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National Institutes of Health
Visit the NIH opportunities search page.
- NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for Individual and Group Science (R01
Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-27-003)
Deadline: September 3, 2026
Description: This award supports individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing bold, groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original, and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. - Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research
(R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-24-306)
Deadline: September 7, 2026
Description: This NCI program funds projects devoted to demonstrating that mammalian models or their derivatives used for translational research are robust representations of human biology, are appropriate to test questions of clinical importance, and provide reliable information for patients' benefit. - Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical
Trial Optional) (PAR-25-317)
Deadline: October 5, 2026
Description: This initiative aims to advance the science of minority health and health disparities by supporting research on family health and well-being and resilience. - Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental influences
on Child Health Outcomes Program: Dissertation Grant (R36 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)(RFA-OD-27-006)
Deadline: October 15, 2026
Description: This program aims to advance research in child health by stimulating the use of Environmental Influences on Child Health (ECHO) Cohort data by doctoral students. - Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living
with Serious Mental Illness (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-27-180)
Deadline: October 15, 2026
Description: This program funds research that will inform and support the optimization, delivery, sustainability, and effectiveness of empirically-supported practices for addressing the mental health needs of older adults with serious mental illness. - Catalyze: Product Definition for Small Molecules, Biologics and Combination Products
- Target Identification and Validation, and Preliminary Product/Lead Series Identification
(R61/R33 – Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-HL-26-017)
Deadline: October 21, 2026
Description: This initiative provides early-stage translational support needed for the activities required to identify and characterize potential therapeutic candidates and combination products to treat HLBS diseases and disorders. - Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical
Trial Required) (RFA-MH-27-140)
Deadline: October 22, 2026
Description: This program supports pilot research to adapt, optimize, and test behavioral interventions that address common sleep problems in adolescents and young adults with or at risk for a mental health disorder. - Early-Stage Innovative Technology Development for Basic and Clinical Cancer Research
(R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) ( RFA-CA-27-001)
Deadline: November 10, 2026
Description: This National Cancer Institute program aims to develop innovative technologies offering new capabilities for the molecular or cellular characterization of cancer or for improved handling and quality control of biospecimens for basic, clinical, or epidemiological cancer research. - NCCIH Natural Product Early Phase Clinical Trial Award (R33 Clinical Trial Required)
(PAR-25-270)
Deadline: November 13, 2026
Description: This program supports investigator-initiated, early phase, clinical trials of natural products which have a strong scientific premise to justify further clinical testing. - NIH Research Software Engineer Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-OD-24-011)
Deadline: December 4, 2026
Description: This program provides salary support for exceptional Research Software Engineers that contribute their skills to the development and dissemination of biomedical, behavioral or health related software, tools, and algorithms as well as to the training of prospective users of these tools. - NHLBI Early Phase Clinical Trials for Therapeutics and/or Diagnostics for HLBS Disorders
(R33 CT Required) (PAR-25-025)
Deadline: January 07, 2027
Description: This opportunity supports investigator-initiated, Phase I clinical trials for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders in adults and children. - High Priority HIV and Substance Use Research (RM1 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-DA-25-060)
Deadline: March 6, 2027
Description: This program support high priority research on HIV and substance use.
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- Limited Submission: Development of Collaborative Research Facilities or Research-Resource
Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-26-106)
Internal Deadline: February 1, 2027
Description: This program funds shared-use research facilities or research-supporting facilities that enable collaborative research and benefit broad research communities at large. We currently support the Biomedical Research Facilities program and the HIV/AIDS Research Facilities program. - Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-27-022)
Deadline: July 1, 2028
Description: This program allows groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single state-of-the-art commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system.
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- Bridge2AI Network for AI Health Science
Estimated post date: January 1, 2027
Estimated close date: March 1, 2027
Description: This program will support the creation of a network of multidisciplinary centers to create a framework for trustworthy, reproducible and explainable AI-enabled biomedical and behavioral research. - NIDDK Disease Research and Translational Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
Estimated post date: April 30, 2027
Estimated close date: June 1, 2027
Description: This program will fund core centers that are part of an integrated program supporting our cystic fibrosis, diabetes, nutrition, obesity, liver and digestive diseases research. - KUH U24 Center Coordinating Hub (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Estimated post date: Dec 1, 2026
Estimated close date: Jan 30, 2027
Description: This program will fund center coordinating hubs around kidney, urology, and hematology diseases that collaborate to develop and share research resources with the broader community. - Health and Extreme Weather Solutions-Focused Research Hubs (U54 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Estimated post date: November 27, 2026
Estimated close date: January 29, 2027
Description: This program will fund translational research hubs focused on research, capacity building, and community/public health translation for regionally relevant topics related to the health impacts of extreme weather and cumulative exposures, including wildfire smoke, extreme heat, flooding, hurricanes, drought, and other climate-related hazards affecting populations at heightened risk. - Integrated Specific Pathogen Free Research Models and Human New Approach Methodologies
to Advance HIV/AIDS Research (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Estimated post date: November 24, 2026
Estimated close date: January 25, 2027
Description: This program will fund implementation of new stewardship frameworks, including HIV-relevant in vitro testing support and benchmarking to reduce or replace specific pathogen free (SPF) in vivo model use; and support SPF colony resources for studies requiring well-characterized in vivo models.
- Limited Submission: Atopic Dermatitis Research Network (U19 Clinical Trial Optional)(RFA-AI-27-004)
Internal Deadline: September 24, 2026
Description: This program supports centers that integrate clinical and translational research to improve our understanding and management of atopic dermatitis with emphasis on chronic skin inflammation and the defense mechanisms of the skin. - Renewal of the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating
Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-AG-27-007)
Deadline: September 29, 2026
Description: This program supports the next award period of the Clinician-Scientist Transdisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center to serve as a national resource for clinician-investigators who focus on aging research. - Validation Center for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal
Data (U54 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-RM-27-014)
Deadline: October 2, 2026
Description: This program supports the creation of a Validation Center to serve as a dedicated hub for the comprehensive evaluation and characterization of AI-enabled, image-based, multimodal CDS tools developed by the PRIMED-AI Consortium, to ensure these tools are reliable, reproducible, and generalizable. - Logistics Center for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal
Data (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-RM-27-015)
Deadline: October 2, 2026
Description: This program seeks to create a Logistics Center for the PRIMED-AI Program to facilitate and coordinate PRIMED-AI activities to maximize impact for the PRIMED-AI community. - Research Opportunities in Cancer Epidemiology Cohort Studies (U01 Clinical Trial Not
Allowed) (PAR-27-073)
Deadline: October 5, 2026
Description: This National Cancer Institute program supports cancer epidemiology cohort studies that address specific knowledge gaps in cancer etiology and survivorship. - Development and Testing of a Multi-use Frameworks Playbook for Precision Medicine
with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
(RFA-RM-27-011)
Deadline: October 9, 2026
Description: This initiative supports the design, development, and preliminary validation of robust frameworks for the application of multimodal-artificial intelligence models for clinical use. - Sustained Support for Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research and Management
(U24 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-CA-27-021)
Deadline: October 19, 2026
Description: This initiative funds the continued development and sustainment of high value informatics research resources to improve the acquisition, management, analysis, and dissemination of data and knowledge across the cancer research continuum including cancer biology, cancer treatment and diagnosis, early cancer detection, risk assessment and prevention, cancer control and epidemiology. - PRIMED-AI: Data-to-Model Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Precision Medicine with
AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-27-012)
Deadline: October 19, 2026
Description: This program aims to catalyze the development and testing of Artificial Intelligence enabled, image-centered, multimodal Clinical Decision Support tools, developed in pursuance as Software as a Medical Device. - Model-to-Clinic for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal
Data (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-27-013)
Deadline: October 19, 2026
Description: This program aims to catalyze the translation of Artificial Intelligence enabled, image-centered, multimodal CDS tools, developed as Software as a Medical Device, from training and testing of prototypes towards clinical applications that address unmet health challenges in precision medicine. - Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose
(UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-25-446)
Deadline: October 20, 2026
Description: This program supports research on the discovery and development of interventions to prevent and/or treat substance use disorders and overdose, including medications and medical devices to treat co-morbid substance abuse disorders. - Limited Submission: Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-DK-27-120)
Internal Deadline: October 20, 2026
Description: This program invites institutions/organizations to establish core centers that are part of an integrated and existing program of nutrition and/or obesity research. - GREGoRi Data Coordination and Outreach Center (U01, Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (RFA-HG-27-011)
Deadline: October 30, 2026
Description: This program funds a Data Coordination and Outreach Center responsible for ensuring that the protocols, data, metadata, computational tools and other resources developed as part of GREGoRi are made available to the broader research community. - Alzheimer's Drug-Development Program (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) (PAR-25-297)
Deadline: October 5, 2027
Description: This program offers funding support for the pre-clinical and early stage clinical (Phase I) development of novel small-molecule and biologic drug candidates that prevent Alzheimer's disease, slow its progression, or treat its cognitive and behavioral symptoms. - Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children,
Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial
Optional) (PAR-25-311)
Deadline: November 15, 2027
Description: This program leverages NICHD clinical research Network infrastructure relevant to infants, children, women, pregnant and lactating women, and persons with disabilities to conduct innovative, multisite, investigator-initiated clinical trials and observational studies.
- NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL) Initiative
- NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative
- NIH Common Fund: Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Catalyze Programs and Funding Opportunities
- National Human Genome Research Institute: The Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Disesases (GREGoR) Consortium
- NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-27-001)
Deadline: September 9, 2026
Description: This award supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. The proposed research must reflect substantially different scientific directions from those already being pursued in the investigator’s research program or elsewhere. - NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-RM-27-004)
Deadline: September 10, 2026
Description: This award helps talented new researchers begin an independent research program soon after finishing their doctoral degree or clinical training, without first doing postdoctoral training. The award accepts applications on any topic fitting the NIH mission.
National Science Foundation
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- Engineering: Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation | NSF 26-515
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports foundational research in civil, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, including advanced manufacturing, infrastructure, intelligent systems and the mechanics of engineered and biological materials. - Geosciences Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth, and Ocean Sciences | NSF 26-516
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports foundational research across the geosciences, including Earth's atmosphere and near-Earth space environment, solid Earth and surface processes, and the oceans. - Core Research in Biological Sciences | NSF 26-517
Deadline: None
Description: This opportunity supports foundational and interdisciplinary research projects that expand knowledge of biology at any level of organization, from the molecular to the biome scale. - Engineering: Chemical, Bioengineering, Energy, and Transport Systems | NSF 26-518
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Description: This program supports foundational engineering research on chemical processes and biological systems, energy and resource management, and the transport of materials and energy across multiple scales. - MPS Chemistry Research Programs (MPS Chem) NSF 26-519
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports foundational research through multiple programs in the chemical sciences. - MPS Mathematical Sciences Research Programs | NSF 26-520
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery in theoretical and applied mathematical science. - MPS Physics Research Programs | NSF 26-523
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports discovery of the fundamental physics aspects of nature at all scales, from the quantum effects inside atoms to the dark energy spanning the universe. - Engineering: Electrical, Communications, and Computing Systems | NSF 26-524
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports foundational research in electrical, communications and computing systems, including advanced devices, communications and sensing, artificial intelligence, control, and power and energy systems. - NSF 23-611: Division of Materials Research: Condensed Matter and Materials Theory
(NSF 23-611)
Deadline: None
Description: This program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual understanding of hard and soft materials, and materials-related phenomena; the development of associated analytical, computational, and data-centric techniques; and predictive materials-specific theory, simulation, and modeling for materials research. - NSF 23-612: Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (NSF
23-612)
Deadline: None
Description: This program enables understanding of the electronic, atomic, and molecular structures, mechanisms, and processes that govern nanoscale to macroscale morphology and properties; manipulation and control of these properties; discovery of emerging phenomena of matter and materials; and creation of novel design, synthesis, and processing strategies that lead to new materials with unique characteristics. - Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems | NSF 26-506
Deadline: September 1, 2026
Description: This program supports the translation of open-source science and engineering-focused research products into safe and sustainable ecosystems that address national and societal challenges. - Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering | PD 24-8084
Deadline: September 1, 2026 - September 15, 2026
Description: This program supports research that uses new computational and data science approaches to advance knowledge and accelerate discovery in science and engineering. - Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research | NSF
25-543
Deadline: September 10, 2026
Description: This program supports foundational and interdisciplinary research across computing, communication, information science and engineering to advance the future of technology, systems and human-centered innovation. - Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace | NSF 25-515
Deadline: September 28, 2026
Description: This program supports interdisciplinary research and education to develop a secure, resilient and trustworthy global cyber ecosystem by addressing vulnerabilities, improving trust in cyber systems and cultivating a well-trained cybersecurity workforce. - Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology | NSF 26-504
Deadline: September 29, 2026
Description: This program supports postdoctoral fellowships that train early-career scientists to apply AI to biological research. - Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery | NSF 26-512
Deadline: November 4, 2026
Description: This program will increase the value that can be derived from existing scientific datasets by leveraging novel methods and artificial intelligence. - MPS Astronomical Sciences Research Programs | NSF 26-522
Deadline: November 16, 2026
Description: This research enables understanding of the fundamental aspects of nature at all scales, from the quantum effects inside atoms to dark energy. - National Science Foundation Translation to Practice | NSF 25-540
Deadline: November 17, 2026
Description: This program supports use-inspired research, translational activities and partnerships that turn scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. - Expeditions in Computing | NSF 26-525
Deadline: December 2, 2026
Description: These awards are designed to promote the formation of large, multidisciplinary research teams to address transformative foundational computing research problems. - Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program Field Support | NSF 25-526
Deadline: January 15, 2027
Description: This program supports innovative research that improves understanding of the Antarctic region and its global relevance through lab work, modeling or existing data, without requiring USAP logistical support. - Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI) | NSF 25-531
Deadline: January 20, 2027
Description: This program supports the development and integration of advanced cybersecurity solutions to improve scientific cyberinfrastructure's security, resilience and usability, enabling secure and reproducible data-driven discoveries across various research fields. - EMERGING FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: Wave-Based Computing | NSF 26-524
Deadline: February 11, 2027
Description: This program will support research to advance the development of computing approaches that harness the principles of wave dynamics.
- Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced
Data Science (SCH) | NSF 25-542
Description: This program will support the development of high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, behavioral and/or cognitive research to address pressing questions in the biomedical and public health communities. - Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) | NSF 25-511
Description: This program will support experiential learning opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds to increase access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields. - Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) | NSF 25-507
Description: This program will support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales. - Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) | NSF 25-502
Description: This program will support fundamental, systematic anthropological research and training to better understand the causes, consequences and complexities of human social and cultural variability. - U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program | NSF 24-597
Description: This program will support interdisciplinary, evidence-based traineeships that enable graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs to pursue a range of STEM careers. - Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods
| NSF 24-587
Description: This program will support analytic and methodological research to improve NSCSES data quality, as well as education and training to effectively use large-scale nationally representative datasets. - Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science
and Engineering Research 2.0 | NSF 24-583
Description: This program will fund organizations that provide advanced cyberinfrastructure resources in production operations; support computational, data-intensive research; and ensure equitable resource access. - Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) | NSF 24-570
Description: This program will support efforts to improve graduate student research training and professional development in mathematical sciences through structured groups pursuing collaborative research. - National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot Program
| NSF 24-566
Description: This program will support graduate student research and education projects with high industry relevance through partnerships between non-R1 institutions, institutions with existing or completed NRT projects, and industry partners. - NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) | NSF 24-565
Description: This program will support the creation of cross-sector regional research coalitions, drive results to the market and society, promote workforce development, stimulate the economy and create new jobs. - Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology - Research Infrastructure
for Science and Engineering (CREST-RISE) | NSF 24-562
Description: This program will support the expansion of science and engineering research and education capabilities of minority-serving institutions to successfully produce research doctoral students. - Developmental Sciences (DS) | NSF 24-544
Description: This program will support research on cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural and biological processes involved in human development which support productive living as members of society. - Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) | NSF 24-530
Description: This program will support coordinated campus-level networking and cyberinfrastructure improvements for science applications and distributed research projects. - Innovations in Graduate Education Program | NSF 24-529
Description: This program will support research on innovative approaches to improve STEM graduate education and the effectiveness of interventions and policies. - Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) | NSF 24-510
Description: This program will support collaborative research projects and sharing of data and other resources for the study of computational neuroscience. - Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) | PD 24-1699
Description: This program will support research on the neural mechanisms of human cognition, including attention, learning, memory, decision making, language, social cognition and emotions. - Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) | PD 23-277Y
Description: This program will support projects that create computational tools and data to facilitate basic research in the social and behavioral sciences that can lead to improved health, prosperity and security. - Focused Research Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (FRGMS) | NSF 23-621
Description: This program will support collaborative groups employing innovative methods to solve specific, major research challenges in the mathematical sciences
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Department of Energy
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- University Nuclear Leadership Program– Scholarship and Fellowship Support (DE-FOA-0002265)
Deadline: The FOA will be open continuously through October 14, 2030
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Department of Defense
- DEPSCoR Capacity Building Opportunity | NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260003
Deadline: April 5, 2027
Description: This opportunity supports institutions seeking to expand capacity to conduct competitive basic research relevant to the Department of Defense mission and national security priorities. - DEPSCoR Research Collaboration Opportunity | NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260004
Deadline: April 5, 2027
Description: This program will pair a faculty researcher who has never served as principal investigator on a directly funded Department of Defense research award with an experienced DoD-funded researcher who will serve as collaborator and mentor. - 2027 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (NOFOAFRLAFOSR20260001)
Deadline: November 6, 2026
Description: This program funds research equipment and instrumentation to improve the capabilities of US institutions of higher education to conduct research and educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Visit the NASA opportunities search page.
- Biosphere (NNH25ZDA001N-BIOS)
Deadline: September 4, 2026
Description: This program will pursue foundational knowledge on interactions between and within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, along with changes to their biogeochemistry and biodiversity. - Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigations (NNH25ZDA001N-HWOPSI)
Deadline: September 10, 2026
Description: The HWO mission concept would be the first space mission designed specifically to search for life outside our solar system and would perform transformative science across astrophysics and planetary science. This program aims to advance the scientific foundation that would reduce risk for a potential future HWO mission. - Space Biology: Research Studies (NNH25ZDA001N-SBR)
Deadline: December 31, 2026
Description: This program will increase understanding of how living systems respond to environments encountered during space exploration, including the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment, deep space conditions beyond LEO, and transit to/maintenance of a sustainable presence in Lunar and Martian environments. - Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics Networks (NNH25ZDA001N-TCAN)
Deadline: December 31, 2026
Description: This program supports coordinated efforts in fundamental theory and computational techniques to make astrophysics advances extending beyond the scope of individual investigator projects. - Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science (NNH25ZDA001N-RRNES)
Deadline: December 31, 2026
Description: This program investigates unforeseen or unpredictable Earth system events and opportunities requiring a rapid response as well as novel ideas of potential high merit and relevance to advance Earth remote sensing that have not otherwise been solicited by NASA in the past three years.
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IDeA/EPSCoR
- Limited Submission: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement : EPSCoR Research Fellows
| NSF 24-528
Deadline: April 13, 2027
Description: This program builds institutional research capacity, transforms the career trajectories of investigators and develops their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the top private, governmental, or academic research institutions. - Limited Competition: Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Expansion/Sustainability
Phases (COBRE-ES) (P-30 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-27-055)
Deadline: May 25, 2029
Description: This program supports the expansion and sustainability of biomedical research centers in IDeA-eligible institutions. These centers will focus on building research capacity in broad scientific areas of strategic importance for the institutions.
- Institutional Development Award (IDeA) for Clinical & Translational Research
Estimated post date: May 27, 2026
Estimated close date: Oct 9, 2026
Description: This program supports workforce development and infrastructure enhancement at organizations in IDeA states with limited clinical research capacity. - Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence: Development Phase (COBRE-D) (PAR-26-027)
Estimated post date: June 28, 2026
Estimated close date: September 26, 2026
Description: This program will support biomedical research capacity-building in states that have historically received low levels of NIH funding and have limited existing infrastructure or expertise. - Single Source: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Clinical Research Resource Center
(PAR-28-024)
Estimated post date: July 28, 2027
Estimated close date: September 28, 2027
Description: This program supports capacity building on research on diseases and health challenges prevalent in states in states with historically low levels of NIH funding.
Department of Education
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- National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Research Training Programs
in Special Education
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Description: This program supports individuals conducting special education and early intervention research on one of the following topics: (1) Early Career Development and Mentoring or (2) Methods Training for Special Education Research. The Early Career program supports an integrated research and career development plan for early career investigators whose research careers focus on learners with or at risk for disabilities. The Methods Training program funds training to help current education researchers conduct rigorous and relevant research focused on analyzing large administrative datasets to address research questions related to learners with or at risk for disabilities. - National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER): Using Longitudinal Data to
Support State Education Policymaking in Special Education
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Description: This program focuses on the use of statewide longitudinal data systems to support program and policy decisions pertaining to learners with or at risk for disabilities. - National Center for Education Research (NCER): Using Longitudinal Data to Support
State Education Policymaking
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Description: This program focuses on the use of longitudinal data to support state education policymaking. - National Center for Education Research (NCER): Statistical and Research Methodology
in Education
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Description: This program provides a wide range of methodological and statistical tools to conduct rigorous education research on one of the following topics: (1) Core Grants or (2) Toolkits, Guidelines, Compendia, Review Papers, and Curated Data Resources (Toolkits). The Core Grants topic supports the development of new and improved statistical and research methods for use by education researchers. The Toolkits Grants topic supports compiling existing research and information for a given method into products, such as toolkits, guidelines, compendia, review papers, curated data resources, workshops that help education researchers understand and apply the method. - National Center for Education Research (NCER): Research Training Programs in The Education
Sciences
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Description: This program prepares individuals to conduct education research that addresses one of the following issues: (1) Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Education Research (Early Career) or (2) Methods Training for Education Research (Methods Training). The Early Career program provides support for an integrated research and career development plan for early career investigators. The Methods Training program funds training to help current education researchers maintain and enhance their research and analysis skills to conduct rigorous and relevant education research. - Annual Recurring University Training and Research | DE-FOA-0003215
Deadline: October 16, 2026
Description: This program aims to educate and train the next generation of engineers and scientists; to support novel, early-stage research at U.S. colleges and universities; to increase research and development opportunities for underrepresented and structurally marginalized communities; and to ensure that students are equipped with cutting-edge, translatable skillsets that allow them to contribute to the U.S. workforce and greater economy over the course of a longstanding and enduring career.
