• NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences (HSI:ELPSE)

     Funding Opportunity Number: NSF 24-551

     Grant Submission Due: February 11, 2026

The Hispanic Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences (HSI:ELPSE)solicitation is specifically focused on studying and improving the student experience in the following settings:

• STEM courses, particularly for students pursuing STEM degrees;

• Certificate, minor, and/or degree programs;

• Academic departments or divisions; and

• Schools and colleges that represent a partof the entire institution (e.g., a School of Engineering or a College of Natural Sciences).

Institutions are encouraged to consider how their mission and designation as an HSI could reimagine and/or strengthen courses, degree programs, departments, or divisions. The HSI:ELPSE solicitation welcomes projects that look to implement, test and refine promising practices and/or conduct research related to broadening participation or improving recruitment, retention, graduation and other positive outcomes for undergraduates in STEM.

• NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates

     Funding Opportunity Number: NSF 23-601

     Grant Submission Due: August 19, 2026

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program. This solicitation features two mechanisms for supporting student research:

• REU Sites are based on independent proposals to initiate and conduct projects that engage a number of students in research. REU Sites may be based in a single discipline or academic department or may offer interdisciplinary or multi-department research opportunities with a coherent intellectual theme.
• REU Supplements may be included as a component of proposals for new or renewal NSF grants or cooperative agreements or may be requested for ongoing NSF-funded research projects.

REU projects with an international dimension are welcome.

NSF NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) - with live link to https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/s-stem-nsf-scholarships-science-technology-engineering-mathematics/nsf25-514/solicitation

 Funding Opportunity Number: NSF 25-514

     Grant Submission Due: March 5, 2026

The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable academically talented, low-income students 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 an S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs) not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular[a] activities that have been shown to be effective in supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.

To be eligible, scholars must be domestic low-income students with academic ability, talent, or potential and demonstrated unmet financial need who are enrolled in an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in an S-STEM eligible discipline. Proposers must provide an analysis that articulates the characteristics and academic needs of the population of students they are trying to serve. NSF is particularly interested in supporting the attainment of degrees in fields identified as critical needs for the Nation. It is up to the proposer to make a compelling case that such a field serves a critical need in the United States.

NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - with live link to https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/career-faculty-early-career-development-program/nsf22-586/solicitation

     Funding Opportunity Number: NSF 22-586

     Grant Submission Due: July 23, 2026

CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from early-career faculty at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.

Under National Endowment for the Humanities header:

Endowments for Advancing the Humanities https://www.neh.gov/program/endowments-advancing-humanities

 Grant Submission Due: February 10, 2026

Endowments for Advancing the Humanities awards provide funds for 20-year term endowments to support long-term work in the humanities. Humanities organizations benefit from consistent funding over an extended period to maintain stability, to flourish, and to continue to offer valuable programs and preserve resources. Endowment projects will focus first on fundraising. Applicants may propose up to three years to raise and certify non-federal gifts that will be matched one-to-one with NEH federal matching funds. Once award recipients have certified the required amount of non-federal gifts, they will establish a term endowment and spend its income to advance the work of the humanities at their organizations.

• NIH Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

     Grant Submission Due: February 25, 2026

Description: The purpose of the Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for health professional, undergraduate and graduate students and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.

Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-25-298

Award Amount: Up to $375,000 in direct costs, excluding consortium F&A, for the entire project period of up to 3 years.

• NIH Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional)

    Grant Submission Due: April 20, 2026

Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) invites grant applications for Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC). As intellectual hubs for environmental health science research, the EHSCC's are expected to be the thought leaders for the field and advance the goals of the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/). The Core Centers provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services and/or resources, to groups of investigators conducting environmental health sciences research. An EHSCC enables researchers to conduct their independently-funded individual and/or collaborative research projects more efficiently and/or more effectively. The overall goal of an EHSCC is to identify and capitalize on emerging issues that advance improving the understanding of the relationships among environmental exposures, human biology, and disease. The EHSCC supports community engagement and translational research as key approaches to improving public health.

Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-ES-25-002

No current funding opportunities - will be updated as opportunities arise.

No current funding opportunities - will be updated as opportunities arise.

No current funding opportunities - will be updated as opportunities arise.

William T. Grant Foundation

Two opportunities:

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

This program funds research studies that examine programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5–25 in the United States, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, sexual or gender minority status (e.g., LGBTQ+ youth), language minority status, or immigrant origins.

Grant Deadline Dates: January 7/July 29 (LOI)

Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence

NEW THIS YEAR: We will prioritize applications that investigate strategies to improve the use of research evidence around controversial issues and in polarized contexts. This program funds research studies that examine strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We seek proposals for studies that advance theory and build empirical knowledge on ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers, public agency leaders, organizational managers, intermediaries, community organizers, and other decisionmakers that generally shape youth-serving systems in the United States.

Grant Deadline Dates: January 7/July 29 (LOI)

The Whitehall Foundation

Grant Deadline Dates, annually: January 15 (LOI)/June 1 (Application), April 15 (LOI)/September 1 (Application), October 1 (LOI)/February 15 (Application)

This foundation's grant program assists scholarly research in the life sciences. The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. The Foundation does not support research focused primarily on disease(s) unless it will also provide insights into normal functioning.

Gerber Foundation – Spring

Full Proposal Deadline: February 15, 2026, 4 pm EST

Description: The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving common, everyday problems or emerging issues within our defined focus area. Projects should focus on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. The board is particularly looking for practical solutions that can be easily and rapidly implemented on a broad scale with a predictable time frame to clinical application.

Major Research Award Award Amount: $350,000

Eligibility: Experienced Principal Investigators

Novice Research Award Award Amount: $30,000

Eligibility: Physicians, PhD candidates, PharmD candidates, and other similar degree candidates.

• In a residency, postdoctoral, or fellowship training program or those who are no more than one year post training
  • Have not received a K01 award from the National Institutes of Health
  • Have an assigned mentor for the project and a current development plan

ORSP is pleased to announce that faculty, staff, and students now have access to the GrantForward database. GrantForward is a search engine dedicated to helping institutions and individuals find grants to fund their research.

• GrantForward covers more than 20,000 sponsors worldwide to provide a comprehensive database of more than 83,000 funding opportunities linked with over 6,000 pre-solicitations and 2.1M funded awards that continues to grow with the most up-to-date information.
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• How do I find a grant? Video or PDF
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• Start moving your research forward by accessing this Single Sign-On URL https://www.grantforward.com/saml/kean and sign in using your institution account or
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• For personalized grant recommendations delivered to your inbox, create your researcher profile (See this Tutorial demo for help creating your researcher profile) and configure your profile to receive grant recommendations (For help in setting this up, view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvMkfxgTxxY).