Funding Opportunities
Sign In/Sign UpThe S-STEM program provides IHEs with funds for scholarships to support academically talented, domestic low-income students with demonstrated financial need to enter the US workforce following completion of associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees in S-STEM eligible disciplines. Funds also enable IHEs to establish and assess evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities and supports. S-STEM scholarship awards facilitate the establishment of infrastructure and collaborations to: (1) provide scholarships to academically promising, domestic low-income students with demonstrated financial need pursuing a degree in an eligible S-STEM eligible discipline; (2) adapt and implement evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities to support S-STEM scholars in ways that align with institutional context and available resources, taking into account scholars' strengths, needs, and realities; (3) increase retention, student success, and graduation of these NSF S-STEM scholars in STEM; and (4) disseminate effective outcomes, supports and interventions undertaken by the project. To be eligible, scholars must be domestic low-income students with academic ability, talent, or potential and demonstrated unmet financial need who are enrolled in an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in an S-STEM eligible discipline. Proposers must provide an analysis that articulates the characteristics and academic needs of the population of students they are trying to serve. NSF is particularly interested in supporting the attainment of degrees in fields identified as critical needs for the Nation. Three Tracks are available: Track 1: Institutional Capacity Building; Track 2: Implementation Projects; Track 3: Inter-institutional Consortia.
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is interested in projects that investigate the contemporary condition, expand historical perspectives, or explore the future of architecture and the designed environment. The Foundation supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. Its interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. In an effort to bridge communities and different fields of knowledge, the Foundation supports a wide range of practitioners and organizations, to which it offers Production and Presentation grants.
The Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) supports developmental, instructional, and training initiatives in two program areas, Enhancing Communication Skills in Engineering, and Women in Engineering. EIF wants to assist engineering faculty in transmitting the necessary listening, written, verbal, visual, and graphic communication skills that their students need to be successful engineers. EIF also aims to increase women in engineering through encouraging middle school and high school girls in engineering and improving engagement and retention of undergraduate women in engineering programs.
The Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation funds programs located in the Delaware Valley Region, including Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, Berks, and Lehigh Counties, as well as Camden County, New Jersey and New Castle County, Delaware. The Foundation currently accepts proposals in any of three broad areas: community health, professional education, and research. The Board particularly encourages proposals that: (1) Aim to improve cardiac health and wellness among populations with a higher-than-average risk of heart disease, especially those underserved by our current healthcare system, or (b) Incorporate innovative approaches that emphasize prevention, demonstrate a significant return on investment and demonstrate evidence of efficacy and sustainability.
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the NSF to promote scientific progress nationwide. Through this program, NSF establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, R&D capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness. EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program: EPSCoR Research Fellows (ERF) directly aligns with NSF EPSCoR strategic goal of establishing sustainable Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professional development pathways that advance workforce development in STEM and effects engagement in STEM at national and global levels. The ERF program provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation's premier private, governmental, or academic research centers. The fellowship provides opportunities to establish strong collaborations through extended or periodic collaborative visits to a selected host site.
The goal of the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) Program is to develop, enhance, or disseminate replicable practices, programs, models, or tools to strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Additional objectives include: (a) Serve the learning needs of the public through libraries and archives, (b) Improve community prosperity through libraries and archives, (c) Provide broad access to and preservation of information and collections through libraries and archives, and (d) Provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. This limited submission call is for Community-Centered Implementation projects only [there are no limits on the number of Planning, Forum, National Implementation, or Applied Research projects.]
The mission of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. Three agency-level goals guide its grantmaking: (1) Champion Lifelong Learning, (2) Strengthen Community Engagement, and (3) Advance Collections Stewardship and Access. The goal of the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) Program is to support the achievement of Goal 1, Champion Lifelong Learning, specifically, to support the training and professional development of the museum and library workforce. The LB21 program funds initiatives focused on the recruitment, development, and retention of library and archives professionals to meet the information needs of their communities. This limited submission call is for Community-Centered Implementation projects only [there are no limits on the number of Planning, Forum, National Implementation, or Applied Research projects.]
The NEA Research Labs program is a funding opportunity under the NEA’s Research Awards initiative. The program funds long-term research agendas (referred to herein as NEA Research Labs, or Labs) that include multiple empirical studies and the dissemination of various products or services for promoting public knowledge about the arts and their contributions to American life. Each Lab must include an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Products or services developed under the award are expected to be of value to arts researchers, arts practitioners, and professionals in sectors such as healthcare, education, and business or management. Funded projects should have national, regional, or field-wide significance. Projects supported through this program include those in the areas of : (1) Arts and Health, (2) Arts and the Economy, or (3) Arts and Education. These awards require a 1:1 cost share.
The goal of the Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) program is to strengthen research training environments and develop a pool of well-trained students who: (1) Complete their baccalaureate degrees in biomedically-related fields, and (2) Transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs (such as Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D.). Proposed programs should provide trainees with (a) Foundational skills for rigorous biomedical research, (b) Mentored research experiences, (c) Scientific collaboration and communication, and (d) Career development.
Building on its long-standing commitment to improve lives and communities, the Elevance Health Foundation recently launched a new initiative: Community Action Leadership, bringing together external thought leaders from across a range of disciplines. Through their collective expertise and resources, the Foundation is addressing large-scale community health needs and incentivizing action for change. The inaugural Community Action Leadership challenge focuses on patient safety. The Patient Safety Prize invites pioneering solutions in three key areas: (1) Empowering Health Literacy for Safer Patient Care, (2) Innovating to Eliminate Medication Errors, and (3) Promoting Fall-Free Futures.
The University of Delaware General University Research program provides full-time UD faculty with seed funding for research or creative projects that will grow and sustain their scholarly development. The program is open to all professorial ranks; however, preference is given to early career faculty. These merit-based grants are administered by the Vice President for Research, Scholarship, and Innovation, who is advised by the Research Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Research Committee of the Faculty Senate recommends allocation of the funds available for the year, evaluates applications, and confirms those to be supported. Proposals involving interdisciplinary research, scholarship, or creative projects are especially encouraged.
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) seeks nominations for its 2025 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award (NIA). The New Innovator Award seeks to promote career advancement of highly creative and promising new scientists who intend to make a long-term career commitment to research in food and agriculture and bring innovative, ground-breaking research initiatives and thinking to bear on problems facing food and agriculture. Within the scope of the New Innovator Program, investigators will have the freedom to explore new avenues of inquiry that arise during their research. Therefore, FFAR is interested in the program of research to be explored and its impact as opposed to a list of very specific aims. FFAR will support projects in the following Research Priority Areas: 1) Cultivating Thriving Production Systems; 2) Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems; and, 3) Bolstering Healthy Food Systems.
