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ORS Funding Opportunities
| Next Due Date | Category 1 | Category 2 | Title | Sponsor | Active Link | Notes | Budget | Duration | Due Date 2 | Due Date 3 | Date Added | Monitor forecasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/08/2026 | Health | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) | National Institutes of Health | PA-25-422 | See link | 5 years | 12/08/2026 | 04/08/2027 | 05/22/2026 | |||
| 08/08/2026 | Health | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) | National Institutes of Health | PA-25-423 | See link | 5 years | 12/08/2026 | 04/08/2027 | 08/19/2025 | |||
| 10/22/2026 | Health | Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (T42) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | RFA-OH-25-002 | Up to $9 million | 5 years | 10/21/2027 | 10/26/2028 | 08/19/2025 | |||
| 10/30/2026 | Health | National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation (U54) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | RFA-OH-24-001 | $28.75 million | 5 years | 08/19/2025 | |||||
| 07/14/2026 | Health | Education | NINDS Research Education Opportunities (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | PAR-24-200 | $1,250,000 direct costs | 5 years | 08/19/2025 | ||||
| 10/12/2026 | Health | Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (Parent K08 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | See link | up to 5 years | 02/12/2027 | ||||||
| 07/14/2026 | Education | Health | Reimagining Next Phase Research Initiative | UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research | $100,000 | 1 year | 10/13/2025 | |||||
| 09/16/2026 | Education | Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) | National Science Foundation | up to $400,000 | 3 years | 10/15/2025 | ||||||
| 02/08/2028 | Health | Distinguished Scholar Fellowship Award | Warren Alpert Foundation | $400,000 | 2 years | 10/16/2025 | ||||||
| 10/06/2026 | Health | Advancing Research on the Application of Digital Health Technology to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes (R01- Clinical Trail Required) | National Institutes of Health | Unlimited | 5 years | 10/29/2025 | ||||||
| 06/30/2026 | Education | STEM Education and Workforce Program | Office of Naval Research | Not specified | not specified | 11/05/2025 | ||||||
| 10/01/2026 | Education | EDU Core Research (ECR:Core) | National Science Foundation | Up to $2.5 million | 3-5 years | 11/05/2025 | ||||||
| 02/08/2028 | Education | STEM National Defense Education Program (NDEP) | Department of Defense | $100,000-$10 million | not specified | 11/05/2025 | ||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Education | Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) | National Science Foundation | $400,000-$20 million | Not specified | 02/08/2027 | 12/09/2025 | |||||
| 08/05/2026 | Health | Grants for Research; Direct Service; Professional Education & Training; Capacity Building | Retirement Research Foundation, dba RRF Foundation for Aging | Not specified | Not specified | |||||||
| 07/09/2026 | Arts | NEA Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) | National Endowment for the Arts | Up to $100,000 | Not specified | 07/21/2026 | 12/19/2025 | |||||
| 09/28/2026 | Arts | Convening Grants - Letter of Inquiry | Terra Foundation for American Art | $25,000 | 1 year | 11/30/2026 | 01/02/2026 | |||||
| 08/01/2026 | Arts | Dane Arts 2026 Cycle 2; three opportunities | Dane County | Varies, see link | 14 months | 08/01/2026 | 01/08/2026 | |||||
| 08/03/2026 | Arts | Collections Grants (Letter of inquiry) | Terra Foundation for American Art | $25,000-$100,000 | Not specified | 10/13/2026 | 01/09/2026 | |||||
| 07/15/2026 | Education | Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) | National Science Foundation | $400,000-$2 million | Up to 5 years | 01/29/2026 | ||||||
| 08/11/2026 | Education | EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE) | National Science Foundation | Up to $8 million | Up to 4 years | 01/29/2026 | ||||||
| 12/09/2026 | Education | IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC) | National Science Foundation | Up to $500,000 | Up to 3 years | 01/29/2026 | ||||||
| 07/21/2026 | Education | Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service FY2027 | National Science Foundation | $300,000-$2.5 million | Up to 3 years | |||||||
| 07/29/2026 | Education | Research Grants on Reducing Inequality | William T. Grant Foundation | $100,000-$600,000 | 2-3 years | |||||||
| 07/29/2026 | Education | Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence | William T. Grant Foundation | $100,000-$1 million | 2-4 years | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Arts | Targeted Research Area Grants | American Society for Theatre Research | $3,000 | not specified | |||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Arts | Grant Program: Exhibition Support | Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts | $60,000-$100,000 | 2 years | |||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Arts | Multi-year Program Support | Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts | $60,000-$100,000 | 2 years | |||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Arts | Curatorial Research Fellowships | Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts | Up to $50,000 | not specified | |||||||
| 11/18/2026 | Education | Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY): Development grant (limited competition) | National Science Foundation | |||||||||
| 10/01/2026 | Education | Advanced Technological Education (ATE) | National Science Foundation | |||||||||
| 10/19/2026 | Health | NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials and Biomarker Studies for Stroke Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Science Foundation | Up to $300,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 10/27/2026 | Health | HEAL Initiative: Pain Research Enhancement Program (PREP) (R15 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Science Foundation | $475,000-$1 million | 3 years | |||||||
| 07/15/2026 | Health | Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities (UG) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Arts | Education | Grants to Publish Nonfiction Books | J.M. Kaplan Fund | $1,500-$12,000 | 1 year | ||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Health | Education | Early Career Awards - Concept Papers on Child Health | Thrasher Research Fund | $25,000 | not specified | ||||||
| 09/09/2026 | Education | Institutional Challenge Grant | William T. Grant Foundation | $650,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Arts | Grants for Researchers With Heavy Teaching Loads | American Society for Theatre Research | $1,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Arts | Helen Krich Chinoy Dissertation Fellowship | American Society for Theatre Research | $3,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Arts | Jessica Berson Dance Research Assistance Fund Grant | American Society for Theatre Research | $1,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 08/04/2026 | Health | AHA Predoctoral Fellowship | American Heart Association | $32,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 08/05/2026 | Health | AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship | American Heart Association | $63,500-$77,000 | 1-2 years | |||||||
| 09/10/2026 | Health | AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA) | American Heart Association | $200,000 | 2 years | |||||||
| 09/09/2026 | Health | AHA Institutional Award for Undergraduate Student Training | American Heart Association | $165,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 12/01/2026 | Health | Career Development Award | American Heart Association | $231,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 08/15/2026 | Arts | Grants for Humanities | Wisconsin Humanties | $2,000-$10,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 12/15/2026 | Arts | Grants for Humanities | Wisconsin Humanties | $2,000-$10,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 07/30/2026 | Education | Developmental Sciences | National Science Foundation | $200,000-$600,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 05/01/2027 | Health | Encompass Midcareer Investigator Research Grant | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | $25,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 05/01/2027 | Health | Scott Nadler Passor Musculoskeletal Research Grant | Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | $30,000 | 1 year | |||||||
| 07/31/2026 | Health | Education | McEwan Family Fund for School-based Physcial Therapy Research Grant | Foundation for Physical Therapy Research | $40,000 | 1-2 years | ||||||
| 07/31/2026 | Arts | Bauhaus Fellowships | Klassik Stiftung Weimer | £3,000-£6,000 | 2-4 months | |||||||
| 07/30/2026 | Health | Multiple Sclerosis Research Program - Early Investigator Research Award, Letter of Intent | Defense Health Agency | $300,000 | 2 years | 08/13/2026 | ||||||
| 07/30/2026 | Health | Multiple Sclerosis Research Program - Investigator-Initiated Research Award, Letter of Intent | Defense Health Agency | $1 million | 3 years | 08/13/2026 | ||||||
| 07/30/2026 | Health | Multiple Sclerosis Research Program - Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award, Letter of Intent | Defense Health Agency | $250,000 | 2 years | 08/13/2026 | ||||||
| 08/04/2026 | Health | Research on Cardiovascular Health in Autism Predoctoral Fellowship | American Heart Association | $32,000 | 1-2 years | |||||||
| 08/05/2026 | Health | Research on Cardiovascular Health in Autism Postdoctoral Fellowship | American Heart Association | up to $81,000 | 1-2 years | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Arts | Thomas Marshall Graduate Student Awards | American Society for Theatre Research | $800 | 1 year | |||||||
| 07/31/2026 | Education | K-12 AI Infrastructure Program: Teaching & Learning Benchmarks and Datasets | Digital Promise | up to $2 million | 18-24 months | |||||||
