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NSF X-Labs Initiative - Quantum Systems: Interconnects and Integrated Photonics

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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… 

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Fellows Program

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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,… 

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2026 Searle Scholars Program

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Grants are set at $300,000 for a three-year period with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years and are subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports.

Description:

The Searle Scholars Program Scientific Advisory Board is primarily interested in the potential of applicants to make innovative and high-impact contributions to research over an extended period of time. 

Applicants for the competition are expected to be pursuing independent research careers… 

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Verizon RFP

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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… 

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Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program-2026

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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… 

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NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional)

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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… 

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2026 Major Research Instrumentation Program: (MRI)

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"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… 

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Research Program -Fall 2026

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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… 

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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… 

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Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem

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Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds. 

Description:

The overarching goal of this solicitation is to democratize access to NSF’s advanced cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem and ensure fair and equitable access to resources, services, and expertise by strengthening how Cyberinfrastructure Professionals (CIP) function in this ecosystem. It aims… 

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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.

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