As part of our effort to enhance the information available to our faculty, the Office of Development provides information regarding various external research funding opportunities. This page is updated weekly so we invite you to visit this page often. Please note: this is by no means a comprehensive list of all external funding opportunities available to faculty.

Below is a list with hard deadlines. To see a list of opportunities with open deadlines, click here.

Sponsor	Program	Deadline	Award
NIH	Social Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics of Aging (R21)	2/16/2012	Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over the two years of the R21 award, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
NIH	NIH Small Research Grant Program (R03)	2/16/2012	Unspecified
NIH	NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (R21)	2/16/2012	Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over the two years of the R21 award, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
NIH	T1 Translational Research: Novel Interventions for Prevention and Treatment of Age-Related Conditions (R21)	2/16/2012	Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over the two years of the R21 award, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
NIH	Research on Research Integrity (R21)	2/16/2012	Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over the two years of the R21 award, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
NSF	Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program	LOI: 2/27/2012	Varies by phase
NIH	Function of Type 1 Diabetes Genes (DP3)	2/29/2012	Up to $5 million over five years
NSF	Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (EESE)	3/1/2012	Unspecified
NSF	Cyber-Physical Systems	3/15/2012	Varies by project
NIH	Stroke Prevention/Intervention Research Program (SPIRP) (U54)	4/3/2012	Up to $1.5 million per yearfor five years
NSF	The MacroSystems Biology: Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales	4/18/2012	Varies by category
NIH	Partnerships for Development of Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Biodefense (R01)	LOI: 4/24/2012	Budgets for direct costs of up to $750,000 per year for up to five years may be requested. In addition, applicants may request up to a total of $300,000 for major equipment in the first year of the award to ensure that research aims can be met and biohazards can be contained.
EPA	Centers for Sustainable Molecular Design	4/25/2012	$5 million over four years
NSF	Centers for Material Life Cycle Safety	4/25/2012	$5 million over four years
NSF	Decadal and Regional Climate Prediction using Earth System Models (EaSM)	5/11/2012	Between $300,000 to $1,000,000 per year for up to five years
NIH	Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Kidney or Urologic Diseases (R21)	6/16/2012	$275,000 over two years
NSF	Science, Technology, and Society (STS)	8/1/2012	Varies by program
NSF	Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (OPUS)	8/1/2012	$150,000
ONR	FY12 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Programs	9/30/2012	$200,000 per year for up to three years

Funding opportunities with open deadlines

Sponsor	Program	Award
Alfred P. Sloan	Basic Research	Guidelines differ for proposals under $125,000 and over $125,000
Applied BioPhysics	Early Career Mini-Grants	Unspecified
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research	AHRQ Postdoctoral Fellowship Program	The amount of Fellow stipends is decided by the awarding unit, NIH, and is based on graduate status of the Fellow.
CPRIT	Recruitment of Established Investigators	No limit
CPRIT	Recruitment of Rising Stars	Up to $2.5 million over five years
CPRIT	Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members	Up to $2 million over four years
Department of Energy	Conferences, Outreach and Networking for New Energy Communities and Technologies (CONNECT)	Between $5,000-$25,000 Note: deadline is on rolling basis through Dec. 2012
Electric Power Research Institute	Student Program	Unspecified
Fox (Michael J.) Foundation for Parkinson's Research	Critical Challenges in Parkinson's Disease--Biomarker Development	Unspecified
National Geographic Society	Waitts Grant Program	Up to $15,000
NIST	Measurement, Science and Engineering Research Grants Program	Between $25,000 - $1,500,000 for up to five years