NSF

Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program

12/2/20

3/31/21

 An Institution may submit one proposal (either as a single institution or as subawardee or a member of a Collaborative Research project) from each constituent school or college that awards degrees in an S-STEM eligible discipline.

Estimated Number of Awards: 60 to 80

Anticipated Funding Amount: $70,000,000 to $95,000,000

The program supports three types of projects. Awards for Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) projects may not exceed $650,000. Awards for Track 2 (Design and Development: Single Institution) projects may not exceed $1.0 million. Awards for Track 3 (Design and Development: Multi-Institutional Consortia) projects may not exceed $5.0 million. 

 OPEN

NSF

Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

11/11/20

2/5/21

Limited to 1 per lead institution. Estimated number of awards is 4 to 8. Awards are anticipated to be $300,000 to $700,000 per year for up to 6 years pending the availability of funds and receipt of competitive proposals. The DMR Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials Research (PREM) program aims to enable, build, and grow partnerships between minority-serving institutions and DMR-supported centers and/or facilities to increase recruitment, retention and degree attainment (which defines the PREM pathway) by members of those groups most underrepresented in materials research, and at the same time support excellent research and education endeavors that strengthen such partnerships.

CLOSED

 NSF

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into the Earth, Ocean, Polar and Atmospheric & Geospace Sciences (IUSE:GEOPAths (IUSE:GEOPAths)

 9/1/20

 LOI

11/17/20

Proposal Deadline

1/26/21

An organization may serve as sole submitting organization or as lead organization of a collaborative project on only one submission per competition , regardless of track, but may serve as the non-lead organization of a collaborative project more than once per competition. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 18

NSF expects to make up to 18 awards through this competition, with ~6 awards being made in each of the three tracks.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $6,000,000

 CLOSED

Karin Ardon-Dryer (PI)

Brain Research Foundation 

Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program

11/10/20

1/5/21

Brain Research Foundation (BRF) is inviting eligible US academic institutions to nominate one (1) faculty member to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the BRF Grant Program. Nominated candidates must submit a completed LOI by January 5, 2021.

The purpose of the Program is to provide start-up money for new research projects and innovative programs that have the potential of becoming competitive for an NIH grant or other external funding sources. Our goal is to have this initial effort succeed in opening future opportunities for research, collaboration and scientific advancement.

To be eligible, the PI must be a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor working in the field of neuroscience. Each total award is limited to $80,000 (direct costs) for a two-year grant period. The first grant payment of $40,000 will be made upon completion of the Seed Grant Acceptance Form (June 2021). The final payment of $40,000 will be made contingent upon receipt of a Preliminary Progress and Financial Report (June 2022). The support focus is for new research projects of the highest scientific merit.

CLOSED

DOE

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMICAL SCIENCES

 11/10/20

Pre-Application Deadline

12/2/20

Applicant institutions are limited to no more than 2 pre-applications and applications.

The award size will depend on the number of meritorious applications and the availability of appropriated funds.

DOE anticipates making awards with a project period of 4 years.

 Pre CLOSED

Hans Lischka (PI)

 ORAU

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards

 11/06/20

 1/06/21

Only two nominations per institution.

Eligibility for the Powe Awards is open to full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their tenure track appointment at the time of application.

The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant's institution is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This is a one-year grant (June 1 to May 31). Only two nominations are allowed per institution.

Research projects must fall within one of these five disciplines:

Engineering and Applied Science
Life Sciences
Mathematics/Computer Sciences
Physical Sciences
Policy, Management, or Education

 CLOSED

(In Competition)

 TWC

Camp Code Program

 10/6/20

 10/29/20

An Applicant may submit only one (1) Application. If more than one (1) Application is received from an Applicant, TWC will only screen and evaluate the first Application received from that Applicant.

TWC will award grants to as many high-quality Applications that demonstrate the ability to meet the program criteria as is possible with the available funding. The maximum amount that can be requested by an Applicant is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

Funding will be for approximately six (6) months from the grant start date, with the option of renewals or extensions in any combination of years or months, at TWC's discretion, provided that the total grant period does not exceed five (5) years

CLOSED

Carol Sumner (PI)

NSF

Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)

9/16/20

1/19/21

The number of MRI proposal submissions allowed per institution continues to be a maximum of three, but is now based on the dollar value of the amount requested from NSF; no more than two submissions are permitted in a newly-defined Track 1 (Track 1 proposals are those requesting from NSF $100,000[1] to less than $1 million) and no more than one submission is permitted in a newly defined Track 2 (Track 2 proposals are those requesting from NSF $1 million up to and including $4 million). Proposal submissions within the two tracks may be either for acquisition or development of a research instrument. NSF strongly values MRI proposals that seek to develop next-generation research instruments that open new frontiers of research. As a result the MRI program seeks to support development proposals in numbers (i.e., up to 1/3 of awards) consistent with recent competitions, depending on the numbers and quality of the proposals.

CLOSED

Gerri Botte (PI, Track 1)

Sangsik Kim (PI, Track 1)

Yehia Mechref (PI, Track 2)

NSF

National Science Research Traineeship (NRT) Program

9/30/20

LOI: 11/25/20-12/6/20

Agency Deadline: 
2/6/21

An eligible organization may participate in two proposals per competition. Participation includes serving as a lead organization, non-lead organization, or subawardee on any proposal.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $45,000,000

NRT Awards (14-15 anticipated each year) are expected to be up to five (5) years in duration with a total budget up to $3,000,000.

CLOSED

Jnev Biros (PI)

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire (PI)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Balance the Equation: A Grand Challenge for Algebra 1

10/21/20

11/6/20

An applicant may submit only one application as the lead organization. Submit your best idea. You may submit multiple ideas in partnership with collaborators, but an organization may lead the submission of only one application.

CLOSED

Yuanlin Zhang (PI)

NSF

Advanced Computing Systems & Services: Adapting to the Rapid Evolution of Science and Engineering Research

9/16/20

12/3/20

An organization may submit only one proposal but may be a subawardee on other proposals responding to this solicitation.

Estimated Number of Awards: 2

The length of the award may vary depending on the type of resource funded. However, in most cases, it is expected to be up to 5 years. The details are described in the section entitled Program Requirements and should be carefully considered.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $5,000,000

per award. A total of $10,000,000 is available for this solicitation, subject to the availability of funds. It is anticipated that 1-2 awards will be made at up to $5,000,000 per award for up to five years.

CPRIT

High-Impact/High-Risk Research Awards (HIHR)

9/30/20

1/27/21

CPRIT is imposing a limit of 5 applications from an academic research institution. 

Applicants may request a total of $250,000 for a period of up to 24 months (2 years), inclusive of both direct and indirect costs. 

CLOSED

Degeng Wang (PI), Hanna Moussa (PI), Naima Moustaid-Moussa (PI), Wei Li (PI) & Jenny Qui (PI)

NSF

National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institutes 

9/28/20

12/4/20

An organization may submit no more than two proposals to this solicitation as lead institution.

Estimated Number of Awards: 8

Anticipated Funding Amount: $128,000,000 to $160,000,000

 CLOSED

Hanna Moussa (PI)

USDA

Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grant Programs (HSI)

9/30/20

Regular: January26, 2021; Collaboration: January 27, 2021; Conference: January 28, 2021 (5:00 P.M. Eastern)

For FY 2020 and FY 2021, an institution may not submit more than two Collaboration, and two Conference applications to this program, as a lead institution. There is no limit on the number of Regular applications to be submitted by an institution.

Grant Duration: 48 Months - Regular and Collaboration 36 Months - Conference Anticipated # of Awards: Regular – Open; Collaboration – 2-4; Conference – 2 Maximum Award Amount: Regular - $250,000; Collaboration - $1,000,000; Conference - $50,000.

CLOSED

Naima Moustaid-Moussa (Collabortaion, PI)

CPRIT

Clinical Trials Network Award (CTNA)

10/01/20

1/27/21

Solicits applications from institutions to establish or enhance core facilities (laboratory, clinical, population-based, or computer-based) that will directly support cancer research programs to advance knowledge of the causes, prevention, and/or treatment of cancer or improve quality of life for patients with and survivors of cancer. Institutions may submit 2 applications provided that 1 exclusively supports childhood cancer research.

USDA

WAMS Program Code Name: Women and Minorities in STEM

10/01/20

1/21/21

Each eligible, individual institution, independent branch campus, and branch institution of a State system may submit one application as an individual institution each FY.

Grant Duration: 24-36 Months  Anticipated # of Awards/Fiscal Year: 4 Maximum Award Amount: $100,000

 CLOSED 

Wendy Chen (PI)

Call for Nominations: 2021 Moore Inventor Fellows

Moore Inventor Fellows

10/8/20

Basic Nominee Information: 11/16/20

Agency Deadline: 11/14/20

Up to two nominations per institution. Fellows will receive funding for three years at a level of $200,000 per year from the Moore Foundation. In addition to funds for the fellow, the foundation will provide $25,000 each year to the institution to cover costs associated with administering the grant award, resulting in a total three-year award of $675,000. Host institutions are required to contribute $50,000 in annual support of the inventor's work.  

