Science & Research

Faculty in the natural sciences, life sciences, mathematics, and technology have access to a broad range of external funding through OSP's Sciences A-Z resource directory. Key federal sponsors include the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), NASA, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and DARPA. Virginia-specific programs such as the Jeffress Memorial Trust, the Commonwealth Health Research Board, and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium offer additional support for faculty pursuing regionally focused work.

Private foundations including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund provide further opportunities across chemistry, physics, mathematics, and the life sciences.

OSP's weekly funding opportunities list is regularly updated with open solicitations, and faculty are encouraged to contact their OSP Sponsored Programs Administrator early to allow adequate time for proposal development and review.

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

Please review the Partnership with Industries and Foundation sections for more related opportunities.

• (New) ITTO Fellowship Programme
  • International Tropical Timber Organization
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  07/20/2026 
  • Keywords:
• (New) Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  06/22/2027  
  • Keywords:
• (New) Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• (New) Capacity: Biological Collections
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• (New) Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) 
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• (New) Marine Geology and Geophysics
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education, and Extension Initiative
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/27/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program – Organic Transitions
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/13/2026
  • Keywords:
• Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026  
  • Keywords:
• ECosytem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/29/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Kluge Center Fellowships for Residential Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Library of Congress
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/28/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Request for Proposals
  • Schmidt Marine Technology Partners
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/31/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research
  • Department of Defense
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 11/16/2026  
  • Keywords:
• Future Proofing Our Climate and Weather
  • Aria
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/31/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Opportunity Seeds Call for proposals
  • Aria
  • Description:
  • Deadline: rolling
  • Keywords
• Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/14/2026
  • Keywords:
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/10/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program
  • National Academies
  • Deadline: 08/03/2026 
  • Keywords:
• IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/08/2026
  • Keywords:
• Mass Market Solutions for Leveraging Robotics and AI Technologies for Home Construction Demonstration
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/13/2026
  • Keywords:
• NSF X-Labs
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/13/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: Graduate Research Internships in Forensic Science and Criminal Justice Contexts (NSF-NIJ INTERN) Supplemental Funding Opportunity
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Supplemental funding requests may be submitted at any time
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine (IMPRESS-U)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Requests may be submitted at any time
  • Keywords:
• Center on AI, Security, and Technology Fellows
  • RAND Corporation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/01/2026
  • Keywords:
• Jack Kimmel International Grant Program
  • Tree Research & Education Endowment Fund
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/15/2026
  • Keywords:
• Conservation Innovation Grants -- Classic Program
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/27/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Techwerx -- Partnerships for Academic-Industry Career Training (PACT) Initiative
  • Department of Energy
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/17/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/06/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Coastal Program Grants
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/30/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)
  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP)
  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines 
  • Keywords:
• Tick-Borne Disease Research Program (TBDRP)
  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• FY 2024-2026 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
  • National Marine Fisheries Service, DOC NOAA
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/30/2026
  • Keywords:
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife FY26
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/36/2026
  • Keywords:
• Coastal Program FY26
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/30/2026
  • Keywords:
• Physical Oceanography
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/17/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Floriculture Research Grants
  • American Floral Endowment
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/01/2026 
  • Keywords:
• FY 2026 TechLeaders: Critical Emerging Technologies Exchange
  • Department of State
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/06/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• FY 2026 U.S. Creative Tech Exchange
  • Department of State
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/06/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Strategic Astrophysics Technology (ROSES 2025)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/06/2026
  • Keywords:
• Grants
  • Engineering Information Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/31/2026
  • Keywords:
• Chemical Oceanography
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/17/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/04/2026 
  • Keywords:
• FAA Aviation Research Grants Program
  • Department of Transportation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/02/2026 
  • Keywords:
• URA Visiting Scholars Program at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/31/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Engineering Environmental Resiliency
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• Transport Phenomena
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords: 
• Chemical Process Systems
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• Common Good Cyber Fund Grant Program
  • Internet Society
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/04/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Trusted Partner Program-Draft Solicitation
  • Department of Defense
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Hemispheric Airborne Measurements of Air Quality (HAMAQ) Science Team (ROSES 2025)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/21/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Prizes In Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences & Mathematics
  • Breakthrough Prize
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/17/2026 
  • Keywords:
• PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Organizational Change in the Professional Formation of Engineers (ENGINEER:OC)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• Trusted Partner Program-Draft Solicitation
  • Department of Defense
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• U.S. Mission to Bahrain -- Advancing Innovation and Collaboration Through C-SIPA
  • Department of State
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/06/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• NAI Fellows
  • National Academy of Inventors
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/31/2026 
  • Keywords:
• ASPCA Research Grants
  • American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/10/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Environmental Grants
  • Patagonia 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Proposal accepted per group in a given fiscal year, with deadlines varying from program to program.
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/28/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Dear Colleague Letter: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education – Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (IUSE-AID)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/15/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/28/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/21/2026 
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Environmental Initiative Program
  • Musser Fund, Laura Jane
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 10/08/2026 
  • Keywords:
• AI for Science & Safety Nodes
  • Foresight Institute
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Application deadlines are on the last day of every month. We review applications on a monthly basis until the nodes are at capacity.
  • Keywords:
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 07/22/2026
  • Keywords:
• Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 08/14/2026
  • Keywords:
  • *Institutionally Limited
• Geometric Analysis
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 11/03/2026 
  • Keywords:
• Topology
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 11/03/2026 
  • Keywords:
• HR001126S0001: Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-Wide BAA
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 11/30/2026 
  • Keywords:
• NIST -- CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA),
  • Department of Commerce
  • Description:
  • Deadline: 09/30/2029 
  • Keywords:
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
  • NIH
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)
  • NIH
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • NIH
  • Description:
  • Deadlines: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Research Projects to Enhance Applicability of Mammalian Models for Translational Research (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • NIH
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines 
  • Keywords:
• Grants and Funding
  • Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines 
  • Keywords:
• ACS Petroleum Research Fund
  • American Chemical Society
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines 
  • Keywords:
• Grants
  • Labcorp 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Interfacial Engineering
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full Proposal accepted anytime.
  • Keywords:
• Infrastructure Systems and People (ISP)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: Special Guidelines for Submitting Collaborative Proposals Under the U.S. NSF/GEO - FAPESP Lead Agency Opportunity on Collaborative Research on Geosciences
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE)
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology (CESEV)
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• The Powe grant program is now open for submission
  • ORAU
  • Description: Areas of interest MUST match the list.
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
  • *Only 2 per institution
• Geospace Cluster (AGS-GC)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling 
  • Keywords:
• Infrastructure Cluster (AGS-IC)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling
  • Keywords:
• Atmosphere Cluster (AGS-AC)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description: 
  • Deadline: Rolling 
  • Keywords:
• Innovation Partnerships Program
  • ORAU
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling
  • Keywords:
  • *Limited to two per member university per fiscal year.
• Request for proposals: AI governance
  • Open Philanthropy 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: Supplemental Funding Requests to Conduct Experimental Research on the NSF- funded Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR)
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Innovation Partnerships Program
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: Joint National Science Foundation and United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Funding Opportunity: Supporting Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline:  Various deadlines
  • Keywords:
• Schmidt Ocean Institute Expressions of Interest
  • Schmidt Ocean Institute
  • Description:
  • Deadline: No deadline. Invitations for full proposal submission will be made pending review with priority for projects seeking expeditions with the earliest departure dates.
  • Keywords:
• Environmental Engineering
  • US Federal Government
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Dear Colleague Letter: NSF-Italian Ministry of Universities and Research Lead Agency Opportunity on Artificial Intelligence
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
  • National Science Foundation 
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Department of Defense
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Open until closed 
  • Keywords:
• Request for proposals for projects to grow our capacity for reducing global catastrophic risks
  • Open Philanthropy
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Rolling
  • Keywords:
• Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Technology and Security Policy Fellows
  • RAND Corporation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Selections are made on a rolling basis, with notification decisions being made at least once a quarter.
  • Keywords:
• Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR:TMRP)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Condensed Matter and Materials Theory (CMMT)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Process Systems, Reaction Engineering and Molecular Thermodynamics
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
  • Keywords:
• Manufacturing Systems Integration (MSI)
  • National Science Foundation
  • Description:
  • Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime 
  • Keywords: