***Limited Submission***
Department of Energy (DoE)
Program: FY 2025 University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization
NOFO #: DE-FOA-0003314
Synopsis: Supports university-led consortia research and development
- to establish and / or improve infrastructure to align with the advanced reactor technologies being deployed by the U.S. nuclear industry;
- support innovative combinations of facilities, equipment, and related capabilities to maximize the value of investments toward R&D;
- emphasize support for rapid, lower-cost approaches that can enable advanced-reactor-relevant R&D, education and workforce development prior to any universities establishing advanced research reactors; and
- involve consortia among diverse types of institutions to maximize participation and realization of benefits by underrepresented communities that have historically faced challenges to such access.
Award details: Up to $6M
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/de-foa-0003314/
External announcement on website FY 2025 University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization (Part 1); FY 2025 University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization (Part 2)
USC Internal due date: January 10, 2025.
External due date: February 12, 2025.
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NIH / National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Program: Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) Program (P30 — Center Core Grants)
NOFO #: RFA-ES-25-002
Synopsis: Supports a team of investigators currently funded by NIH or other Federal or non-Federal sources to enhance the effectiveness of existing research and extend the focus of research for environmental health sciences. An EHSCC is expected to support innovation and be on the cutting edge of science. The overall goals for the EHSCC Program are to enhance the capabilities of existing programs in environmental health sciences, assist with building programmatic and scientific capacity, lead in the development of novel research directions, recruit and prepare future leaders in the field, and pioneer efforts in community engagement. Ultimately the EHSCC should create a flexible structure that allows center members with different expertise to come together to answer complex and/or emerging questions, capitalize on the latest scientific trends, and accelerate the translation of research. NIEHS considers community engagement and multi-directional communication as essential activities to advance the goals and relevance of an EHSCC. To be eligible for an EHSCC award, the applicant institution must demonstrate that 4 or more Center members have combined grant funding of at least $3M per year in direct costs, focused on environmental health sciences. At the time of submission of an application, the qualifying awards must have at least 1 full active year remaining.
Award details: Anticipated $6M for one award.
USC Internal announcement: https://rii.usc.edu/limited-submissions/rfa-es-25-002/
External announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-25-002.html
USC Internal due date: January 10, 2025.
Letter of Intent due date: February 17, 2025.
Application due date: Annual due dates through 2027. Next due date is March 18, 2025.
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Vilcek Foundation
Program: Grants
Synopsis: Supports non profit organizations that work with immigrant artists and communities, and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities. The foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia. Their mission was inspired by Jan and Marica’s respective careers in biomedical science and art history, as well as their personal experiences and appreciation for the opportunities offered to them as newcomers to the United States.
Award details: Recent grants have ranged up to $50K
Announcement on website: https://vilcek.org/grants/
Application due date: June 30, 2025.
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Program: Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Synopsis: Recognizes outstanding contributions to climate action and climate solutions that inspire hope. In selecting a winner, the Prize Jury seeks transformative solutions with the potential for long-term impact and scalable benefits for both the environment and society that demonstrate inspiring leadership and forward-thinking approaches.
Award details: ~$1M
Announcement on website: https://gulbenkian.pt/en/the-foundation/gulbenkian-prize-for-humanity/nominations-gulbenkian-prize-for-humanity/
Application due date: Entries must be submitted before January 31, 2025.
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Far Western Foundation
Program: Grants
Synopsis: Supports innovative archaeological and anthropological research focusing primarily in California, the Great Basin and the Greater American West. Early-Career educators, Native American scholars, and graduate students are invited to apply. Consideration will be given to graduate students and scholars in aligned fields, such as Native American studies, geography, history, museum studies, and environmental science. Collaborative efforts between archaeologists and Native American students, scholars, and Tribal organizations are highly encouraged.
Award details: Grants have ranged between $2K and $10K
Announcement on website: https://farwesternfoundation.org/#grant
Application due date: December 31, 2024.
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National Psoriasis Foundation
Program: Translational Research Grants
Synopsis: Supports research initiatives that focus on the rapid translation of basic scientific discoveries into clinical applications with a clear benefit for patients with psoriatic disease. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or MD, and must be designated as PI by their institution.
Award details: Budget applications may request up to $100K per year for 2 years in direct costs.
Announcement on website: https://www.psoriasis.org/translational-research-grants/
Application due date: January 31, 2025.
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Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research
Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Synopsis: Supports postdoctoral fellows pursuing biomedical research to support fundamental scientific research that advances understanding of the causes, treatments, and cures for human disease. Applicants must have no more than 18 months postdoctoral experience (must not have accepted their first postdoctoral position before August 2023), as well as not be conferred a doctorate before January 31, 2023. Ph.D. candidates that do not have their degree at time of the application deadline (January 31, 2025) are eligible to apply. If awarded, the applicant’s Ph.D. degree must be conferred prior to the start of the Fellowship.
Award details: The fellowship is for 3 years. The basic stipend is $70K for the first year, $72K for the second year, and $74K the third year. Monetary support will also be provided for dependent children; research expenses ($2K per year) and a travel allowance ($1.8K). No funding for indirects.
Announcement on website: https://www.jccfund.org/eligibilty-criteria/
Application due date: January 31, 2025.
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Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Program: Emerging Leader Award
Synopsis: Supports new and innovative projects and aims to attract aspiring new scientific talent to the field of Lyme. Candidate applications must include a viable proposal for a proof-of-concept project to be funded, in part or in sum, by the grant award. Eligible candidates are currently at the post-doctoral level through associate professor level or equivalent. Applications from established and early career investigators are welcome, including those from researchers who have not previously worked in Lyme disease research.
Award details: $150K for up to 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://www.bayarealyme.org/our-research/emerging-leader-award/
Application due date: March 7, 2025.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Program: Collaborative Research
Synopsis: Supports teams of scholars working on a joint endeavor leading to a manuscript for print publication or to a digital product. Teams may propose research in a single field of study or interdisciplinary work. NEH encourages projects that incorporate multiple points of view and pursue new avenues of inquiry. The program includes four project categories: Planning International Collaboration, Convening, Manuscript Preparation, and Scholarly Digital Projects. The categories support different project types or stages and have different performance periods and award ceilings. Applicants must specify only one project category for support.
Award details: Up to $250K, or up to $300K for collaborations that include a community college or certain minority-serving institutions.
Announcement on website: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants
Application window: August 19, 2025 to November 19, 2025. Project start date is anytime from October 1, 2026 to September 1, 2027.
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U.S. Department of State / U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs (OPA)
Program: Promoting Peaceful Resolution
NOFO #: OPAPDFY25002
Synopsis: Supports activities which advance the applicant’s goals and the U.S.OPA mission, including but not limited to advancing a comprehensive and lasting peace through a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the development of a vibrant, representative, and responsive Palestinian civil society, private sector, and governing institutions. The goal of this project is to advance efforts to bring about an equitable two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to encourage nonviolent activism and promote productive discussion in the public sphere.
Award details: Funding is in the form of a cooperative agreement. Budget expenses should be submitted preferably as one Excel workbook and include three (3) columns describing the request to the Office of Palestinian Affairs, any required or voluntary cost sharing, and the total budget. Costs must be in whole U.S. dollars.
Announcement on website: 2025 OPA – Promoting Peaceful Resolution
Application due date: January 9, 2025.
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Administration for Community Living / National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
Program: Switzer Research Fellowship
NOFO #: HHS-2025-ACL-NIDILRR-SFGE-0110
Synopsis: Supports highly qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, to conduct high quality original research on the experiences and outcomes of people with disabilities as authorized by Section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 204 authorizes research toward knowledge, methods, procedures, or rehabilitation technology that maximizes the full inclusion and integration into society of people with disabilities. NIDILRR is particularly interested in receiving Switzer Research Fellowship applications from investigators with disabilities, and investigators from communities that are underrepresented in the extramural scientific workforce.
Award details: $80K to $90K for 12 months.
Announcement on website: Switzer Research Fellowship
Letter of Intent due date: January 8, 2025.
Application due date: February 3, 2025.
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Department of Defense (DoE) / Office of Science / Nuclear Physics (NP) and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) Nuclear Data InterAgency Working Group (NDIAWG) Research
Program: Nuclear Data InterAgency Working Group (NDIAWG) Research
NOFO #: DE-FOA-0003498
Synopsis: Supports projects that focus on acquiring and refining nuclear data essential for fusion applications, particularly neutron interaction cross-sections, decay pathways and activation products. An emphasis is on the need for comprehensive studies to prioritize nuclear data gaps that significantly impact reactor design, safety and economics.
Award details: Awards will range from $100K to $1M for projects ranging from 3 to 5 years duration.
Announcement on website: NDIAWG
Letter of Intent due date: January 2, 2025.
Application due date (invited): March 3, 2025.
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NSF / Multiple Directorates including MPS; STEM Education, Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences; and Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Program: Security, Privacy and Trust in Cyberspace
Solicitation #: NSF-25-515
Synopsis: Supports projects that address trust in cyberspace, broadly defined, that draw on expertise in one or more of these areas: computer and information science and engineering; education; mathematics; statistics; and social, behavioral, and economic sciences. Proposals that advance fundamental research in cybersecurity, privacy, trust, and resilience research within a single discipline are welcome, as are inter- and multidisciplinary efforts that span multiple areas. Proposals whose security science exposes underlying principles having predictive value that extend across different security domains and are resilient against strong, adaptive attackers are preferred over those that are limited to a single platform, technology, or system, or that offer ad-hoc solutions that are not generalizable. The program especially encourages proposals with forward-looking, next-generation, clean-slate ideas that provide defenders with a distinct advantage and offer resilience against potential or unforeseen threats. Of particular interest are approaches to anticipate and mitigate risks and potential threats in new and emerging applications and technologies.
Proposals must be submitted to one of the following designations: Research (RES); Education and Training (EDU); and Special Topics accompanied by Dear Colleague Letters (SEED). A very detailed description of each designation is included in the solicitation.
Award details: RES: Maximum award is $1.2M for up to 4 years; EDU: Total award is $500K over three years. EDU proposals that demonstrate collaboration between cybersecurity subject matter experts and education researcher(s), as reflected in the PI team, may request an additional $100K beyond the $500K limit; and SEED projects are funded up to $300K for up to 2 years.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25515_0.pdf
Proposal target dates: September 29, 2025; January 26, 2026.
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NSF / Directorate for Geosciences – Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
Program: Life and Environments Through Time (LET)
Solicitation #: 25-517
Synopsis: Supports research that advances knowledge about the patterns and processes relating to the origin and evolution of Earth’s climate, environments, life, and sedimentary record. This research takes place at the molecular, local, regional, and global scales from the Archean Eon through the Holocene epoch. LET-supported research can be useful for predicting and planning for future global change, and for the maintenance and security of ecosystem services and human societies. EAR invites submission of collaborative projects that articulate a fundamental overarching Earth Science question that is addressed through integrative hypothesis- or question-driven research. The project also should lead to outcomes that have potential to reveal new principles underlying the function or interaction of Earth systems.
Examples of topics relevant to this solicitation include (partial):
- Biological, geochemical, mineralogical, sedimentological, and geological processes responsible for forming and shaping the Earth's sedimentary lithosphere and its materials;
- Research on bio economy to address regional or global societal challenges such as climate change, carbon sequestration, bioremediation, and environmental sustainability; and
- Studies on conservation paleobiology to advance knowledge on environmental and human drivers of ecological change.
Award details: Program funding is $14M, of which 50 awards are anticipated.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25517.pdf
Proposal due date: Proposals are accepted anytime.
