Inside Tarleton Research & Funding Opportunities |
Below are important announcements, resources and funding opportunities with deadlines that generally offer at least two months lead time. Should you need assistance identifying the right grant opportunities for your research, please fill out the Funding Opportunity Search Assistance (FOSA) form. If you wish to pursue any of these opportunities, please complete the Notice of Intent to Seek External Funding (NOISE) form at least 15 business days in advance of the submission deadline.
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FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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National Institutes of Health (HHS)
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01)
Application Due Dates: Standard Due Dates of October 5, February 5 or June 5
AHRQ invites health services research grant applications aligned with its priorities, including improving healthcare quality and safety, enhancing delivery and practice, and promoting whole-person care across all healthcare settings. Research may involve collaboration among diverse stakeholders such as patients, clinicians, policymakers, healthcare organizations, and government entities.
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Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF)
Research Grants
Application Due Date: August 22, 2025
Research Grant Awards support experienced investigators studying hypotheses related to Dravet syndrome, focusing on epileptogenesis mechanisms, enhanced models, cellular and genetic pathogenesis, comorbidities, SUDEP, and novel treatments, including overcoming gene-therapy challenges.
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National Institutes of Health (HHS)
Occupational Safety and Health Training Grants (RFA-OH-25-003)
Application Due Dates: LOI September 30, 2025; Full proposal October 30,2025
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) offers Training Project Grants (TPGs) to support high-quality training in occupational safety and health (OSH). Primarily awarded to academic institutions, these grants fund undergraduate through post-graduate programs to ensure a well-qualified workforce in OSH and related fields. TPGs help NIOSH fulfill its mandate under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Limited Submission
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS & AGRICULTURE |
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Project Apis m.
Application Due Date: October 1, 2025
PAm is dedicated to enhancing the health of honey bees, thereby improving crop production. Researchers can submit proposals at any time and there are 3 review cycles per year (with deadlines for each review cycle of February 1, June 1 and October 1).
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Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
F25AS00228 Candidate Species Conservation Fund
Application Due Date: September 30, 2025
The FWS promotes proactive, voluntary conservation efforts with various partners to protect at-risk species (fish, wildlife and plants) before they require listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This approach aims to improve species' habitats and populations early on, potentially avoiding ESA listing and reducing regulatory burdens.
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Engineering Information Foundation
Application Due Date: August 31, 2025
This NOFO supports developmental projects, instructional projects, and training programs in engineering education and research that fit the Foundation’s fields of interest. These currently include 1) enhancing communication and use of information skills of engineering students, and 2) recruiting and retaining women in engineering.
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National Science Foundation
Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)
Application Due Date: August 12, 2025
ECLPISE supports translational research and workforce development at the interface of fundamental plasma science and technological innovation. The primary goal is to identify and capitalize on opportunities for bringing fundamental plasma science investigations to bear on problems of societal and technological need within the scope of science and engineering supported by the participating NSF programs.
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National Science Foundation
Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation) (NSF-23-578) Application Due Date: Proposals Accepted Anytime
Supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research areas supported by the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences. Focus areas include research infrastructure broadly applicable to researchers in 3 areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods.
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National Science Foundation
Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) Core (NSF 24-543)
Application Due Date: Accepted Anytime
Supports research and training focused on understanding evolutionary and ecological processes across various biological and spatial scales, encouraging diverse methodological approaches including fieldwork, laboratory, synthesis or theoretical approaches involving analytical, statistical, or computational modeling. It promotes interdisciplinary studies, while directing marine-related research to appropriate programs within DEB or the Division of Ocean Sciences.
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National Science Foundation
Plant Biotic Interactions (NSF 20-576)
Application Due Date: Accepted Anytime
This program supports research on the mechanisms governing beneficial and antagonistic interactions between plants and their symbionts, pathogens, and pests, focusing on both fundamental and translational efforts relevant to agriculture. Proposals must justify their relevance to fundamental biological processes or agricultural applications and may involve molecular, genomic, metabolic, and cellular processes.
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American Floral Endowment
AFE Research Funding
Application Due Date: August 1, 2025
This program supports innovative research that advances the floral industry by addressing scientific challenges such as disease, pests, and environmental issues, benefiting growers and consumers alike. Priority areas include sustainable production practices, automation and AI, biocontrol of pests, advanced breeding technology, and postharvest technology.
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NSF
Applied Mathematics (PD-16-1266)
Application Due Date: November 17, 2025
The Applied Mathematics program supports research that advances mathematical innovation while addressing problems in science and engineering, with emphasis on broad and high-impact applications. Proposals are encouraged to include rigorous training for junior applied mathematicians and may range from individual to interdisciplinary team projects. Conference and workshop proposals must follow specific guidelines and timelines, including early submission and special requirements for budgets over $50,000.
