The RSP Newsletter highlights timely funding opportunities, sponsor and policy updates, workshops, and campus resources to support research, scholarship, and creative activity at CSUN. Each issue is designed to keep faculty, staff, and students informed and connected to opportunities that advance sponsored projects, strengthen research capacity, and support the full lifecycle of proposal development and award management. For questions or support, please contact Research and Sponsored Programs at research@csun.edu.

RSP PI Drop-In Q&A Office Hours
The Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) team invites you to join our upcoming drop-in PI Open Remote Office Hours. These are informal, Q&A-style sessions where you can stop by at any time during the scheduled window to ask questions or get guidance. There is no formal presentation or agenda. It is just dedicated time for you to connect directly with our team. Whether you’re preparing a proposal, managing an active award, or exploring future opportunities, we’re here to support you.

Examples of What You Can Ask About:
- Pre-Award: Proposal development, budgets, sponsor guidelines, submission processes
- Post-Award: Award management, financial reporting, spending, modifications, closeout
- General Support: Research policies, compliance questions, or referrals to other campus resources

The next upcoming virtual office hours slots are:
- Wednesday, February 18, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (PT)
- Friday, March 6, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PT)
- Thursday, April 16, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM (PT)

Look out for the future newsletters with the Zoom Link. If these times don’t work for you, please email research@csun.edu to schedule a one-on-one meeting with a member of our team.

Faculty Pre-Award Grant Support Survey
CSUN Research & Sponsored Programs (RSP) has launched a short survey to better understand faculty needs and challenges in pursuing external funding. Your feedback will help us improve proposal development support, share more relevant funding opportunities, and strengthen tools and resources for competitive submissions. The survey will take just 5–7 minutes, and your input will shape how RSP enhances pre-award services for the CSUN research community. Please complete the survey on InfoReady. For any questions, please contact Dr. Charlene Manzueta, Managing Director of RSP, at charlene.manzueta@csun.edu.

Grant Writing Support with Hanover Research
CSUN faculty can access personalized grant writing and proposal development support through our partnership with Hanover Research, at no cost to you. Hanover pairs PIs with experienced grant consultants who provide in-depth proposal review, editing, and strategic feedback, particularly helpful for revising submissions based on funder reviewer comments. After an initial consultation, proposals are placed in Hanover’s service queue, and written feedback is typically returned within 1–2 weeks of your agreed submission date.

We currently have several openings available. If you are planning to submit an external proposal and would like to reserve a spot, please contact Dr. Edgar Lopez (edgar.lopez@csun.edu) with the (1) grant opportunity name, (2) grant funder, (3) link to solicitation/guidelines, and (4) full submission deadline so we can coordinate timely support.

Need Institutional Support for Your Grant Proposal?
Research & Sponsored Programs (RSP) has launched the Building Access for Support and Effort (BASE) Request Form on CSUN InfoReady. Use this form to request critical institutional support (e.g., cost-sharing, reassigned time, student assistance) for your grant proposals. By completing this form, you help us monitor trends, advocate for long-term solutions, and keep CSUN competitive in securing external funding. Submit your BASE request via InfoReady. For any questions, please contact Dr. Charlene Manzueta, Managing Director of RSP, at charlene.manzueta@csun.edu. 

Reminder: RSP Timeline for Principal Investigators
Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) is committed to providing the highest level of support to Principal Investigators, including assistance with proposal development and compliance review. PIs are reminded to follow our current RSP's Timeline for Proposal Review and Submission as outlined in University policy (Section IV.A.3). These deadlines are intended to benefit the PI to make sure your submissions are timely, accurate, and fully compliant with all institutional and sponsor guidelines. Over the next month, RSP will be reviewing and updating the timeline process to better reflect the workload and review steps necessary for successful submissions. If you have any suggestions or feedback on the timeline, please reach out directly to our Dr. Charlene Manzueta (RSP Managing Director). Your input will help us streamline the process and better support your research goals.

NASA NSTGRO26 Fellowship Now Open
Application Deadline: January 29, 2026 (3:00 PM PT)
NASA has released the Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) – Fall 2026 solicitation, supporting master’s and Ph.D. students conducting high-priority space technology research. The fellowship funds graduate research at U.S. universities, includes visiting research experiences at NASA Centers, and pairs fellows with a NASA research collaborator. Key details: Eligible applicants: U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents Research must align with NSTGRO priority technology areas Awards made to universities with a faculty advisor as PI Project start: Fall 2026
Submission: NSPIRES (NSTGRO26 solicitation) 
Learn more on the NSPIRES website.

2026-2027 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Award Competition
Application Deadline: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, by 5:00 PM
The University Research and Grants Committee requests applications from faculty members for the annual competition for awards to support faculty research, scholarship and creative activity, interpreted broadly to mean the disciplined quest for broadening human understanding. This request includes artistic creation and the study of moral values, as well as logical and empirical inquiry into any field appropriate to the functions of the University. Your proposal must be able to address the proposal procedures and evaluation criteria described below. Faculty are encouraged to use the activities and results from these awards to pursue external funding, if applicable, to broaden the scope of their research, scholarship and creative activities.

There will be two categories of awards: 1) mini-grant, not to exceed $7,500 or 2) 3 units of reassigned time (to be utilized during the 2026-2027 academic year). Mini-grants may be used for student assistants, materials and supplies, and/or travel directly relevant to the research/project. Funds for the reassigned units (at replacement cost) will be transferred to your college. NOTE: faculty members who received a RSCA award in the 2025-2026 cycle are NOT permitted to apply for funding in this (2026-2027) cycle. Proposals must adhere to the format described below. Incomplete, wrongly formatted, or late proposals will not be reviewed by the committee. For more information, please visit CSUN InfoReady.

Call for Proposals: Advancing Diabetes Research & Innovation
Application Deadline: Rolling Basis
Medtronic is one of the largest medical technology companies in the world providing products that treat 70 health conditions and include cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, and more. Medtronic Minimed, in partnership with California State University, Northridge (CSUN), invites faculty to submit proposals for innovative research projects that advance diabetes care, technology, treatment accessibility, and patient-centered solutions. Diabetes remains one of the most pressing health challenges of our time. Through this initiative, we seek to support interdisciplinary research and technology development that can lead to transformative solutions. Faculty from all academic backgrounds (including engineering, health sciences, business, social sciences, and design) are encouraged to submit proposals, whether they are early-stage ideas or well-developed research projects. This is an opportunity to explore new directions, collaborate with industry experts, and contribute to groundbreaking advancements in diabetes treatment, technology, and health equity. Learn more on InfoReady. For more information or questions, please email Dr. Edgar Lopez at edgar.lopez@csun.edu.

(Recorded Webinar) Staying Ahead of NIH Biosketch Changes: Anticipating the New Common Forms in SciENcv
SuRE Resource Center hosted a one-hour webinar that will help researchers and research administrators prepare for the transition to the upcoming NIH Common Forms in SciENcv. This session outlines what is currently known, what changes are anticipated, and how to begin positioning your SciENcv/ORCID profile to adapt smoothly. Participants will gain strategies to stay proactive, reduce future administrative burden, and ensure readiness once final guidance is issued.

Please review the recording of this webinar. To view these recordings as well as recordings of SuRE Resource Center webinars, you can also visit the YouTube channel and subscribe to receive notifications of new postings.

New Federal Requirement: Research Security Training for Covered Individuals
In accordance with the Chips and Science Act of 2022 (§10634), several federal research agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are implementing new Research Security Training requirements for individuals participating in federally sponsored research.

To ensure compliance, the CSU Chancellor’s Office has released a Research Security Training module that meets federal standards outlined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The training will be offered via CSU Learn and cover key areas such as (1) Protecting research data and intellectual property, (2) International collaborations and disclosure requirements, (3) Cybersecurity and foreign travel best practices, and (4) Export control awareness. Completion of this training will be required for all individuals listed as senior/key personnel or covered participants on federally sponsored research proposals and awards prior to proposal submission. If you have any questions, please contact Mitz Alejandria at mitz.alejandria@csun.edu. We thank you for your prompt attention to this new requirement.

Hanover Workshop --- National Institutes of Health: A Series of Opportunities
Through Hanover Research support, there is an opportunity to enroll in a learning workshop, “National Institutes of Health: A Series of Opportunities.” This course includes two primary components:
(1) An NIH introductory module designed to strengthen principal investigator (PI) competitiveness with NIH-specific resources, uncovering keys to success for prospective applicants. 
(2) A module on the NIH's most common R activity codes, intended to help PIs to decipher which R best fits their research goals, draft application components per Hanover’s recommendations for a competitive submission, and export a templated proposal draft. 

While the modules cover fundamentals of the NIH and several well-known R-series activity codes, along with many details, they are a distillation of extensive NIH content. Links to original comprehensive material provided by the NIH along with other citations and resources are provided throughout the modules. If you are interested in enrolling, please contact the Research Development Officer, Dr. Edgar Lopez, at edgar.lopez@csun.edu. 

Grants Calendars: 
Environmental Sustainability ~ STEM Education ~ Arts & Humanities ~ Social Sciences ~ Research Centers ~ Early Career Research ~ Health Research ~ Education Research & Programs ~ STEM Education ~ Minority-Serving Institutions ~ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion ~ Student Success ~ Interdisciplinary Research ~ AI & Machine Learning ~ Research Enterprise ~ Education andHuman Development

ARTS, MEDIA, & COMMUNICATION

Full Proposal Deadline:
January 15, 2026

Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants
National Endowment for the Arts
This grant program, a partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA), aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military-connected populations through cost-sharing grants of $10,000 to $25,000 for emerging and advanced arts engagement projects. The program funds arts initiatives that encourage creativity, build social connections, improve resilience, and help smooth the transition to civilian life.

Intent to Apply Deadline:
January 15, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
January 29, 2026

NEA Big Read Grants
National Endowment for the Arts
The NEA Big Read, a partnership with Arts Midwest, is a program that awards grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 to organizations for community reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book. Programming for the 2026-2027 grant cycle will center around the theme America250 with titles that celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking America’s Semiquincentennial.

Intent to Apply Deadline:
January 29, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 12, 2026

Shakespeare in American Communities Grants
National Endowment for the Arts
Shakespeare in American Communities, a partnership with Arts Midwest, provides grants of up to $30,000 that connect young people across the country to Shakespeare’s plays. Grants support performances and workshops in schools and in the justice system, and apprenticeships for early-career theater professionals.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 1, 2026

Outstanding Public History Project Award
National Council on Public History (NCPH)
Two awards recognizing projects (digital, print, film, exhibit, etc.) that contribute to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or that serves as a model of professional public history practice.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Arts and Culture
Mellon Foundation
Arts and Culture celebrates the transcendent power of the arts to challenge, activate, and nourish the human spirit. We support exceptional creative practice, scholarship, and conservation of arts and culture, while nurturing a representative and robust arts and culture ecosystem. The program works with artists, curators, conservators, scholars, and organizations to ensure equitable access to excellent arts and cultural experiences. The goal is to add complexity and justice to our understanding of the world, and to foster societies that value artists as the chroniclers of our humanity.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Full Proposal Deadline:
January 20, 2026

Economics
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Economics program welcomes proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, conferences, symposia, experimental research, data collection and dissemination, computer equipment and other instrumentation, and research experience for undergraduates. The program places a high priority on interdisciplinary research. Investigators are encouraged to submit proposals of joint interest to the Economics Program and other NSF programs and NSF initiative areas. The program places a high priority on broadening participation and encourages proposals from junior faculty, women, other underrepresented minorities, Research Undergraduate Institutions, and EPSCoR states.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Working Families Grants
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
Children are at the heart of everything we do at the Kellogg Foundation. The goal is lasting, transformational change for children. As a grantmaker, we recognize that children live in families and families live in communities. Therefore, our three areas of focused work – Thriving Children, Working Families andEquitable Communities – are dynamic and always interconnected.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Science of Organizations (SoO)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
SoO funds research that advances our fundamental understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Successful SoO research proposals use scientific methods to develop and refine theories, to empirically test theories and frameworks, and to develop new measures and methods. Funded research is aimed at yielding generalizable insights that are of value to the business practitioner, policy-maker and research communities. SoO welcomes any and all rigorous, scientific approaches that illuminate aspects of organizations as systems of coordination, management and governance.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Business History Travel Research Grants
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Business History Travel Grants are available for scholars who are working on business related projects. These awards ensure that the library's holdings - which are among the very best in the Southwest - are brought to the attention of scholars and their readers, nationally and worldwide.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs
United States Department of Commerce (DOC) - Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Awards made under this NOFO will assist communities andregions in devising and implementing long-term economic development efforts through a variety of non-construction andconstruction projects.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Economics
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The purpose of the program is to provide public goods, including fundamental research, conceptual breakthroughs, and technical advances, that inclusively strengthen and accelerate U.S. economic progress.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

General Grant Program
FINRA Investor Education Foundation
Through the General Grant Program, the FINRA Investor Education Foundation funds research that helps to ensure people in the U.S. have the knowledge, skills and tools to make sound financial decisions throughout life.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Commerce and Industry Fund
Hanken School of Economics
The Hanken School of Economics invites applications for its commerce and industry fund. This enables representatives from scientific institutions or industry to visit Hanken as teachers or researchers. The purpose of the visit may be: joint research project; joint funding application; work on joint article; guest lectures in an approved Hanken course; speaker or lecturer at a larger function; supervisory visit for a doctoral student.

EDUCATION

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Higher Learning Program
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Working with colleges, universities, and other organizations that nurture advanced humanistic inquiry and social justice, Mellon makes grants through its Higher Learning program that broaden our understanding of American history and culture; develop the interpretive tools and methods scholars use to create meaning; support faculty and students whose work exemplifies a drive toward greater equity in their fields and institutions; and promote pathways for those seeking to exercise transformative academic leadership.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Education Program
Carnegie Corporation of New York
This program aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy.

ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE

Letter of Intent Deadline:
January 20, 2026

Preliminary Proposal Deadline:
March 10, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
July 24, 2026

NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The TRAILBLAZER program supports individual investigators to undertake projects that have the potential to address new areas of fundamental research related to national needs and/or grand challenges, advance US global leadership in engineering and science, and/or catalyze the convergence of engineering and science domains. The principal investigator must articulate how they would design and lead potentially transformative research projects and make major contributions toward solving significant research problems. The principal investigator must also have a demonstrated record of success and impact in an area of engineering research. Building on this track record of research excellence, creativity and innovation, TRAILBLAZER PIs are expected to propose unconventional hypotheses in new areas distinct from their current or previous research. In this context, the proposed projects should focus on bold, innovative, and potentially risky approaches to address problems that may seem intractable. 

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
September 10, 2026

Computer and Information Science and Engineering: Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The NSF CISE Directorate supports research and education projects that develop new knowledge in all aspects of computing, communications, and information science and engineering through the Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) programs.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Interfacial Engineering
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Interfacial Engineering program is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster, which also includes: 1) the Catalysis program; 2) the Electrochemical Systems program; and 3) the Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics program. The goal of the Interfacial Engineering program is to support fundamental research on atomic- and molecular-scale interfacial phenomena and engineering of interfacial properties, processes, and materials.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Operations Engineering (OE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Operations Engineering (OE) program supports fundamental research on advanced analytical methods for improving operations in complex decision-driven environments. Analytical methods include, but are not limited to, deterministic and stochastic modeling, optimization, decision and risk analysis, data science, and simulation.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Engineering Design and Systems Engineering (EDSE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Engineering Design and Systems Engineering (EDSE) program supports fundamental research that advances design science and/or systems science through the creation of new knowledge about the design of engineered artifacts. The program focuses on design as a system, in which designers, the artifacts they create, the methods they use to create them, and the environment in which this occurs are all subject to rigorous scientific inquiry, along with the interactions among these elements.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Communications, Circuits, and Sensing-Systems (CCSS) Program supports innovative research in circuit and system hardware and signal processing techniques. CCSS also supports system and network architectures for communications and sensing to enable the next-generation cyber-physical systems (CPS) that leverage computation, communication, and sensing integrated with physical domains.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) program aims to advance our understanding of professional formation. It seeks both to deepen our fundamental understanding of the underlying processes and mechanisms that support professional formation and to demonstrate how professional formation is or can be accomplished. Ultimately RFE aims to transform the engineer-formation system, and thus the impact of proposed projects on this system must be described. 

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The goal of the Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, andMolecular Thermodynamics program is to advance fundamental engineering research on the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions, systems engineering, and molecular thermodynamics as they relate to the design and optimization of chemical reactors and the production of specialized materials that have important impacts on society.

HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
June 5, 2026
October 5, 2026

Interventions to Reduce Sleep Health Disparities (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of this initiative is to support non-pharmacological interventions to promote sleep health, reduce sleep health disparities, and examine sleep as a modifiable factor to reduce disparities for other health outcomes among populations that experience health disparities.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
June 5, 2026

Social disconnection and Suicide Risk in Late Life (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage research that addresses the link between social disconnection in late-life and late-life suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Of specific interest is research that identifies mechanisms by which social disconnection confers risk for, and social integration protects against, suicidal thoughts and behaviors in late life. Mechanisms to be considered exist at multiple levels of analysis, including but not limited to neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
June 5, 2026
October 5, 2026

Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of this initiative is to advance the science of minority health and health disparities by supporting research on family health and well-being and resilience. The NIMHD Research Framework recognizes family health, family well-being, and family resilience as important areas of research to decrease disparities and improve outcomes.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
October 5, 2026

Academic-Industrial Partnerships (AIP) to Translate and Validate In Vivo Imaging Systems (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to stimulate translation of scientific discoveries and engineering developments in imaging, data science and/or spectroscopic technologies into methods or tools that address contemporary problems in understanding the fundamental biology, potential risk of development, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 12, 2026
June 12, 2026
October 12, 2026

Mentored Quantitative Research Development Award (Parent K25 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of the Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) is to attract to NIH-relevant research those investigators whose quantitative science and engineering research has thus far not been focused primarily on questions of health and disease. The K25 award will provide support and "protected time" for a period of supervised study and research for productive professionals with quantitative (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, imaging science, informatics, physics, chemistry) and engineering backgrounds to integrate their expertise with NIH-relevant research.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 17, 2026
June 18, 2026
October 16, 2026

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Small Research Grant (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Small Research Grant (R03) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection of preliminary data or the secondary analysis of existing data. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 19, 2026
June 18, 2026
October 20, 2026

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. 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.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 20, 2026
June 18, 2026
October 20, 2026

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods, that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions, or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies. 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 stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 24, 2026

OVC FY25 Housing Assistance for Victims of Human Trafficking
U.S. Department of Justice - Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
This NOFO will provide funding for housing and support services to victims of human trafficking. The primary focus of this program is to provide rapid rehousing (i.e., transitional housing and supportive services that assist human trafficking victims in moving as quickly as possible into permanent housing and achieving stability). Projects under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes: (1) transitional housing, including funding for the operating expenses of a newly developed or existing transitional housing program; and (2) short-term housing assistance, including rental or utilities payment assistance and assistance with related expenses, such as payment of security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 26, 2026

NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits grant applications for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other works of academic and/or public health policy value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.

Full Proposal Deadline:
March 10, 2026
August 5, 2026
March 10, 2027
August 11, 2027

Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cutting-Edge Basic Research Award (CEBRA) is designed to foster highly innovative or conceptually creative research related to the etiology, pathophysiology, prevention, or treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). It supports high-risk and potentially high-impact research that is underrepresented or not included in NIDA's current portfolio that has the potential to transform SUD research. The proposed research should: 1. develop, and/or adapt, revolutionary techniques or methods for addiction research or that show promising future applicability to SUD research; and /or 2. test an innovative and significant hypothesis for which there are scant precedent or preliminary data and which, if confirmed, would transform current thinking.

Full Proposal Deadline:
March 11, 2026

OVC FY25 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
U.S. Department of Justice - Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
This NOFO will develop, expand, and strengthen victim service programs for victims of all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States and its territories. This program provides funding for comprehensive and specialized services for victims of all forms of human trafficking and is intended for victim services programs serving adults or a combination of adults and minors/youth.
- Category 1: Developing Capacity To Serve Human Trafficking Victim
- Category 2: Services for Human Trafficking Victims

HUMANITIES

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Humanities in Place: The Monuments Project
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Humanities in Place supports a fuller, more complex telling ofAmerican histories and lived experiences by deepening the range of how and where our stories are told and by bringing a wider variety of voices into the public dialogue. The project seeks to ensure that future generations inherit a memorial landscape that venerates and reflects the vast, rich complexity of the American experience, and tells a fuller, more inclusive story of our history and our many different forbearers.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Humanities Program
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Humanities Program is primarily directed to institutions ofhigher education and humanistic enterprises such as learned societies, museums, and major editorial projects.  The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship.

LIBRARY

Full Proposal Deadline:
September 26, 2026

Research Library Program
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
The Research Libraries Program aims to improve the ability ofresearch libraries to serve the needs of scholarship in the humanities and the performing arts, and to help make their resources more widely accessible to scholars and the general public. Grants to libraries seek to promote cooperative cataloging projects, with an emphasis on access to archival, manuscript, andother unique sources; some elements of interpretation andexhibition; scholarly library publications; bibliographical andpublishing projects of interest to research libraries; and collection-level preservation/conservation work and research.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Stichting IFLA Foundation Funding Proposals
International Federation of Library Associations andInstitutions (IFLA)
The Stichting IFLA Foundation was founded in 2007 to promote the international support, cooperation, exchange of information, education, research, and development within the scope of the library and information services sector in general. In addition, the Foundation seeks to protect, preserve, and document written andprinted cultural heritage, and all that is in connection with these purposes.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Public Knowledge
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mellon’s Public Knowledge program supports the creation andpreservation of the cultural and scholarly record—vast and ever-expanding—that documents society’s complex, intertwined humanity. The program works with archives, presses, and a range of university, public, and other local, national, and global libraries that are foundational to knowledge production and distribution in culture and the humanities. The program’s goal is to increase equitable access to deep knowledge that helps to build an informed, heterogeneous, and civically engaged society

SCIENCE & MATH

Full Proposal Deadline:
March 1, 2026

NSF 25-509: Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical theories, techniques, and approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers. It supports truly integrative research projects in mathematical biology that address challenging and significant biological questions through novel applications of traditional, but nontrivial, mathematical tools and methods or the development of new mathematical theories particularly from foundational mathematics, including the mathematical foundation of Artificial Intelligence/Deep Learning/Machine Learning (AI/DL/ML) enabling explainable AI or mechanistic insight. The program emphasizes the uses of mathematical methodologies to advance our understanding of complex, dynamic, and heterogenous biological systems at all scales (molecular, cellular, organismal, population, ecosystems, evolutionary, etc.).

Full Proposal Deadline:
September 26, 2026

FY 2024 – 2026 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), National Marine Fisheries Service
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
This BAA is for the National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries. The purpose of this notice is to request applications for special projects and programs associated with the NOAA Fisheries strategic plan and mission goals.
- Strategic Goal 1: Adaptively Manage Fisheries for Sustainability and Economic Competitiveness
- Strategic Goal 2: Safeguard Protected Species and Propel Their Recovery
- Strategic Goal 3: Diversify our Workforce, Promote Equity and Environmental Justice, and Improve our Mission Performance Through Organizational Excellence

Full Proposal Deadline:
October 9, 2026

Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The National Science Foundation Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering (ENG), and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) will jointly sponsor research collaborations consisting of mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, engineers, and social and behavioral scientists focused on the mathematical and theoretical foundations of AI. Research activities should focus on the most challenging mathematical and theoretical questions aimed at understanding the capabilities, limitations, and emerging properties of AI methods as well as the development of novel, and mathematically grounded, design and analysis principles for the current and next generation of AI approaches.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
This program supports genome-scale research that addresses challenging questions of biological, societal and economic importance. PGRP encourages the development of innovative tools, technologies and resources that empower a broad plant research community to answer scientific questions on a genome-wide scale. Emphasis is placed on the scale and depth of the question being addressed and the creativity of the approach.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity) Program supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The Capacity Program focuses on building capacity in research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers in three programmatic areas: Cyberinfrastructure, Biological Collections, and Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research Program (Innovation) supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area. The Innovation Program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods. Infrastructure supported by this program is expected to advance biological understanding by improving scientists’ abilities to manipulate, control, analyze, or measure critical aspects of biological systems, which can be essential for addressing important fundamental research questions. 

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) (DEB)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, and ecosystems. DEB encourages research that elucidates fundamental principles that identify and explain the unity anddiversity of life and its interactions with the environment over space and time. Research may incorporate field, laboratory, or collection-based approaches; observational or manipulative studies; synthesis activities; phylogenetic discovery projects; or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. 

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (MCB)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
MCB supports research that promises to uncover the fundamental properties of living systems across atomic, molecular, subcellular, and cellular scales. The program gives high priority to projects that advance mechanistic understanding of the structure, function, and evolution of molecular, subcellular, and cellular systems, especially research that aims at quantitative and predictive knowledge of complex behavior and emergent properties. MCB encourages research exploring new concepts in molecular and cellular biology, while incorporating insights and approaches from other scientific disciplines, such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, and physics, to illuminate principles that govern life at the molecular and cellular level.

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Full Proposal Deadline:
January 29, 2026
August 27, 2026

Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.  As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the production and use of official statistics.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 4, 2026

Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences program seeks to advance the development and adoption of innovative artificial intelligence (AI) methods to increase scientific understanding of the Earth system. The program supports projects that advance AI techniques and/or innovative uses of sophisticated or novel AI methods to enable significant breakthroughs in addressing geoscience research question(s) by building partnerships between experts in AI and Geosciences. The key characteristic of a CAIG project is its potential to both answer important geoscience questions and improve AI techniques while also bringing together experts from both the AI and geoscience fields.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026
August 6, 2026

Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supports research that enhances understanding of human behavior by leveraging data and network science research across a broad range of topics. HNDS research will identify ways in which dynamic, distributed, or heterogeneous data can provide novel answers to fundamental questions about individual or group behavior. HNDS is especially interested in proposals that provide data-rich insights about human networks to support improved health, prosperity, and security.

Full Proposal Deadline:
July 15, 2026

Social Psychology
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Social Psychology Program invites research and infrastructure proposals that advance knowledge of how human behavior is influenced by macro- and micro-level social forces, including how thought, motivation, emotion, neural, and physiological processes explain ways of thinking about and relating to self and others. Proposed research should carry strong potential for groundbreaking discoveries about the power of social dynamics to shape peoples’ attitudes, behavior, and experience. Basic research that connects to emerging and ongoing global challenges is especially encouraged.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Law & Science (LS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological. Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences. Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors. 

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Sociology Program
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. This includes research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender, race and the sociology of science and technology. The program supports both original data collection and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Notice of Intent Deadline:
January 26, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
April 27, 2026

ROSES 2025: Research and Development of Initiatives for Advanced New Technologies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Research and Development of Initiatives of Advanced New Technologies (RADIANT) is a program element of the Heliophysics Division which enables the use of the full range ofartificial intelligence tools to advance scientific research in understanding the Sun and its interactions with the Earth and the Solar System. This competed research component (RADIANT) program element solicits proposals that demonstrate critically needed artificial intelligence tools to advance heliophysics science research which is described in B.1 the Heliophysics Researchoverview. The highest priority is given to the validation andapplication of the recently released Helio Foundation Model (FM) which was developed over the past year as a collaboration between the Heliophysics Division (HPD) at NASA Headquarters and NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) Office.

RSP Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline:
February 4, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
April 7, 2026

National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds (NQVL)
National Science Foundation
The NQVL aims to develop and utilize use-inspired and application-oriented quantum technologies. In the process, NQVL researchers will explore quantum frontiers6, foster the development of QISE education and workforce development strategies, engage in outreach activities at all levels, and promote input and participation from the full spectrum of diverse talent in QISE, thereby lowering barriers at all entry points of the research enterprise. Engagement with all sectors of the United States (U.S.) QISE community will be necessary for this initiative to succeed, and, indeed, the project is designed to include participation from a full spectrum of organizations who have expertise to contribute. In particular, NSF recognizes that the involvement of industry partners is essential and will welcome these to be a part of the overall structure. Partnerships with other U.S. Federal agencies under the NQI umbrella are also encouraged. This grant is a limited submission.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 5, 2026

Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning (AIMing) program seeks to support research at the interface of innovative computational and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and new strategies/technologies in mathematical reasoning to automate knowledge discovery. Mathematical reasoning is a central ability of human intelligence that plays an important role in knowledge discovery. In the last decades, both the mathematics and computer science communities have contributed to research in machine-assisted mathematical reasoning, encompassing conjecture, proof, and verification. This has been in the form of both formal methods and interactive theorem provers, as well as using techniques from artificial intelligence. Recent technological advances have led to a surge of interest in machine-assisted mathematical reasoning from the mathematical sciences, formal methods, and AI communities. In turn, advances in this field have potential impact on research in AI.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 9, 2026

Growing Convergence Research (GCR)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
This GCR solicitation targets multidisciplinary teams who are embracing convergence research as a means of developing highly innovative solutions to complex research problems. GCR proposals are expected to be bold and address scientific or technical challenges and bottlenecks which if resolved have the potential to transform scientific understanding and solve vexing problems. Successful GCR projects are anticipated to lead to paradigm shifting approaches within disciplines, establishment of new scientific communities, or development of transformative technologies that have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 9, 2026
September 9, 2026

A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)
National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NSF and NIH are interested in proposals that will propel our understanding of the biomedical research enterprise by drawing from the scientific expertise of the science of science policy research community.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 10, 2026

Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Supports research focused on advancing knowledge and theory on the social science of scientific discovery; theories, models and data improving our understanding of scientific communication; and how science advances evidence-based policymaking and public value.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 11, 2026
August 5, 2026

The Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Program
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL) supports potentially transformative research that develops basic theoretical insights and fundamental knowledge about principles, processes and mechanisms of learning, and about augmented intelligence — how human cognitive function can be augmented through interactions with others or with technology, or through variations in context.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 16, 2026

NIDCR Small Research Grants for Analyses of Existing Genomics Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health
This opportunity supports meritorious research projects that address research questions relevant to human dental, oral, or craniofacial (DOC) biology, and diseases and conditions, through analysis of existing and publicly available genomic data, with or without other types of complementary data, using statistical and computational approaches. Data analysis for each project can be performed using existing and/or novel methods to be developed in the proposed project(s), including methods for data and metadata mining, data integration, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)/Deep Learning (DL) methods. Projects aimed at understanding oral health disparities to inform strategies for improving health for all individuals are a priority. Projects focused on investigating and/or characterizing human biological pathways to inform identification of intervention targets or defining the pathogenicity of known genetic variants are encouraged.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 26, 2026

Addressing Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction
Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI)
HABRI is issuing a call for research proposals from institutions and organizations across the globe to investigate the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or animal-assisted interventions (AAI), both for the people and the animals involved. Proposals should have a strong theoretical framework and focus on innovative approaches to studying the positive effects of companion animals on human health.

RSP Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline:
February 26, 2026

Full Proposal Deadline:
May 25, 2026

NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The goal of the Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) program is to strengthen research training environments and develop a pool of well-trained students who: Complete their baccalaureate degrees in biomedically-related fields, and Transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (such as Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.). The proposed research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare trainees for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the nation. This grant is a limited submission.

Full Proposal Deadline:
April 1 2026 - April 7, 2026

Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE)
National Science Foundation
The Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) program invites innovative multidisciplinary and multisector investigations focused on convergent research and education activities in wildland fire. All areas of science, engineering, and education supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation are included in this program. Projects developed by a wide array of groups including, for example, academics, educators, scientists, community members, students, industry partners, practitioners, resource managers, and Tribal representatives, working together to generate new knowledge of the interactions among biological, social, geoscientific, and engineering processes encompassing multiple fields, scales, and perspectives on wildland fire are encouraged.

Full Proposal Deadline:
(Cycle 2) May 25, 2026
(Cycle 3) September 25, 2026

Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
This NOFO invites grant applications that support healthcare safety by determining (1) whether and how certain breakthrough uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can affect patient safety; and (2) how AI systems can be safely implemented and used. AI has the potential to improve the safety, effectiveness, efficiency, accessibility, and affordability of healthcare. However, as with most technologies, this potential must be balanced by identifying and mitigating potential risks for patient harm and user burden.

Full Proposal Deadline:
May 27, 2026
September 28, 2026

Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of SuRE awards is to provide support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who are not currently funded by any NIH Research Project Grants (RPGs) with the exception of SuRE or SuRE-First awards, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences, and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.

Full Proposal Deadline:
May 27, 2026
September 28, 2026

Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The purpose of SuRE-First awards is to provide support for investigator-initiated research at resource-limited institutions by full-time faculty who have not had any prior independent, peer-reviewed, external research grants, to furnish students with high-quality undergraduate and/or graduate research experiences, and to enhance the institutional scientific research culture.

Full Proposal Deadline:
June 30, 2026

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Education and Workforce Program
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
This NOFO is for STEM education programs and activities, which is formal or informal education that is primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics disciplines, topics, or issues (including environmental science education or stewardship). STEM education programs and activities that could be supported by this NOFO include one or more of the following as the primary objective:
(1) Develop learners’ knowledge, skill, or interest in STEM.
(2) Attract students to pursue certifications, licenses, or degrees (two-year degrees through post- doctoral degrees) or careers in STEM fields.
(3) Provide growth and research opportunities for post-secondary, college and graduate students in STEM fields, such as working with researchers or conducting research that is primarily intended to further education.
(4) Improve mentor/educator (K-12 pre-service or in-service, post-secondary, and informal) quality in STEM areas.
(5) Improve or expand the capacity of institutions to promote or foster STEM fields

Full Proposal Deadline:
July 22, 2026

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
National Science Foundation
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from early-career faculty at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.

Full Proposal Deadline:
September 26, 2026

FY 2024 – 2026 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), National Marine Fisheries Service
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
This BAA is for the National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries. The purpose of this notice is to request applications for special projects and programs associated with the NOAA Fisheries strategic plan and mission goals.
- Strategic Goal 1: Adaptively Manage Fisheries for Sustainability and Economic Competitiveness
- Strategic Goal 2: Safeguard Protected Species and Propel Their Recovery
- Strategic Goal 3: Diversify our Workforce, Promote Equity and Environmental Justice, and Improve our Mission Performance Through Organizational Excellence

Full Proposal Deadline:
March 31, 2027

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement
U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) | Department of the Army | United States Department of Defense (DOD)
The USMA BAA seeks proposals from institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, foreign organizations, foreign public entities, and for-profit organizations (i.e., large and small businesses) for research based on the following campaigns: Socio-Cultural; Information Technology; Ballistics, Weapons, and Protections; Energy andSustainability; Materials, Measurements, and Facilities; Unmanned Systems and Space; Human Support Systems; andArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Quantum Technologies.

Full Proposal Deadline:
February 8, 2028

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program (NDEP)
Department of Defense (DoD)
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.

Full Proposal Deadline:
December 4, 2028

Foundations of Trusted Systems
Department of Defense (DoD)
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research, development, integration, test and evaluation oftechnologies/techniques to establish trusted foundations for hardware and software that enables secure, resilient andaffordable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, andIntelligence (C4I) and Cyber technologies (C4I and Cyber Technologies) information processing systems.

Full Proposal Deadline:
July 31, 2029

Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI)
Department of Defense (DoD)
The DEVCOM ARL invites applications from covered educational institutions that meet the 10 U.S.C. § 4144 objective to enhance defense-related research and education. The statutory objective shall be accomplished through initiatives designed to: (1) enhance the research and educational capabilities in areas of importance to national defense; (2) increase the number of graduates STEM disciplines; and (3) encourage research and educational collaborations between such institutions and other institutions of higher education, Government defense organizations, and the defense industry.

Full Proposal Deadline:
September 30, 2029

CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for research, prototyping, and commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the U.S., to be considered for funding by the CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO). The objectives are to grow U.S. leadership in semiconductor technology and accelerate the pace of commercialization to enable technology dominance in the industries of the future, in areas including advanced microelectronics research anddevelopment with a nexus to Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Technology, Biotechnology, Biomanufacturing, Commercialization of Innovation, and/or Standards Development.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Innovation Corps - National Innovation Network Teams Program (I-CorpsTM Teams)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The goals of the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program, created in 2011 by NSF, are to spur translation of fundamental research to the marketplace, to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, and to train NSF-funded faculty, students and other researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship skills. The purpose of the I-Corps Teams program is to identify NSF-funded researchers to receive additional support in the form of entrepreneurial education, mentoring, and funding to accelerate the translation of knowledge derived from fundamental research into emerging products and services that may attract subsequent third-party funding

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Environmental Engineering
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Environmental Engineering program supports potentially transformative fundamental research that applies scientific and engineering principles to 1) prevent, minimize, or re-use solid, liquid, and gaseous discharges of pollution to soil, water, and air by closing resource loops or through other measures; 2) mitigate the ecological and human-health impacts of such releases by smart/adaptive/reactive amendments or manipulation of the environment; and 3) remediate polluted environments through engineered chemical, biological, and/or geo-physical processes.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Environmental Sustainability
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Environmental Sustainability program promotes sustainable engineered systems that support human well-being and that are also compatible with sustaining natural (environmental) systems. These systems provide ecological services vital for human survival. Research efforts supported by the program typically consider long time horizons and may incorporate contributions from the social sciences and ethics. The program supports engineering research that seeks to balance society's need to provide ecological protection and maintain stable economic conditions.

Full Proposal Deadline:
Continuous

Fluid Dynamics
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Fluid Dynamics program is part of the Transport Phenomena cluster, which also includes 1) the Combustion and Fire Systems program; 2) the Particulate and Multiphase Processes program; and 3) the Thermal Transport Processes program. The Fluid Dynamics program supports fundamental research toward gaining an understanding of the physics of various fluid dynamics phenomena. Proposed research should contribute to basic scientific understanding using and/or creating innovative experimental, theoretical, and/or computational methods.

Joshua Einhorn-Martinez x6881 Michael D. Eisner College of Education (MDECOE)
Teresa Morrison x6964 Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication (MCCAMC)
Alby Luchko x6135 College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Kevin Barney x3082 College of Science and Math
Dr. Edgar Lopez x6776 Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) - Research and grantDevelopment Officer

PRE-AWARD LIAISONS
Adriana Harrington x7810 | College of Humanities, MDECOE, Physics & Astronomy, MCCAMC
Anna Danielian x3348 | Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS), College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Charlene Manzueta x5008 | Build II
Damian Velazquez x3441 | College of Engineering & Computer Science, David Nazarian College ofBusiness and Economics (DNCBAE)
Erika Bautista Lopez x5435 | Administration & Finance Division, Academic Affairs, Center for Assessment, Research & Evaluation (CARE), HERE Center (SBS & HHD), Institute for Community Health & Well-Being, Strength United, Student Affairs, Tseng College of Extended Learning, Health Sciences
Michael Epping x7975 | Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics, Geological Sciences, Institute for Sustainability, University Library, Bookstein Institute for Higher Education in Taxation
Tony Chinakwe x5633 | Biology, Health & Human Development, Marilyn Magaram Center (MMC), Radio Station KCSN

POST-AWARD LIAISONS
Jose Llamas x3379 | CARE, Strength United, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, MCCAMC, President's Office, Radio Station KCSN, Tseng College of Extended Learning, University Library
Joseph Galvan x5416 | Institute for Community Health & Well-Being, MMC, Biology, Health & Human Development
Marie Rillorta x2607 | BUILD-II, Mathematics, ARCS, Engineering & Computer Science, Humanities,
RJ Horawala Arachchige x6414 | Engineering & Computer Science, 
Sabrina Quevedo x7262 | Chemistry & Biochemistry, Social Work, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Sustainability
Ying Zhu x2671 | Geological Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, DNCBAE, MDECOE
Grace Slavik x 3498 | Administration and Financial Division