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)
- Volkswagen Stiftung
- Description: We are looking for basic research projects that are not dedicated to the already 'known unknown', but that strive to explore the 'unknown unknown' thereby holding the potential for major scientific breakthroughs, but also for failure.
- Deadline: 08/27/2026
- Keywords: Technology
(New)
- Samsung
- Description: SAIT is actively engaged in the pursuit of open innovation to foster the discovery of new ideas and technological breakthroughs.
- Deadline: 08/23/2026
- Keywords: Technology
(New)
- Coefficient Giving
- Description: We’re soliciting proposals across four priority areas: Off-flavor reduction, Fat alternatives for flavor generation, Egg reduction and replacement, Characterizing fish flavors
- Deadline: 08/10/2026
- Keywords: Proteins, Products, Chemistry
(New)
- United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development
- Description: BARD is a competitive funding program for mutually beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic and applied research of agricultural problems, jointly conducted by American and Israeli scientists.
- Deadline: 09/16/2026
- Keywords: Agriculture, Israel, Science, Economy
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
- Description: The fund has been established to provide targeted grants for individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field, and elevate the importance of species within the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global, and eligibility for grants extends to all plant, animal, and fungi conservation efforts, without discrimination based on region or species.
- Deadline: 10/15/2026
- Keywords: Conservation, Plant, Animal, Fungi, Species
- Materials Research Society
- Description: The MRS Awards Program strives to acknowledge outstanding contributors to the progress of materials research and to recognize their exciting and profound accomplishments. When making nominations for MRS Awards, we encourage you to consider scientists from ALL demographic backgrounds and geographic regions.
- Deadline: 08/01/2026
- Keywords: Materials, Structure, Composition, Electronic, Mechanic, Chemistry
Fiscal Year 2026 Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program - Region 4
- Department of Homeland Security
- Description: The Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CTP) is one mechanism that FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) use to deliver flood information to communities. CTP recipients develop flood hazard data and maps for communities to increase public awareness of flood risk and potential actions to reduce that risk.
- Deadline: 08/17/2026
- Keywords: Security, Flood, Map, Data, Hazard
- US Department of Agriculture
- Description: The RCPP promotes the coordination of NRCS conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand our ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.
- Deadline: 08/24/2026
- Keywords: Conservation, Watershed
- US Department of Agriculture
- Description: The RCPP promotes the coordination of NRCS conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand our ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns.
- Deadline: 08/24/2026
- Keywords: Conservation, Watershed
- National Science Foundation
- Description: Supports research in biological oceanography and marine ecology in environments ranging from estuarine and coastal systems to the deep sea and the Great Lakes.
- Deadline: 08/17/2026
- Keywords: Oceanography, Marine, Ecology
- National Science Foundation
- Description: Supports fundamental research on critical challenges and opportunities in catalysts and catalytic reactions for chemicals, energy and other applications.
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords: Chemistry, Chemicals, Energy
- National Science Foundation
- Description: Supports fundamental research focused on reducing pollution and its environmental and human impacts through closing resource loops; smart amendments; environmental manipulation; or remediation with engineered processes.
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords: Environment, Engineering, Pollution
- Department of Transportation
- Description: The ATTAIN Competitive Grant Program will provide funding to deploy, install, and operate advanced transportation technologies to improve safety, mobility, efficiency, system performance, intermodal connectivity, and infrastructure return on investment.
- Deadline: 07/27/2026
- Keywords: Transportation, Technologies, Mobility, Connectivity
- International Tropical Timber Organization
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/20/2026
- Keywords:
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Description:
- Deadline: 06/22/2027
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- 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:
- 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:
- Library of Congress
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/15/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/28/2026
- Keywords:
- Schmidt Marine Technology Partners
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/31/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of Defense
- Description:
- Deadline: 11/16/2026
- Keywords:
- Aria
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/31/2026
- Keywords:
- Aria
- Description:
- Deadline: rolling
- Keywords
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/14/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/10/2026
- Keywords:
- National Academies
- Deadline: 08/03/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/08/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/13/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/13/2026
- Keywords:
- 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:
- US Department of Agriculture
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/27/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of Energy
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/17/2026
- Keywords:
- US Department of Agriculture
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/06/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/30/2026
- Keywords:
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP)
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- 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:
- National Marine Fisheries Service, DOC NOAA
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/30/2026
- Keywords:
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/36/2026
- Keywords:
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/30/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/17/2026
- Keywords:
- American Floral Endowment
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/01/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of State
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/06/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- Department of State
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/06/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/06/2026
- Keywords:
- Engineering Information Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/31/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/17/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/04/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of Transportation
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/02/2026
- Keywords:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/31/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- Internet Society
- Description:
- Deadline: 08/04/2026
- Keywords:
- Department of Defense
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/15/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/21/2026
- Keywords:
- 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:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- Department of Defense
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/15/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- Department of State
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/06/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- National Academy of Inventors
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/31/2026
- Keywords:
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/10/2026
- Keywords:
- Patagonia
- Description:
- Deadline: Proposal accepted per group in a given fiscal year, with deadlines varying from program to program.
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/28/2026
- Keywords:
- *Institutionally Limited
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/15/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 07/15/2026
- Keywords:
- 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
- Musser Fund, Laura Jane
- Description:
- Deadline: 10/08/2026
- Keywords:
- 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
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 11/03/2026
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: 11/03/2026
- Keywords:
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Description:
- Deadline: 11/30/2026
- Keywords:
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- Department of Commerce
- Description:
- Deadline: 09/30/2029
- Keywords:
- NIH
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- NIH
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- NIH
- Description:
- Deadlines: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- NIH
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- American Chemical Society
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- Labcorp
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full Proposal accepted anytime.
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- ORAU
- Description: Areas of interest MUST match the list.
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- *Only 2 per institution
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Rolling
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Rolling
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Rolling
- Keywords:
- ORAU
- Description:
- Deadline: Rolling
- Keywords:
- *Limited to two per member university per fiscal year.
- Open Philanthropy
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
Innovation Partnerships Program
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- Description:
- Deadline: Rolling
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Various deadlines
- Keywords:
- 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:
- US Federal Government
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- 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:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- Department of Defense
- Description:
- Deadline: Open until closed
- Keywords:
- 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:
- 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:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:
- National Science Foundation
- Description:
- Deadline: Full proposal accepted anytime
- Keywords:

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Funding Opportunities