Funding Opportunities Newsletter
Funding News
House Spending Panels to Boost NIH, DOE Science Budgets
Senators Propose to Overhaul US Research Security Policies
Panchanathan Takes Up Baton as NSF Director
Spotlight Opportunities
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
FUNDING
DEADLINE
NOTES
NSF
Algorithms for Modern Power Systems (AMPS)
$1,200,000
Deadline: 2/8/2021
NIH
Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35 – Clinical Trial Optional)
$1,250,000
Deadline: 10/2/2020
NASA
ROSES 2020: Science Team for the OCO Missions
Notice of Intent Deadline: 11/13/2020
NSF
Major Research Instrumentation Program: Instrument Acquisition or Development
$4,000,000
Deadline: 1/19/2021
NSF
Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation (ATI)
Deadline: 11/16/2020
Dept. of the Air Force
RFP – Human-Centered Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Leveraged Science and Technology (S & T) Program
Deadline: 2/10/2023
ONR
Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Program
$3,000,000
Registration required by: 8/26/2020; White Paper deadline: 8/28/2020
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Interfaces in Science: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
$500,000
Letter of Intent/Pre-Application Deadline: 9/1/2020
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Research Fellowships
$75,000
Deadline: 9/15/2020
NASA
Human Exploration Research Opportunities (HERO) NRA
Deadline: 7/23/2020
The research will fall into one or more categories corresponding to HRP’s five Elements: Space Radiation, Human Health Countermeasures, Exploration Medical Capability, Human Factors and Behavioral Performance, and Research Operations and Integration.
Argonne National Laboratory
Faculty Research Participation Program
Faculty participants in this program typically spend a maximum of six months collaborating with an Argonne staff scientist or engineer on an existing Argonne project that is of interest to the faculty member.
Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
Open Call for Individual Fellowships 2022-2023
Deadline: 12/1/2020
NSF
Dear Colleague Letter: Special Guidelines for Submitting Proposals for NSF/GEO/EAR – MOST-Taiwan (GEMT) Collaborative Research
Sony Research Award Program
Deadline: 09/15/2020
ONR
Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Program
Registration: 08/26/2020; White Papers: 08/28/2020
COVID-19 Opportunities
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
DEADLINE
NOTES
Google, Inc.
COVID-19 Research Credits Program
Emergency Medicine Foundation
FUJIFILM SonoSite COVID-19 Point of Care Ultrasound Acceleration Research Grant
Deadline: 8/21/2020
George Mason Univ.
Emergent Ventures — Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science
For our second call, which launched on July 12, we will always respond to submissions within 14 days (which remains faster than almost all other funding mechanisms), and we retain the flexibility to make immediate approvals where necessary.
DHHS
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Program Activities
NOTE: This is a Forecasted Opportunity.
Biological & Medical Engineering
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
FUNDING
DEADLINE
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Proof of Concept Development of Early Stage Next Generation Human Brain Imaging (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed
$600,000
Letter of Intent Deadline: 8/4/2020; Application Deadline: 9/3/2020
NIH
Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R21 – Clinical Trial Optional)
$250,000
Deadline: 11/6/2020
NIH
NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research
$2,500,000
Deadline: 9/30/2020
NIH
Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Brain and Behavioral Research (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: 9/5/2020
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Tools to Facilitate High-Throughput Microconnectivity Analysis (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Letter of Intent deadline: 8/31/2020
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Letter of Intent deadline: 8/29/2020
NIH
Non-invasive Diagnostics to Improve Gynecologic Health (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Varies. See RFA for details.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/10/2020
Dept. of the Army
Pancreatic Cancer Research Program – Idea Development Award
$650,000
Pre-Application Deadline: 8/25/2020 (5:00 pm ET)
Computing
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
FUNDING
DEADLINE
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Proof of Concept Development of Early Stage Next Generation Human Brain Imaging (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed
$600,000
Letter of Intent Deadline: 8/4/2020; Application Deadline: 9/3/2020
NIH
Global Brain and Nervous System Disorders Research Across the Lifespan (R21 – Clinical Trial Optional)
$250,000
Deadline: 11/6/2020
NIH
NEI Center Core Grant for Vision Research
$2,500,000
Deadline: 9/30/2020
NIH
Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Brain and Behavioral Research (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: 9/5/2020
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Tools to Facilitate High-Throughput Microconnectivity Analysis (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Letter of Intent deadline: 8/31/2020
NIH
BRAIN Initiative: Development of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in Human and Non-Human Primate Brain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
Letter of Intent deadline: 8/29/2020
NIH
Non-invasive Diagnostics to Improve Gynecologic Health (R43/R44 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Varies. See RFA for details.
Letter of Intent Deadline: 11/10/2020
Dept. of the Army
Pancreatic Cancer Research Program – Idea Development Award
$650,000
Pre-Application Deadline: 8/25/2020 (5:00 pm ET)
Environmental Engineering & Sustainable Technologies
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
DEADLINE
DOE
American-Made Solar Prize Round 4
Deadline: 10/8/2020
Imaging Technology & Signal Processing
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
FUNDING
DEADLINE
NOTES
NIH
Precision Imaging of Oral Lesions (R21 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
$275,000
Deadline: 9/7/2020
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
CZI Deep Tissue Imaging RFA
$1,000,000
Deadline: 8/6/2020; 5:00 pm PST
Contact Katherine Kornfeld if interested
Students/Postdocs
SPONSOR
PROGRAM
FUNDING
DEADLINE
NOTES
NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
$46,000
Deadline: 10/19/2020
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education/CDC
Research Participation Opportunities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Educational and training programs designed to provide students and recent graduates opportunities to participate in project-specific CDC research and developmental activities at CDC facilities that are related to CDC’s mission. Opportunities include full-time, part-time, and summer appointments.
DOI
Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Graduate Research Innovation (GRIN)
Deadline: 9/30/2020
Upcoming Research Events:
July 22, 2020; 12:00 pm – How to Teach Lab Courses When You’re Not in the Lab
September 8, 2020; 9:00 am – ePARS Training Session