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.)
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Association
- 02/23/2026 (Letter of Intent): Alzheimer's Association Research Grant For All Program
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for Cancer Research
American Association for University Women
American Association for University Women
- 03/01/2026: Career Development Grants
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
- 06/01/2026 (Anticipated): Research Scholar Grants
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society
- 03/06/2026: ACS Petroleum Research Fund (various programs)
- 11/05/2026: Herman Frasch Foundation Grants
American Federation for Aging Research
American Federation for Aging Research
- 02/18/2026 (Letter of Intent): Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (GFMR) Discovery 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
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
- 02/22/2026: FFAR Fellows Program
- Rolling: Research Concept Notes
Hearing Health Foundation
Hearing Health Foundation
- Next Cycle Opening in October 2026: Emerging Research Grant
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
- Rolling (11/11/2025 – 05/10/2026): Fall Award Round
- Rolling (05/11/2026 – 11/10/2026): Spring 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
- 06/25/2026: Visiting Scholars Fellowships
Schmidt Sciences
Schmidt Sciences
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
Whitehall Foundation
Whitehall Foundation
- 04/15/2026 (Letter of Intent): Research Grants
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)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - New Submission Deadlines
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- 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)
- 04/08/2026: Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard) – (All F-Series Fellowships)
- 04/12/2026: Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements – (All R13 & U13)
- 05/25/2026: Program Project Grants and Center Grants (All P-Series)
- 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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- 02/05/2026, 09/10/2026: Computer and Information Science and Engineering (Future CoRe)
- 02/17/2026: Physical Oceanography
- 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
- 12/01/2026: Archaeometry
- 12/01/2026: Computational Mathematics
- 12/01/2026: Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation
- 12/15/2026: Statistics
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)
Limited Submission Programs:
- EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Fellows (ERF)
- 02/03/2026: Internal Deadline
- 04/14/2026: Sponsor Deadline