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Other Federal Funding Agencies
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- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Nutrition Interventions to Reduce Chronic Disease and Improve HIV Outcomes for People
with HIV: Implementation Technical Assistance Provider (HRSA-26-111)
Deadline: July 11, 2026
Description: This initiative uses implementation science to adapt, implement and evaluate interventions that improve food and nutrition security for people with HIV who are eligible for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s medical nutrition therapy, food bank/home delivered meals, and other applicable service categories. - NIJ 2026 State and Local Collection and Reporting of Crime Data (O-NIJ-2026-172645)
Deadline: August 28, 2026
Description: This program funds rigorous research examining the accuracy of crime data collection and reporting practices across state and local jurisdictions. - Scholarly Editions and Translations (20260916-RQ)
Deadline: September 16, 2026
Description: This program supports collaborative teams who edit, annotate, and translate foundational humanities texts on American history and culture or Western civilization that are vital to generating new scholarship but are not available in adequate editions or translations. - Collaborative Research (20260916-RZ)
Deadline: September 16, 2026
Description: The program supports scholars increasing humanistic knowledge through the preparation of a manuscript for print publication, the creation of a scholarly digital project, or the planning of an international collaboration related to American history and culture or Western civilization. -
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (USDA-NIFA-ES-011939)
Deadline: September 21, 2026
Description: This USDA program maximizes the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks through the Extension Disaster Education Network. - Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program (P42 Clinical Trial Optional)
(RFA-ES-27-004)
Deadline: September 25, 2027
Description: These grants support problem-based, solution-oriented research centers representing biomedical science, environmental science and engineering; as well as administrative functions; translational research and engagement; and research support functions.
CDC
- NIOSH Robotics and Intelligent Mining Technology and Workplace Safety Research (U60)
Estimated post date: November 12, 2026
Estimated close date: February 8, 2027
Description: This program will support applied research to advance automation, robotics, and intelligent mining systems that improve safety and health in U.S. mining, emphasizing communication, self-escape, refuge performance, and overall safety through autonomy, sensing, and decision-support technologies. - Continuing Enhanced National Surveillance for Prion Diseases in the United States
Estimated post date: December 29, 2026
Estimated close date: August 31, 2027
Description: This program will fund continued enhanced national surveillance for human prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), to help confirm suspected and clinically diagnosed cases and to monitor the occurrence of potentially emerging human prion diseases in the US. - Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States
Estimated post date: February 16, 2027
Estimated close date: April 17, 2027
Description: This program will support implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention in the United States.
HRSA
- Fiscal Year 2027 Regional Nutrition Hubs
Estimated post date: September 1, 2026
Estimated close date: October 20, 2026
Description: This program will support region-specific technical assistance to expand nutrition services which prevent, manage and treat diseases and conditions through food-based interventions. - Fetal, Infant, and Child Death Review Program
Estimated post date: November 21, 2026
Estimated close date: January 20, 2027
Description: This program will support coordinated leadership and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal fetal infant and child death review teams to ensure a standardized and coordinated approach for quality fatality reviews, data collection, and dissemination of findings to inform review team practice and local prevention strategies. - Centers of Excellence (COE)
Estimated post date: December 2, 2026
Estimated close date: February 2, 2027
Description: This program will assist schools in supporting programs of excellence in health professions and education for under-represented individuals. - Health Workforce Research Center (HWRC)
Estimated post date: January 8, 2027
Estimated close date: March 9, 2027
Description: These centers will support research that helps decision-makers at the federal, state, and local levels understand health workforce needs. - Telehealth Nutrition Services Network Grant Program
Estimated post date: February 2, 2027
Estimated close date: May 1, 2027
Description: This program will support telehealth networks and technology that improve access to quality health care services and help prevent and manage chronic diseases through nutrition. - Chronic Care Telehealth Centers of Excellence Program
Estimated post date: February 1, 2027
Estimated close date: September 1, 2027
Description: This program will fund academic medical centers to integrate innovative telehealth technologies into the full spectrum of services included in chronic care models, including chronic disease prevention and management and the treatment for acute episodes resulting from long-term morbidity.