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Wellcome is a global charitable foundation that wants everyone to benefit from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. They support discovery research into life, health and wellbeing, and taking on three worldwide health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

The aim of the Climate Impact Awards is to make the impacts of climate change visible across a wide range of physical and mental health outcomes in order to increase the profile of the evidence, advance impactful narratives on the effects of climate change on health, and use these to drive urgent policy and practice change at scale. This will include generating and synthesizing evidence (including across multiple sites/countries) on under-researched but significant health issues arising from climate impacts that fill a policy and practice-relevant evidence gap and/or present localizing knowledge to specific contexts where evidence is missing.

This program will fund transdisciplinary teams (e.g., researchers, policymakers, practitioners, community stakeholders, communications, and public engagement experts) with capacity to use evidence to drive climate action. Research that serves the expressed needs of at-risk populations and communities with high exposure and vulnerabilities to the health impacts of climate change will be prioritized.

A webinar will be held on March 3, 2025 at 5pm MT for more information. Sign up here.

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The Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation invites letters of inquiry for its Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Research Fund.

The foundation established the MDS Research Fund to advance the understanding and treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes as well as related blood disorders such as MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) overlap syndromes, secondary acute myeloid leukemia following MDS, idiopathic cytopenia of undetermined significance (ICUS), or clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP).

Proposals should address one or more of the following areas within MDS or related conditions: etiology (including epidemiology, exposures, and/or genetic predisposition), biology, genetics/genomics, prognosis, treatment, symptom management, quality of life/patient-reported outcomes, or survivorship.

The fund will facilitate the advancement of innovative basic science, translational or clinical research. The foundation will accept proposals of two types:

Early Career Awards: To be eligible, investigators must have completed their terminal doctoral degree (PhD, MD, or equivalent) or end of post-graduate clinical training (fellowship), whichever date is later, within the past 10 years and have not yet secured independent funding in the form of an NIH R01 or equivalent (a single award of $200,000/year or more). Instructor or equivalent positions will not be considered as part of the terminal degree. Funding of up to $125,000 per year for two years will be awarded.

Established Investigator Awards: Open to eligible investigators who don’t qualify as Early Career investigators, or applicants who have previously received an Early Career Award from the foundation. Funding of up to $250,000 per year for two years will be awarded.

Institutions must be recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Letters of inquiry are due March 7, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due July 7, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Samsung’s START Program aims to identify emerging technologies and conduct frontier research in collaboration with the academic community. As part of SRA’s expanding efforts to strengthen industry-academic partnerships, this program enables researchers to work with Samsung R&D teams on early-stage innovations that will shape the future of Samsung devices and experiences. The START Program represents an opportunity for universities and Samsung to build mutually beneficial research relationships. Applicants must be university professors or researchers.

The START program is looking for game changing innovations that will impact Samsung’s entire product portfolio in mobile technology, visual display, digital appliances, and networking. START focuses on, but not limited to, the following key domains: AI, Digital Health, 6G, Camera, Multimedia, AR/VR, Security, System on Chip, Big Data, Robotics, Medical Tech, New Emerging Tech.

IMPORTANT:
To be eligible for funds under the START program, the selected applicant’s university must sign a START Research Agreement (RA). Key provisions of the RA specify project conditions, including funding for the project, IP rights, and clarify other aspects of research collaboration. By submitting a START proposal, participating universities agree to accept our START Research Agreement. A copy of the standard START RA can be shared upon the request of an authorized official of the university. Please email request to START@samsung.com.

Applicants are required to submit an abstract proposal in the prescribed format. Detailed submission guidelines can be accessed here. All applicants must review and agree to the SRA Research Agreement Terms at the time of submission.

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For more than four decades, the Ploughshares Fund has supported the world’s most effective advocates and organizations to reduce and eventually eliminate the danger posed by nuclear weapons.

The organization invites applications from organizations and individuals working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world. In line with the fund’s organizational goals and priorities, grantmaking and programmatic activities are focused on the following areas:

Near-term Steps: Drive policies and activities that help eliminate nuclear threats or address regional conflicts. This portfolio supports essential near-term steps to counter nuclear policy regression, advance arms control and diplomacy, and resolve nuclear-related regional conflicts.

Strengthened Community: Create a stronger, more resilient nuclear field. This portfolio supports core organizations in the nuclear field and targeted projects that aim for a more dynamic, inclusive, and effective community.

Shared Purpose: Build new partnerships with intersecting issues. This portfolio develops a broad power base by aligning with social justice movements and exploring intersections between nuclear topics and other issues.

Bold Futures: Support transformational thinking and activities. This portfolio creates favorable terrain for long-term policy change by investing in transformational approaches that fundamentally challenge the nuclear status quo.

The fund places few restrictions on grantmaking, does not impose geographical limitations on its awards, and can fund direct lobbying programs; it does make grants to individuals. The fund encourages women and people from diverse communities to apply.

The next funding cycle will be for summer 2025. The application will be open from March 1, 2025, until March 31, 2025.

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The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), with support from Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the Bia-Echo Foundation, and the Yun Family Foundation, invites applications to the 2025 US NAM Catalyst Award competition.

NAM invites bold, new, and innovative ideas that aim to extend the human health span (i.e., the number of years lived in good health), especially approaches that challenge existing paradigms or propose new methodologies or concepts. High-risk ideas that could potentially yield high rewards and, in turn, dramatically change the field of healthy longevity are encouraged. Each Catalyst Award includes a $50,000 cash prize as well as exclusive access to additional funding opportunities, occasions to connect and collaborate with innovators from around the world, amplification of the award and winning idea, and resources to enhance your project and professional development.

Applications may originate from any field or combination of fields (e.g., biology, chemistry, medicine, engineering, behavioral and social sciences, technology, data science, and policy). Examples of topic areas include, but are not limited to, behavioral health (e.g., social connectedness, engagement, and well-being); biology of aging and molecular pathways; built environment and urban planning; disease prevention, including biomarkers and indicators of disease; healthcare delivery (e.g., technologies simplifying access to care, elder care services); housing (e.g., smart-enabled homes, intergenerational housing models); physical health (e.g., mobility and functionality); policy (e.g., economic, health, and science); reproductive longevity; and technology (e.g., telehealth; artificial intelligence; robotics; medical, assistive, and information technology).

The NAM Catalyst Awards are open to any person or team of any discipline or background. The NAM will issue the Catalyst Awards to an individual or to an organization

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The Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to the fight against HIV and AIDS. The foundation invites letters of intent from community-based organizations in HIV/AIDS care as well as in support of direct services, education, and research.

Grants are made semi-annually to nonprofit organizations in support of care and direct services, education, and research. Grants will be awarded to support developing or established programs, with emphasis on direct benefit to clients or target audiences. Requests from across the United States are considered, with a particular interest in smaller communities and rural areas. Previous requests receiving serious consideration have included requests from locations with a scarcity of available funding; seed money for new projects, programs, or structures; and innovative ideas for meeting basic needs.

Applicants must be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to be eligible.

Letters of intent must be received no later than February 28, 2025, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full application, due March 21, 2025.

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The J.M. Kaplan Fund champions transformative social, environmental, and cultural causes through inventive grant-making.

With the consequences of climate change, cultural loss, and systemic injustice at our doorstep, the urgency for social-impact organizations and community leaders to act has never been greater. Our convergent crises demand not only resilience but also creativity, ambition, and new models of change-making. The J.M. Kaplan Fund believes in the power of innovators to reshape our future – and knows that this work is already underway in unexpected places and through nascent projects across the country. The J.M.K. Innovation Prize to help transform these bold, early-stage ideas into lasting impact.

Leveraging a legacy of catalytic grant-making at the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the Prize seeks out visionary nonprofit and mission-driven for-profit organizations that work within, across, or in a manner related to one or more of the Fund’s three program areas:
Heritage Conservation: Protecting the places and traditions that communities care about most.
The Environment: Advancing climate solutions for a more resilient, vibrant planet.
Social Justice: Working with communities to build a more welcoming and just society.
The application is open to individuals or teams representing nonprofit or mission-driven for-profit organizations within the United States. The Prize will be awarded to projects or ideas that:
Represent a game-changing answer to a clearly identified need;
Innovate within one or more of the Fund’s three program areas;
Demonstrate the potential to develop an actionable pilot or prototype with Prize funding; and
Hold out the promise to benefit multiple individuals, communities, or sectors through a clearly articulated theory of change.
Most Prize awardees are organizations or fiscally sponsored projects that have been active for less than five years and operate with annual budgets of less than $500,000. While the Prize welcomes bold ideas of all kinds, we encourage applicants to carefully consider whether their work aligns with the Prize’s focus on early-stage, impactful innovation.

The first-round application will be available on the JMKFund.org website from February 11–April 25, 2025. Select applicants will be invited to submit a more detailed second-round application in the late spring. Finalists will present their ideas to the trustees of the J.M. Kaplan Fund in the fall, with awardees formally announced in November 2025.

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The mission of the Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) is to prevent and cure hearing loss and tinnitus through groundbreaking research and to promote hearing health.

The foundation invites applications for its Emerging Research Grants program, which will award grants of up to $50,000 over one year to researchers who are in the early stages of their careers and focused on hearing loss, hearing restoration, and hearing- and balance-related conditions. Grants will be awarded in support of proposals on any topic in hearing or balance research including but not limited to age-related hearing loss; auditory and vestibular implants; hearing aids; Central Auditory Processing Disorder; diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of hearing loss and balance disturbance; epidemiology of auditory and vestibular disorders; hearing loss in children and pediatric hearing disorders; human genetics and mouse models of peripheral and central auditory/balance dysfunction; human otopathology; hyperacusis; innovation in cellular and molecular therapies; Ménière’s disease; physiology of hearing and balance; tinnitus; Usher syndrome; and other vestibular disorders. HHF especially welcomes applications from early-stage investigators no more than 10 years from their most recent terminal degree or medical residency.

Each year, a number of topic-specific grant opportunities are available for which HHF welcomes relevant proposals from any eligible investigator, regardless of career stage. Topic-specific grant opportunities for 2025-26 include Central Auditory Processing Disorder, pain hyperacusis, Ménière’s disease, and tinnitus.

To be eligible, applicants must hold an AuD, MD, PhD, or equivalent degree and an appointment at a nonprofit educational, governmental, or other research institution in the United States. Appointments include faculty, postdoctoral fellow, or clinical/research fellow. Current medical residents in otolaryngology may also apply.

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The Center for the Study of Federalism (CSF) is a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research and education institution dedicated to supporting and advancing scholarship and public understanding of federal theories, principles, institutions, and processes as practical means of organizing power in free societies.

The CSF awards grants totaling up to $15,000 each for original research and/or writing that advances thinking about federalism as a principle of American government, law, or politics. Areas of focus may include but are not limited to political philosophy and theory, political history and development, public policy, law (including constitutional law), political institutions, political behavior, and political culture. Research should focus solely on U.S. federalism, but consideration will be given to comparative research in which U.S. federalism is a significant component and from which can be drawn a better understanding of U.S. federalism.

Grants may be used to cover the cost of travel for research purposes, research materials (including relevant software), fieldwork, research assistance, and other pertinent expenses. Grants may cover expenses related to attending conferences and publishing CSF-supported research.

Applicants are expected to have earned a doctoral degree and to have a record of published research.

The center also awards grants totaling up to $7,500 for ABD students conducting dissertation research that will advance thinking about federalism as a principle of American government, law, and politics. Applicants should include letters of recommendation from two faculty members, one of whom must be the applicant’s dissertation chair.

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With a mission of advancing the research and understanding of human microbiota, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling on inspired early career researchers from American institutions in the microbiome field to submit proposals for funding their projects. Leveraging a national board of independent scientists to select the most exciting proposal and to help fund young investigators, Biocodex plans to lead the charge in this field of study by giving an annual national grant to different research topics in the microbiome field.

For 2025, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant will be awarded to an investigator studying “Beyond the gut: The role of the gut microbiome on whole body health focusing on innovative research exploring the impact of gut microbiota on systemic health, including autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic conditions”. This grant may be applied to a new or an existing ongoing study.

This grant is intended to be mainly an operational grant, not a salary grant. Indirect institutional costs are allowed (up to 10%).

Applicants must be an advanced degree holder. The grant must be applied to research in a USA institution. Applicants may have no more than 10 years of research experience post-terminal degree (time spent in clinical training is excluded). The ideal candidate is an early career researcher with 5 years or less research experience. The grant is intended as a seeding or bridging grant, to help investigators initiate or continue a project to become independent.

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Arnold Ventures (AV) is a philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidencebased policy solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. AV focuses on improving systems where outcomes are falling short, incentives are misaligned, and the time is right for change. By funding rigorous research, AV strives to better understand the root causes of problems and build the evidence base about what works to solve them. Using this research, they advocates for policy reforms at all levels of government and build durable, bipartisan coalitions for lasting change and impact.

The Evidence and Evaluation team aims to identify, evaluate, and scale evidence based solutions targeting the nation’s most pressing social problems. One of the strongest tools in the evidence-building toolkit is the randomized controlled trial (RCT). While not applicable to all policy and program contexts, RCTs are often the strongest choice for evaluating social programs because they fairly compare results between a treatment group and a control group, making it clear whether the program or policy truly works. This strong evidence can be important for informing decision-makers and stakeholders to support effective programs.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) aims to build the body of proven, effective policies, programs, and interventions by funding researchers to conduct rigorous randomized control trials (RCTs) across the spectrum of social policy.

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The John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant supports early career psychologists conducting research in the area of early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.

The John and Polly Sparks Foundation partnered with APF to empower early career psychologists to produce scientifically-based research and programs that could provide models for broad-based applications across the country.

APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography. Applicants must be early career psychologists (no more than 10 years postdoctoral with a degree from an accredited university)

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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) supports the creation and circulation of knowledge that advances understanding of humanity and human endeavors in the past, present, and future, with a view toward improving human experience.

The ACLS invites applications for its Leading Edge Fellowships program, which places recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities. Fellows take on substantive roles that draw on the skills and capacities honed in the course of earning a humanities PhD, including advanced communication, research, project management, and creative problem solving.

Recent PhDs from across all fields of the humanities and interpretive social sciences are encouraged to apply for this fellowship. The fellowship will include a stipend: for remote positions, $70,000 in year one, and $72,000 in year two; for in-person positions, $72,000 in year one, and $74,000 in year two. All fellows will have access to health insurance and professional development funding, and up to $5,000 in relocation funds for fellows who relocate for in-person positions. The fellowship tenure is 24 months beginning in September 2025.

To be eligible, applicants must have a PhD that will have been formally conferred by their university between September 1, 2020, and August 31, 2025. Applicants scheduled to graduate in spring or summer 2025 must be prepared to verify, with confirmation from their university registrar’s office, a PhD conferral date on or before August 31, 2025. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for the entire duration of the fellowship term.

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Founded in 1876, the American Chemical Society (ACS) aims to advance scientific knowledge, empower a global community, and champion scientific integrity.

The ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) research grant programs support fundamental research in the petroleum field as well as development of the next generation of engineers and scientists through advanced scientific education. Research areas supported include chemistry, earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science.

ACS invites applications for its New Directions (ND) grants program, which provides funds to scientists and engineers with limited—or even no—preliminary results for a research project they wish to pursue, and who intend to use the PRF-driven preliminary results to seek continuation funding from other agencies. ND grants are to be used to illustrate proof of concept/feasibility. Accordingly, they are to be viewed as seed money for new research ventures.

A “new research direction” is something different from previous research performed by the lead principal investigator (lead PI). But it may involve a field of science or engineering in which others are already working. Therefore, the proposed research should not be in the same direction as—or overlap with—current projects in the lead PI’s research group. Preliminary results and/or communications are not required.

Grants of up to $125,000 over two years will be awarded.

Regularly appointed faculty members at academic institutions in countries where ACS PRF can administer grants are eligible. Certain other long-term scientific appointments may be eligible.

Applications will be accepted starting February 10, 2025, and are due March 7, 2025.

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation makes grants primarily to support original research and education related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. The Foundation believes that these fields—and the scholars and practitioners who work in them—are chief drivers of the nation’s health and prosperity. The Foundation also believes that a reasoned, systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.

This RFP is for a postdoctoral fellowship program for grants of up to $250,000 USD to support early career researchers in the social sciences and humanities (with particular emphasis on philosophy, sociology of science, and metascience) who are interested in building a career in understanding the implications of AI for the science and research ecosystem.

AI (currently understood as a set of technologies including machine learning, deep learning, and foundation models) could accelerate scientific discovery, whether through narrow applications like DeepMind’s AlphaFold, or general applications such as advances in AI-enabled lab robotics, evidence synthesis, or statistical inference. There are many practical and technical challenges to solve before society has fully-fledged autonomous ‘AI scientists’. Nevertheless, it seems inevitable that over the coming years public and private R&D funders will make significant investments both to diffuse and adopt AI technologies, and to solve technical challenges, in the direction of a more heavily AI-mediated research. 

This program will support a cohort of postdoctoral researchers to deepen their understanding of AI technology and pursue career paths which evaluate the phenomenon of AI-mediated science and guide its pursuit, covering one or more of the following objectives: 
building our understanding of how the growing adoption of AI is changing the research landscape and the day-to-day work of researchers; 
building our understanding of the epistemic, metascientific, ethical and/or socioeconomic implications of these changes; and 
building understanding of how governments, industry, and/or funding organizations should respond to improve our research landscape.
This program will not fund fellows whose primary research focus is the direct development of scientific AI tools. The funding opportunity is open to early career researchers who will have completed their PhD by the start date of the fellowship or who can demonstrate equivalent research or innovation experience, and who do not yet hold a permanent or tenure-track academic position. 

This fellowship program is intended for researchers who are uniquely interested in AI’s impact on science, rather than general AI ethics, safety and society-related topics (as these are covered substantially elsewhere). 

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation makes grants primarily to support original research and education related to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and economics. The Foundation believes that these fields—and the scholars and practitioners who work in them—are chief drivers of the nation’s health and prosperity. The Foundation also believes that a reasoned, systematic understanding of the forces of nature and society, when applied inventively and wisely, can lead to a better world for all.

The Energy and Environment program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supports research, training, networking, and dissemination efforts to inform the societal transition toward low-carbon energy systems in the United States by investigating economic, environmental, technological, and distributional issues. The program is currently inviting Letters of Inquiry for interdisciplinary, collaborative social science research projects led by early- and mid-career scholars that analyze the systemic interactions and connections associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy in the United States. This Call for Letters of Inquiry is deliberately framed broadly to encourage the submission of research project ideas that examine the links and implications between different components of the energy system and how they relate to other aspects of the economy. It is expected that 4-6 grants will be awarded from the Call, and grant amounts are expected to be between $500,000 and $1,000,000 over a 2-4 year period.

Expected Team Structure and Eligibility:
Researchers who have not previously received funding from the Sloan Foundation’s Energy and Environment program are encouraged to submit a Letter of Inquiry. Priority will be given to these submissions.
The lead principal investigator must be an Assistant or Associate Professor, or in equivalent positions, based at a university or college in the United States.
Submissions from highly diverse teams are strongly encouraged and priority will be given to these submissions. Researchers based at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are strongly encouraged to apply, either as lead primary investigators or in team member roles.
Submissions are encouraged across the full allowed budgetary range, and close attention will be paid to ensure that requested budget amounts are warranted.
Senior researchers and non-U.S.-based researchers may participate in proposed projects and can receive funding as research team members, advisors, or collaborators.
Researchers may participate in a maximum of two proposed projects.

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Thrasher Research Fund provides grants for clinical, hypothesis-driven research that offers substantial promise for meaningful advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children’s diseases, particularly research that offers broad-based applications.

The purpose of the early career award program is to encourage the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. The goal is to fund applicants who will go on to be independent investigators. The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. They do not focus on a particular ​disease, but all funded projects deal directly with children’s health.

In the Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children’s health through medical research. Both an applicant’s aptitude and inclination toward research are considered. The quality of the mentor and the mentoring relationship are also considered to be important predictors of success.

To be eligible, applicants must be:

1. Physicians who are in a residency/fellowship training program, or who completed that program no more than one year before the Concept Paper deadline.

2. Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years before the Concept Paper deadline. Thrasher calculates eligibility by the year, ie. if you finished fellowship in July 2024 you are eligible to apply through all of 2025. Extensions may be granted for parental, family, or medical leave. Please contact the fund to discuss your specific case.

While the award is open to all who are eligible, Thrasher especially hopes to encourage applications from those in the United States who are part of underrepresented minority groups in research. More information can be found at https://www.thrasherresearch.org/diversity.

There are no restrictions with regard to citizenship. The Fund is open to applications from institutions both inside and outside the United States.

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The Terra Foundation supports visual arts projects with a focus on art of the United States and Indigenous art of North America that question and broaden understandings of American art and transform how its stories are told. Recognizing current and historical inequities in presentations and understandings of American art history, the Terra Foundation encourages temporary loan exhibitions that address these disparities and exclusions at institutions worldwide.

Terra Foundation Exhibition grants provide support for organizations to plan and present temporary exhibitions comprised primarily of loans. The foundation encourages proposals from organizations (e.g., museums, art centers, and community-based cultural organizations) of varying sizes and annual budgets and representing the full spectrum of geographic regions, within and outside the United States. The foundation anticipates that individual grants will range between $25,000 and $200,000, with an average grant size of $100,000.

The foundation encourages projects that:
Generate knowledge and interpretive frameworks that reflect the range and complexity of American art and its histories through the diversity of artists represented, voices included, and stories told
Center artists, scholars, and communities who have been systemically excluded from narratives, practices, and presentations of American art
Commit to inclusive and equitable practices across project development and implementation in order to lead to structural change
They also encourage multilingual written materials when possible and relevant to the project and/or its audiences.

Through its Exhibitions program, the Terra Foundation is provides support for organizations to plan and present temporary exhibitions comprised primarily of loans. Grants may be used for costs associated with planning, research, interpretation, artist fees (except for commissions), shipping, crating, couriers, insurance, object loan fees, construction of temporary gallery walls, conservation/framing, programs, marketing, and dissemination of research, whether virtual or print. The foundation also supports related staff positions (up to 25% of the award amount) and indirect costs (up to 15% of the award amount).

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The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) aims to advance the basic science of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.

SFARI has issued a request for applications for its Autism Rat Models Consortium. Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) are intended to recharge and extend a consortium of researchers using rats as an experimental system to advance our understanding of the behavioral and circuit neuroscience mechanisms underlying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD).

SFARI launched the Autism Rat Models Consortium (ARC) in 2022 with a group of researchers funded through the original Autism Rat Models Consortium RFA. These researchers are using rats generated with SFARI funding that carry mutations in high-confidence genes that in humans significantly increase the likelihood of developing autism and related NDD. As part of the consortium, these same rat models are being evaluated through a comprehensive behavioral phenotyping pipeline established by the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB). Access to these models, as well as the resulting data from the SIDB pipeline, are available to any qualified researcher.

SFARI is launching a new RFA to build upon the successes of the initial phase of ARC and to integrate new ideas and researchers into the existing collaborative framework. As in the original RFA, awardees of this RFA will work as a consortium to use these rat models to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying neural circuits relevant to autism and related NDD.

Proposals are expected to utilize SFARI rat models (additional rat models generated elsewhere may be added if relevant to autism/NDD) to conduct in-depth behavioral and/or circuit analyses to further understand mechanisms underlying autism and NDD. Competitive applications will utilize the rat’s advantages as a highly trainable species innately capable of expressing varied, complex behavior. Proposals are encouraged that incorporate recent advances in high-resolution behavioral phenotyping (e.g. refs 1 and 12) as well as neural imaging and analysis.

To maintain successful collaborations developed during the first phase of ARC, as well as to infuse the consortium with new ideas and membership, SFARI will offer two tracks within this RFA:

Explorer: Especially suited for those who have experience studying rat models but are new to studying autism/NDD and/or are focused on a functional domain or question that is not well represented in existing consortium projects. Explorer projects are meant to support individual labs or small collaborative groups. The total budget is $200,000, inclusive of 20 percent indirect costs, for each year of funding over a period of two years, with the possibility of an additional two years of funding for successful projects based on progress in the first two years.

Collaboration: Appropriate for multi-lab collaborative projects that are based on existing work in autism/NDD-relevant rat models. Each lab within a Collaboration project may request a maximum of $300,000, inclusive of 20 percent indirect costs, for each year of funding over a period of three to four years. The budget for Collaboration Projects, regardless of the number of labs included, may not exceed an annual maximum of $900,000 (and a four-year maximum of $3.6 million).

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The Kress Foundation devotes its resources to advancing the study, preservation, and enjoyment of European art, architecture, and archaeology from antiquity to the early 19th century. The foundation is currently accepting applications for their grant programs in the following areas:

History of Arts Grants
The History of Art Grants program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies.

Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.

Conservation Grants
The Conservation Grants program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European works of art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events.

Digital Art History Grants
The Digital Art History Grants program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially essential art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.

See each grant page for eligibility criteria.

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Muscular Dystrophy Association invites applications for innovative, multidisciplinary research projects aimed at advancing our understanding of human skeletal muscle regeneration. This RFA seeks to address critical knowledge gaps identified by leading experts in muscle biology, with the ultimate goal of guiding effective therapeutic strategies to restore muscle function in individuals affected by advanced muscle weakness and wasting caused by neuromuscular disease.

Recent therapeutic advancements have primarily focused on preventing or slowing muscle loss in neuromuscular diseases. However, these treatments offer limited benefits to patients who have already experienced significant muscle degeneration. There is an urgent need to develop strategies that can regenerate lost muscle tissue and restore functionality.

Applicants are encouraged to propose projects that align with one or more of the following focus areas. Studies that utilize human-derived materials or can demonstrate clinical translatability are preferred.
Improve understanding of regeneration in skeletal muscle tissue
Establishing Biomarkers and Clinically Translatable Outcome Measures
To view application instructions, log in to MDA’s online grants management system, ProposalCentral.

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The mission of the International OCD Foundation is to ensure that no one affected by OCD and related disorders suffers alone. The foundation has issued its 2025 research grant program request for proposals. Since 1994, the program has awarded more than $11 million in funding support to researchers around the world. In 2025, the foundation will offer funding research funding through the following awards:

Innovator Awards: A three-year grant of up to $300,000 will be awarded in support of senior researchers pursuing high-impact research into OCD. The goal of the award is to bolster research with the potential to revolutionize scientific understanding of OCD, accelerate progress toward new and more effective treatments, and discover ways to prevent OCD from taking hold in the first place. Applicants must have at least five years of research experience following the completion of their terminal degree. Eligible research projects must investigate topics in the field of OCD, with a focus on finding a cure for OCD. These may include prevention (i.e., keeping OCD from taking hold) and treatment (i.e., effectively achieving significant reduction in symptoms or remission).

Michael A. Jenike Young Investigator Awards: Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to support promising young investigators who are developing their careers while pursuing creative and impactful research projects on OCD and related disorders across a range of disciplines. To be eligible for funding, researchers must be investigating OCD and related disorders (OCD, including pediatric OCD; PANS/PANDAS; hoarding disorder; body dysmorphic disorder; or body focused repetitive behaviors). Eligible applicants must be current graduate students, or must have completed their residency or their PhD (or equivalent) on or after September 1, 2020. Applicants who are still in training must submit a letter from their mentor with their application.

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HFSP Research Grants support innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems with emphasis placed on novel and interdisciplinary approaches that involve scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries (see guidelines).

Participation of scientists from disciplines outside the traditional life sciences such as biophysics, chemistry, computational biology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, nanoscience or physics is recommended because such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize living organisms, their evolution and interactions.

Research grants are provided for teams of scientists from different countries who wish to combine their expertise in innovative approaches to questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories. Preliminary results are not required and applicants are expected to develop new lines of research through the research collaboration.

It is understood that such research inherently contains risks and HFSP expects that teams of applicants address the risks and outline mitigation strategies for their research in case of failure and how they intend to achieve their goals.

Applications for applied research, including medical research typically funded by national medical research bodies, will be deemed ineligible (see guidelines).

Two types of research grants are available:
Research Grants – Early Career
All team members are expected to direct a research group (however small) and must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent). They must be in a position to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research. The HFSP award is not intended to create scientific independence, this is a decision of the research institute prior to the application.

Research Grants Program
Awarded to teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers. The research team is expected to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged.

Information about eligibility can be found here.

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The Dana Foundation is currently accepting applications from graduate students and postdoctoral trainees for trainee research awards to support small research projects in neuroscience and society.
The trainee research awards are organized by the Dana NextGen program, which aims to strengthen neuroscience’s positive role in the world by preparing the next generation of scholars to think reflexively and responsibly apply neuroscience knowledge to benefit society by supporting innovative training opportunities, workforce development, and collaboration across disciplines.

Applicants may request up to $15,000 in funding to support research projects in neuroscience and society. Applications may request up to an additional 10% of their requested amount to cover indirect costs at your institution (i.e. if you request $15,000, you may request an additional $1,500 covering indirect costs, for a total of $16,500). Indirect costs are expenses that are necessary for an organization to operate but are not directly associated with a specific project or program. Your institution will likely request indirect costs as a condition of receiving your grant.

To be eligible for a trainee research award, you must meet both of the following conditions:
Currently affiliated with an academic or non-profit institution in the United States.
Currently enrolled in a training program, or employed by a non-profit organization, as a graduate student or postdoctoral traineeTrainee research awards can be used to support a neuroscience and society research project (cannot involve either fundamental or applied clinical or psychological research). Research methodologies may include surveys, qualitative research, case studies, conceptual analysis, legal or policy analysis, systematic reviews, etc.
Questions can be directed to Chinmayi Balusu, Dana Fellow in Neuroscience & Society, at cbalusu@dana.org.

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The Dana Foundation is currently accepting applications for professional development awards for trainees interested in opportunities in neuroscience and society.

The professional development awards are organized by the Dana NextGen program, which aims to strengthen neuroscience’s positive role in the world by preparing the next generation of scholars to think reflexively and responsibly apply neuroscience knowledge to benefit society by supporting innovative training opportunities, workforce development, and collaboration across disciplines.

Applicants may request up to $5,000 in funding to support professional development in neuroscience and society. (Note that Dana funding can be used towards a professional development activity with a total cost that exceeds $5,000 — i.e. the Dana funding can be used as partial support of a professional development activity.)

