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for faculty
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,…
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP5 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…
Clinical Investigator Award - 2026
Award Info:
To accomplish these objectives, the CPRIT CIA will provide awards of up to $300,000 for up to 5 years to physicians who are within the first 5 years of a faculty appointment as an Associate Professor to acquire additional skills and experience in clinical research, to develop preliminary data that…
Description:
The overall goal of the CPRIT CIA is to ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained and accomplished physician-scientists is available to address Texas’ and the nation’s needs in clinical oncology research. The number of highly talented individuals entering a career in clinical investigation…
Catalyst Pilot Research Award
Award Info:
Applicants may request up to a maximum of $250,000 in total costs for up to 2 years. Because of the nature of this funding mechanism, renewal applications will not be accepted.
Description:
The Catalyst Pilot Research Award (CPRA) provides funds to initiate innovative projects in cancer research or to sustain previously funded innovative lines of investigation. Preliminary and/or published data should support each specific aim. All types of cancer research are encouraged from prevention…
Core Facility Support Awards - 2026
Award Info:
CPRIT’s maximum total funding under this RFA is $3,000,000 for a period of 5 years.
Description:
Core Facility Support Awards seek to facilitate the development or improvement of core facilities that will provide valuable services to support and enhance scientifically meritorious cancer research projects. A user group of Texas-based investigators must be identified, each of whom should have supported…
2026 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
Award Info:
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).
Description:
Eligibility for the Powe Awards is open to full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their initial tenure track appointment at the time of application.
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…
2025 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
Award Info:
Awards to support Track 1 (Institutional Capacity Building) projects may not exceed $1,000,000 total over a maximum duration of 6 years. Awards to support Track 2 (Implementation: Single Institution) projects may not exceed $2,500,000 total over a maximum duration of 6 years. Awards to support Track…
Description:
The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable low-income students with academic ability, talent or potential to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with a S-STEM…
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…