College of Arts & Sciences
New Grantseeking Tool for Faculty!
Foundation Relations has a new tool for faculty looking for open RFPs! Bookmark this link from our website and check back weekly for new grant opportunities.
Humanities
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- We Are All Music Foundation 2022 Power of Music
up to $50,000
Due: March 31, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Natural Sciences
- James S. McDonnell Foundation Understanding Human Cognition Opportunity Awards
Up to $250,000 over up to 4 years, no IDC
Due: April 1, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative BioHub Network
Up to $250 million over 10 years
Due: April 1, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering
up to $150,000, no IDC
Due: April 7, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund 2022 Grants Program
$2.5 million for 2022.
Due: April 8, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation (Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain) SCGB Transition to Independence Award
$495,000 over 3 years
Due: April 11, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation SCPAB Transition to Independence Award
$495,000 over 3 years; including 20% IDC
Due: April 11, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation (Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain) SCPAB Transition to Independence Award
$495,000 over 3 years
Due: April 11, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Alternatives Research Development Foundation Annual Open Grant Program: Investing in Nonanimal Methods
up to $40,000
Due: April 15, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium (MOTE) Florida Red Tide Mitigation & Technology Development Initiative
up to $250,000
Due: April 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Weeden Foundation Projects to Protect Biodiversity NEW
up to $25,000
Due: April 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Frankenthaler Climate Initiative
Scoping Grants: up to $25,000 over up to 2 years
Technical Assistance Grants: up to $50,000 up to 2 years
Implementation Grants: up to $100,000 over 2+ years
Due: April 17, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative (EPiQS) Flexible Funding: Call for Ideas NEW
Up to $1.5 million, no IDC
Due: April 22, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - CurePSP – Foundation for PSP/CBD and Related Brain Diseases Venture Grants NEW
Up to $100,000 over up to 3 years, no IDC
Due: April 22, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - MQ: Transforming Mental Health Program: Fellows Award NEW
up to £225,000 (~$295,000), no IDC
Due: April 29, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - International Society for Neurochemistry: Conference Committee support for small conferences or symposia
Due: April 30, 2022 (spring round)
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Additional Ventures Program: Expansion Award for Single Ventricle Research NEW
up to $50,000 for 1 year
Due: May 2, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Professional Awards NEW
Funding varies depending on specific award type
Due: May 3, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Henipavirus NEW
up to $10 million allocated for this opportunity
Due: May 5, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - VentureWell Program: E-Team Program NEW
up to $25,000 ($5,000 in Stage 1 and $20,000 in Stage 2)
Due: May 4, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Huntington’s Disease Society of America HD Human Biology Project NEW
up to $150,000 over to 2 years (annual $50,000 stipend and ≤$25,000 for research), no IDC
Due: May 6, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - JDRF Program: User-Centric Insulin Pumps NEW
up to $4.5 million over 3 years
LOI Due: May 10, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Gerber Foundation Novice Research Awards
up to $30,000, including 10% IDC
Due: May 15, 2022 and November 15, 2022 (concept paper deadlines)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Burroughs Wellcome Fund Seed Grants for Climate Change and Human Health
up to $50,000
rolling deadline September 1, 2021– August 30, 2023
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR)
Up to $150,000
Rolling (concept note submission)
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Restore America’s Estuaries NEP Coastal Watersheds Grant Program (LSO) NEW
Up to $250,000
LOI Due: May 27, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Vilcek Foundation 2022 Creative Promise Prize in Biomedical Sciences NEW
$50,000 unrestricted
Due: June 10, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation (Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative) Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED)
up to $300,000 over 3 years
Rolling deadline
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Simons Foundation Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Funding not specified, Indirect costs may be no more than 20% direct costs.
Rolling deadline
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Social Science
- Lever For Change Build A World of Play Challenge
DKK 6.5 million (approximately $1 million). The funder expects to make up to 10 awards.
Due: April 7, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants NEW
up to $50,000, no IDC
Due: April 11, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Impact Fund Grant Program
up to $50,000
LOI Due: April 12, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Psychological Association APA-IUPSYS Global Mental Health Fellowship
$30,000 over 1 year (including up to $8,000 for travel)
Due: April 15, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Fallon Health Annual Community Impact Grants Program
up to $45,000 (average $10K-$20K)
LOI Due: April 29, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Imagine Learning Foundation Signature Program 2022
$100,000 for 1 year
Due: April 30, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Russell Sage Foundation Research Grants: Social, Political and Economic Inequality / Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration / Immigration and Immigrant Integration
Up to $225,000 – Trustee Grants: up to $175,000 over 2 years, including 15% indirect costs
Due: May 4, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Journalist Fellowship
up to $32,000 over 4 months
LOI Due: May 4, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Society of Professional Journalists Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing
$75,000
Due: June 20, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program NEW
50% salary support—up to $125,000 for 10 months ($62,500 for 5 months)
Due: June 28, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Rising Tide Foundation Freedom in Practice Grants Program
Funding not specified
Rolling LOI deadline
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Advanced Education Research & Development Fund/Assessment for Good Leveraging Education Advanced Research Now (LEARN)
Up to $400,000
rolling (LOI deadline; however, feedback will not be provided until the next submission cycle, March 1, 2022)
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations