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Internal Opportunities and UW Tri-Campus Resources
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| UW Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) Small Research Grants | Substance use research | 3/16/2026 | N/A | ADAI Small Grants Program | Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute |
| UW Tacoma Founders Endowment 2026 Funding Opportunity | Humanities & Creative Works; STEM; Social Justice & Equity; Social Sciences | 3/30/2026 | N/A | Founders Endowment 2026 Funding Opportunity | Office of Research | University of Washington Tacoma |
| UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences | Translational health sciences | 7/7/2026, 10/7/2026 |
N/A | ITHS | ITHS Catalyst Awards |
| UW Population Health Pilot Research Grants | Interdisciplinary collaborations involving community-based partners to address critical challenges to population health | Various | N/A | Pilot research grants | Population Health |
| Simpson Center for the Humanities (Multiple programs) | Humanities; Humanistic social sciences | Various | N/A | The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities | Simpson Center for the Humanities |
| UW Limited Submission Opportunities | Various | Various | N/A for initial LOI submission | Limited Submission Opportunities Listings | UW Research (UW NetID required to view) |
| Corporate & Foundation Opportunities | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | CFR Opportunity Dashboard Search (UW NetID required to view) |
| Global Funding Opportunities | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Global Funding Opportunities - Google Sheets (UW NetID required to view) |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Cross-disciplinary Opportunities
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| US Department of State | Demonstrating the Cost-Effectiveness of Innovation Bundles to Support Food Systems Transformation for Nutrition, Food Safety, and Reduced Food Loss and Waste | LOI 3/5/2026 | NA for LOI | https://foodsystemsnutrition.org/research-for-development-1/ |
| USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture | Strengthening Agricultural Systems - STEM; Social science; Economics; Health science; Education; More | LOI deadline: 2/26/2026; Proposal deadline: 3/26/2026 | 3/12/2026 | AFRI Strengthening Agricultural Systems | NIFA |
| Fulbright Brazil | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Awards - Comissão Fulbright Brasil |
| Hearst Foundations | Culture, education, health and social services | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | General Overview of Funding Priorities - HearstFDN | Hearst Foundations |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in STEM Education and Workforce Development
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| NSF | STEM teaching and learning in K-12 | Anytime | N/A | NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
| NASA | STEM workforce training | 3/20/2026 | 3/6/2026 | ROSES-25: F.19 Collaborative Opportunities - NASA Science |
| NSF | CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service | 4/3/2026 | 3/20/2026 | NSF 26-503: CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in Humanities
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) | Arts | 3/23/2026 | 3/9/2026 | RESEARCH AWARDS | National Endowment for the Arts |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | History and community engagement through national cemeteries and Veterans cemeteries | 3/27/2026 | 3/13/2026 | Veterans Legacy Grants Program: Overview - National Cemetery Administration |
| Conference on College Composition and Communication | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | CCCC Grants and Awards - Conference on College Composition and Communication |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in Medicine, Healthcare, Childhood Development, and Healthcare Policy
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | Cancer research | Various (see website) | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Grants Archive - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
| DARPA | Medical countermeasures (MCMs) against chemical threats | 3/9/2026 (Pre-proposal) | NA for pre-proposal | SAM.gov |
| ARPA-H | Health data | 3/30/2026 (Pre-application) | 3/16/2026 | SAM.gov |
| Pfizer | Various | Various | Various | https://www.pfizer.com/about/programs-policies/grants/competitive-grants |
| NIH | Data science | 6/23/2026 | 6/9/2026 | Search Results Detail | Grants.gov |
| Retirement Research Foundation | Aging | 5/1/2026 | 4/17/2026 | Research Grants - RRF Foundation for Aging |
| March of Dimes | Pregnancy and newborn health | 5/29/2026 | 5/15/2026 | Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards | March of Dimes |
| Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation | Alzheimer’s Drugs | 9/14/2026 | 8/31/2026 | Prevention | Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation |
| Brady Education Foundation | Early Childhood Development and Education | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Application Guidelines – Brady Education Foundation |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in Social Science
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| Administration for Community Living | Disability living | 4/13/2026 | 3/30/2026 | Opportunity Listing - Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) -Research |
| American Psychological Foundation | psychology to solve social problems | 4/3/2026 | 3/20/2026 | https://ampsychfdn.org/funding/visionary-grants/ |
| Herb Block Foundation | To safeguard the freedoms of the Bill of Rights and prevent discrimination | 6/4/2026 | 5/21/2026 | Grant Programs | The Herb Block Foundation |
| William T. Grant Foundation | Reducing Inequality | 7/29/2026 | 7/15/2026 | Research Grants on Reducing Inequality - William T. Grant Foundation |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in STEM
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) | Travel grants | 2/15/2026, 5/15/2026, 10/1/2026 | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Travel Grants – Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) |
| DARPA | High assurance AI | 3/2/2026 (Pre-proposal); 4/10/2026 (Full proposal) | 3/27/2026 | SAM.gov |
| DARPA | Eliminate invasive species, New World Screwworm (NWS) and Brown Tree Snake (BTS)(Guam) | 3/9/2026 (Pre-proposal) | NA for pre-proposal | SAM.gov |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Foundational/basic research in: Nuclear Energy Innovation / Controlling Subsurface Fractures and Fluid Flow / Next Generation Electrical Energy Storage / Transformative Manufacturing / Microelectronics / Quantum Computing in Chemical and Materials Sciences / Next-Generation Quantum Systems | 3/16/2026 (Pre-proposal) | NA for pre-proposal | Limited Submission Opportunities Listings | UW Research (UW NetID required) This is a limited submissions opportunity with up to 3 submissions across UW - see link for the UW preproposal process. |
| Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Science | Early Career Research Program | 3/24/2026 (pre-proposal) | NA for pre-proposal | GRANTS Open FOAs | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) |
| DARPA | Mechanical energy storage concept | 3/25/2026 (pre-proposal) | NA for pre-proposal | SAM.gov |
| Washington Water Research Center | Water resources | 4/10/2026 | 3/27/2026 | State of Washington Water Research Center | Washington State University |
| DARPA | high assurance AI systems | 4/10/2026 | 3/27/2026 | SAM.gov |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) | 4/1/2026 (Pre-application) | 3/18/2026 | Opportunity Listing - Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) |
| EPA Region 10 | Wetland | 4/10/2026 | 3/27/2026 | Region 10 Wetland Program Development Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity | US EPA |
| AI for scientific discovery | 4/17/2026 | 4/3/2026 | Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science | |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Geothermal energy | 4/30/2026 | 4/16/2026 | DOE: CMEI eXCHANGE: Funding Opportunities |
| Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) | sustainable materials and technologies | 5/1/2026 | 4/17/2026 | Research Grants | EREF |
| NSF | NSF 26-506: Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 9/1/2026 | 8/11/2026 | https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pesose-pathways-enable-secure-open-source-ecosystems/nsf26-506/solicitation |
| Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Science | Various energy related science | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | GRANTS Open FOAs | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
