Internal Opportunities and UW Tri-Campus Resources

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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)

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Cross-disciplinary Opportunities

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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

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Opportunities in Education and Workforce Development

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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 STEM teaching and learning in K-12 (Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry (NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY)) 4/22/2026 (Limited submission Letter of Intent to UW Office of Research) N/A for LOI http://depts.washington.edu/research/funding/opportunities/3426/ 
Department of Education and Department of Labor Assists individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to succeed in higher education 5/1/2026 4/17/2026 https://www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/grants-higher-education/federal-trio-programs/talent-search-program 
Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes 5/4/2026 4/20/2026 FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes | Bureau of Justice Assistance 
Longview funds K-12 education 6/15/2026 (Letter of Intent) NA for LOI https://longviewfdn.org/applying/how-apply/ 
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
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices  5/4/2026 4/20/2026 Hidden Collections • CLIR 
National Endowment for the Humanities Collections stewardship 5/11/2026 4/27/2026 https://www.neh.gov/program/collections-stewardship 
National Endowment for the Humanities Various 6/25/2026 6/11/2026 https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/institutes-higher-education-faculty 
National Endowment for the Humanities Media Projects 6/25/2026 6/11/2026 https://www.neh.gov/program/media-projects 

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

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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
Hirshberg Foundation Treatment/therapy, patient care, early diagnosis, detection, cancer biology, basic science, prevention/metabolism, and research core facilities 5/15/2026 5/1/2026 Seed Grant Program - Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
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
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 
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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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
National Institute of Justice Violence against Women 5/11/2026 4/27/2026 https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2025-172572 
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

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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)
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 pre-application SAM.gov
ESTCP Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies 4/24/2026 4/10/2026 ESTCP FY 2026 Solicitation - Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies
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 AI-ready America 5/6/2026 (Limited submission Letter of Intent to UW Office of Research) NA for LOI https://depts.washington.edu/research/funding/opportunities/3427/ 
Schmidt Sciences Virtual Institute for Earth’s Water, VIEW-2 5/22/2026 (Expression of Interest) NA for EOI https://www.schmidtsciences.org/view/ 
Research Corporation for Science Advancement Chemistry, physics, or astronomy 7/1/2026 6/17/2026 Cottrell Scholar Award – Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) 
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 
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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