Funding Opportunities
Sign In/Sign UpThe Mellon Foundation's Higher Learning Open Call for Concepts supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import. Projects should engage teams of scholars and/or students, and have visible, enduring impact at the institution. Applications must be demonstrably grounded in the humanities and led by humanities scholars. Experimental methodologies, interdisciplinary and community collaboration, and pathways to informing campus and/or wider policies and practices are welcome. The Mellon Foundation invites institutions of higher education to submit applications for research and/or curricular projects focused on either of the following topics: a) Unruly Intelligences and b) Normalization and Its Discontents.
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to increase the scale and pace of advancing discoveries resulting from academic research into tangible solutions that benefit the public. The overarching goal for the Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program is to advance the U.S. scientific and economic leadership by building capacity and increasing the number of robust translational research ecosystems in Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) that span across the full geography of our nation. The ART program framework is built around five distinct Tracks that are interconnected and are differentiated by the research translation readiness level (RTRL). UD is eligible to submit to one proposal per track to Track 3 (Technology Transfer Resource Centers), Track 4 (Education and Training), and Track 5 (Coordinating Accelerating Research Translation).
The University of Delaware Research Foundation, Inc. (UDRF) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization supporting fundamental research in all science, engineering, and social science fields. Although an independent corporation, it is chartered primarily to support the University's research mission. The primary objective of the UDRF grant program is to improve a PI's research competitiveness for future external funding.
The Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research (DCMR) is an NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). We are requesting Research Project Proposals for new Research Project Leads (RPL). RPLs will be funded for $150,000 direct/year for up to 3 years or until NIH R01-equivalent funding is obtained. Letter of Intent: Name, Title, Collab, Res Core Use due January 5, 2026 - Email to LoriMay@udel.edu, full proposals are due January 16, 2026. We will select 2 new Research Project Leads for the Phase II COBRE proposal (expected start tbd). Faculty are strongly encouraged to contact Dawn Elliott for guidance about alignment of research with DCMR, mentor selection, and Research Core use.
The Delaware Center for Musculoskeletal Research (DCMR) is an NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE). We are requesting Research Pilot Project Proposals for new Pilot Project Leads (PPL). PPLs will be funded for $50,000 direct/year for 1 year. Letter of Intent: Name, Title, Collab, Res Core Use due January 5, 2026 - Email to LoriMay@udel.edu, full proposals are due January 16, 2026. We will select 2 new Pilot Project Leads for the Phase II COBRE proposal (expected start tbd). Faculty are strongly encouraged to contact Dawn Elliott for guidance about alignment of research with DCMR, mentor selection, and Research Core use.
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 University of Delaware Research Foundation, Inc. (UDRF) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization supporting fundamental research in all science, engineering, and social science fields. Although an independent corporation, it is chartered primarily to support the University's research mission. The primary objective of the UDRF grant program is to improve a PI's research competitiveness for future external funding.
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.
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.
