External Grant Opportunities

The Vice President for Research Office has collected a list of extramural grant opportunities as part of our on-going commitment to support equitable, diverse, and inclusive research on our campus and in our broader communities. All available opportunities are also published on this site, and will be updated bi-monthly. Please check each sponsor's solicitation for the most up-to-date information for each program, as the sponsor may have changed details of the opportunity since it was posted here.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities in STEM and STEM Education
Amount: anticipated funding amount is $5M for 10-20 awards
Deadline: September 19, 2023
The Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities in STEM and STEM Education solicitation, which is managed by the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM in the Directorate for STEM Education, supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances knowledge and practice about diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM and STEM education workplaces and postsecondary training environments for persons with disabilities. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following three research themes: (1) Studying barriers and solutions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in STEM and STEM education workplaces and training settings for persons with disabilities; (2) Applying intersectional social identity perspectives to investigate characteristics and conditions of STEM and STEM education workplaces and training environments that limit and/or improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for persons with disabilities; and (3) Conducting use-inspired and solution-oriented translational research about diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM and STEM Education workplaces and training settings for persons with disabilities.

NSF Boosting Research Ideas for Transformative and Equitable Advances in Engineering (BRITE)
Amount: anticipated funding amount for 20 awards (across all tracks) is $20M
Deadline: September 28, 2023
All BRITE proposals are expected to address fundamental research that creates new knowledge in one or more program areas of the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI). BRITE proposals must identify key research outcomes and describe the research plans for the period of funding sought. The solicitation includes three funding tracks in support of experienced scientists and engineers (tenured or equivalent): Pivot, Relaunch, and Fellow. The BRITE Pivot Track is intended to enable researchers to quickly adapt to the fast-moving pace of research by either leveraging their experience when pursuing a pivot into a field of research where they have no proven track record, or by incorporating research tools and methodologies from other fields of research to advance knowledge in their areas of expertise. The BRITE Relaunch Track is intended to enable researchers who have had a hiatus in research activity to relaunch back into active research by reestablishing a foundation for sustained productivity and broader impacts in the context of a research idea with significant potential for advancing knowledge. The BRITE Fellow Track is intended to support researchers who have demonstrated significant impact through and beyond scientific output to request extended time and freedom to use their intellectual creativity to explore divergent, bold, and ambitious research ideas where the expected scientific outcomes are highly uncertain and, therefore, high risk.

NSF Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT)
Amount: $1,000,000
Deadline: September 14, 2023
Through this new initiative, the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) and the newly established Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) seek to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from diverse professional and educational backgrounds that will increase access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics). As NSF seeks to support the development of technologies in such fields, similar support will be needed to foster and grow a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce to contribute to such innovation.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Promote Diversity (R36 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: salary plus $20,000 additional expenses for 2 years (see NOFO for details)
Deadline: June 19, 2023; October 16, 2023
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announces the availability of R36 dissertation awards to support individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to promote a diverse pool of highly trained scientists in scientific disciplines related to the NIA mission. That mission includes research on the basic biology of aging; chronic, disabling, and degenerative diseases of aging, with a particular focus on Alzheimer’s disease (AD); multiple morbidities; individual behavioral and social changes with aging; caregiving; longevity; and the consequences of an aging population on society. The purpose of this NOFO is in alignment with key elements of NIA's Strategic Directions for Research on Aging, including fostering the development of researchers and clinician-scientists in aging and to work to recruit, train, and retain scientists from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. This program will support awardees at a particularly critical juncture in their doctoral training – a period during which institutional support often declines or terminates altogether – with support not readily or sufficiently available in Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) predoctoral (F31) programs, which limits support to stipends, tuition and fees, and institutional allowance. These awards are available to support predoctoral students, including those from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences, who are enrolled, and in good standing, in accredited research-doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions).

NIH NIMHD Centers of Excellence in Investigator Development and Community Engagement (P50 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: $2,500,000 in direct costs
Deadline: August 4, 2023
The NIMHD Centers of Excellence program, established by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-525), has played a vital role in support of NIMHD’s mission to support research in minority health and health disparities, promote the training of a diverse research workforce, disseminate research findings to communities, and foster innovative collaborations and partnerships. This funding opportunity announcement seeks to facilitate the research training and education of investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in biomedical research, particularly interested in diseases that disproportionately impact populations that experience health disparities (https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/about/overview/). Tackling the complex drivers of health disparities requires a diverse, well-trained scientific workforce and a transdisciplinary framework that cuts across scientific and organizational silos to integrate multiple disciplines– biology, behavioral and social sciences, epidemiology, data science, public health, health services, economics, clinical science, and public policy. It also requires strong collaborations between researchers, community organizations, health service providers, public health agencies, policymakers and other stakeholders to ensure that relevant, contextually appropriate research is conducted and, more importantly, that findings can be translated into sustainable community and system-level changes that promote health equity. Note: This is a limited submission opportunity. Please contact Whitney MacKay if considering applying.

