External Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities can be searched using PIVOT's Research Tool or contact the ORSP so that we may coordinate a search of opportunities where your research project meets the criteria and elligibility set forth by the sponsor.
Below is a sample of recently announced funding opportunities. This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather a collection of available opportunities that are currently out there. If you want to find an opportunity that best fits your interests, please reach out and make an appointment to come in and meet with ORSP staff.

Agency |
Program Title |
Description & Link |
Due Date |
| Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) | Research Grant |
Strategic Priorities: (1) Climate Change Impacts/Greenhouse Gas Emissions; (2) Emerging Contaminants; (3) Advancing Materials Circularity & Recycling |
12/1 and 5/1/26 (Pre-poposals) |
| American Philosophical Society | Franklin Research Grants |
Funds help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin-research-grants |
12/01/2025. |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Scholarly Editions & Translations |
Supports collaborative teams who are editing, annotating, and translating foundational humanities texts that are vital to generating new scholarship but are inaccessible or only available in inadequate editions or translations. https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/scholarly-editions-and-translations-grants |
12/03/2025 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Chairman's Grants in Honor of America's 250th Anniversary |
Supports projects that focus on the founding of the American nation, key historical figures, and milestones that reflect the exceptional achievements of the United States. https://www.neh.gov/program/celebrate-america |
Proposals accepted anytime in 2025. |
| National Science Foundation | Integrated Data Systems & Services |
Supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/idss-integrated-data-systems-services/nsf25-544/solicitation |
12/4/2025 |
| Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust (CART) | CART Grant |
Fund exploratory and developmental AD research projects/early and conceptual projects that may not yet be supported by extensive preliminary data, but have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research. |
12/5/2025(Letter of Intent) |
| PADI Foundation | Research & Education Grant |
Supports of projects that either (1) enrich understanding of aquatic environments and encourage protection of ecosystems, (2) increase understanding of sport diving physics and physiology, or (3) improve understanding of, and response to, hazards to humans and ecosystems related to climate change in coastal and ocean environments. |
1/15/2026 |
| Whitehall Foundation | Research Grant |
Supports young scientists at the assistant professor level or higher conducting basic research in invertebrate and vertebrate neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. |
Letter of Intent due 1/15, 4/15, 10/01, annually. |
| National Institutes of Health | Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
Supports small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences prilimanary for undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-134.html |
02/25/2026 |
| National /Institutes of /Health-Na, annutional Institute on Aging (NIA) | NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
Supports educational activities with a primary focus on research experiences in the AD/ADRD field with the goal of preparing recent baccalaureates to transition into strong, research-focused advanced degree programs or competitive private sector research careers in AD-related disciplines. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-26-010.html |
05/27/2026 |
| Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research | Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) Program |
Deploys urgent funding to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanticipated threats to the U.S. food supply or agricultural systems. https://foundationfar.org/programs/rapid-outcomes-from-agricultural-research/ |
Proposals accepted anytime |
| National Science Foundation | NSF STEM K-12 |
Supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances STEM teaching and learning and improves understanding of education across the human lifespan and a range of formal and informal settings. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/stem-k-12-nsf-stem-k-12/nsf25-545/solicitation |
Proposals accepted anytime. |
| Comcast | Comcast Innovation Fund |
Supports technology and public policy research that contributes to the betterment of the Internet, and the continued evolution of connectivity products and services. The fund provides grants to technologists, researchers, and academics to support Internet- and connectivity-focused projects within the fund’s areas of interest, which are updated annually. https://innovationfund.comcast.com/ |
Proposals accepted anytime. |
| Henry Luce Foundation | Democracy, Ethics, & Public Trust |
Three focus areas: (1) Information Ecosystems; (2) Communities and Governments; (3) Confidence in Democracies https://hluce.org/programs/democracy-ethics-public-trust/grant-categories/ |
Proposals accepted anytime. |


