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 University Women
American Association for University Women
- 02/28/2026: Career Development Grants
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
- 03/06/2026: ACS Petroleum Research Fund (various programs)
- 11/05/2026: Herman Frasch Foundation Grants
American Heart Association
American Heart Association
- 12/02/2025: Career Development Award
- 12/10/2025 (Pre-Proposal): Innovative Project Award
American Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
03/31/2026: AMS-Simons Travel Grant Program
American Psychological Foundation
American Psychological Foundation
Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation
Edward Mallinckrodt Foundation
Rolling: Research Grants
Graduate Women in Science
Graduate Women in Science
01/12/2026: GWIS National Fellowship
Hearing Health Foundation
Hearing Health Foundation
- Next Cycle Opening in October 2026: Emerging Research Grant
Mathers Foundation
Mathers Foundation
- Limited Submission: Mathers Research Grant
- 12/18/2025: Internal Deadline
- 02/28/2026: Letter of Intent
- 03/14/2026: Sponsor Deadline
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
- 02/03/2026: Dissertation Research Grants
- 03/11/2026: Core Research Grants
- 05/05/2026: Visiting Researchers Fellowships
- 06/22/2026: Visiting Scholars Fellowships
Simons Foundation
Simons Foundation
- Rolling (Letter of Inquiry): Targeted Grants in MPS
- 01/29/2026: Travel Support for Mathematicians
- 02/25/2026: Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics
W. M. Keck Foundation
W. M. Keck Foundation
- Limited Submission: Keck Foundation Research Grant
- 12/01/2025: Internal Deadline
- 05/01/2026: Phase I Application Deadline
- 08/17/2026: Phase II Proposal Deadline
Federal and state funding deadlines
Department of Defense (DOD)
Department of Defense (DOD)
- Broad Agency Announcements:
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory for Foundational Research
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
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- 12/08/2025: Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard) – (All F-Series Fellowships)
- 12/12/2025: Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements – (All R13 & U13)
- 02/05/2026: Research Grants and Cooperatives – (New R01 & U01)
- 02/12/2026: Research Career Development – (New K-Series)
- 02/16/2026: Other Research Grants and Cooperatives – (New R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3)
- 02/25/2026: 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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- 12/01/2025: Archaeometry
- 12/01/2025: Computational Mathematics
- 12/01/2025: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation
- 12/15/2025: Statistics
- 01/22/2026: Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- 02/05/2026, 09/10/2026: Computer and Information Science and Engineering (Future CoRe)
- 06/01/2026: NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
- 08/15/2026 – 12/02/2026 (Deadline Dependent on Division): Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
- 09/01/2026 – 09/30/2026, 10/01/26 – 10/31/2026 (Deadline Dependent on Division): Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs
- 10/09/2026: Algebra and Number Theory
- 10/21/2026: Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
- 11/03/2026: Geometric Analysis
- 11/03/2026: Topology
- 11/16/2026: Plasma Physics
- 11/16/2026: Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants
- 11/16/2026: Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation for the Astronomical Sciences
- 11/16/2026, 11/25/2026, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 (Deadline Dependent on Subfield): Division of Physics: Investigator-Initiated Research Projects
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)