NIH Limited Competition for the NIDDK Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: $220,000 direct costs per year for 3 years
Deadline: August 17, 2023
NIDDK's Short-Term Research Experience to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) program is focused on encouraging the participation of students from diverse backgrounds, including students from groups underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis, such as individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with disabilities to pursue careers in biomedical research. (See NOT-OD-20-031, Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity). The overall STEP-UP program encourages participation through providing research experiences and follow-up mentoring to both high school and undergraduate students, notably this limited competition notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is only for high school students. This program provides students with hands-on research experience early in their academic career and the opportunity to participate in biomedical research in the NIDDK mission areas. This limited competition NOFO is intended to support a coordinating center that will operate a high school program located in one of the following geographic areas where there has been low participation in the STEP-UP program to date in the following states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri (referred to as Region C).

NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Amount: $1,250,000 direct costs
Deadline: September 26, 2023
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers. This NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25) is a flexible and specialized program designed to foster the development of neuroscience researchers from diverse backgrounds, including individuals from underrepresented groups, across the specified career stages. This Neuroscience Diversity R25 initiative will focus on factors that have been shown to affect retention of underrepresented postbaccalaureate, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty in neuroscience research. See RFP for details.

NIH Investigator-Initiated Research in Genomics and Health Equity (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: $500,000 direct costs per year
Deadline: November 8, 2023
The purpose of this initiative is to support investigator-initiated research in genomics and health equity, with the ultimate goal of developing approaches, generating and disseminating data, and implementing metrics or interventions that will advance the equitable use of genomics to improve health in U.S. populations. Awardees will conduct innovative and generalizable research in genomics and health equity spanning across genomic research areas and will incorporate a plan for enhancing diverse perspectives. Applications supporting New or Early Stage Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce, as described in the NIH Notice of Interest in Diversity (NOT-OD-20-031), are encouraged. See also RFA-HG-23-018.

NIH Investigator-Initiated Research in Genomics and Health Equity (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: $200,000 direct costs per year
Deadline: November 8, 2023
The purpose of this initiative is to support investigator-initiated research in genomics and health equity, with the ultimate goal of developing approaches, generating and disseminating data, and implementing metrics or interventions that will advance the equitable use of genomics to improve health in U.S. populations. Awardees will conduct innovative and generalizable research in genomics and health equity spanning across genomic research areas and will incorporate a plan for enhancing diverse perspectives. This R21 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. The R21 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. Applications supporting New or Early Stage Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce, as described in the NIH Notice of Interest in Diversity (NOT-OD-20-031), are encouraged. See also RFA-HG-23-017.

NIH Field-Deployable, Low-Cost Point-of-Need Approaches and Technologies to Lower the Barriers to Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Diagnosis and Treatment (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: NIDA intends to commit an estimated total of $3M in FY 2024 to fund approximately 5-10 awards
Deadline: November 9, 2023
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) proposing research projects for purposefully lowering the barriers for patients to get access and receive substance use disorder (SUD) diagnosis and treatment. Applications are encouraged to develop novel point-of-need approaches that integrate with existing clinical workflow while increasing access and affordability, especially in low-resource settings.

NIH Field-Deployable, Low-Cost Point-of-Need Approaches and Technologies to Lower the Barriers to Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Diagnosis and Treatment (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
Amount: NIDA intends to commit an estimated total of $3M in FY 2024 to fund approximately 5-10 awards
Deadline: November 10, 2023
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) proposing research projects for purposefully lowering the barriers for patients to get access and receive substance use disorders (SUD) diagnosis and treatment. Applications are encouraged to develop novel point-of-need approaches that integrate with existing clinical workflow while increasing access and affordability, especially in low-resource settings.

Other Federal Sponsors

NHPRC-Mellon Planning Grants for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies
Amount: $120,000
Deadline: June 7, 2023
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), with funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seeks proposals for its planning grant program for Collaborative Digital Editions in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American History and Ethnic Studies. With an overarching goal to broaden participation in the production and publication of historical and scholarly digital editions, the program is designed: to provide opportunities that augment the preparation and training of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color new to the work of historical documentary editing, especially those currently working in history or related area and ethnic studies departments; to encourage the innovative and collaborative re-thinking of the historical and scholarly digital edition itself—how it is conceived, whose voices it centers, and for what purposes; to support planning activities essential for successful development of significant, innovative, and well-conceived digital edition projects rooted in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native American history and ethnic studies; to stimulate meaningful, mutually beneficial, and respectful collaborations that help to bridge longstanding institutional inequalities by promoting resource sharing and capacity building at all levels; and to sustain projects that build meaningful community and user engagement into their plans.

HHS Administration for Community Living: Understanding the Experience and Outcomes of Students with Disabilities who have 504 Plans
Amount: $600,000
Deadline: June 23, 2023
The purpose of the DRRPs is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, by generating new knowledge, or developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of health and function, community living, and employment outcomes among people with disabilities, especially people with disabilities who have the greatest support needs. Under this particular DRRP priority, the grantee must conduct research toward new knowledge of the school experiences and outcomes among elementary or secondary students who have 504 plans. These formal plans protect the rights of children with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, by giving them the accommodations, supports, or services they need in school. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this opportunity in FY 2023. This grant will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.

OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel, Assistance Listing
Amount: $750,000
Deadline: July 7, 2023
The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.

OJJDP FY 2023 Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) in Juvenile Justice
Amount: $2,000,000
Deadline: July 11, 2023
With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund a new Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) in Juvenile Justice to assist states and territories to strengthen their compliance with a core requirement of the Formula Grants Program authorized under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act. The Center will also more broadly develop and implement comprehensive training and technical assistance that supports state, territorial, Tribal, and community-level efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUDRD) Grants for University-Nonprofit Partnerships Supporting Community-Engaged Research Designed to Address Homelessness
Amount: $1,000,000
Deadline: July 13, 2023
This NOFO announces the availability of $1,000,000 in cooperative agreement funding to be awarded to institutions of higher education or nonprofit entities that train and support institutions of higher education to conduct research applying community-engaged research methods to address homelessness. Community-engaged research is an approach that meaningfully engages the community that is the subject of the research, including community groups and people with lived experience.[1] The research funded under this NOFO will contribute to general knowledge on the topic of homelessness, as well as the programs and interventions designed to address homelessness in communities, while elevating the perspectives and insights of people with lived experience. In addition, this NOFO is designed to build and expand capacity for community-engaged research methods at institutions of higher education or nonprofit entities and strengthen partnerships between local nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education. Submitted research proposals must describe how the knowledge generated under the proposed project will contribute to understanding the effectiveness of Federal, state, and/or local policies and programs designed to address homelessness and must demonstrate how the proposed project will build and expand partnerships between nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education to better address homelessness. [1] Community-engaged research may also be referred to in other fields and disciplines using terms such as community-based research, participatory action research, or community-based participatory research.

HHS Tribal Long Term Service and Support National Resource Center
Amount: $250,000
Deadline: July 17, 2023
With this announcement, the Office of American Indian, Alaskan Natives and Native Hawaiian Program (OAIANNHP) is proposing to award one new cooperative agreement for a 5-year grant period to fund a National Resource Center on "American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Long-Term Service and Support” (NRCAIANNHLTSS). The national resource center will address the unmet needs of tribal-specific and culturally appropriate LTSS information and guidance to tribes. The outcomes of the FOA will be to; 1) to create a network of navigators through recruitment and training that will assist tribes in the development of appropriate LTSS in response to identified, tribe-specific needs; and 2) based on documented best practices, the resource center will develop a practical and hands on toolkit for tribes to assist in implementing LTSS in their individual tribal communities. Additionally, the resource center will further target its services to the 28 tribes that receive Title VI grants under the OAIANNHP, however it will also have publicly available resources that are accessible to all tribes and organizations that work with the American Indian, Alaskan Native and Hawaiian populations. The resource center will also focus on improving the lives of those served by ACL by supporting the development of tribal-specific LTSS that assist older adults and people with disabilities while also empowering tribes to develop programs that are integrated into their unique culture.

Office of Partnerships and Public Engagements (OPPE): Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
Amount: $750,000
Deadline: July 25, 2023
The OPPE is committed to ensuring underserved communities can equitably participate in USDA programs. Differences in demographics, culture, economics, language, and other factors preclude a single approach to identifying solutions that can benefit underserved farmers and ranchers. Grants are provided to nonprofit community-based organizations, higher education institutions, and eligible Tribal entities with at least three (3) years of documented experience, preceding the submission date of an application. Eligible entities working with underserved farmers and ranchers or military veteran farmers and ranchers can improve their ability to start and maintain successful forestry and/or agricultural-related operations. With 2501 Program funding, eligible entities can provide education, training, and technical assistance and extend outreach and education efforts to connect with and assist underserved and military veteran farmers and ranchers to provide them with information on available USDA resources.