Applicants may request up to an additional 10% of their requested amount to cover indirect costs at your institution (i.e. if you request $5,000, you may request an additional $500 covering indirect costs, for a total of $5,500). Indirect costs are expenses that are necessary for an organization to operate but are not directly associated with a specific project or program. Your institution will likely request indirect costs as a condition of receiving your grant.

To be eligible for a professional development award, you must meet both of the following conditions:
Currently affiliated with an academic or non-profit institution in the United States.
Currently enrolled in a training program, or employed by a non-profit organization, as an undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate, or post-doctoral trainee.
Professional development awards can be used to support the following activities (note that these are examples and not an exhaustive list):
Attending a conference or workshop in neuroscience and society.
Neuroscience and society courseworkWe anticipate selecting 5 recipients for the professional development awards.
Questions can be directed to Chinmayi Balusu, Dana Fellow in Neuroscience & Society, at cbalusu@dana.org.

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The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation is committed to a world where individuals with spinal cord injuries, and those who care for them, live full and productive lives as active participants in their communities.

The foundation is now accepting proposal for their Psychosocial Research (PSR) portfolio. The program supports the study of people’s psychological and social wellbeing and research to develop and test interventions that improve an individual’s mental, behavioral, and social welfare following spinal cord injury (SCI). The goal is to build and disseminate solutions that individuals, caregivers, clinicians, and communities can incorporate to address emotional wellbeing and barriers to social engagement. The portfolio seeks to advance meaningful participation of people with lived experience in SCI research design and execution. The foundation will accept project proposals in the following areas:

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage early-career mentored training to build interest in the field and to encourage researchers from related health disciplines to undertake training in psychosocial research focused on spinal cord injury. Amount: $200,000 over two years.

Investigational Grants
Two-year funding that supports research to improve understanding of psychosocial issues and provide insights needed to develop approaches that improve the lives of people affected by spinal cord injury. Studies in this category may involve the development and early testing of an intervention, although this is not a requirement. Amount: $300,000 over two years.

Interventional Testing Grants
Funding for up to three years to support work that leads to the creation, adaptation, and/or refinement of an intervention to address psychosocial challenges for those affected by spinal cord injury. Studies in this category include testing the feasibility, acceptability, and/or initial efficacy of the developed intervention. Amount: $350,000 over two years.

To eligible (in all categories above), applicants must have a doctoral degree or equivalent professional degree (e.g., PhD, MD, DVM). Postdoctoral applicants should follow instructions in the “PSR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS” section regarding degree completion. Non-fellowship applicants must demonstrate appropriate experience to serve as an independent PI. The Neilsen Foundation encourages submissions from eligible PIs who represent a wide range of disciplines; however, it is required that relevant SCI expertise be represented on the proposed research project team.

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Arnold Ventures (AV) is a philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidence-based policy solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. AV focuses on improving systems where outcomes are falling short, incentives are misaligned, and the time is right for change. By funding rigorous research, AV strives to better understand the root causes of problems and build the evidence about what works to solve them. Using this research, AV advocates for policy reforms at all levels of government and build durable, bipartisan coalitions to drive lasting change and impact.

The Evidence and Evaluation team aims to identify, evaluate, and scale evidence based solutions targeting the nation’s most pressing social problems. This funding targets the first two phases of that goal – identifying and evaluating potential solutions – and is geared toward studies examining the causal effects of a policy, program, or intervention that aligns with key AV policy areas. Causal research employing strong, quasi-experimental methods are a critical component of the evidence-building process and are important for increasing the knowledge base for decision-makers and stakeholders.

This RFP aims to bolster the knowledge base about potentially effective policies, programs, and interventions by funding researchers to conduct rigorous, causal research using quasi-experimental methods that aligns with key AV policy areas. AV seeks studies that will advance the knowledge base within key AV policy areas, including higher education, career education and training, infrastructure, contraceptive choice and access, and public finance.

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The American Psychological Foundation invites applications for its Esther Katz Rosen Fund, which was established in 1974 by a generous bequest intended to support activities related to the advancement and application of knowledge about gifted children.”

The program aims to enable and enhance development of identified gifted and talented children and adolescents as well as encourage promising psychologists to continue innovative research and programs in this area. Through the fund, a grant of $45,000 will be awarded to support activities on the advancement and application of knowledge related to identified gifted and talented children and adolescents, including research, pilot projects, and research-based programs.

Applicants must be affiliated with a school or education institution, hold a doctoral degree, or be graduate students from an accredited university for research proposals.

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The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative is on a mission to accelerate the pace of discovery and inform the path to a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD) through collaboration, generation of research-enabling resources, and data-sharing. The ASAP initiative provides funding opportunities to the scientific community.

The Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative invites applications from collaborative teams to join the ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN), an international, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional network of research teams working to address high-priority research questions in an effort to advance our understanding of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and drive new ideas into the R&D pipeline. For this cycle, applications within the Scientific Track that focus on dissecting the mechanisms that contribute to PD heterogeneity will be considered in six key focus areas:
Examining PD in the Context of Aging
Understanding How Co-Pathologies Can Influence PD Pathogenesis and Progression
Role of Known Environmental Risk Factors in Contributing to Disease Pathogenesis
Understanding the Circuit Biology Driving Clinical Symptom Presentation (With an Emphasis on Non-Motor Symptoms)
Role of Clearance Mechanisms in PD
Identification of Factors Influencing Seeding in the Alpha-Synuclein Seeding Amplification Assay
For a full list of all instructions and requirements, download the RFA Overview, LOI Instructions and Requirements, and Team, Application, and Budget Guidelines.

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The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), in collaboration with the Criminal Justice program at Arnold Ventures (AV), is pleased to announce its first annual grants competition for early-career scholars. Our goal is to cultivate a pipeline of researchers conducting causal research on the criminal justice system. Criminal justice policies and practices include the work of the police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole, and immigration detention. Proposals must include causal research designs that can reliably isolate the treatment effects of a policy, practice, or intervention. Examples include difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, and randomized controlled trials. Mixed methods projects will be considered if a causal research design is central to the proposal.

To be eligible, applicants must be tenure-track assistant professors at a college or university in the U.S. at the start of the grant period. We encourage applicants who have not previously received RSF support. The program prioritizes disciplinary diversity and welcomes applications from scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences, and/or employed at under-resourced universities. The maximum grant is $100,000.

The proposal deadline is April 3, 2025, for funding starting October 1, 2025.

RSF staff will discuss the Causal Research on Criminal Justice System Grants competition application process at a webinar on March 4, 2025, at 2PM ET. Register for the webinar here.

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works to advance health equity and helps to build a world where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. Their goal is to help improve the health of everyone in the United States by placing wellbeing at the center of every aspect of life.

Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) is a four-year national leadership development program for full-time doctoral students from a wide range of nonclinical, research-focused disciplines in which policy is a key lever for change. HPRS builds on RWJF’s vision of leadership as a dynamic, transformative, relational process of change aimed at repairing damage from historical and structural injustices and oppression.

The program is for doctoral students who are deeply committed to research that works to advance antiracism and structural change work aligned with the health needs of the most impacted communities. HPRS supports researchers from diverse backgrounds, particularly those with lived experiences of inequity, marginalization, and oppression.

HPRS offers training in the health policy process, approaches to systems change, and how to craft an actionable research question that can inform solutions to health inequity—as well as mentorship and career and leadership coaching. HPRS is a community of eight cohorts of research leaders—drawing on both lived and professional experiences—who are advancing health equity and making impactful societal change. Up to 40 scholars will be selected for the 2025 cohort, which will be the program’s final cohort.

