MURI Funding Opportunity
The Department of Defense has released a funding opportunity on various topics for their MURI initiative.
Vehicle Technology Office
$88 million in Department of Energy funding available for advanced vehicle research and development.
From the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
| Amount | Limited | Due | Length | Sponsor | Program Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25,000 | No | 07/31/2025 | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Celebrate America! | Projects that focus on the founding of the American nation, key historical figures, and milestones that reflect the exceptional achievements of the United States. | |
| 265,800 | No | 07/31/2025 | 07/16/2028 | Simons Foundation | Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution | Supports Ph.D. students focusing on ecology and evolution, emphasizing interdisciplinary research that integrates ecological and evolutionary processes with other STEM fields. |
| 600,000 | No | 08/01/2025 | 07/16/2029 | Beckman Foundation | Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) Program | Supports early-career faculty in pioneering high-risk research in chemical and life sciences. |
| 145,000 | No | 08/20/2025 | 07/16/2027 | Morris Animal Foundation | Wildlife Fellowship Training | Supports proposals that advance the health and overall welfare of wildlife. While conservation is a priority, any conservation focused proposals must be through an animal health lens |
| 75,000 | No | 08/22/2025 | 07/16/2027 | National Forest Foundation (NFF) | Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities | Improve the capacity for collaboration among local communities, tribes, others, & the Forest Service to achieve long-term forest stewardship outcomes that benefit National Forests and Grasslands. |
| 10,000 | No | 08/29/2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Brittingham Wisconsin Trust Grants | Projects in the arts and humanities that may not have access to other funding, as well as projects identified by campus leadership as priorities of the institution. | |
| 500,000 | No | 09/01/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) | Supports research that uses new computational and data science approaches to advance knowledge and accelerate discovery in science and engineering. | |
| 350,000 | No | 09/04/2025 | 07/16/2030 | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (USDA-NIFA-AFRI) | US-Ireland research and development partnership call in agriculture - Agricultural Microbiomes in Plant Systems and Natural Resources; and Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS) | Supports tri-partite research projects on agricultural microbiomes in plant systems and natural resources, and interdisciplinary engagement in animal systems, between Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the US. |
| 7,500,000 | No | 09/05/2025 | 07/16/2030 | Office of Naval Research (DoD-ONR) | Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) | Basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD. |
| 1 | No | 09/09/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) | Advancing knowledge and theory on the social science of scientific discovery; theories, models and data improving our understanding of scientific communication; and how science advances evidence-based policymaking and public value. | |
| 150,000 | No | 09/15/2025 | 07/16/2028 | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI-DNR) | Wisconsin DNR Surface Water Grant Program | Supports surface water management from start to finish, including: outreach, assessments and surveys, planning, project design, or management. |
| 5,000,000 | No | 09/30/2025 | 07/16/2030 | Department of Energy (DOE) | DOE Office of Science Financial Assistance Program | Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, and Accelerator R&D and Production. |
| 12,000 | No | 09/30/2025 | Hamilton Company | Hamilton Research Support Grant Program | Grant funding assistance covers Hamilton’s benchtop automated liquid handler, the Microlab Prep, and semi-automated diluters and dispensers, Microlab 600, as well as select consumables. | |
| 478,000 | No | 10/03/2025 | State of Wisconsin | Wisconsin Groundwater Research and Monitoring Program | Identify and support scientific research that will answer key scientific questions and will advance our understanding and effective management of groundwater in Wisconsin | |
| 500,000 | No | 10/15/2025 | 07/16/2028 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | Exploring Equitable Futures | Projects that seed new and unconventional ideas that could radically advance health equity for generations to come. |
| 750,000 | No | 10/27/2025 | 07/16/2030 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) | IRES focuses on the development of a world-class U.S. STEM workforce through international research experiences for cohorts of U.S. students. |
| 1,000,000 | No | 11/01/2025 | 07/16/2027 | Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) | Annual Request for Proposals | Funds expert teams to deliver rapid solutions to the most critical challenges facing humans and our planet (no IDC allowed). |
| 1 | No | 11/01/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Applied Mathematics | Supports mathematics research motivated by or having an effect on problems arising in science and engineering. | |
| 1 | 12/31/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | NSF Open Calls (accepted anytime) | Search for full proposals to NSF that are accepted at anytime. | ||
| 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. | |
| 2,000,000 | No | 02/19/2026 | 07/16/2029 | 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. |
| 900,000 | No | 05/18/2028 | 07/16/2028 | 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 | No | 08/06/2025 | 07/16/2026 | USDA-APHIS | Plant Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention Program (PPDMDPP) | Supports projects that protect American agriculture and natural resources from invasive pests and diseases through early detection, rapid response, and innovation. |
| 1 | No | 09/03/2025 | 07/16/2026 | USDA-APHIS | National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) | Building partnerships with research, extension, regulatory, and industry stakeholders to enhance clean plant center services and capacity. |
| 1 | No | 09/03/2025 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | Bold, groundbreaking, and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. | |
| 600,000 | No | 09/15/2025 | 07/16/2028 | The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) | BARD Research Grant Program: Pioneer Track | Foster the development of new directions, pioneering concepts, and novel solutions that address critical challenges in the agricultural sciences. |
| 50,000 | No | 08/01/2025 | 07/16/2026 | Organic Valley | Farmers Advocating for Organic | Projects that benefit family farmers who produce organic dairy, eggs, meat, produce, and grain/forage; & projects that focus on organic soil health and biology. |
| 100,000 | No | 08/04/2025 | 07/16/2027 | National Dairy Council (NDC) | 2025 Product Research General Solicitation | Fosters new research on the quality, performance and safety of dairy foods and ingredients that will lead to increased consumption of dairy (Product Research) |
| 250,000 | No | 08/14/2025 | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) | Bats for the Future Fund | Provides funding for existing and novel treatments for white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats over the two decades. | |
| 35,000,000 | No | 07/31/2025 | Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) | Food for Progress Program | Provides for the donation of U.S. agricultural commodities to developing countries and emerging democracies committed to introducing and expanding free enterprise in the agricultural sector. | |
| 100,000 | No | 08/06/2025 | 07/16/2028 | Morris Animal Foundation | Equid Health Research | To improve the health and welfare of domesticated horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. |
| 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. | |
| 50,000 | No | 07/31/2025 | American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) | 2025 ASPCA Research Grants | To inform and advance animal welfare in the United States. | |
| 500,000 | No | 09/15/2025 | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI-DNR) | 2025 Surface Water Grant | A wide variety of projects related to surface water, under one of two general categories: (1) Education & Planning; (2) Management. Lake funding is for inland waterbodies only, and wetlands eligible for lake funding must be connected to a lake ecosystem. | |
| 1 | No | 09/16/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | NSF TTP program offers three tracks that represent different starting points or stages in moving discoveries and innovations from the laboratory to practice. | |
| 50,000 | No | 09/15/2025 | 07/16/2026 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Badger Challenge | Program: $50,000 to two or more UW faculty from interdisciplinary fields focused on an identified research project. Scholar: $25,000 to individual UW faculty members focusing on cancer research/advancements in treatments. |
| 1 | No | 09/01/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | ECosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE) | Supports translational research and workforce development at the interface of fundamental plasma science and technological innovation. | |
| 1 | Yes | 08/01/2025 | 07/16/2028 | The Greenwall Foundation | Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics 2026 (Limited Submission) | A career development award to enable early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. |
| 150,000 | No | 12/31/2025 | 07/16/2026 | 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. |
| 200,000 | No | 11/12/2025 | 07/16/2027 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) | Supports engineering faculty to develop expertise in conducting research on engineering education. |
| 1 | No | 09/08/2025 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) | Omnibus of ~35 proposal opportunities including: theory; the development of technology to test those theories; collection of samples and data from land, sea, air and space; analysis of samples and data collected; laboratory measurements of samples and fundamental parameters; and modeling. | |
| Amount | Limited | Due | Length | Sponsor | Program Title | Description |