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Internal Opportunities and UW Tri-Campus Resources
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Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| 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 Simpson Center Spring Funding Opportunity | Humanities and humanistic social sciences | 4/10/2026 | N/A | Funding Opportunities | Simpson Center for the Humanities |
| 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 |
| NSF CAREER | Supports 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 | 7/22/2026 | 7/8/2026 | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
| NSF REU | Supports intensive research by undergraduate students in any NSF-funded area of research | 8/19/2026 | 8/5/2026 | Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
| NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | Supports mid-career researchers, at the associate professor rank (or equivalent), to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic partnerships | 2/1/2027 (Anticipated) | 1/18/2027 (Anticipated) | Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
| 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 |
| NSF Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | Supports use-inspired research, translational activities and partnerships that turn scientific discoveries into real-world solutions. Researchers can gain market insights, launch commercial applications and/or facilitate industry adoption | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) | Supports partnerships between two-year institutions of higher education, other academic institutions, industry and other entities to improve the education of technicians in science and engineering | 10/1/2026 | 9/17/2026 | Advanced Technological Education (ATE) | 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 Humanities | Collections stewardship | 5/11/2026 | 4/27/2026 | https://www.neh.gov/program/collections-stewardship |
| 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 |
| Gates Foundation - Global Grand Challenges | Global health and development | 4/28/2026 | 4/14/2026 | Grant Opportunities | Global Grand Challenges |
| 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 |
| The Cure Starts Now | Cancer research | 6/1/2026 | 5/18/2026 | https://thecurestartsnow.org/research/research-and-grants/?page=1 |
| NIH | Data science | 6/23/2026 | 6/9/2026 | Search Results Detail | Grants.gov |
| Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation | Alzheimer’s Drugs | 9/14/2026 | 8/31/2026 | Prevention | Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation |
| US Department of State | Global health | 2/14/2027 | 1/31/2027 | https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/c5c18cae-dbe8-4d93-9d9b-3d5ec27a4dcf |
| Brady Education Foundation | Early Childhood Development and Education | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | Application Guidelines – Brady Education Foundation |
| Pfizer | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | https://www.pfizer.com/about/programs-policies/grants/competitive-grants |
| 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) |
| Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | https://cdmrp.health.mil/default |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
Opportunities in Social Science and Psychology
Sponsor |
Topic Areas |
Sponsor Deadline |
UWTOR Expression of Interest Deadline* |
Website |
| American Psychological Foundation | psychology to solve social problems | 4/3/2026 | 3/20/2026 | https://ampsychfdn.org/funding/visionary-grants/ |
| 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 | serious emotional disturbance in children | 4/24/2026 | 4/10/2026 | John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) - American Psychological Foundation |
| Panmure House | long-term innovation and long-range thinking with practical implementation | 4/28/2026 | 4/14/2026 | Panmure House Prize Programme: Recognizing Excellence in Innovation Thinking | Panmure House |
| Gates Foundation - Global Grand Challenges | Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Accelerate Charitable Giving | 4/28/2026 | 4/14/2026 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Accelerate Charitable Giving |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| DARPA - Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) | Technologies for critical infrastructure and military command-and-control systems (networks and applications across strategic, command, operational, and tactical edges) | 3/31/2026 and 4/30/2026 (pre-application) | NA for preapplication | SAM.gov |
| NSF FIRE | Convergent research, education and networking activities to improve understanding, prediction and resilience to wildland fire and its interactions with communities, infrastructure and the natural environment | 4/1/2026 | 3/18/2026 | Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) | 4/1/2026 (Pre-application) | 3/18/2026 | Opportunity Listing - Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| ESTCP | Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies | 4/24/2026 | 4/10/2026 | ESTCP FY 2026 Solicitation - Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies |
| Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Science | Transforming science and energy with AI | 4/28/2026 | 4/14/2026 | Funding Opportunities | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) |
| 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 and technology | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | GRANTS Open FOAs | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) |
| Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) | Various | Various | 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline | https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/ |
| DARPA - Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) | Various | Various (Pre-application) | N/A for preapplications | ERIS - DARPAConnect |
* Express your interest via UWTOR Proposal Support Request Form as early as possible and no later than this date.
