As part of our effort to enhance the information available to our faculty, the Office of Research 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.
To see a list of opportunities with open deadlines, click here.
NIJ
NIJ FY 13 Social Science Research on Forensic Science
Not specified - NIJ funding rarely exceeds $500,000
5/15/2013
NIH
Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R03)
Total direct costs are limited to $125,000 per year for up to three years.
LOI: 5/16/2013
NSF/NIH
Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Exploratory Proposals
Up to $250,000 per year for three years
5/28/13
NIH
Collaborations for Macromolecular Interactions in Cells (R01)
$250,000 in direct costs per year for four years
5/30/2013
NSF
Generation Three (Gen-3) Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
Varies by year - average up to $3.7 million per year for five years
LOI: 5/30/13
NSF
Antarctic Artists and Writers Program
Travel and field support
5/31/2013
NIH
Acute Kidney Injury in Older Adults
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
6/1/2013
NSF/NIH
Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Integrative Proposals
Up to $500,000 per year for four years
6/3/13
NSF
Awards for single institution proposals and collaborative proposals will not exceed $450,000 total for up to three years.
6/3/2013
NSF
CISE-MPS Interdisciplinary Faculty Program in Quantum Information Science
Up to $250,000
6/4/2013
NSF
Hydrologic Sciences
Hydrologic process synthesis projects should be at a level appropriate to the scope of topic and are expected to be conducted at total levels of <$1,000,000 over 3-5 years with an emphasis on support of graduate students and postdocs.
6/3/2013
NSF
Mentoring Through Critical Transition Points in the Mathematical Sciences (MCTP)
Up to $500,000 per year for up to five years
6/4/2013
NSF
Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)
Up to $500,000 per year for up to five years
6/4/2013
NIH
Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders (R01)
Scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum period is 5 years.
6/5/2013
NSF
Unspecified
6/5/2013
NIH
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01)
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project.
6/5/2013
NIH
Disorders of Human Communication: Effectiveness, Outcomes and Health Services Research (R01)
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
6/5/2013
NIH
Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services, and Recovery Research (R01)
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
6/5/2013
NIH
PsychENCODE: Identification and Characterization of Non-coding Functional Elements in the Brain, and their Role in the Development of Mental Disorders (R01)
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
6/10/2013
NIH
Advancing Eating Disorders Research through Dimensional Studies of Biology and Behavior (R01)
Application budgets are limited to $400,000 annual direct costs
6/11/13
NHPRC
Up to $150,000
6/11/2013
NIH
Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention or Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood (R21)
Up to $275,000 over two years
6/11/2013
NIH
Drug Discovery for Nervous System Disorders (R21)
Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
6/16/2013
NIH
Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.
6/16/2013
NSF
Innovation Corps Sites Program (I-Corps Sites)
$100,000 a year for three years
7/1/2013
NIH
Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis in the United States (R01)
Application budgets are not limited
LOI: June 1, 2013
NSF
Varies by program
7/10/13
NSF
Varies by program
7/12/13
NIH
Drug Target Development and Validation for Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens (R21/R33)
R21: Up to $275,000 for two years/R33: Up to $300,000 over three years
7/18/2013
NIH
Mechanisms of Cellular Immunity in the Female Reproductive Tract (R01)
Application budgets are not limited
7/24/2013
NASA
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Unspecified
7/28/2013
NSF
Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR)
No limit - most be commensurate with activities
7/31/2013
NSF
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Not to exceed $1,200 per student per week
8/28/2013
NSF
Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC)
Varies by category
9/10/2013
NASA
Soliciting Proposals for Exploration Technology Demonstration and National Lab Utilization Enhancements
Unspecified
9/13/2013
NSF
Research in Engineering Education
$100,000 per year
9/18/2013
NOAA
FY 2012 - 2013 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Unspecified
9/30/2013
DOD
FY13 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Education and Outreach for K-12 and Higher Education
$600,000
9/30/2013
NIH
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01)
Application budgets are not limited
10/5/2013
NIH
Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R01)
Application budgets are not limited
10/5/2013
NIH
Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01)
Application budgets are not limited
10/5/2013
NIH
Mechanisms of Alcohol and Nicotine Co-Addiction (R21)$275,000 for two years
10/16/2013
NIH
Innovative Measurement Tools for Community Engaged Research Efforts (R21)
$275,000 for two years
10/16/2013
NIH
Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21)
$275,000 for two years
10/16/2013
NIH
Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (R03)
$100,000 in direct costs for two years
10/16/2013
NSF
Integrated Earth Systems (IES)
Up to $3 million for five years
11/14/2013
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
NSF
Catalyzing New International Collaborations
Up to $67,000 for one year
NSF
Strategic Technologies for CyberInfrastructure (STCI)
Unspecified
NIST
Measurement, Science and Engineering Research Grants Program
Between $25,000 - $1,500,000 for up to five years
ONR
RFP -- Research and Development Engineering Services in the Field of Pulsed Power Plasma Physics
Unspecified
Wells Fargo
Environmental Grant Program - Clean Technology and Innovation Grant Program
$50,000-$150,000 per entity
