Funding Opportunities
Sign In/Sign UpThe 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.