To be eligible:
Applicants must be starting full-time, second-year doctoral studies in a research-based program in fall 2025 at a degree-granting institution based in the United States or its territories. Applicants must remain full-time doctoral students while enrolled in HPRS;
Applicants must have at least three academic years remaining in their doctoral program and not expect to graduate before spring/summer 2028;
Applicants must be from marginalized backgrounds, and be able to describe how their background, identity, or lived experiences have positioned them to contribute to the goals of the program. Examples of marginalized backgrounds include, but are not limited to, first-generation college graduates; individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals from minoritized populations, and individuals with disabilities.
Applicants cannot be a recipient of a national fellowship program that prohibits participation in additional programs such as HPRS. Applicants should make sure to check the policies of other fellowships;
Applicants must be at least 21 years old as of September 1, 2025;
Federal, state, tribal, and local government employees are eligible to apply unless they are considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code;
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Status or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the time of application. As federal policy or laws change, we may need to consider adjustments in eligibility and grant terms;
Individual candidates for receipt of award funds cannot be related by blood or marriage to any Officer, Manager, or Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, or be a descendant of its founder, Robert Wood Johnson.

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The Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Scholar Award accelerates breakthrough academic discoveries into new treatments for rare diseases with an emphasis on neurological disorders, developmental and metabolic disorders, and rare cancers. Other rare genetic indications with high unmet need are also eligible for the award. Applications directed to other rare, genetic indications with a high unmet need are also of interest. Any therapeutic modality will be considered.

Researchers in the US, UK, and Canada are eligible to apply for this award. Successful applicants will receive:
Guaranteed grant award of $100,000 (US and Canada)
One year of therapeutics development support and project management with potential to renew for a second year based on milestones met
Access to core facilities and infrastructure including oligonucleotide synthesis and screening, small molecule and protein platforms, cell and gene therapy facilities
Opportunity to compete for acceleration funds up to $300,000
Opportunity to qualify for investment funds up to $1,000,000 according to project requirements
Invitation to present at a Harrington Discovery Institute or Oxford-Harrington Centre Symposium
To be eligible, the applicant must hold an MD or PhD in the US, Canada or the UK and operate their own independent lab. Note: IP rights are retained by the awardee and their institution.

Award recipients will be selected by the OHC Scientific Advisory Council and announced in October 2025. Up to 10 OHC Scholars will be selected.

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The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The foundation realizes this vision by awarding project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.

The foundation invites applications from organizations for production and presentation grants of up to $30,000, which may be applied to the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include but are not limited to exhibitions, installations; film/video/new media web initiatives; public programs; and publications.

The foundation’s priorities include assisting with the production and presentation of significant programs about architecture and the designed environment to promote dialogue, raising awareness, and developing new and wider audiences; supporting grantees in their efforts to take risks in programming and create opportunities for experimentation; recognizing the vital role they play in providing individuals with a public forum in which to present their work; and helping them to realize projects that would otherwise not be possible without foundation support.

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The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network (CZ Biohub Network) and the Stellar Science Foundation (SS-F) invite applications for the Global Science Scholars program, an up to two-year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Japan designed to advance excellence in bioengineering and biomedical research by supporting early-career researchers to advance their careers and conduct groundbreaking science in U.S. and Japanese research labs.

The program provides up to two years designed to advance early-stage careers and catalyze groundbreaking science globally and aims to support cutting-edge science in bioengineering and biomedical domains and, in particular, people who are committed to pursuing up to two years of research directed at creating a better future for all by conducting research outside of their degree granting country. There are two types of fellowships:

Global Science Scholars in residence in Japan: The postdoctoral fellowship is open to early career applicants who have recently earned their doctoral degree and wish to conduct research activities at a Japanese research institution with selected research leaders. Candidates must have received their doctoral degree on or after July 1, 2021. For placement in Japan, the applicant must have received their undergraduate or doctoral degree from a U.S. degree-granting institution, and eligibility for a Japanese visa is required. Funding for the Global Science Scholars in residence in Japan extends only until March 2027, thus the duration of support is up to two years, depending on start date.

Global Science Scholars in residence in the U.S.: The postdoctoral fellowship is open to early-career applicants who have recently earned their doctoral degree and wish to conduct research activities at a CZ Biohub Network partner university (in San Francisco, Chicago, or New York areas) with selected research leaders. Candidates must have received their doctoral degree on or after July 1, 2021. For placement in the U.S., the applicant must have received their undergraduate or doctoral degree from a Japanese degree-granting institution, and eligibility for a U.S. visa is required. Funding for the Global Science Scholars in residence in the CZ Biohub Network is available for a two-year fellowship.

Each postdoctoral fellowship in the U.S. will be supported by a stipend of $75,000 per year and up to $5,000 per year for reimbursable expenses (up to $10,000 in total over the course of two years) to offset the cost of relocation for the first and final year of the fellowship. Each postdoctoral fellowship in Japan is supported by a stipend of 9,600,000 JPY per year and up to 749,000 JPY per year for reimbursable expenses (up to 1,498,000 JPY in total over the course of two years) to offset the cost of relocation for each the first and final year of the fellowship. Please note that funding for the fellowship in residence Japan program is available until March 2027, so the fellowship may be less than two years in duration, depending on start date. The program also provides travel funds to participate in a required scientific convening associated with the fellowship program (approximately $4,000 or 600,000 JPY) per year.

To be eligible, candidates must have a doctoral degree conferred by July 1, 2025. Candidates must be eligible to start their fellowship position (including providing proof of doctoral degree conferral) by July 1, 2025. Because the program is an early-career fellowship, candidates must not have received their doctoral degree before July 1, 2021. Applicants must have a level of English proficiency sufficient to conduct research and communicate effectively in English.

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The Vilcek Foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia, with the mission to celebrate and raise awareness of immigrant contributions to the arts, sciences, and society in the United States.

The foundation invites applications for its grants program, which will award grants in support of nonprofit organizations based in the United States and U.S. territories that work with immigrant artists and communities and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities.

In 2025, the foundation will award a total of $200,000 to nonprofit organizations, with individual grants ranging from between $5,000 and $20,000 each.

To be eligible, applicants must be nonprofit organizations operating as tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and be based in the United States or within the U.S. territories.

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a call for proposals for Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity.

Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health, with an explicit emphasis on advancing racial equity. The foundation recognizes that achieving racial equity is not possible without a focus on the foundational and structural drivers of health, often referred to as the social determinants of health (e.g., housing, education, built environment, economic opportunity, law enforcement, and others). Therefore, partners with researchers, practitioners, community leaders, advocates, and policy makers across the many sectors and domains that impact health and well-being to develop evidence about what works to dismantle or remedy unjust systems and practices and produce more equitable outcomes for people and communities of color.

E4A prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. The foundation is concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander people, and other races and ethnicities)—as well as how racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority.

This funding is focused on studies about upstream causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop characterizing or documenting a problem’s extent.

E4A seeks grantees who are deeply committed to conducting rigorous and equitable research and ensuring that their findings are actionable in the real world. In addition to research funding, RWJF also supports grantees with stakeholder engagement, dissemination of findings, and other activities that can enhance their projects’ potential to “move the needle” on health and racial equity.

To be eligible, organizations must be based in the United States or its territories. Submissions from teams that include both U.S. and international members are eligible, but the lead applicant must be based in the United States. Preference will be given to applicant organizations that are either institutes of higher education, public entities, or nonprofits that are tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. Other types of nonprofit and for-profit organizations are also eligible to apply.

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The IBRO Rising Stars Awards support the research needs of early career neuroscientists who either come from diverse and/or underrepresented backgrounds (racial/ethnic minorities, sexual orientation, special needs, etc) or lack substantial start-up funds or grant support from other agencies. Additionally, they significantly impact their professional trajectories, by providing critical recognition for their research endeavors, supporting targeted capacity building and enabling the integration of cutting-edge methodologies and tools into their work. As a result, this program also enhances awardees’ chances of securing additional funding.

This program is open to early career neuroscientists who are within the first five years from their initial faculty appointment and starting their first independent laboratory anytime in 2025.

Funding priority will be given to those who have not previously received, nor expect to receive, substantial support from other sources. Applicants who can use this award to leverage matching funds from other sources will also be viewed favorably.

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The Glenn W. Bailey Foundation (GWB) aims to foster pathways to success in globally competitive STEM careers for students in the United States.

GWB invites applications for seed and continuation funding for organizations seeking programmatic funding pertaining to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education at all levels. Applications are invited for the following programs:

STEM Sprouts: An early education STEM) program designed to introduce young children, typically between the ages of three and 10, to the foundational concepts and skills within these four fields. Such programs should aim to foster curiosity, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and a love for STEM learning from an early age. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded.

STEM Stars: Grants will be made to organizations supporting middle and high school students participating or interested in advanced STEM programs and who ultimately want to pursue a college degree in a STEM-related field. Programming can take place before, during, or after school. The foundation encourages programs that are successfully preparing interested students who wish to be fully prepared for their intended college STEM major by exposing them to advanced topics in science, engineering, computer science, and more. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded.

STEM Scholars: A post-secondary STEM program aimed at providing colleges and universities with more funding and flexibility for their internal STEM programs. The program seeks to offer opportunities to expand current programs or seed money to create new programs. Funding can support a multitude of activities and initiatives such as club activities, career management counselors, showcases, research projects, camps, tech talks, student clubs and organizations, lecture series, and professor continuing-education programs. Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded.

Teen Tech Competition: The foundation is interested in supporting large STEM-related organizations that are interested in creating or continuing a tech competition for local youth. Organizations would be required to operate under certain (but flexible) parameters and are encouraged to let the participating students lead the way in building out the actual competition’s layout. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded.

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Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute (CFRI) is a 501(C)(3) organization founded in 1975, that funds innovative cystic fibrosis (CF) research and offers education, advocacy and psychosocial support programs and services to those with CF, as well as their families and caregivers.
The foundation is accepting proposals for the following programs:

New Horizons Research Campaign
The nationwide New Horizons Research Campaign funds promising new cystic fibrosis (CF) research projects in academic and hospital institutions. Supporting research of the highest scientific quality, the NH program also endeavors to fund those applications with the greatest relevance to finding improved treatments or a cure for CF.
Awards are up to $140,000.

Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship
The Elizabeth Nash Memorial Fellowship (ENMF) was inaugurated in 1999 to provide annual funding to Post-Doctoral Fellows engaged in CF-related research at academic and hospital institutions nationwide and encourage collaborative research and communication between the institutions and PI’s. The fellowship is named in memory of geneticist Elizabeth Nash, who had CF and served as CFRI’s RAC Chairperson.
Awards are up to $130,000.

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The Sloan Foundation is accepting application for the Matther-to-Life program. The program aims to sharpen our scientific understanding of the physical principles and mechanisms that distinguish living systems from inanimate matter, and to explore the conditions under which physical principles and mechanisms guide the complexification of matter towards life.

Research grants in Sloan’s Matter-to-Life program seek to advance theoretical and experimental efforts aimed at unraveling the physical principles and mechanisms that distinguish living systems from inanimate matter, and that explore whether and how physical principles guide the complexification of matter towards life.

The program will prioritize those projects making the most compelling case for how the proposed research will advance our scientific understanding of life’s distinctiveness, and that pursue research directions not already well supported by federal funders. The program will not support biomedical or disease-related research. Sloan seeks to support well-conceived biology/physics/chemistry/engineering projects that explore the matter-life boundary in comparatively simple systems, rather than animal-based or social-science experiments that study complex higher-level organism behaviors. They recognize that both multi-disciplinary and exploratory work is needed to advance matter-to-life science, and the program is open to projects with these features when they are important to advancing the proposed science.

Grantmaking proceeds along three interrelated focus areas: Building Life, Principles of Life, and Signs of Life.

Grant-seekers with a relevant research project or meeting idea should submit a Letter of Inquiry of no more than two pages to Program Director Ernie Glover at mattertolife@sloan.org. For more about what to include in a Letter of Inquiry, please refer to our Letter of Inquiry Guidelines.

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The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance.

With the understanding that diversity in the scientific workforce is an important element for the goal of advancing autism science, SFARI announces a new program that will provide supplements to existing grants for the recruitment of new lab members from American underrepresented minority groups at the postdoctoral level. For the purposes of this supplement, eligible groups include the following: African American/Black; Latin American/Hispanic; Native American/Alaskan Native; Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander (including Filipino).

The goal of this award is to increase diversity and fight inequity. SFARI Principal Investigators (PIs) are encouraged to recruit candi­­­­­­­­dates for this supplement not only at their home institution, but also at historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions with high minority enrollment. SFARI will not award supplements to fund current lab members, even if they are not funded by the original SFARI award.

To facilitate the academic success and independence of selected postdoctoral research associates, SFARI will organize networking opportunities with peer awardees, other SFARI grantees (including both early career and senior investigators) and SFARI staff.

As a condition for accepting the grant, the mentor and candidate must agree to work together to submit one or more applications for federal and/or non-federal postdoctoral fellowship awards before the end of the second year. Continuation of the award for a third year of funding is not contingent on success in these applications, but writing such proposals is an important part of training for future in science.

Current PIs may request up to $100,000 per year for up to three years. This is intended to cover the full salary and fringe benefits of the selected postdoctoral research associate, travel and other professional development opportunities for the postdoctoral research associate, and the associated indirect costs. Funds may also be used to purchase additional lab supplies needed to accommodate the research plan but are limited to $10,000 per year.

PIs will be required to provide annual updates to SFARI on the new lab member’s productivity as part of their required project progress reports.

Please contact Lynn Wong if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a call for proposals for Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity.

Evidence for Action (E4A), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, funds research that expands the evidence needed to build a Culture of Health, emphasizing advancing racial equity. According to RWJF, achieving racial equity is impossible without focusing on the foundational and structural drivers of health, often referred to as the social determinants of health (e.g., housing, education, built environment, economic opportunity, law enforcement, and others). Therefore, the fund partners with researchers, practitioners, community leaders, advocates, and policy makers to develop evidence about what works to dismantle or remedy unjust systems and practices and produce more equitable outcomes for people and communities of color.

Evidence for Action prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. The foundation is concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander people, and other races and ethnicities)—as well as how racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority.

This funding is focused on studies about upstream causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop characterizing or documenting a problem’s extent.

Please contact Lynn Wong if you are interested in applying for this opportunity.

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Institutions of higher education (IHEs) face a complex set of financial, technological, political, social and demographic challenges that have intensified significantly over the last decade.

Traditional focus on revenue generation has failed to address the fundamental need many institutions of higher education have to transform their educational and business models in ways that can help drive student success and social mobility, especially for students of color, students from low-income families, and other underserved populations.

The Transformational Partnerships Fund helps institutions explore partnerships in a thoughtful, timely way by offering:

• A safe, confidential space for IHEs to discuss and explore strategic partnerships;
• Information about the continuum of partnership options and support in identifying the strategies best suited to each institution’s unique circumstances;
• Referrals to appropriate experts who are well-versed in academic partnerships;
• Catalytic grants (up to $100,000 per exploration) to engage third-party technical assistance providers knowledgeable in law, finance, governance, fundraising, human resources, and other related fields;
• A visible advocate to share knowledge about the value of transformational partnerships and work in conjunction with other stakeholders interested in the success of IHEs.

TPF provides institutions with relevant resources collected from its advisors, its network, and other third parties. University and college leaders can approach TPF with the assurance that all discussions will remain confidential until an appropriate and mutually agreed time.

Each institution must determine how best to proceed; partnerships are not always the answer. Nevertheless, TPF seeks to build awareness of and advocate for the role partnerships can play as a proactive strategy to be considered by mission-driven, student-centered institutions.

Please contact Daniel Hadley if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.

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The Rising Tide Foundation, which aims to promote freedom to improve the quality of life everywhere, was created with the belief that those who are most vulnerable to critical issues and who are willing and ready to take on responsibility are the most effective agents of change and should contribute as members of society with a spirit of freedom to solve their own problems.

To that end, the foundation invites applications for its Freedom in Practice program, which will award grants in support of projects that articulate and promote the core beliefs of the foundation, have the potential to eliminate obstacles that impede creative individuals, and give a “hand-up” rather than just a “hand-out.” Specifically, the foundation seeks projects aimed at developing private-sector solutions to societal problems; offering solutions to the problems created by government and “crony capitalist” interventions; offering strategies for making such interventions unnecessary and unattractive going forward; enhancing individuals’ capacities for self-determination, individual choice, and peaceful, voluntary cooperation in society; and discovering methods to teach freedom in more effective ways or to new audiences.

Letters of Intent are accepted on a rolling basis, and selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.

Please contact Daniel Hadley if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.

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The Global Innovation Fund invests in the development, rigorous testing, and scaling up of new products, services, business process, or policy reforms that are more cost-effective than current practice and targeted at improving the lives of the world’s poorest people.

GIF defines ‘innovation’ broadly to include new business models, policy practices, technologies, behavioural insights, or ways of delivering products and services that benefit the poor in developing countries — any solution that has potential to address an important development problem more effectively than existing approaches.
We accept applications working in any sector in any developing country.

Any type of organisation may apply. It is recommended that individual innovators, entrepreneurs, or researchers apply through an affiliated organisation.

We seek out innovations we believe have the greatest potential to improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty and only select those innovations which:
1. Are focussed on the poor.
2. Are novel approaches which are not commonplace.
3. Can improve upon alternatives solutions.
4. Are backed by evidence of potential impact.
5. Can be widely applied in many different settings.
6. Have the potential to scale to reach millions of people.
7. Are led by strong and dynamic teams.
8. Are ready for investment.
9. Will generate new knowledge on what works.
10. Have a clear role for GIF.

Please contact Daniel Hadley if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.

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The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color.

Funding program areas include:
Health Care Delivery System Reform
Health Care Coverage and Access
Advancing Health Equity
Controlling Health Care Costs
Federal and State Health Policy
International Health Policy and Practice Innovations
Advancing Medicare
Tracking Health System Performance
Medicaid

Within these programs, preference is given to proposals that seek to: clarify the scope of serious and neglected problems; develop, test, and evaluate the impact of practical, innovative models for addressing such problems; disseminate tools and models of care that have been proven to be effective; or analyze the impact of particular policies or trends. To review descriptions of funding priorities and lists of recently approved grants, please click on the programs above.

Please let Gwen Allouch know if you are planning to apply for this opportunity.

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The Jones Foundation supports vital research in reproductive medicine through annual and multi-year funding grants. At the direction of the Board of Directors, the Jones Foundation currently supports translational research projects, educational programs and ethical seminars.

This prize is designed to recognize those whose contributions to public policy and/or medical education have significantly advanced the specialty of reproductive medicine.

The Foundation strives to provide resources to the scientific community so that there may be intellectual, creative and well prepared scientific leaders in the global environment of the 21st century by:

• Fostering the development of innovative, high-quality research by new and established investigators in the field of reproductive medicine.

• Educating the general public, including physicians, administrators and legislators, about the issues of public policy topics that will assist the general public and others in making informed decisions regarding fertility treatment and reproductive medical issues.

• Serving as catalyst to scientific investigators by reviewing and selecting for an annual Award, one or more significant research projects that advanced the field of reproductive medicine.

The Medical Executive Committee of the Howard and Georgeanna Jones Foundation will review the credentials of the nominees and the awardee will be notified.

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The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance.

Objectives
With the understanding that diversity in the scientific workforce is an important element for the goal of advancing autism science, SFARI announces a new program that will provide supplements to existing grants for the recruitment of new lab members from American underrepresented minority groups at the postdoctoral level. For the purposes of this supplement, eligible groups include the following: African American/Black; Latin American/Hispanic; Native American/Alaskan Native; Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander (including Filipino).

The goal of this award is to increase diversity and fight inequity. SFARI Principal Investigators (PIs) are encouraged to recruit candi­­­­­­­­dates for this supplement not only at their home institution, but also at historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions with high minority enrollment. SFARI will not award supplements to fund current lab members, even if they are not funded by the original SFARI award.

To facilitate the academic success and independence of selected postdoctoral research associates, SFARI will organize networking opportunities with peer awardees, other SFARI grantees (including both early career and senior investigators) and SFARI staff.

As a condition for accepting the grant, the mentor and candidate must agree to work together to submit one or more applications for federal and/or non-federal postdoctoral fellowship awards before the end of the second year. Continuation of the award for a third year of funding is not contingent on success in these applications, but writing such proposals is an important part of training for future in science.

Level and Duration of Funding
Current PIs may request up to $100,000 per year for up to three years. This is intended to cover the full salary and fringe benefits of the selected postdoctoral research associate, travel and other professional development opportunities for the postdoctoral research associate, and the associated indirect costs. Funds may also be used to purchase additional lab supplies needed to accommodate the research plan but are limited to $10,000 per year.

PIs will be required to provide annual updates to SFARI on the new lab member’s productivity as part of their required project progress reports.

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A central goal of U.S. evidence-based policy reform is to focus government and philanthropic funding on social programs and practices (“interventions”) that have credible evidence of meaningful positive effects on people’s lives. The imperative for doing so is clear: Most social interventions are unfortunately found not to produce the hoped-for effects when rigorously evaluated – a pattern that occurs not just in social spending but in other fields, such as medicine and business. Thus, without a strong focus on evidence-based interventions, it is hard to see how social spending can successfully address poverty, educational failure, violence, drug abuse, and other critical U.S. problems.

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation’s (LJAF) Moving the Needle initiative seeks to spur expanded implementation of such interventions in order to make significant headway against U.S. social problems. Specifically, the initiative is designed to encourage state or local jurisdictions, or other entities, to:
1. Adopt social interventions shown in well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to produce large, sustained effects on important life outcomes;
2. Implement these interventions on a sizable scale with close adherence to their key features; and
3. Determine, through a replication RCT, whether the large effects found in prior research are successfully reproduced so as to move the needle on important social problems.

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The program’s primary aim is to build bridges between the two cultures of science and the humanities and to develop a common language so that they can better understand and speak to one another–and ultimately to grasp that they belong to a single common culture.

The Foundation has established a nationwide strategy that focuses on books, theater, film, television, radio, and new media to commission, develop, produce, and distribute new work mainstreaming science and technology for the lay public.

– Books
– Film
– New Media
– Radio
– Television
– Theater

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American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to be active participants in a robust democracy and to be successful in the global economy. Under this program, Carnegie has the following Focus Areas.

1. Leadership and Teaching to Advance Learning. Improving systems of preparing, recruiting, and developing teachers and education leaders to serve the needs of diverse learners;

2. New Designs to Advance Learning. Developing whole-school models that provide more effective learning environments for diverse learners;

3. Public Understanding. Supporting research on strategies that can drive parent and family engagement in education;

4. Pathways to Postsecondary Success. Improving alignment in student learning expectations between K-12 and postsecondary education; improving postsecondary education

5. Integration, Learning, and Innovation. Advancing integrated approaches across the Corporation’s portfolios and the field that enable greater collaboration, coherence, and dynamism;

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