Tarleton State Research and Development Funding Opportunities |
Welcome to Tarleton State's Research Development Newsletter!
Here you will find important announcements, funding opportunities and Research Development's Curated Approach Pivot-RP links.
If you need assistance identifying the right grant opportunities for your research, please fill out the Funding Opportunity Search Assistance (FOSA) form. Dr. Wolfe, Assistant Vice President of Research Development, or Kat Keith, Research Services Coordinator, will contact you to discuss ideas and explore directions for funding.
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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USDA Updated General Terms and Conditions |
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TAMUS Research Excellence Fund Internal Processes |
In response to the TAMUS Research Excellence Fund (REF) solicitation, RIED has developed the following webpage to provide Tarleton State researchers with the internal REF submission information and guidelines: https://www.tarleton.edu/research/tamus-research-excellence-fund-internal-submission-information/
Please note that Tarleton State University has a limit on the total number of proposal submissions and awarded projects we can receive. In order for RIED to review, approve and submit a proposal, an internal deadline has been set for each REF program.
We highly encourage you to strategically connect with your TAMUS colleagues for collaborative support on REF proposals external to Tarleton State's submissions. As needed, RIED is here to facilitate cross-institutional collaboration for Tarleton State faculty and researchers.
Direct specific TAMUS REF program questions to TAMUS via ref@tamus.edu.
No NOISE Form is required for TAMUS REF proposal submission.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Faculty Fellowship Program – Internal Deadline: June 30, 2026
Proposal Cost Share Program – Internal Deadline: 6-weeks prior to external solicitation deadline. Now accepting proposals through July 15, 2026
Faculty Hiring and Retention Program – Internal Deadline: Aug. 31, 2026
Specific internal submission details are listed on our internal TAMUS REF Guidelines webpage.
If you have questions regarding the remaining REF programs, please do not hesitate to reach out to RIED.
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RIED UPCOMING TRAINING AND EVENTS |
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Strategic Grant Writing Workshop: USDA and DoD, with Hanover
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
RSVP
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Research Misconduct Training
Friday, Sept. 18, 2026
10 - 11 a.m.
Location:
Research and Economic Development Building
1225 N. US Hwy 281, Stephenville, TX 76401
RSVP
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Research Pre-Award, Post-Award and Compliance Training Opportunities
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RIED supports training for all grant management and research development functions, including Pre-Award, Research Compliance, Post-Award Processes and finding funding opportunities. Please contact us via email at research@tarleton.edu to schedule training for your department.
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FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES |
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Traumatic Brain Injury Data and Rehabilitation Research
Link: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360498
Sponsor: Administration for Community Living (ACL), HHS
Awards: Upper $800,000
Deadlines: July 29, 2026
Summary: This initiative focuses on advancing medical rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) by maintaining a national longitudinal database, ensuring high-quality data collection, and supporting rigorous research. It aims to improve independent living and employment outcomes for people with disabilities through enhanced methodologies and collaborative efforts
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Established Investigator Grant
Link: https://scleroderma.org/grant-opportunities/
Sponsor: National Scleroderma Foundation
Awards: $200,000
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2026
Summary: Supports rigorous clinical research to enhance perioperative nursing practices and improve patient outcomes. Prioritizes studies aligned with AORN Research Priorities, emphasizing generalizable findings that advance nursing science beyond specific samples and settings.
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COLLEGE OF KINESIOLOGY AND SPORT SCIENCE |
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Development of Continuous C-Peptide Monitoring Technologies
Link: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/explore-research/funding-opportunities/
Sponsor: Breakthrough T1D
Awards: $900,000
Deadline: Dec. 4, 2026 – LOI Due
Summary: Breakthrough T1D invites applications to develop continuous C-peptide monitoring (CCPM) technologies. • Applications focused on early-stage development of sensor technologies, preclinical/feasibility studies and early-stage clinical evaluation of CCPM technologies will be considered.
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Preventive Health Science Clinical Research Awards
Link: https://voloridge .com/health
Sponsor: Voloridge Health, LLC
Awards: $50,000
Deadline: Continuous
Summary: This opportunity focuses on preventive health science, supporting research on digital therapeutics, dietary and exercise interventions, and environmental impacts on health. Key areas include metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart health, lipid management, and environmental exposures to improve health outcomes.
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COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONS |
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OREF Multimodal Musculoskeletal Perioperative Pain Management Grant in collaboration with ANNA Foundation.
Link: https://www.oref.org/for-researchers/funding-opportunities/grant-details/pain-management
Sponsor: Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) / American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Foundation (ANNA)
Awards: $45,000
Deadline: Aug. 13, 2026, LOI Deadline
Summary: This funding opportunity solicits investigator-initiated research proposals focused on perioperative musculoskeletal pain management, with an emphasis on opioid-sparing strategies that leverage non-narcotic and multimodal pain control approaches. Proposed studies may also evaluate the safety and effectiveness of regional anesthesia techniques in orthopedic surgery, including their impact on patient-reported outcomes, functional recovery, and overall perioperative care.
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Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (34 Clinical Trial Option)
Link: Search Results Detail | Grants.gov
Sponsor: NIH, HHS
Awards: ~ $450,000
Deadline: Oct. 21, 2026
Summary: This initiative supports planning and feasibility studies to enhance health in Native American populations. It emphasizes culturally appropriate interventions in health promotion, disease prevention, and treatment, requiring collaboration with tribal partners to ensure scientific rigor and cultural relevance.
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DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS |
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS |
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ROSES 2025: INNOVATE
Link: https://pivot.proquest.com/funding_opps/ca0971db-4e18-43b4-8e8c-f2f1552f7976
Sponsor: Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and NASA
Awards: Varies
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2026
Summary: This opportunity seeks innovative projects leveraging NASA Earth observation data and models to bridge the gap between proof-of-concept and practical applications. Emphasis is on advancing decision-making systems to support the U.S. economy, national security, and societal benefits through efficient, value-driven solutions.
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Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Link: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/mathematical-foundations-artificial-intelligence/nsf24-569/solicitation
Sponsor: NSF
Awards: $500,000 - $1.M
Deadline: Oct. 9, 2026
Summary: This opportunity focuses on addressing foundational gaps in AI through mathematical research. Key areas include understanding AI capabilities and limitations, developing rigorous design principles, validating algorithms, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to create reliable, general-purpose AI systems for societal and scientific advancements.
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MAYFIELD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING |
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Energy Markets, Decarbonization and Trade
Link: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals
Sponsor: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Awards: Varies
Deadline: Forecasted (Oct. 2026)
Summary: This research explores the interplay between energy markets, decarbonization goals, and international trade. Topics include carbon border adjustments, renewable energy trade, fossil fuel policies, sanctions, comparative advantage, and economic impacts of energy-related trade policies on climate, security, and global markets.
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Energy & Environment
Link: https://sloan.org/programs/research/energy-and-environment
Sponsor: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Awards: Varies
Deadline: Continuous
Summary: This program supports research on transitioning to low-carbon energy systems in the U.S., focusing on energy markets, net zero technologies, transportation, equity, industrial decarbonization, and climate adaptation. It promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, early-career involvement, and linking research with practice.
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
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Michelson Grants and Prize in Reproductive Biology
Link: http://www.michelsonprizeandgrants.org/michelson-grants
Sponsor: Michelson Philanthropies
Awards: $250,000
Deadlines: Continuous
Summary: This opportunity focuses on developing a single-dose, permanent, nonsurgical sterilization method for male and female dogs and cats. It encourages innovative research in animal genetics, reproduction, and veterinary medicine, aiming to improve animal welfare and husbandry practices.
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Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
Link: Opportunity Listing - Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026
Sponsor: USDA, AMS
Awards: $250,000
Deadline: Oct. 16, 2026
Summary: The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service invites applications for the FY 2026 Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program, which supports collaborative partnerships across multiple states or territories. The program funds projects with measurable outcomes that address regional or national challenges affecting specialty crops, such as food safety, pests and disease, research, and marketing. Funded projects must enhance the competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops in domestic and international markets.
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EDU Core Research
Link: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/362422
Sponsor: NSF
Awards: $500,000 – $2.5M
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2026
Summary: This opportunity supports fundamental research on STEM learning, broadening participation in STEM fields, and workforce development. Focuses on generating explanatory knowledge to enhance STEM education across diverse learners, settings, and age groups, with long-term implications for educational practice and equity.
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Small Research Grants on Education
Link: http://www.spencer.org/small-research-grants
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation
Awards: $50,000
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2026
Summary: This program supports innovative, field-initiated research across disciplines such as history, philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, economics, psychology, and sociology to address critical questions and opportunities in education, fostering intellectually ambitious and methodologically sound studies to improve education broadly.
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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS |
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Legal Assistance Enhancement Program Grants
Link: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/deb21960-8b7b-4507-84fd-3ad7a24fb22d
Sponsor: ACL – Administration for Community Living
Awards: $100,000 - $250,000
Deadline: Aug. 25, 2026
Summary: This opportunity helps to carry out Older Americans Act Section 307(a)(11), and 45 C.F.R. 1321.93 and 1324.303, ... to expand or improve the delivery of legal services to older adults through public-private partnerships at the state and local levels. Enhancements made to this funding opportunity will support measurable and sustainable improvements to the delivery of a full range of legal assistance to older adults, from legal advice to full representation.
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Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship
Link: https://www.ala.org/grants/louise-seaman-bechtel-fellowship
Sponsor: ALA
Awards: ~ $7,500
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2026
Summary: The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship provides a grant to a qualified children’s librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville.
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DR. SAM PACK COLLEGE OF BUSINESS |
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Academic Research Grants
Link: https://research.stellar.org/research-grants
Sponsor: Stellar Development Foundation
Awards: ~$150,000
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2026
Summary: This opportunity seeks research on blockchain applications for financial inclusion, decentralized markets, and cross-border payments. Focus areas include privacy, scalability, smart contracts, governance, incentive design, legal frameworks, and empirical studies, with an emphasis on novel contributions to cryptography, decentralized systems, and economic mechanisms.
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Advancing Freedom, Innovation, and Economic Growth
Link: https://www.atlasnetwork.org/awards/the-templeton-freedom-award
Sponsor: Atlas Network
Awards: $30,000 - $150,000
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2026
Summary: This opportunity is about recognizing transformative initiatives that alleviate poverty, advance individual liberty, and promote free competition through impactful public policy reforms or shifts in public attitudes. Emphasis on measurable outcomes in economic growth, social development, and fostering creativity in free markets.
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CROSS CUTTING OPPORTUNITIES |
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Cross Cutting with COANR, COSM, COB |
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FO: NPS Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Master Cooperative Agreements
Link: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/345083
Sponsor: National Park Service
Awards: Varies
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2027
Summary: This funding opportunity supports the establishment of Master Cooperative Agreements between the National Park Service (NPS) and Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network partners to advance research, technical assistance, education, and capacity-building activities that inform the stewardship of natural and cultural resources. Through collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, the program leverages the expertise of universities, government agencies, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to generate objective, actionable science that supports National Park System management and decision-making
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Cross Cutting with MCOE, COSM, COB |
SEEDING CRITICAL ADVANCES FOR LEADING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WITH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL (SCALEUP) READY
Link: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/356623
Sponsor: DOE, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
Awards: $5-20M
Deadline: Continuous
Summary: ARPA-E funds research on, and the development of, transformative science and technology solutions to address the energy and environmental missions of the Department. The agency focuses on technologies that can be meaningfully advanced with a modest investment over a defined period of time in order to catalyze the translation from scientific discovery to early-stage technology. For the latest news and information about ARPA-E, its programs and the research projects currently supported.
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Dr. Andy Wolfe, Assistant Vice President of Research Development
Kat Keith, Research Services Coordinator
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1225 N. US Highway 281 | Stephenville, TX 76401 US
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