Internal Opportunities and UW Tri-Campus Resources

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UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences Translational health sciences 7/7/2026, 
10/7/2026		 N/A ITHS | ITHS Catalyst Awards
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 (LSO) Various Various N/A for initial LOI submission to LSO office 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)

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Cross-disciplinary Opportunities

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DARPA To tackle the most complex challenges, push the boundaries of science and technology, and shape the future of defense and innovation. Rolling NA for Abstract (see website) SAM.gov
John Templeton Foundation Interdisciplinary research in Character Virtue Development, Individual Freedom & Free Markets, Life Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Public Engagement, and Religion, Science, & Society 7/15/2026 (Online Funding Inquiry) NA for OFI Grant Calendar
John Templeton Foundation Intelligence Venture  How should we understand the nature, purpose, and future of intelligence itself? 7/15/2026 (Online Funding Inquiry) NA for OFI Intelligence - John Templeton Foundation
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
Packard Foundation (David and Lucile) Supports grants across a spectrum of priorities including climate, children/families/communities, reproductive health, and leadership/organizational development 8/1/2026 7/10/2026 Approach • The David and Lucile Packard 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

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Opportunities in Education and Workforce Development

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NSF Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) initiative Anytime N/A Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
NSF STEM teaching and learning in K-12 Anytime N/A NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
FINRA Investor Education Foundation Research that helps to ensure people in the United States have the knowledge, skills and tools to make sound financial decisions throughout life.  Anytime N/A General Grant Program | Finra Foundation
Longview funds K-12 education 6/15/2026 (Letter of Intent) NA for LOI https://longviewfdn.org/applying/how-apply/ 
Health Resources and Services Administration To increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds 7/8/2026 6/24/2026 Opportunity Listing - Nursing Workforce Development (NWD)
Spencer Foundation - NEW 6/15 Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change 7/10/2026 6/26/2026 CFR Opportunity Dashboard Search
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education - NEW 5/12 Promise Neighborhoods program 8/6/2026 7/23/2026 Opportunity Listing - Promise Neighborhoods-84.215N
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

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Opportunities in Humanities

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Conference on College Composition and Communication Various Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline CCCC Grants and Awards - Conference on College Composition and Communication
Archeological Institute of America Various Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Fellowships, Grants, Scholarships, and Awards - Archaeological Institute of America
Wenner-Gren Foundation To advance anthropological knowledge, build sustainable careers, and amplify the impact of anthropology within the wider world Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Grants and Fellowships | Wenner-Gren Foundation 
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) 7/9/2026 6/25/2026 Opportunity Listing - NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2, FY 2027
Department of Labor, Department of Education American History and Civics-National Activities Grants 7/13/2026 6/29/2026 American History and Civics-National Activities Grants (84.422B) | U.S. Department of Education
Department of State United States and Bolivia through cultural, educational, professional and scientific exchanges 8/15/2026 8/1/2026 Grants Corner - U.S. Embassy in Bolivia
Keats-Shelley Association of America Romantic-era literature and culture 11/1/2026 10/16/2026 Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr, Award — K-SAA
The Teagle Foundation Humanities in education   12/1/2026 11/10/2026 The Teagle Foundation - Cornerstone: Learning for Living

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Opportunities in Medicine, Healthcare, Childhood Development, and Healthcare Policy

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Health Resources and Services Administration - NEW 6/12 Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program 7/10/2026 6/25/2026 https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/d2002205-e750-44be-9fa4-e56539716a9f 
Allen Foundation Grants Program in Nutrition (Education, Training, and Research) 7/15/2026 7/1/2026 https://allenfoundation.org/about/#eligible 
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 
NIH For early stage investigators Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Opportunity Listing - Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI)
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 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Grants Archive - American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Alzheimer's Association  Alzheimer's research Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline https://www.alz.org/research/for_researchers/grants/types-of-grants 
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Various Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline https://cdmrp.health.mil/default 
NIH Various Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Explore NIH Grant Opportunities | Grants & Funding

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Opportunities in Social Science and Psychology

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Office on Violence Against Women To enhance safety and justice for child, youth, and adult victims in rural communities 7/24/2026 7/10/2026 Opportunity Listing - OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program (Rural Grant Program)
William T. Grant Foundation Reducing Inequality 7/29/2026 7/15/2026 Research Grants on Reducing Inequality - William T. Grant Foundation
LEGO Foundation and the Social Science Research Council - NEW 6/15 A global research fellowship for early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts. 7/31/2026 7/17/2026 CFR Opportunity Dashboard Search
Department of Housing and Urban Development - NEW 6/12 Youth Homelessness 8/10/2026 7/27/2026 https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/374c42fb-024d-4e90-8881-4ed3efc6466f 
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Supports projects that link research with a concrete social action strategy in order to find solutions to social problems 8/14/2026 7/31/2026 Sociological Initiatives Foundation – Linking research to action

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Opportunities in STEM

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Whitehall Foundation Basic research in vertebrate (excluding clinical) and invertebrate neurobiology 1/15, 4/15, 10/1/20xx (Letter of Intent) NA for LOI Whitehall Foundation: Basic Research in Vertebrate and Invertebrate Neurobiology
Burroughs Wellcome Fund (1) Activities that build connections between basic and early biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields; (2) Mitigating impacts of extreme weather and other crises 4/23/2026, 7/23/2026 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
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)
Research Corporation for Science Advancement Chemistry, physics, or astronomy 7/1/2026 6/17/2026 Cottrell Scholar Award – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) 
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Chief of Naval Research Fellows program 7/3/2026 (Nomination Letter) NA for NL Chief of Naval Research Fellows Program | Office of Naval Research
VentureWell Ocean Enterprise Accelerator - NEW 5/19 development, commercialization, and adoption of new ocean data technologies and services for economic and societal benefit to the U.S. and our growing blue economy 7/9/2026 6/23/2026 VentureWell Ocean Enterprise Accelerator - VentureWell
NASA Graduate student-designed and performed research projects that contribute to the Science Mission Directorate’s science, technology, and exploration goals 7/14/2026 6/30/2026 NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary
DOD - New 5/15 Development of an advanced power system architecture 7/17/2026 (White Paper) NA for WP SAM.gov
Beckman Foundation - NEW 5/7 Beckman Young Investigator Program - research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science 7/8/2026 (UW Internal Deadline for obtaining institutional endorsement) NA for LOI Beckman Young Investigator | Beckman Foundation (UW LSO link)
Schmidt Sciences - NEW 6/15 Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World 8/8/2026 7/24/2026 CFR Opportunity Dashboard Search
NASA - NEW 6/16 Seeking proposals to enhance the research capabilities and infrastructure of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), enabling them to participate in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate research to support the Agency’s advancement of technologies needed for exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.​ 8/11/2026 7/28/2026 NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary
Zero 2050 - NEW 6/15 Pathways to eliminate life-threatening tasks that lead to fatal workplace electrocution 9/1/2026 7/18/2026 CFR Opportunity Dashboard Search
NSF - NEW 6/16 NSF 26-506: Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) - Webinar on 6/23 - Register HERE 9/1/2026 8/11/2026 Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
ACS - NEW 5/29 Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge Grant 9/18/2026 9/4/2026 Sustainable Futures Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge Grant - American Chemical Society
Earthwatch Research projects that produce rigorous, relevant, and impactful science, address global change, and actively involve citizen-scientist participants Rolling 2 weeks before submission date https://earthwatch.org/research/apply-for-research-funding 
CRDF Global Wide range of science and technology as they relate to national security Various 2 weeks before the sponsor deadline https://www.crdfglobal.org/funding-opportunities/ 
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

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