Explore STEM & social sciences funding
The Grant Support Office (GSO) is dedicated to helping CLAS researchers diversify their funding and discover funding opportunities that align with their research goals and interests. This page features a list of external grant funding opportunities tailored to STEM and social sciences research. The list is divided into two sections, the first for foundations, societies and other non-federal sponsors, and the second for federal and state sponsors.
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Foundation funding deadlines
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Energy & Environment Program
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Matter-to-Life Program
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Higher Education in STEM
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Public Understanding of Science & Technology (Various program areas, including books, media, radio, etc.)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for University Women
American Association for University Women
- 11/22/2025: American Fellowships
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
- 09/5/2025: ACS Petroleum Research Fund (various programs)
American Psychological Foundation
American Psychological Foundation
- 04/03/2025: Visionary Grants
- 06/05/2025: F.J. McGuigan Dissertation Award
Borchard Foundation
Borchard Foundation
- 10/15/2025: Academic Research Grants
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- Awaiting Next Cycle: BBRF Young Investigator Grant
- Awaiting Next Cycle: BBRF Independent Investigator Grant
- Awaiting Next Cycle: BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grant
Hearing Health Foundation
Hearing Health Foundation
- Next Cycle Opening in October: Emerging Research Grant
Mathers Foundation
Mathers Foundation
- Various Deadlines: Research Grants
- 09/19/2025: Institutional Nomination (required) and New Account Registration (if applicable)
- 10/03/2025: Letter of Inquiry
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- Rolling (05/11/2025 – 11/10/2025): Spring Award Round
- Rolling (11/11/2025 – 05/10/2026): Fall Award Round
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Medical and Scientific Research Grants
Russell Sage Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
- Various Deadlines: Fellowships
- 06/19/2025: New Account Registration (if applicable)
- 06/25/2025: Letter of Inquiry
- Various Deadlines: Core Research Grants
- 07/09/2025: New Account Registration (if applicable)
- 07/16/2025: Letter of Inquiry
Simons Foundation
Simons Foundation
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Targeted Grants in MPS
W. M. Keck Foundation
W. M. Keck Foundation
- 05/01/2025 (Phase 1 Application): Medical Research Grant
- 05/01/2025 (Phase 1 Application): Science and Engineering Research Grant
Federal and state funding deadlines
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Defense (DOD)
- Broad Agency Announcements:
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory for Foundational Research
Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Energy (DOE)
- 04/04/2025: Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
- 04/17/2025: Research, Development, and Training in Isotope Production
- 04/22/2025: Early Career Research Program
- 04/25/2025: Scientific Discovery through Computing (SCiDAC): Partnerships in Basic Energy Sciences
- 05/30/2025: Sustainable Propane and Renewable Chemicals (SPARC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
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- 04/08/2025: Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard) – (All F-Series Fellowships)
- 04/12/2025: Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements – (All R13 & U13)
- 06/05/2025: Research Grants and Cooperatives – (New R01 & U01)
- 06/12/2025: Research Career Development – (New K-Series)
- 06/16/2025: Other Research Grants and Cooperatives – (New R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3)
- 06/25/2025: Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) – (All R15)
- Rolling: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Encouraging Women’s Health Research within the NIDCD Mission Areas
- Rolling: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
- Rolling: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Language and Communication in Minimally Verbal/Non-Speaking Individuals with Autism
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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- 09/01/2025 – 09/30/2025, 10/01/25 – 10/31/2025 (Deadline Dependent on Division): Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs
- 09/30/2025 – 12/09/2025 (Deadline Dependent on Division): Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
- 11/17/2025, 11/19/2025, 12/02/2025, 12/09/2025 (Deadline Dependent on Subfield): Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects
- 04/17/2025: Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- 04/17/2025: Strengthening American Infrastructure
- 04/25/2025, 10/24/2025: Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity
- 05/13/2025, 10/28/2025 (Deadline Dependent on Division): Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science
- 06/02/2025: NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- 06/24/2025: Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research 2.0
- 10/01/2025 – 10/23/2025 (MEDIUM & OAC Core): Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- 10/03/2025: Smart Health and Biomedical Research in an Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science
- 10/10/2025: Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI)
- 10/10/2025: Algebra and Number Theory
- 10/15/2025: Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- 10/20/2025: Paleo Perspectives on Present and Projected Climate
- 11/04/2025: Geometric Analysis
- 11/04/2025: Topology
- 11/05/2025: Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- 11/12/2025: Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience
- 11/14/2025: Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development
- 11/14/2025: Geosciences Open Science Ecosystem
- 11/17/2025: Plasma Physics
- 11/17/2025: Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
- 11/17/2025: Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences
- 11/21/2025: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation
- 12/01/2025: Archaeometry
- 12/01/2025: Computational Mathematics
- 12/01/2025: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation
- 12/15/2025: Statistics
- Awaiting Next Cycle Deadlines: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Rolling Programs:
- Atmosphere Cluster (AGS-AC)
- Division of Environmental Biology (DEB)
- Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation)
- Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
- High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)
- Smart and Connected Communities
- Fluid Dynamics
- (SMALL): Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs
- Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
- Sociology
- Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS)