DOE Funding Alert!
Apply now: DOE Office of Science offers funding for foundational research across six programs, with awards ranging from $5k–$5M.
Allen Philanthropies
Funding call seeking innovative, scalable climate solutions. LOI due Jan 15, 2026; full proposal due Mar 10.
Ecology and Evolution
Private Simons Foundation offers major funding for bold ecology & evolution research. Apply by Feb. 2026.
From the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
| Amount | Limited | Due | Length | Sponsor | Program Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/31/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | NSF Open Calls (accepted anytime) | Search for full proposals to NSF that are accepted at anytime. | ||
| 150,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | 12/05/2026 | Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) | Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research | Deploys urgent funding to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanticipated threats to the nation’s food supply or agricultural systems. |
| 50,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | Social Science Research Council (SSRC) | Economic Research Rescue Fund | A research project must have received an NSF funding award prior to 6/1/2025, officially terminated, cancelled, or suspended by the NSF, and be economics-related. | |
| 260,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) | Advancing Global Innovation in Water Science | Awarded exclusively to research teams for cutting-edge interdisciplinary scientific work that can rightly be considered a breakthrough in any water-related field | |
| 500,000 | No | 01/16/2026 | 12/05/2029 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | NSF 25-507 Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS) | Supports basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales |
| 1 | No | 02/02/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Designing Synthetic Cells Beyond the Bounds of Evolution (Designer Cells) | Supports research that designs and builds synthetic or artificial cells or cell-like systems to explore questions about biological function or evolution of life processes, as well as for biotechnology applications. | |
| 1,600,000 | No | 02/10/2026 | 12/05/2029 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Efficient and Innovative Natural History Studies Addressing Unmet Needs in Rare Diseases (R01 Clinical Trials Optional) | To support prospective or retrospective, efficient, and innovative natural history studies with a focus on collaborative and standardized approaches to ensure data quality and interpretability. |
| 2,000,000 | No | 02/19/2026 | 12/05/2029 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) | Development of innovative tools, technologies, resources, and infrastructure that advance biological research focused on the identification of the causal mechanisms connecting genes and phenotypes. |
| 500,000 | No | 02/20/2026 | UW-Madison OVCR | Research Core Revitalization Program (RCRP) | This program strengthens campus research core capacities by supporting the upgrade, replacement or duplication of heavily used shared research resources. | |
| 250,000 | No | 04/01/2026 | UW-Madison OVCR | Igniting Interdisciplinary Innovation (I3) | We are seeking exceptionally innovative approaches to key societal challenges (attendance at an Incubation Session is required to apply). | |
| 1 | No | 06/30/2026 | Office of Naval Research (DoD-ONR) | FY25 ONR Office Of Naval Research (ONR) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program | STEM education programs and activities focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, mathematics, or environmental science education or stewardship. | |
| 200,000 | No | 04/01/2027 | 12/05/2026 | Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) | NARMS Cooperative Agreement Program to Strengthen Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance in Retail Food Specimens | To maintain and improve the detection of antibiotics resistance among bacteria in food commodities by funding new and existing sites to conduct routine sampling and testing of retail food commodities. |
| 900,000 | No | 05/18/2028 | 12/05/2028 | Department of Defense (DoD) | Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research | Research areas that offer significant benefits to our national security, including: Engineering and Information Science (RTA), Physical and Biological Sciences (RTB), & international offices (EAORD, SOARD, and AOARD). |
| 1,000,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | F25AS00282 National Fish Passage Program FY25 | Technical and financial assistance to partners to remove instream barriers and restore aquatic connectivity, improve community safety, and support local economies. | |
| 1 | No | 01/12/2026 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | Biology and pathogenesis of infectious microbes; host-microbe interactions; immune system development and function; immune dysfunction; and translational research to develop vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. | |
| 1 | No | 09/30/2026 | DoD-DARPA | Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) | Long-term, open call for new technologies, processes, research, or methods that advance DARPA-related research and solutions (e.g., Advanced technologies for defense against chemical and biological threats, including agricultural crops, livestock). | |
| 3,400,000 | No | 04/20/2026 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional) | To identify and capitalize on emerging issues that advance improving the understanding of the relationships among environmental exposures, human biology, and disease. | |
| 2,000,000 | No | 01/20/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | Supports use-inspired research, translational activities and partnerships that turn scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. | |
| 2,400,000 | No | 09/30/2026 | 12/05/2030 | Department of Energy (DoE) | FY 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | BER research priorities include that of the microbiome, atmospheric process, environmental systems processes, and earth-energy systems modeling. |
| 6,000,000 | No | 05/04/2026 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Targeted Genome Editor Delivery (TARGETED) Challenge | To improve the current state of in vivo delivery technologies for genome editors in two Target Areas: 1. Programmable Delivery System for Gene Editing, and 2. Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier. | |
| 500,000 | No | 01/20/2026 | 12/05/2027 | DoD-DARPA | Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026 | To develop the next generation of researchers focused on national security issues; must be a current tenured track faculty position within 3 years of tenure date and within 12 years their doctorate. |
| 2,000,000 | No | 01/13/2026 | 12/05/2027 | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) | Healthy American Forests Initiative | Support watershed restoration and vegetation management projects on National Forest System lands to achieve a healthy forest ecosystem. |
| 110,000 | No | 01/12/2026 | 12/05/2027 | The Kickapoo Valley Reforestation Fund | Kickapoo Valley Reforestation Fund | Projects that enhance the ecological, economic and social well-being of the Kickapoo Valley and its residents. |
| 1,000,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | 12/05/2026 | USDA-RUS | Solid Waste Management Grants Program | Provide technical assistance and training to improve the planning and management of solid waste sites in rural areas to help reduce or eliminate the pollution of water resources. |
| 100,000 | Yes | 12/22/2025 | The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation | Grants (Limited Submission) | Limited to one application per organization, the Foundation seeks to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. | |
| 1 | No | 03/31/2026 | DoD-NRL | NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research | NRL is interested in receiving proposals for the research efforts described under this BAA. | |
| 400,000 | No | 02/20/2026 | Commonweather Serum Laboratories (CSL) | CSL Research Acceleration Initiative | Aims to fast-track discovery of innovative biotherapies through partnerships between CSL and global research organizations. | |
| 750,000 | No | 01/09/2026 | Cancer Research Institute (CRI) | IGNITE Award | Supports the transition of outstanding postdoctoral researchers into independent tenure-track investigators. | |
| 600,000 | No | 10/14/2026 | 12/05/2028 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Research Experiences for Teachers in Engineering and Computer Science | Supports summer research experiences for K-14 educators that foster long-term collaborations between universities, community colleges, school districts and industry partners. |
| 1 | No | 12/16/2025 | Gates Foundation | Accelerating Development of Innovative, Exceptionally Low-Cost Maternal and Child Nutrient Ingredients and Products | Solutions that ensure every mother and child can access the essential nutrients to survive and thrive; the nutrients we are particularly interested in are calcium, choline, and DHA. | |
| 250,000 | No | 12/17/2025 | 12/05/2026 | Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) | Packaging Innovation Program | Develop packaging and packaging alternatives for specialty crops compliant with emerging packaging regulations in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and other key markets; no matching funds required. |
| 75,000 | No | 01/12/2026 | Misophonia Research Fund | Misophonia Data Discovery Award | Early-stage research with a focus on initial datasets that address gaps in the field and/or generating new knowledge about misophonia, essential to the development of a large-scale project. | |
| 1,500,000 | No | 01/12/2026 | Misophonia Research Fund | Misophonia Research Consortium Award | By fostering collaboration at scale, this award aims to accelerate scientific progress through shared expertise, resources, and infrastructure. | |
| 1 | No | 12/18/2025 | Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board (WSMB) | WSMB 2026 Request for Proposals (RFP) | Project proposals that are supportive of the WSMB strategic mission statement. | |
| 600,000 | No | 01/14/2026 | 12/05/2028 | Simons Foundation | Fellows-to-Faculty Award | Supports talented early career scientists by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. |
| 1 | Yes | 01/15/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Accelerating Research Translation - ART (Limited Submission) | Supports building capacity, infrastructure and training to accelerate research translation, strengthen technology transfer and create sustained economic and societal impacts across the U.S. | |
| 875,000 | Yes | 01/05/2026 | 12/05/2030 | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering 2026 (Limited Submission) | Faculty members engaged in the natural and physical sciences or engineering in the first three years of their faculty careers (i.e., initial faculty appointments began no earlier than May 31, 2023, and no later than May 31, 2026). |
| 200,000 | 02/02/2026 | Project Apis m. | Honey Bee Health Research | Focus on solving honey bee health and beekeeping problems and obtaining practical/usable results for the North American beekeeping industry (call is repeated 3 times a year). | ||
| 600,000 | No | 01/21/2026 | 12/05/2028 | National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Multiple Sclerosis Research Grants | Supports fundamental as well as applied studies, nonclinical or clinical in nature, including projects in patient management, care and rehabilitation. |
| 435,000 | No | 12/16/2025 | 12/05/2028 | American Association for Cancer Research | Chemistry in Cancer Research Grants (Letter of Intent) | Supports groundbreaking basic or translational research projects that utilize chemistry or chemical biology to address urgent issues in cancer. |
| 750,000 | No | 10/26/2026 | 12/05/2030 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) | Supports international research and research-related activities for U.S. science and engineering students. |
| 1 | Yes | 02/04/2026 | 12/05/2035 | UW-Madison OVCR | Steenbock Professorship in Microbiological Sciences 2026 | To honor those faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors at UW-Madison, but also as a result of their teaching and service activities. |
| 900,000 | No | 02/13/2026 | 12/05/2028 | Ono Foundation | Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiatve Awards Program (Limited Submission) | Proposals that could ultimately transform human health with a focus on Chemical Biology research. |
| 600,000 | No | 01/23/2026 | 12/05/2028 | Health Effects Institute (HEI) | Rosenblith New Investigator Award (Pre-Application) | Supports creative early career investigators with outstanding promise who are interested in the health effects of air pollution. |
| 80,000 | No | 01/22/2026 | National Forest Foundation (NFF) | Matching Awards Program (MAP) | Must include three elements: community engagement, hands-on stewardship activities completed by members of the engaged community, and a direct benefit to the National Forest System. | |
| 140,000 | No | 01/15/2026 | 12/05/2027 | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) | Advancing Economic Measurement | Research on innovations in economic measurement with the objective of being translated into improvements in official statistics and statistical agency practice. |
| 600,000 | 03/16/2026 | Wellcome Trust | Genomics in Context Awards: collaborative research at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics | Supports transdisciplinary teams to catalyse research discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics. | ||
| 750,000 | 12/23/2025 | Department of Energy (DoE) | Open Call (FY 2026 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) | Bioenergy science, biosystems design, synthetic biology, computational biology, microbiome science, biomolecular research and bioimaging science. | ||
| 60,000 | No | 01/07/2026 | 12/05/2026 | South Dakota State University | North Central Regional Sun Grant NIFA 2026 | Research support to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who are conducting biofuel, bioenergy, and biobased product related research benefiting the region. |
| 250,000 | No | 01/21/2026 | 12/05/2030 | Simons Foundation | Scientific Software Research Faculty Award | To stimulate the development and maintenance of core scientific software infrastructure through creating a new, long-term, faculty-level career path. |
| 1,000,000 | No | 01/15/2026 | Allen Family Philanthropies | Accelerating Natural Climate Solutions in the United States | Develop, test, and deploy science and technology solutions for overcoming NCS implementation barriers recently identified by Brumberg et al. (2025) and Kroeger et al. (2025). | |
| 1 | No | 01/13/2026 | Department of Defense (DoD-DARPA) | Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) | Preproposals responding to targeted Statements of Need in 3 selected topics designed to address priority installation challenges. See solicitation for key topic areas. | |
| 50,000 | No | 07/23/2026 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health. | |
| 50,000 | No | 01/15/2026 | Climate Curve | 2026 Keeling Curve Prize | Prize categories include carbon sinks, energy, finance, social & cultural pathways, and transport & mobility. | |
| 1 | No | 11/01/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Applied Mathematics | Supports mathematics research motivated by or having an effect on problems arising in science and engineering. | |
| 555,000 | No | 02/18/2026 | American Federation for Aging Research (afar) | Glenn Foundation Discovery Award (LOI) | PIs who may not have previously worked in the area of aging, but whose research and expertise are applicable to understanding the biological mechanisms of normal aging and its relevance to age-associated health decline. | |
| 100,000 | No | 02/16/2026 | Wolf Foundation | 2026 Wolf Prize | The Prize fields in the sciences include Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics. Prize fields in the Arts include Architecture, Music, Painting, and Sculpture. | |
| 1 | No | 02/02/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Science and Technology Studies (STS) | Supports historical, philosophical and social scientific studies of the intellectual, material and social aspects of STEM; including ethics, equity, governance and policy issues relating to scientific theory and practice. | |
| 1 | No | 11/01/2026 | Department of Defense (DoD-DARPA) | Information Innovation Office (I2O) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) | Creates groundbreaking science and delivers future capabilities in the information and computational domains to surprise adversaries and maintain enduring advantage for national security (e.g., Transformative AI). | |
| 1,150,000 | No | 01/30/2026 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity | Recognizes extraordinary leadership and proven achievements in sustainable development and provides resources to help sustain and scale winners’ vital work. | |
| 500,000 | No | 03/07/2026 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Engineering Improved Stem Cell-Derived Islet Cells for Replacement Therapies (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | To support research in understanding how to engineer intrinsic characteristics of stem cell-derived islet cell products that can result in improved cell replacement therapy outcomes. | |
| 1 | No | 01/15/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | NSF-UKRI/EPSRC Lead Agency Opportunity on Understanding and Exploiting Quantum Information in Chemical Systems | Advance our fundamental understanding of QIS concepts in the context of chemical systems, or that leverage QIS concepts to advance chemistry research. | |
| Amount | Limited | Due | Length | Sponsor | Program Title | Description |