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Integrated Data Systems & Services 2026
Award Info:
Estimated Number of Awards: 3 to 9
The estimated number of awards in each Category is as follows: 1 to 2 (Category I), 1 to 2 (Category II), 1 to 5 (Category III).
The type of award in each category is as follows: Cooperative Agreement (Category I and II), Standard Grant (Category…
Description:
The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects…
Mathers Grant Awards Program - Spring 2026
Award Info:
$600,000-700,000 over three years, including 10% indirect costs
Description:
The Mathers Foundation welcomes research in immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience and more. Plant biology research and oceanography-related research, space exploration, global warming, Covid-19, medical imaging technology, electrical engineering technology…
NSF X-Labs Initiative - Scientific Instrumentation For Sensing and Imaging
Award Info:
see RFP
Description:
This Topic Announcement focuses on target specific platform technologies in sensing, imaging and supporting technologies that will form the basis for revolutionary new capabilities in scientific discovery and technology sectors. Teams might, for example, draw on quantum sensing, artificial intelligence…
NSF X-Labs Initiative - Quantum Systems: Interconnects and Integrated Photonics
Award Info:
see RFP
Description:
This Topic Announcement focuses on quantum systems, specifically quantum interconnects and integrated quantum photonics. Future quantum computing and quantum information processing systems are expected to rely on the ability to transfer quantum information, including coherence and entanglement, between…
Fellows Program
Award Info:
Each fellow receives a grant of up to $200,000 to support their two-year research project, enabling them to devote significant time and resources to their work.
Description:
For the next three years, beginning with the 2027 cohort, we are broadening the focus beyond domestic perspectives to explicitly ask what the U.S. can learn from the experience of polarization in other countries. We are seeking proposals that address the relationship between populism and polarization,…
Verizon RFP
Award Info:
No funding details required at this stage
Description:
Verizon is seeking informative proposals for continued research projects within The University of Texas at Dallas. This RFI should include 1-2 pages on your proposed project in alignment with Verizon’s strategic pillars at the external link. Proposals that interest Verizon will be connected…
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program-2026
Award Info:
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.
Description:
The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative approaches to STEM graduate education training. The program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master's…
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)
Award Info:
Pioneer awardees are required to commit the major portion (more than 6 person-months or at least 51%) to activities supported by the Pioneer Award research project in the first three years of the project period.
$350,000 direct costs per year for up to 5 years
Description:
In the Pioneer Award program, emphases are on the qualities of the investigator, the innovativeness, and potential impact of the proposed research. Preliminary data and detailed experimental plans are not requested. To be considered pioneering, the proposed research must reflect substantially different…
2026 Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)
Award Info:
"Track 1" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than $100,000 and less than $1,400,000. "Track 2" has been revised to include proposals that request funds from NSF greater than or equal to $1,400,000 up to and including $4,000,000. A new track has been added ("Track…
Description:
The Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our Nation's institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. An MRI award supports…
Research Program -Fall 2026
Award Info:
During 2024, the Board of Directors awarded 14 grants in Medical Research totaling $18.1 million and 13 grants in Science & Engineering Research totaling $16.2 million. Grant awards typically range between $500,000 and $1.5 million. If selected, applicants will work with the UT Dallas Foundation Relations…
Description:
The W. M. Keck Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting Medical Research and Science & Engineering projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field. The foundation prioritizes…