HHS Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity
Amount: $2,250,000
Deadline: August 1, 2023
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) anticipates funding two cooperative agreements to support a Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (CIIHE). The CIIHE will support efforts, including research, education, service, and policy development, to advance sustainable solutions that address indigenous health disparities and advance health equity in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations. Applicants will be required to address only one of the two focus populations per application. One applicant may submit more than one application, but each application must focus on only one population. The CIIHE will operate as a single initiative through two cooperative agreements - one with a focus on AI/AN populations and one with a focus on NHPI populations. Under the cooperative agreements, OMH will have substantial involvement in identifying priority areas to focus the CIIHE’s efforts such as the role of nutrition, food security, and physical activity in indigenous health disparities. OMH will facilitate the coordination and collaboration of project activities between the cooperative agreements to support seamless program implementation. Recipients will establish, convene, and manage a joint CIIHE advisory board.

Corporate & Foundation Sponsors

Society of Family Planning: Changemakers in Family Planning
Amount: support for salary ($60,000), professional development ($10,000), mentorship ($6,000), and networking (see RFP for details)
Deadline: June 5, 2023
The aim of the Changemakers in Family Planning grant is to respond to institutionalized racism in the field of family planning by providing dedicated support for awardees to expand research skills and expertise. Awardees will have the opportunity to spend 18 months honing research skills and interests. The expected deliverable at the end of the award period is the completion of career development activities. Awardees will not be expected to conduct original research as part of this grant; rather, awardees will be granted support related to research interests, skills development, mentorship, and networking. See Request for Proposals for complete scholar eligibility criteria.

RWJF: Addressing Structural Barriers to Economic Inclusion for Children and Families
Amount: Up to $750,000
Deadline: June 21, 2023
Economic inclusion for family wellbeing is one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) central goals and the heartbeat of the Healthy Children and Families (HCF) theme. Evidence reveals a robust causal link between access to economic resources and opportunity for health and wellbeing. The U.S. economy and many systems that families interact with prioritize production and economic growth, excluding some people—particularly Black, Indigenous and immigrant families—from the nation’s shared prosperity based on factors such as participation in the traditional labor market. HCF’s goal is to disrupt current economic paradigms that value production over wellbeing by addressing the structural factors in economic systems, policies, and decisionmaking. We seek efforts to bring a new social contract for children and families to life–one that acknowledges our collective interdependence; the need for shared prosperity; and that all families and children have inherent value and dignity. This call for proposals will create a portfolio of grants addressing structural issues that hinder children and families from thriving in our economy. We are interested in frameworks, ideas, models, or approaches that demonstrate an alternative economic vision that positions families at the center–challenging the idea that the value of families can only be understood in connection to work or production.

Simons Foundation: SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED)
Amount: $300,000
Deadline: Rolling until all 10 supplements have been awarded
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) is a new program that provides supplements to existing grants for the recruitment of new lab members from American underrepresented minority groups at the postdoctoral level. For the purposes of this supplement, eligible groups include the following: African American/Black; Latin American/Hispanic; Native American/Alaskan Native; Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander (including Filipino). The goal of this award is to increase diversity and fight inequity. SFARI Principal Investigators (PIs) are encouraged to recruit candidates for this supplement not only at their home institution, but also at historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions with high minority enrollment.

Paralyzed Veterans of America: Research Grants and Fellowships
Amount: $150,000 - $200,000
Deadline: July 5, 2023
From transplanting cells and regenerating damaged nerve fibers to designing adaptive canoe seats, the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research Foundation supports innovative research and fellowships that improve the lives of those with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D). The grant funds the following categories: Basic Science - laboratory research in the basic sciences to find a cure for SCI/D; Clinical - clinical and functional studies of the medical, psychosocial and economic effects of SCI/D, and interventions to alleviate these effects; Design and Development - of new or improved rehabilitative and assistive technology/devices for people with SCI/D to improve function, which also includes improving the identification, selection and utilization of these devices; and Fellowships - for postdoctoral scientists, clinicians and engineers to encourage training and specialization in the field of spinal cord research.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation: Inflammatory Bowel Disease QuickFire Challenge: Innovating for Health Equity
Amount: Total funding pool available is $250,000
Deadline: July 28, 2023
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, together with Janssen Research & Development, is proud to launch the IBD QuickFire Challenge: Innovating for Health Equity. US-based innovators are invited to submit data-driven research methodologies, tools or technologies that aim to better understand the manifestations of IBD and determinants of health disparity in diverse racial and ethnic communities. Potential solutions should inform or catalyze the crucial next steps needed to develop novel and effective tools and therapies aiming to improve health outcomes in IBD patients from BIPOC communities. The innovator(s) with the best potential solution will receive grant funding from a total pool of up to $250,000, access to the global Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS network, and mentorship from experts across The Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies for one year.

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