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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… 

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The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI

Award Info:

Expected dollar amount of individual awards
Phase I: $500,000 to $750,000 Phase II: Envisioned as 3 to 5 times the Phase I award.
Expected award project period
Phase I: 9 months; Phase II: 3 years.

Description:

The DOE Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI is soliciting new FY26 Phase I small team and Phase II large team applications in the following topic areas: advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, quantum information science, semiconductors… 

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Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) - 2026

Award Info:

The maximum allowable budget for a SPIRe Grant is $60,000.
The duration of the SPIRe award is 12 months.

Description:

Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. 

The UT Dallas Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) program is an internal funding… 

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Lynda Calkin Fellowship Award - 2026

Award Info:

Maximum allowable budget is $500

Duration is 12 months

Description:

The purpose of the Lynda Calkin Fellowship Award (LCFA) is to encourage and enhance graduate student research activities in the fields of psychology or social issues related to children and families. This program recognizes and supports outstanding students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in psychology… 

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Mallinckrodt Grant-2026

Award Info:

The grant provides $75,000 annually for a period of up to three years. Grants are not renewable.

Description:

The mission of the Foundation is to support early stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease.


The funds are designed to provide to tenure track faculty members in their first… 

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Pathway to Stop Diabetes® (2026):

Award Info:

For Accelerator awards, applicants may request up to five (5) years of funding support. The proposed project budget should not exceed $325,000 USD per year (including 30% indirect costs) for a maximum total budget up to $1,625,000 USD over five (5) years.

Initiator awards will provide two… 

Description:

The Pathway to Stop Diabetes® Accelerator award is intended to provide flexible, long-term salary and research support to early career researchers who are proposing innovative and ambitious diabetes-related research programs, and who have distinguished themselves as exceptionally talented and… 

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Faculty Externship Program (Summer 2026)

Award Info:

ORI will provide support of up to $12,000 per faculty participant, which may be used for:

Summer salary support
Travel and lodging expenses
Other reasonable costs directly related to the externship experience

Description:

The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for the Faculty Externship Program, a competitive opportunity that supports UT Dallas faculty in spending one month during Summer 2026 embedded at an industry partner or U.S. national laboratory.… 

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National Science Foundation Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)

Award Info:

An estimated 50 Planning awards of up to $50,000 each for up to 2 months.
An estimated 20 Development awards of up to $300,000 each for 1 year.

Description:

he NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY program supports collaboration among K-12 educators, technologists, parents or guardians, and researchers, to develop innovative solutions to persistent challenges in learning and workforce development. These challenges are identified by K-12 students, families, and educators.… 

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TechAccess: AI-Ready America

Award Info:

Up to 56 awards; one for every state, the District of Columbia, or territory in the U.S. Coordination Hubs will be selected over three rounds: 10 Coordination Hubs in round one, 20 in round two, and the remainder in round three. Each Coordination Hub Award will receive support of $1M/year for three… 

Description:

TechAccess: AI-Ready America is a national-scale initiative to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness and adoption across the U.S. by strengthening coordination, leveraging partnerships and resources, filling gaps, and scaling what works — so local and state priorities can lead in… 

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New Faculty Research Symposium Grant - 2026

Award Info:

The maximum allowable budget for a New Faculty Research Symposium Grant is $25,000.
The duration of the New Faculty Research Symposium Grant award is 12 months.


Description:

Please see the program page for full details and application requirements. The UT Dallas New Faculty Research Symposium Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to stimulate interdisciplinary… 

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