DTRA will utilize contracts, Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), and Interagency Agreements (IAs), but does not intend to award grants or cooperative agreements under this solicitation.
Announcements: We include the BAA and the topic area Tissue Protective and Regenerative, Broad Based Medical Countermeasures.
Proposal due date: April 10, 2025.
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NSF / Directorates of Biological Sciences (Divisions of Integrative Organismal Sciences, Biological Infrastructure, and Molecular and Cellular Biosciences) , Engineering (Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems) and Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Division of Chemistry)
Program: Post Transcriptional and Posttranslational Modification (PPM) via Dear Colleague Letter (DCL)
DCL #: 24-084
Synopsis: Supports studies on post-transcriptional RNA and post-translational protein modifications and how these modifications influence the properties, interactions, and / or regulation of these macromolecules and their role in cellular and organismal phenotype. Examples of areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Signals, processes, and rules governing the identity, position, number, and structure / function consequences of modifications on RNA and proteins;
- Whether integrated, systems-level effects of multiple modifications on RNA and proteins are additive, cooperative or competitive, and why and how this impacts phenotype, in any given case;
- Roles of multiple PRM and / or PTM on cell and/or organismal sensing, fate and function in a dynamic environment;
- Design and engineering of synthetic biology systems to study multiple RNA and protein modifications; programmable systems that leverage RNA and protein modifications to control cell or organismal fate and function.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dcl-posttranscriptional-posttranslational-modification-ppm
Application due date: Proposals must follow the guidelines and any solicitation specific criteria, if applicable, of the relevant NSF program most closely related to the research. The title of a proposal submitted in response to this DCL must begin with "PPM" after any solicitation-specific title requirements, if applicable.
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NSF / Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences - National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
Program: Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
Solicitation #: NSF-24-587
Synopsis: Supports analytic and methodological research in support of NCSES’s surveys as well as promotes the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES or other data to conduct research on the S&T enterprise, develop improved survey methodologies that could benefit NCSES surveys, explore alternate data sources that could supplement NCSES data, create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, strengthen methodologies to analyze S&T statistical data, and explore innovative ways to communicate S&T statistics. NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, experimental research, survey research and data collection, and dissemination projects under its program for Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T).
Award details: Estimated $1.5M program, of which NSF anticipates 5 to 10 awards.
Announcement on website: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/research-science-technology-enterprise-indicators-statistics/nsf24-587/solicitation
Proposal due date: Next due date is June 17, 2025. Subsequent biannual due dates are the 3rd Tuesdays in January and June.
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NSF / Directorate for STEM Education – Division of Undergraduate Education
Program: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE:EDU)
Solicitation #: 23-510
Synopsis: Supports novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for all undergraduates. Through its investments, the program seeks to support development, and implementation, and research efforts that (1) bring recent advances in STEM disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge into undergraduate education, (2) adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and (3) lay the groundwork for institutional improvement. Investments made by the IUSE: EDU program seek to contribute to the educational and capacity-building goals of the NSF Directorate for STEM Education and to the strategic goals and objectives of the NSF. The IUSE: EDU program features two tracks: (1) Engaged Student Learning and (2) Institutional and Community Transformation. Several levels of scope, scale, and funding are available within each track, as detailed in the solicitation. IUSE: EDU projects may focus their activities at any level, including the student, faculty, institutional or community levels. Development, propagation, adaptation, and transferability of evidence-based practices are also important considerations. Projects should consider designing materials and practices for use in a wide variety of institutions or institutional types. IUSE: EDU also welcomes proposals to conduct workshops and conferences aimed at improving undergraduate STEM education, developing implementation practices, and/or assembling research partnerships and agendas.
Award details: Anticipated program funding is $61M, of which an estimated 135 awards will be made.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/solicitations/pubs/2019/nsf19601/nsf19601.pdf?VersionId=6LS7ImZjB6oSbT9tBqMgT73dBwDtZBDQ
Proposal due dates: Next due date is July 15, 2025 and 3rd Wednesdays annually thereafter for Institutional and Community Transformation (Level 2) proposals and Engaged Student Learning (Level 2 and Level 3) proposals; January 20, 2026 and 3rd Wednesdays annually thereafter is the due date for Institutional and Community Transformation (Capacity-Building and Level 1) proposals and Engaged Student Learning (Level 1) proposals.
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NSF / Directorate for Geosciences - Division of Earth Sciences
Program: Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)
Solicitation #: 25-519
Synopsis: Supports research on the Earth’s near-surface environment and how that environment responds to change, focusing on the complex interplay amongst and between hydrologic, geomorphic, and geochemical processes and how they regulate the structure and function of the Earth’s near surface. These processes drive weathering and soil development, control water availability and quality, and help regulate the Earth’s climate system, all of which are important for natural resource sustainability and mitigation of natural hazards. It is expected that the research funded in this program will advance fundamental knowledge in Earth surface processes, leading to transformational discoveries in Earth Sciences. Projects may cover areas that investigate underlying mechanisms or controls on the Earth’s near-surface environment and how that environment responds to change. These projects can be contained within a single traditional research domain (e.g. hydrology, geomorphology, environmental geochemistry) or involve multiple domains. Proposals must focus on filling knowledge gaps and advancing process-based understanding of Earth-surface environments, rather than applying existing knowledge to case-specific problems or focusing on the design of engineered systems. The WaLCZ program is committed to supporting the most meritorious and impactful research in any relevant area, such as (partial)
- Hydrologic processes, water availability, and water quality on and beneath the Earth’s surface and relationships of water with material and living components of the environment;
- Aqueous geochemical processes and cycling in near-surface environmental systems and how elements and energy are exchanged within and between atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic systems; and
- Anthropogenic impacts on modern natural environments and their associated response.
Award details: Anticipated program funding is $23,850M for an estimated 60 to 80 awards.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25519.pdf?VersionId=wP3Zo7jFyqMGHx9kekKnOjaKcAk7AOmK
Proposal due date: Proposals accepted anytime.
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NIH / U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Program: Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (FLFM) (U19—Research Program Cooperative Agreement)
NOFO #: RFA-FD-25-007
Synopsis: Supports an integrated food safety system (IFSS) by enhancing the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories. This will be achieved through prioritized sample testing and food defense preparedness in the areas of microbiology, chemistry, and radiochemistry, as well as method development and capacity / capability development projects that support and expand food safety and food defense testing. This program will produce a large quantity of sample outputs that will drive a risk-based and prevention focused food safety system that both the FDA and its State partners can utilize for tracking and trending, early identification of emerging issues, and evaluation for future sampling initiatives and areas of focus. Participating laboratories will be equipped with additional resources that can be employed to build and increase sample throughput capacity and capability within their state.
Award details: Application budgets need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project and should not exceed $1.5M in total costs (direct and indirect) for projects with duration of up to 5 years. As this is a multi-track NOFO, applicants have the option to apply for multiple tracks under multiple disciplines but must follow the outlined schematic to determine their maximum budget per program area, as outlined in considerable detail in the NOFO.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-25-007.html
Application due dates: March 17, 2025; January 12, 2026; January 11, 2027; and January 10, 2028.
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NIH / Across Several Institutes and Offices, principally the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Program: Ethical, Legal and Social Research (ELSI) (R01, R21, R03)
NOFO #’s: PAR-25-371; PAR-25-369; PAR-25-371
Synopsis: Supports projects that study the ethical, legal and social implications of human genetic or genomic research for individuals, families, communities, groups, institutions and society. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other interested groups is encouraged, but not required. For the purpose of this NOFO, population descriptors are defined as variables used to describe or distinguish people from each other based on perceived or actual differences. Population descriptors may be used for example, to describe who is participating in a study, what groups are being compared, or to whom particular study findings may apply.
Award details: R01 Research Project: Application budget requests must reflect the expenses of the project for a maximum 5 year period, though most projects will be 4 years; R21 Exploratory and Developmental projects: Budget requests must reflect the expenses of the project for a maximum 4 year project period; R03 Small Grant Program: $50K per year for a project period of 2 years.
Announcements on website: R01: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-371.html; R21: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-369.html; and R03: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-370.html
Application due dates: Multiple due dates through 2026. Next due date for all new applications is June 17, 2025.
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From Dornsife Corporate and Foundation Relations
(Contact Kerri Bennett kerriben@usc.edu if interested)
Tata Steel
Program: Materials identification in bulk scrap recycling
Synopsis: Supports projects that will provide innovative solutions to optimize the identification, sorting and quality control of scrap materials in the steel recycling process. This includes categorizing materials such as steel, rusted components, coated materials, hazardous substances, rubber, plastic, and soil. Solutions of interest include
- Vision Analytics (VA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems
- Sensors for material identification
- Robotic systems for material handling
- Automated systems for identification and categorization of incoming scrap materials
Award details: Up to $100K.
Announcement on website: Tata Steel
Proposal due date: March 31, 2025.
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