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NSF / Directorate for Geosciences – Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
Program: Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology (CESEV)
Solicitation #: 25-516
Synopsis: Supports projects that aim to advance fundamental knowledge about the origin and evolution of Earth including its core, mantle, and continental crust. The program encourages a wide range of laboratory, field, experimental, theoretical, and/or computational studies that explore the continuous high-temperature igneous and metamorphic geochemical and petrologic processes that shape the Earth. Volcanology and magmatic processes, ore deposits and economic geology, and geochronology are all in the purview of this program. Research in these areas can help improve our understanding of volcanic and other natural hazards, and the distribution of mineral and other natural resources. The solicitation includes examples of research interests for this program.
Award details: Estimated program budget is $18M, of which 40 to 60 awards are expected to ensue.
Announcement on website: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/nsf25516.pdf
Proposal due date: Proposals are accepted anytime.
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NIH / National Institute of Mental Health
Program: NIMH Career Transition Award for Tenure-Track Intramural Investigators (K22 – Career Transition Award)
Synopsis: Supports career intramural investigators at NIMH who aim to transition from the Division of Intramural Research Programs (IRP) to an independent research faculty position in the extramural community. Applicants should have a demonstrated record of meritorious research in mental health-related fields.
Award details: NIMH will contribute funds for up to 6 person-months' effort per year toward the salary of the career award recipient during Phase 2 of the award. The funds for salary and fringe benefits are included within the annual, direct cost cap of $300K for the NIMH Career Transition Award (K22) Program. Additionally, NIMH will contribute $300K per year toward the research development costs of the award recipient, which must be justified and consistent with the stage of development of the candidate and the proportion of time to be spent in research or career development activities. Project period is 3 years. Indirects are 8%.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-24-286.html
Application due dates: Multiple due dates for all applications except AIDS applications through 2027. Next due date for new applications is February 12 2025; next due date for resubmissions, renewals and revised applications is March 12, 2025.
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NIH / National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Program: Informatics Tools for the Pangenome (U01 Research Project – Cooperative Agreement)
NOFO #: RFA-HG-25-007
Synopsis: Supports the development of informatics tools to facilitate uptake and scientific use of the human pangenome reference being developed and maintained by the NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP). Emphasis for this RFA will be on development of tools to advance compelling use cases that are relevant to different broad sectors of the genomics community, e.g., clinical, population, or functional genomics. These tools will use pangenome datasets and build on systems developed by the Human Pangenome Coordinating Center, which will support general computational infrastructure for pangenome use. Included in the NOFO are examples of tool development needs for the pangenome for each of the Institutes.
Award details: Up to $400K per year for justified direct costs. The Project period is up to 3 years.
Announcement on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-25-007.html
Letter of Intent due date: February 3, 2025.
Application due date: March 3, 2025.
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NIH / Across several Institutes (including National Cancer Institute) and Offices (ICs)
Program: Tobacco, alcohol and cannabis policy research for health equity (R01, R21)
NOFO #’s: PAR-25-240; PAR-25-241
Synopsis: Supports policy research projects that examine new or adapted policies pertaining to tobacco, alcohol, and/or cannabis in the U.S., with a particular focus on how the policy or policies influence tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use or secondhand exposure among populations experiencing disparities. Funded projects will involve authentic engagement with one or more community organizations with the aim of promoting equity in cancer prevention by addressing tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use and exposure. The long-term goal is to support tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis policy research studies that will improve health equity and promote cancer prevention. Examples of areas of research interests include (partial)
- Comprehensive smokefree environment policies, including smoke and vapor from cannabis products (e.g., smokefree school campus policies that extend to nicotine and cannabis vaping products);
- Overarching policy environment (e.g., studies that examine the dynamic interplay of different types of policies on tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use or secondhand exposure; how policies may work synergistically to reduce use or secondhand exposure).
- Policies that reduce the appeal of tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis products through advertising or marketing restrictions, package design requirements, and flavor bans.
Award details: R01: $500K for direct costs for a maximum project period of 5 years. R21: 2-year project period may not exceed $275K for direct costs. No more than $200K may be requested in a single year.
Announcements on website: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-240.html; https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-241.html
Application due date: Due dates through 2028 for all applications except AIDS applications. Next application due date is February 16, 2025.
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