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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
Award Info:
Provides a $100,000 unrestricted research grant. Of the total amount, $7,500 is for departmental expenses associated with research and education. Charges associated with indirect costs or institutional overhead are not allowed. Defrayal of academic-year salary is not permitted. Funds are normally…
Description:
The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Based on institutional nominations, the program provides discretionary funding to faculty at an early stage in their careers. Criteria for selection include…
NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory - Quantum Testbeds (NQVL)
Award Info:
This solicitation pertains to the Design and Implementation development phases of the QSTD projects part of the NQVL program. QSTD:Design awards may be funded at a level up to $2,000,000 per year for up to two years. QSTD:Implementation awards may be funded at a level up to $10,000,000 per year for…
Description:
While this solicitation lays out the vision for the entire NQVL program that includes Quantum Science and Technology Demonstration (QSTD) projects, support for enabling technologies through Transformative Advances in Quantum Systems (TAQS), as well as a central coordination hub, only proposals for…
2026 Catalyst Grants
Award Info:
Budgets can include equipment (up to $500,000 total), faculty salary & benefits (up to $200,000 annually), scientific personnel expenses, supplies, travel, and publication costs.
Description:
Catalyst for Discovery Program Grants are intended to support fundamental chemical research at institutions in Texas aimed at solving significant problems for the benefit of humankind. The level of support is calibrated to reduce barriers to discovery and provide flexibility in the manner of experimentation…
2026 Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE)
Award Info:
Each award will be for 24 months. The budget for Year 1 should be up to a maximum of $500,000 and the budget for Year 2 should be up to a maximum of $1,000,000, for a total budget of up to $1,500,000 per award.
Description:
The goal of the Safe-OSE program is to catalyze meaningful improvements in the safety, security, and privacy of the targeted OSE that the OSE does not currently have the resources to undertake. Funds from this program should be directed toward efforts to enhance the safety, security, and privacy characteristics…
Humanities and Emerging Arts (HEArts) Grant - 2026
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a HEArts Grant is $8,000.
The duration of the HEArts award is 12 months.
Description:
Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas Humanities and Emerging Arts (HEArts) Grant Competition is an internal funding mechanism designed to…
Social Sciences Grant - 2026
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a Social Sciences grant is $8,000.
The duration of the Social Science grant award is 12 months.
Description:
Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas Social Sciences grant program is an internal funding mechanism designed to collect preliminary data that will lead…
Energy Frontier Research Centers
Award Info:
$3,000,000 to $4,500,000 per award per year ($12,000,000 to $18,000,000 per award for a 4-year period). Average award size is expected to be $4,000,000 per award per year after the first year of operations.
Description:
The DOE SC program in Basic Energy Sciences (BES) announces a re-competition of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) program and encourages both new and renewal applications. Applications from multi-disciplinary teams will be required to propose discovery science and use-inspired basic research…
Scientific Infrastructure Support for Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research - 2026
Award Info:
Topic Area 1: University Research Reactor Upgrades (RU) Infrastructure Support • Approximate total available funding: $2,500,000 in FY 2026. • Approximate number of awards: 3 to 5. • Approximate dollar amount of individual awards: $0 - $1,500,000. • Minimum cost share required: Cost Sharing is not…
Description:
The goals of this NOFO include: (1) Supporting, maintaining, or enhancing an institution’s capacities to attract and teach high quality students interested in nuclear energy-related studies; (2) building an institution’s research or education capabilities; and (3) enhancing an institution’s…
FY2026 Research Opportunities in Accelerator Stewardship and Accelerator Development
Award Info:
Please see the funding opportunity for more details, including eligibility and application information. Total funding is $15,000,000, with $7,500,000 in FY 2026 funding and $7,500,000 in outyear funding contingent on congressional appropriations.
Description:
Applications are sought to conduct (1) cross-cutting use-inspired basic R&D to advance the state-of-the-art in accelerator science and technology; (2) collaborative R&D that strengthens domestic suppliers of accelerator technology. The research funded through this opportunity is expected…
TxACE Collaboration Initiative (TCI) - 2026
Award Info:
The maximum allowable budget for a TCI award is $40,000 over 12 months.
Description:
The UT Dallas TxACE Collaboration Initiative (TCI) is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary research collaborations with a high likelihood of securing major externally funded research. Successful proposals will include at least one non-TxACE affiliated faculty (no affiliation…