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Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding basic researchers who have strong potential to become leaders in their fields. Scholars are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through their mentoring efforts and understanding of systemic exclusion and marginalization in science of trainees from different backgrounds. While pursuing excellence in their own research, Scholars work to create an inclusive lab climate that serves as a model within their own institutions and beyond.
- Award Amount: Up to 30 early career faculty will be selected to join the 2025 cohort. Scholars can receive up to $8.6M over the 10-year period.
- Deadline: Applications due by May 15, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Aaron Diaz
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Note: Funding opportunities are listed by deadline. New Requests for Proposals (RFPs) since our last digest are highlighted in orange text.
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The Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM is dedicated to increasing the participation of women in the sciences and engineering at every level of higher education. The program aims to transform STEM ecosystems across the United States by addressing the structural and cultural barriers that inhibit women’s pursuit of and persistence in STEM fields, expanding educational opportunities for women in STEM, and advancing their leadership in the sciences.
- Award Amount: Up to $750k
- Deadline: Applications due by March 25, 2024
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The National Film Preservation Foundation invites applications for the spring round of its Basic Preservation Grants. These grants are awarded to nonprofit and public institutions for laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials. The grants target orphan films (1) made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and (2) not protected by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities. Funds must be used exclusively for preservation expenses and may not be applied to staffing, operational, or shipping costs (with the special exception of nitrate materials).
- Award Amount: Up to $20k
- Deadline: Applications due by March 28, 2024
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The program will place a special emphasis on sponsoring initiatives aimed at addressing both chronic absenteeism and the student homelessness crisis that are affecting students nationwide. According to the foundation, chronic absenteeism, particularly for children experiencing homelessness, has severe consequences for learning, emotional well-being, stability, and future outcomes through a student’s life.
- Award Amount: $50k - $100k
- Deadline: Applications due by March 29, 2024
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This grant program allows researchers flexibility for submission of unique study proposals which are topical to WQRF’s mission. The concept with the best likelihood to advance knowledge and the science of high quality, sustainable drinking water will be invited to submit a full proposal for further consideration.
- Award Amount: Up to $100K
- Deadline: Applications due by March 29, 2024
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The program seeks proposals that align with one or more of their focus areas, including: Ocean Literacy and Stewardship projects that increase the understanding and appreciation of the importance of healthy oceans and waterways to communities through experiential learning, citizen science, and powerful story-telling; Clean Technologies and Best Practices projects that reduce the environmental impact of the maritime industry and coastal communities; and Ecosystem Restoration projects that improve water quality, bolster coastal resilience, and sequester carbon through coastal habitat restoration. Grant funding must be tied to a specific project, with measurable outcomes.
- Award Amount: $40k -$150k
- Deadline: Applications due by March 31, 2024
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The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) is a global leader in supporting peer-reviewed, scientific research on gambling disorder and responsible gambling. The ICRG invites letters of intent for its large grants program, which will award grants in support of research investigating gambling disorder and responsible gambling.
- Award Amount: $75k per year (up to 2 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by April 1, 2024
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The APF Visionary Grants seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas: Applying psychology to at-risk, vulnerable populations (e.g., serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated or economically disadvantaged). Preventing violence. Understanding the connection between behavior and health (e.g. wellness, diabetes, obesity). Understanding and eliminating stigma and prejudice (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability and socioeconomic status).
- Award Amount: $20k
- Deadline: Applications due by April 3, 2024
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Healthy Eating Research is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed to building a Culture of Health through identifying effective strategies to improve children’s nutrition and weight. This call for proposals hopes to generate evidence on supportive family policies and programs that have strong potential to impact equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes. Programs that will be studied are in the areas of: federal nutrition assistance programs; hunger-relief programs; community-powered food systems efforts; and social and economic programs (nonfood policies).
- Award Amount: Up to $275K (over 2 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by April 3, 2024
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The Genentech Health Equity Innovation Fund will catalyze efforts to eliminate inequities in patient health outcomes. Through the 2024 Innovation Fund, they are seeking to fund teams focused on measurably and sustainably closing racial/ethnic inequities in healthcare to create a future where:
- All patients – especially those marginalized by our healthcare system – define and attain their highest levels of health supported by a system that is accountable for delivering high-quality competent care.
- The medical/scientific workforce is diverse, inclusive, thriving and accountable to all patients.
- Award Amount: Up to $750k (over 18 months - 3 years)
- Deadline: Applications due by April 15, 2024
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Aaron Diaz
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The foundation will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under all of its core programs and special initiatives:
- Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context
- Future of Work
- Immigration and Immigrant Integration
- Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities
- Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
- Social, Political, and Economic Inequality
RSF will also accept LOIs relevant to its core programs that address the effects of social movements, such as drives for unionization and mass social protests, and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the U.S.
- Award Amounts: Varies by program, average grant is between $50k and $200k
- Deadline: Letters of Intent due by April 16, 2024
- Interested applicants must work with David Siegfried
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ARDF's Annual Open grant program was established to fund research projects that develop alternative methods to advance science and replace or reduce animal use. They have a preference for proposals that utilize in silico and in vitro methods with human cells or tissues.
- Award Amount: $40K
- Deadline: Applications due by April 19, 2024
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NCF has an open call for funding proposals, or Letters of Inquiry (LOIs), through April 30, 2024. They are offering two types of funding opportunities: grants and program-related investments (PRIs). Both grant and PRI proposals must align with NCF’s interconnected goals of racial justice, economic justice, and/or environmental justice. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. All applicants will be notified about the status of their application within eight weeks of submission.
- Award Amount: Unrestricted
- Deadline: Applications due by April 30, 2024
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Contact Us.
Meet the team and connect with the liaison who supports your unit.
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Prospect Library
This curated list of prospects will help you identify potential funding opportunities by research area.
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Ongoing Funding Opps.
Funding opportunities that are continually accepting applications, and annual calls for proposals.
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Faculty Fellowships
Funding opportunities for late postdoctoral investigators & new faculty members.
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For upcoming training opportunities, prospect libraries and additional resources, visit our website:
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