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United States Army
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Extremely Sparse Data ARL-BAA-0038
Application Due Date: Ongoing through November 2027
The Army faces challenges in training AI/ML systems due to limited data in dynamic and uncertain environments. The Army Research Lab (ARL) seeks research to develop hybrid neuro-symbolic systems capable of learning and inferring under extreme epistemic uncertainty by combining data-driven methods with expert knowledge and uncertainty-aware processing. Key goals include improving learning with limited data, enabling efficient edge computing, and advancing distributed inference using graphical neural networks.
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American Quarter Horse Foundation
Application Due Dates: Pre-proposal October 1, 2025; Full proposal February 1, 2026
AQHF invites research proposals to advance the health and well-being of the American Quarter Horse through outcome-driven studies aligned with its mission and priorities. Proposals should address key focus areas such as equine welfare, genomics, infectious diseases, microbiome science, and nutrition. Projects must support AQHF’s mission to promote relevant basic and applied research and its vision of fostering collaborative, innovative equine science.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE, ARTS, HUMANITIES, BUSINESS & EDUCATION |
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National Science Foundation
Sociology PD-98-1331
Application Due Date: Accepted Anytime
This program supports theoretically grounded empirical research on human social organization and processes of change, emphasizing projects that improve the understanding of fundamental social processes. Proposals must be theoretically focused, empirically based, methodologically appropriate, and advance knowledge of social structures and processes, evaluated on intellectual merit and broader impacts.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
Celebrate America! Chairman’s Grants in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary (20271231-AH-GA-HC-PB-RJ)
Application Due Date: Rolling Deadline
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of American Independence in 2026, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is launching the Celebrate America! initiative, offering 250 challenge grants of up to $25,000 for projects that explore the nation's founding, key figures, and historic milestones. Funded through federal matching, applicants must secure nonfederal contributions equal to the amount requested. Eligible activities include public programs, exhibits, educational materials, digital projects, and scholarly research with broad public impact.
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CROSS CUTTING OPPORTUNITIES |
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National Science Foundation
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Application Due Date: August 20, 2025
This program supports active research by undergraduates in NSF-funded research across various disciplines through REU Sites. REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research in a single discipline or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme.
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National Science Foundation
Law & Science (LS)
Application Due Dates: August 1, 2025 or January 15, 2026
This program supports interdisciplinary and multi-methodological proposals that examine the relationship between human behavior and law, legal processes, and the application of science and technology in legal contexts. Research areas include crime, cyberspace, economic issues, environmental science, forensic science, governance, human rights, and emerging technologies, with funding available for standard research, collaborative research, conferences, and specialized NSF opportunities.
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National Science Foundation
Cultural Anthropology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (CA-DDRIG) (NSF 24-605)
Application Due Dates: August 15, 2025 or January 15, 2026
Supports basic scientific research on human social and cultural variability, welcoming empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically sophisticated proposals. While not funding research aimed at clinical practice, humanistic understanding, or applied policy, the program prioritizes studies on sociocultural drivers of environmental and social processes, resilience, conflict, economy, kinship, health, biocultural dynamics, social regulation, and the origins of sociocultural complexity, including support for doctoral dissertation projects in these areas.
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Cross Cutting with MCOE and COSM |
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National Science Foundation (NSF 24-554)
Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning
Application Due Date: February 5, 2026
This supports research at the interface of innovative computations and AI technologies and new strategies/technologies in mathematical reasoning to automate knowledge discovery. Recent technological advances have led to a surge of interest in machine-assisted mathematical reasoning from the mathematical sciences, formal methods, and AI communities.
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Cross Cutting with COANR, COHS, COSM and MCOE |
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The Greenwall Foundation
The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Application Due Date: LOI September 16, 2025; Full proposal anticipated January 13, 2026
This is a career development award to enable early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alums.
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RIED UPCOMING TRAINING AND EVENTS |
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Research Pre-Award, Post-Award & Compliance Training Opportunities
RIED's Research Operations team supports training for all grant management functions, including Pre-Award, Post-Award, and Research Compliance Processes. Please contact Dr. Deb Roark, Assistant Vice President of Research Operations to schedule training for your department. PIVOT training is also available upon request. August training dates will be announced soon.
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GRANT WRITING RESOURCES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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National Institutes of Health |
NIH includes a website specifically for planning and writing your grant application. READ MORE
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NIH provides attachment format examples, sample language, and more resources on this site so researchers can see how others presented their ideas. READ MORE
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National Science Foundation |
NSF shares updates on NSF priorities and FAQs related to recent executive orders and their impact for the research community. READ MORE
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Ready to pursue an external funding opportunity?
(Grant, Research Contract, LOI)?
Start by completing the NOISE form.
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