 CLOSED

Tommy Dang (PI)
Sangsik Kim (PI)

NSF

Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

10/21/20

1/13/21

There is no limit on the number of PFI-TT proposals an organization may submit to a deadline of this solicitation. However, an organization may not submit more than one (1) new or resubmitted PFI-RP proposal to a deadline of this solicitation.

PFI-TT projects will be funded for up to $250,000 for 18-24 months per award; approximately 40-50 awards are anticipated. PFI-RP projects will be funded for up to $550,000 for 36 months. Approximately 10-15 awards are anticipated.

CLOSED

Gerri Botte (PI, PFI-RP Track)

NSF

Ethical and Responsible Research

10/26/20

2/22/21

Only one proposal may be submitted by an eligible organization. Estimated total annual funding amount is $3,550,000 subject to the availability of funds. The maximum amount for 5-year awards is $600,000 (including indirect costs) and the maximum amount for 3-year awards is $400,000 (including indirect costs). The average award is $275,000.

CLOSED

Sarah Wagner (PI)

NSF

Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program

 8/21/20

 11/4/20

An eligible organization may participate in two Innovations in Graduate Education proposals per competition.

Estimated Number of Awards: 6 to 10

IGE Awards (6 to 10 anticipated in FY 2021) are expected to be up to three (3) years in duration with a total budget between $300,000 and $500,000. The estimated number of awards and the anticipated funding amount listed above are for FY 2021. The number of awards and funding level in FY 2022 and FY 2023 are anticipated to be similar to FY 2021. Funding amounts depend on availability of funds.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $4,000,000

Estimated Number of Awards: One award is anticipated.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $500,000 in year one; remaining funds disbursed in years 2-5. The maximum award amount is $1,000,000 for five years.

NSF

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES)
NSF INCLUDES Alliances

LOI : 10/05/2020

NOI: 8/31/20

1/26/21

An organization may serve as a lead organization on only one proposal. Proposals that exceed the organizational limit (beyond the first submission based on timestamp) will be returned without review. No exceptions will be made. 

 CLOSED

Jesse Mendez (PI)

NSF

Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)

 8/31/20

11/20/20

Alliances: Only one proposal may be submitted by an eligible (lead) institution. Alliances may hold only one active alliance award at a time. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 13

Up to 8 new awards in FY2021 and up to 13 new awards in FY2022. FY2022 estimate includes BD. Subject to number of proposal submissions and availability of funds.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $10,000,000

CLOSED

Raegan Higgins (PI)

CPRIT

Research Training Awards

8/31/20

7/8/20-10/28/20

An institution may submit only 1 new or renewal application under this RFA during this funding cycle. 

Supports applications for integrated institutional research training programs to support promising individuals who seek specialized training in the area of cancer research. Successful applicant institutions are expected to provide trainees with broad access to research opportunities across disciplinary lines and to maintain high standards for intellectual rigor and creativity.

Award: Up to $800,000 per year in total costs
Maximum duration: 5 years.

CPRIT

Core Facility Support Awards

8/26/20

1/27/21

 An institution may submit only 1 application (1 new, 1 renewal, or 1 resubmission) under this RFA during this funding cycle. An exception will be made for institutions submitting applications for core facilities that support research directed toward childhood and adolescent cancer; in this case, institutions may submit 1 childhood and adolescent cancer application and 1 additional application in another aspect of cancer research (new, renewal, or resubmission). 

The maximum duration for this award mechanism is 5 years. Applicants may request a maximum of $4,000,000 in total costs.

NSF

Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)

7/30/20

10/9/20

NSF

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program)

8/1/20

2/16/21

CLOSED

Jessica Spott (PI)

Department of Defense (DOD)

Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions Equipment/Instrumentation

7/27/20

 8/28/20

No more than three (3) applications are allowed per institution. If more than three otherwise eligible applications are received from a given HBCU/MI, the institution will be required to withdraw all but three.

An application may request DoD funding ranging in the aggregate from $100,000 to $600,000. 

All awards will have a performance period of 12 months.

 CLOSED

Sangsik Kim (PI)

NIH

NIH Director's Early Independence Awards

6/25/20

9/4/20

NIH 

Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) (U54 Clinical Trials Optional)

 4/29/20

7/15/20

DOD

FY20 Advanced Manufacturing Office Multi-Topic FOA

5/21/20

6/29/20

CLOSED

Sheima Khatib (PI)

NIH

NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

6/5/20

 7/14/20

Only one application per institution is allowed on each due date.

The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

NIGMS intends to commit an estimated total of $2,000,000 per fiscal year for new awards.

The SEPA project period is 5 years.

 CLOSED

Yuanlin Zhang (PI)

Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr Foundation

Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr Foundation

6/22/20

8/1/20

Mallinckrodt Scholars are those selected from 30 institutions around the country. Each institution is invited to submit two candidates. From these nominations, four are chosen for direct interviews in St Louis. From among these, one to two are chosen to be the Mallinckrodt Scholar. These individuals receive $100,000 annually for four years.

Mallinckrodt Grants are competitively provided to investigators based on their proposals, selected from applicants on an annual basis. These awards are usually $60,000 per year for three years, provided an annual progress report is submitted and approved. Only two candidates from any institution are considered per cycle. From six to eight are chosen each cycle.

CLOSED

Andrew Shin (PI)

Brain Research Foundation

Brain Research Foundation 2021 Scientific Innovations Award

4/30/2020

LOI

6/25/2020

To be eligible, the nominee must be a full-time associate professor/full professor working in the area of neuroscience and brain function in health and disease.

Current major NIH or other peer-reviewed funding is preferred but evidence of such funding in the past three years is essential. The grant period is for two years totaling $150,000.

NIH

Food and Agriculture Service Learning Center Program

5/04/20

6/04/20

DOE

Energy Frontier Research Centers 

 12/05/2020

Pre-Application Deadline:

1/16/2020

Agency Deadline: 4/07/2020

DOE anticipates that award sizes will range from $2,000,000 per year to $4,000,000 per year for up to 4 years for each award

Nimmagadda Sandeep (PI)

Gerri Botte (PI)

 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

2020 College Readiness and Success Models

Intent to apply deadline 3/13/2020

4/13/2020

The THECB anticipates up to 10 awards depending on quality of applications and availability of funding.

Based upon the prescribed services outlined in this RFA, eligible Applicants may submit only one (1) application per university or community college district.

Michelle Kiser (PI)

NEA

Grants for Arts Projects

 3/27/2020

7/9/2020

Kelsie Jackson

USDA

Education and Workforce Development Program: Agricultural Workforce Training Grants

3/10/2020

 Please reference RFA for deadlines

Budgets, including indirect costs, for Standard Grants and Strengthening Standard Grants must not exceed $500,000 total per project for project periods of up to five years

CLOSED

REEU Naima Moustaid-Moussa (PI) 

 NSF

Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

4/29/2020

7/28/2020

Estimated Number of Awards: The budget for PFI-TT proposals is up to $250,000 for 18-24 months per award; approximately 40-50 awards are anticipated.

The budget for PFI-RP proposals is up to $550,000 for 36 months.

Approximately 10-15 awards are anticipated.

CLOSED

Suhas Pol (PI)

USDA

Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields Program (WAMS)

 1/09/2020

2/24/2020 

The anticipated amount available for WAMS in FY2020 and FY2021 is approximately $400,000.

USDA

Education and Workforce Development Program: Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy

 2/17/2020

 4/28/2020

Budgets, including indirect costs, for Standard Grants and Strengthening Standard Grants must not exceed $300,000 total per project for project periods of up to four years.

The Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR)

New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award

2/10/2020

Nominations Due: 3/04/2020

Full Proposals Due:
5/06/2020

Amount per Award: Up to $150,000/year for up to three years. Matching funds are NOT required, however, matching is encouraged to broaden the scope of the program, and, if available, should be reflected in the budget. Lack of matching funds will not influence the review of the application.

Estimated Number of Awards: Up to ten (10) awards.

Anticipated Award Duration: Up to 36 months

Matthew Siebcker (PI)

NEH

NEH CARES: Cultural Organizations

4/24/2020

5/11/2020

CLOSED

Travis Snyder (PI)

NIH

Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

 2/13/2020

 5/25/2020

While applications may request research program budgets of up to $1.5 million direct costs per year, it is anticipated that most awards will be between $700,000-$900,000 direct costs

Xiaomei Shu (PI)

NIH

Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) (T32)

 2/27/2020

5/21/2020 

The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. NIGMS expects to fund programs at or below 20 trainees, as appropriate to the institutional capabilities.

The maximum project period is 5 years.