March 27, 2026
Dear Deans, Chairs and Center/Institute Directors:
Please share these funding opportunities and related research news with your faculty.
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Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Awards |
Description: The Stony Brook Trustees Faculty Award recognizes promising early-career faculty for their significant contributions to research, scholarship, and art-making. These awards provide funding opportunities to support and advance their work in these areas. This award is offered by the Office of the Provost in collaboration with the Office for Research and Innovation.
Eligibility: Full-time, second-term assistant professors who have completed their review process and at least three years at Stony Brook
Deadline: Nominations due March 31, 2026
Learn more about and submit a nomination to the Trustees Faculty Awards
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Research Conference/Workshop Seed Grant Program Spring 2026 |
Spring 2026 OR&I (formerly OVPR) Seed Grant Program |
The seed grant program aims to give Stony Brook University faculty a competitive edge in securing external research funds by supporting and fostering innovative scientific and scholarly activities that will lead to the development of proposals with a greater likelihood of success. This cycle of the OR&I Seed Grant Program includes three priority areas: (1) Early Career, (2) Pivoting Research, and (3) Center-Scale Proposals. The OR&I Seed Grant Program is also open to all eligible applicants, and their research focuses within and beyond these three priority areas.
Eligibility: We are following the Principal Investigator (PI) Eligibility Policy. Please review it carefully to determine whether you need a letter from your Department Chair. Additional eligibility criteria can be found in the OR&I Seed Grant Program Request for Applications.
Award: Itemized budgets should not exceed $50,000 for early career proposals, pivoting research proposals, and other proposals outside of the three priority areas. Center Scale proposals can request up to $100,000. Typical project lengths should be 12-18 months.
Deadline: Full proposals due May 14, 2026 via the InfoReady OR&I Seed Grant Program Application Portal.
For more information, review the OR&I Seed Grant Program Request for Applications.
Questions: If you have questions or need further information, please email the Office of Proposal Development at OPD_OVPR@stonybrook.edu.
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Reports and Articles of Interest |
McAllister & Quinn Weekly Opportunity & Strategic Intelligence Overview |
Every week, McAllister & Quinn's Research Universities Practice sends out a weekly opportunity overview. These comprehensive lists encompass research and development opportunities relevant to R1 and R2 institutions across the Federal government. Visit OPD's Grant Proposal Resource Repository for the latest overview and an archive of previous overviews and other resources.
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Active Limited Competitions and Canvasses |
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Recent Federal Executive Orders and other federal actions affecting federally funded research have resulted in changes to some federal funding opportunities. Consequently, we may need to update our posted limited competitions to remain aligned with these ongoing adjustments. We encourage you to check our website regularly for the latest updates, in addition to canvass and internal competition details and instructions.
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Program: The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI
Sponsor: DOE
Type: Internal Competition Genesis Mission Call for Pre-applications
InfoReady Portal: DOE Genesis Mission Portal
Internal Deadline: March 30, 2026 at 9 am
External Deadline: Phase I Applications due April 28, 2026; Phase II LOIs due April 28, 2026 (strongly encouraged); Phase II Applications due May 19, 2026; Phase II Applications resulting from Phase I Awards due December 17, 2026
Institutional Limit: 1 as lead institution per focus area for Phase I and Phase II applications combined
Award Amount and Length: Phase I: $500K to $750K over 9 months; Phase II: Envisioned as 3 to 5 times the Phase I award over 3 years.
Additional Information: DOE Slides and notes taken by OPD at the Genesis Mission Informational Webinar held on March 26, 2026, including the upcoming webinars for individual DOE programs that are participating in this RFA.
Program: W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program
Sponsor: W.M. Keck Foundation
Type: Internal Competition W.M. Keck Foundation Call for Pre-applications
InfoReady Portal: Keck Foundation Portal
Internal Deadline: April 15, 2026 at 11:59 pm
External Deadline: Concept paper submission due June 15, 2026. Phase I application due November 1, 2026.
Institutional Limit: 8 concepts
Award Amount and Length: Typical grants are awarded $1M to $1.3M over 3 years
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Noteworthy Funding Opportunities |
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EREF Strategic Priorities RFP
Sponsor: Environmental Research & Education Foundation
Discipline(s): Sustainability, Climate Change, Contaminants, Recycling
Description: The EREF Board of Directors has set an initiative to ensure their funded research reflects EREF’s long-term strategic plan to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increased sustainable solid waste management practices. EREF’s strategic priorities are: (1) Climate Change Impacts/Greenhouse Gas Emissions; (2) Emerging Contaminants; (3) Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling.
Institutional Limit: No limit
PI Eligibility: Principal investigators (PI) must be qualified to do the work proposed and should be experts in the subject matter referenced in the pre-proposal/proposal. Typically this would include full-time faculty at academic institutions, post-doctoral employees, and principals or senior personnel at non-academic institutions. Graduate students are not eligible to be principal investigators.
Award: Previous awards $15,000 - $500,000. Average recent award: $160,000, typically for around 2 years. Proposed research of $300,000+ or longer than 3 years requires significant justification.
Cost Share: Not required
Deadline(s): Pre-Proposal due May 1, 2026; Full proposal (by invitation only) due 30 to 40 calendar days from notification date.
Development of Radiological/Nuclear Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) And Biodosimetry Devices
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
Discipline(s): Radiological/Nuclear Public Health Emergency
Description: The first goal is to support the development of safe and effective MCMs to mitigate and/or treat normal tissue injuries arising from exposure to ionizing radiation from a radiological or nuclear incident, thereby leading to a reduction in radiation-associated mortality and/or major morbidities. The second goal is to support advancement of biodosimetry biomarkers and/or devices to inform triage and treatment strategies for use during a radiation public health emergency.
Institutional Limit: No limit
PI Eligibility: No restrictions
Award: Not listed
Cost Share: Not required
Deadline(s): May 4, 2026
Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide
Sponsor: DARPA
Discipline(s): AI, Software, Cyber Security, Computer Science
Description: The Information Innovation Office (I2O) creates groundbreaking science and delivers future capabilities in the information and computational domains to surprise adversaries and maintain enduring advantage for national security.
Institutional Limit: No limit
PI Eligibility: No restriction
Award: Not listed
Cost Share: Cost sharing may be required for Other Transaction for Prototype or Other Transaction for Research Agreements
Deadline(s): Abstracts (required) due by November 1, 2026 (on a rolling basis); Proposals (by invitation only) due November 30, 2026 (on a rolling basis)
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