| 07/31/2026 | Education | K-12 AI Infrastructure Program: Open Source AI Model for Tutoring (EDU AI) | Digital Promise | up to $8 million | 30-36 months | |||||||
| 07/16/2026 | Education | American History and Civics - National Activities (AHC-NA) Program (84.422B) | U.S. Department of Education | up to $1 million | not specified | |||||||
| 07/27/2026 | Health | Autism Research Program Idea Development Award | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs | $750,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 07/27/2026 | Health | Autism Research Program Clinical Trial Award | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs | $1.5-1.75 million | 4 years | |||||||
| 07/27/2026 | Health | Autism Research Program Career Development Award | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs | $750,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 07/10/2026 | Education | Research-Practice Partnerships grants - Pre-proposal | Spencer Foundation | $400,000 | 3 years | 10/28/2026 | ||||||
| 09/01/2026 | Education | Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | National Science Foundation | $300,000-$1.5 million | not specified | 03/02/2027 | ||||||
| 08/15/2026 | Health | Human Animal Bond Research Grant (cats, dogs) | Purina | $40,000 | 2 years | |||||||
| 08/01/2026 | Health | Early Career Awards - Concept Papers on Child Health | Thrasher Research Fund | $25,000 | up to 2 years | |||||||
| 07/31/2026 | Education | LEGO Foundation Fellowship | LEGO Foundation | $300,000 | up to 3 years | |||||||
| 10/01/2026 | Education | NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship | NAEd/Spencer | $27,500 | 1 year | |||||||
| 08/19/2026 | Education | Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | National Science Foundation | up to $155,000 | 3 years | |||||||
| 10/23/2026 | Health | Parkinson's Research Program Early Investigator Award - Pre-application | U.S. Department of War | $300,000-$1 million | up to 2 years | 11/06/2026 | ||||||
| 08/25/2026 | Education | Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program | National Science Foundation | $100,000-$3.25 million | up to 6 years | |||||||
| 10/01/2026 | Education | Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science | National Science Foundation | $600,000 | not specified | |||||||
| 08/17/2026 | Health | NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $2,375,000 direct costs | up to 5 years | |||||||
| 09/03/2026 | Health | NIH Director's Transformative Research Award for Individual and Group Science (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 01/07/2027 | Health | Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health, PAR-25-310 | National Institutes of Health | Not specified | not specified | |||||||
| 09/09/2026 | Health | NIH Director's Pioneer Award (DP1 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $3,500,000 direct costs | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/10/2026 | Health | NIH Director's Early Independence Award (DP5 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $1,750,000 direct costs | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/18/2026 | Health | NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 6 years | |||||||
| 09/18/2026 | Health | NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 6 years | |||||||
| 09/18/2026 | Health | NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Academic Community Sites (UG1 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 6 years | |||||||
| 09/25/2026 | Health | NHLBI Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trials Optional) | National Institutes of Health | See link | up to 5 years | |||||||
| 09/25/2026 | Health | Institutional Training Programs to Advance Translational Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/28/2026 | Health | Limited Competition: High Impact Specialized Innovation Programs in Clinical and Translational Science (RC2 Clinical Trials Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $2,500,000 direct costs | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/28/2026 | Health | National Cancer Institute Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $2,000,000 direct costs | 4 years | |||||||
| 10/01/2026 | Health | HEAL INITIATIVE: INTERACT Data Coordination and Integration Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 10/02/2026 | Education | Health | Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs (P20 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $1,560,000 direct costs | 4 years | ||||||
| 10/06/2026 | Health | Advancing Research on the Application of Digital Health Technology to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes (R01- Clinical Trail Required) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 10/09/2026 | Health | Optimal Treatment Strategies for use of Anti-Obesity Medications (AOMs) in Children and Adolescents Research Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $5,000,000 direct costs | 5 years | |||||||
| 10/09/2026 | Health | Development and Testing of a Multi-use Frameworks Playbook for Precision Medicine with AI: Integrating Imaging with Multimodal Data (PRIMED-AI) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $600,000 direct costs | 2 years | |||||||
| 10/14/2026 | Health | Education | Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $2,000,000 direct costs | 5 years | ||||||
| 10/15/2026 | Health | Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 10/15/2026 | Health | Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Dissertation Grant (R36 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | See link | 1-2 years | |||||||
| 10/19/2026 | Health | Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $100,000 direct costs | 2 years | |||||||
| 10/26/2026 | Health | Optimizing Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (R34 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | $450,000 direct costs | 3 years | |||||||
| 10/20/2026 | Health | NCCIH Multi-Site Feasibility Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 3 years suggested | |||||||
| 10/20/2026 | Health | Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials of Complementary and Integrative Interventions Delivered Remotely or via mHealth (R01 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 10/20/2026 | Health | Feasibility Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions for NCCIH High Priority Research Topics (R34 Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | $450,000 direct costs | 3 years | |||||||
| 10/19/2026 | Health | NIH StrokeNet Clinical Trials and Biomarker Studies for Stroke Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | up to 6 years | |||||||
| 12/02/2026 | Health | Maximizing the Scientific Value of Data Generated by the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) | National Institutes of Health | See link | up to 3 years | |||||||
| 10/05/2026 | Health | Education | Interventions to expand cancer screening and preventive services to ADVANCE health in populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | ||||||
| 10/05/2026 | Health | Education | Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $1,000,000 | 4 years | ||||||
| 10/21/2026 | Health | Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $450,000 direct costs | 3 years | |||||||
| 10/21/2026 | Health | Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | |||||||
| 01/27/2027 | Health | Diabetes Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $5,000,000 direct costs | 5 years | |||||||
| 09/29/2026 | Health | Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30-Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $3,750,000 direct costs | 5 years | 02/10/2027 | ||||||
| 10/30/2026 | Health | Accelerating Discovery through Partnered Research with All of Us to Analyze Participant Biospecimens (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | NA; resource access only. No funding. | 3 years | 03/01/2027 | ||||||
| 02/05/2027 | Health | Opportunities for Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center (U01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $1,500,000 direct costs | 3 years | |||||||
| 02/10/2027 | Health | Continuation of the Cardiovascular Repository for-Type 1 Diabetes (CARE-T1D) Consortium U01 (Open Competition)- Research (U01, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $1,500,000 direct costs | 3 years | |||||||
| 04/09/2027 | Health | Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $800,000 direct costs | 4 years | |||||||
| 04/20/2027 | Health | Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trials Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $3,400,000 direct costs | 4 years | 04/20/2027 | ||||||
| 03/17/2027 | Health | Education | Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $625,000 direct costs | 5 years | ||||||
| 10/16/2026 | Health | New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | $275,000 direct costs | 2 years | 02/16/2027 | ||||||
| 10/05/2026 | Health | New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | 02/05/2027 | ||||||
| 10/05/2026 | Health | Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) | National Institutes of Health | Not limited | 5 years | 02/05/2027 | ||||||
| 05/26/2027 | Health | Education | NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $2,000,000 direct costs | 5 years | ||||||
| 05/26/2027 | Health | Education | NIA Expanding Research in AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) | National Institutes of Health | $1,000,000 direct costs | 5 years | ||||||
| 09/15/2026 | Arts | Fellowships for Artists/Practioners of Traditional Skills | American-Scandinavian Foundation | $3,000-$10,000 | not specified | |||||||
| 09/15/2026 | Arts | Grants for Public Programs & Community Projects | American-Scandinavian Foundation | $5,000-$50,000 | not specified | |||||||
| Next Due Date | Category 1 | Category 2 | Title | Sponsor | Active Link | Notes | Budget | Duration | Due Date 2 | Due Date 3 | Date Added | Monitor forecasted |
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