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
- National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Preservation Grants NEW
Up to $20,000
Due: March 25, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
Natural Sciences
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
$420,000 over 4 years
Due: March 16, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Jeffrey Modell Foundation Translational Research Program
up to $250,000 over two years
LOI Due: March 14, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Simons Foundation SFARI 2022 Pilot Award
up to $300,000 over up to 2 years; including 20% IDC
Due: March 17, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Organization for Autism Research Applied Research Competition
up to $40,000 over up to 2 years
LOI Due: March 21, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Epilepsy Society Infrastructure Grants NEW
up to $50,000 for 1 year, no IDC
Due: March 21, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Program NEW
up to $70,000 over 2 years; no IDC
Due: March 22, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Health Effects Institute Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award
up to $500,000 over 3 years
Due: March 25, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Awards
$165,000 over 2 years (inclusive of 10% indirect costs)
Due: March 28, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) HFSP Research Grants
up to $500,000. The amount paid depends on the number of team members (2-4).
LOI Due: March 31, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Hersen Stichting (Brain Foundation Netherlands) Practice Oriented Research NEW
up to €500,000 ($567,115.00 USD)
Due: March 31, 2022
For more information, contact Tristan Barako (tbarako@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Needham Research Institute Soon-Young Kim award in the history of East Asian science and technology NEW
£20,000 (~$27,200)
Due: March 31, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wellcome Trust Digital Technology Development Awards (Climate-Sensitive Infectious Disease Modeling)
Up to £500,000 (~$679,000) over up to 5 years
Due: March 31, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
- Charles Koch Foundation Trade Policy Research
Not specified funding
Due: rolling
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation Community Change
Funding n/d; 10% overhead cap
Due March 2, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Peter & Elizabeth Tower Foundation Programs & Services
up to $150,000 over3 years; 15% overhead cap (20% cap for requests $100,000 or less)
Due: March 2, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Craig H. Neilsen Psychosocial Research Grants
Studies and Demonstrations: up to $550,000 over up to 3 years; 10% IDC
Pilot Grants: $300,000 over up to 2 years; 10% IDC cap
Postdoctoral Fellows: up to $200,000 over 2 years, no IDC
LOI Due: March 3, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - The Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation Grant Program
Up to $25,000
LOI Due: March 10, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Project Management Institute Academic Sponsored Research Program
up to $50,000 over up to 2 years
Due: March 15, 2022
For more information, contact John Wendelken (johnw@bu.edu), Foundation Relations
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Program
up to $124,000 ($31,000 per year for up to 4 years or until you complete your doctoral program (whichever is sooner); including $1,000 in IDC)
Due: March 16, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellowship
$127,500 stipend over 2 years, plus health insurance and professional development funding
Due: March 28, 2022
For more information, contact Cecilia V. Lalama (clalama@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Wendell & Doris Rogers Foundation Youth and Veteran Grants
up to $30,000
Due: May 31, 2022
For more information, contact Joseph Loftus (joloftus@bu.edu), Foundation Relations - Lever For Change Build A World of Play Challenge NEW
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 - 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 NEW
up to $45,000 (average $10K-$20K)
LOI Due: April 29, 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 NEW
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 NEW
up to $32,000 over 4 months
LOI Due: May 4, 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