Foundation

Private foundations are an important source of external funding for W&M faculty across all disciplines. Foundation proposals are supported through a partnership between the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) and the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).

Faculty should contact CFR early in the process – before approaching a prospective foundation – to coordinate outreach and proposal development. OSP reviews and approves all foundation proposals prior to submission, negotiates award agreements, and provides post-award administration.

Browse each faculty funding section, or use Command (⌘) + F on Mac devices or Ctrl + F on PC devices to search for specific keywords on each page.

Interested applicants should contact their OSP Administrator as early as possible.

Funding Opportunities

• (New) Production & Presentation Grants and Research & Development Grants -- Grants to Individuals
  • Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026
  • Keywords:
• (New) Joy W. Pope Memorial Grant Funds
  • John William Pope Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/01/2026 
  • Keywords:
    *Institutionally Limited
• Grants
  • Abelard Foundation-East
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Research Travel Grants Program
  • Gerald R. Ford Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Synthetic Plant Biology Awards
  • Simons Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/30/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Core Funding Areas -- Funding Inquiry Submissions Accepted
  • John Templeton Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026 
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  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Searle Scholars Program
  • Kinship Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/30/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Grants
  • Lumina Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Varying
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Public Project Grants
  • American-Scandinavian Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Acquisition of art works
  • New Carlsberg Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/10/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Pipeline Grants Competition
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 10/21/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Program on the Future of Work
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 10/28/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Program on Social, Political and Economic Inequality
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 10/28/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Truist Foundation Grants
  • Truist
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/31/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities for Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Immigration and Immigrant Integration
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026  
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• General Research Grants (to support research into human origins)
  • Leakey Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026  
  • Keywords:
• Grants for Higher Education
  • Teagle Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/01/2026
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Academic Research Grants
  • Stellar Development Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 
  • Keywords:
  • There is a limit of a maximum of 2 submissions per calendar year
• Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI): Instrument Acquisition or Development
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 11/16/2026  
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally limited
• Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
  • Simons Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling 
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• SPARK Research Match Expansion
  • Simons Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling 
  • Keywords:
  •  **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Grants
  • Pratt Family Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling 
  • Keywords:
• Indigenous Knowledge Program
  • Henry Luce Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: You can apply for this opportunity at any time
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Continuously accepted – applications reviewed in March, July and November  
  • Keywords:
• Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
  • Keywords:
  • **This opportunity requires Corporate and Foundation Relations clearance – please contact [[cfr]] and cc your OSP Administrator prior to any contact with this Foundation.
• Grants
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Open deadline 
  • Keywords: