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LEWIS BURKE OPPORTUNITIESLewis-Burke’s 2025 Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for STEM Education. This overview provides information on a wide range of funding opportunities to advance research and implement education and workforce programs in the STEM fields from early childhood education through graduate degree and adult learning programs. This document is also available here on our website.
The Social Science Research Council is excited to announce the Innovation in Religion and Spirituality Seed Grants, the Religion and the Public Sphere program’s seed grant competition offering research support on the wider implications of new forms of religious and spiritual life.Â
USF International Fellowships offer up to nine months to urban scholars from the Global South. Each award will cover the cost of a visiting sabbatical period at a host university of the candidate’s choice, for the purpose of writing-up the candidate’s existing research findings in the form of publishable articles, book chapters, and/or books.
While “innovation” is often associated with technological advancements or other brand-new ideas, rapid changes in contemporary life have also shaped religion and spirituality. “Innovation” is one way of framing these changes, but it remains a partial and contested analytic lens, as noted in a recent forum for The Immanent Frame. This grant aims to produce a fuller understanding of the dynamics of innovation in religion and spirituality.
The seed grant offers research support over a period of up to 6 months, and grant funds will be up to $10,000 per award. Â
The seed grant competition is open to all scholars working as professional researchers, postdoctoral researchers, or university faculty, as well as doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy.Â
🗓️ Application Deadline: Applications are open now and close Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Purpose: To support interdisciplinary research and public engagement projects that align with the Foundation’s 6 major funding areas, including Character Virtue Development, Life Sciences, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, Public Engagement, Individual Freedom & Free Markets, and Religion, Science, & Society. The Foundation seeks bold ideas that cross disciplinary boundaries and challenge conventional assumptions. This venture focused on understanding the nature, purpose, and future of intelligence itself. This includes the story, diversity, plurality, and future of intelligence. This focus on Intelligence is integrated into each of the 6 major funding areas.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are charitable organizations operating inside or outside the United States. Projects must align with the Foundation’s major funding areas.
Funding: In 2025, grants to universities ranged from $230,000 to $6.9 million, typically over up to 3 years. In rare instances, the Foundation may support a project for up to 5 years. Up to 15% IDC.
🗓️ Application Deadline/Key Dates:
July 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT (LOI/OFI deadline)
October 9, 2026 (OFI decisions; rolling starting in Sept)
December 4, 2026 (invited full proposal deadline)
July 9, 2027 (award decision)
Details & Links: Note, the Foundation is expecting a large volume of requests in 2026, and recommends applicants submit their OFI prior to the July 15 deadline.Â
This summer, NHA is offering a new professional development opportunity for faculty and administrators interested in creating courses and programs that integrate the humanities with other fields of study to solve problems and strengthen pre-professional training.
Running July 27–August 6, this four-part course draws upon our research documenting how humanities faculty have built applied, interdisciplinary undergraduate programs that demonstrate the value of specific humanities disciplines and liberal arts education to skeptical students. Participants will learn about the impact of successful models, processes for identifying relevant resources and partners, strategies for garnering support by aligning projects with institutional priorities, and protocols for facilitating a collaborative, interdisciplinary program development process. Each session is offered on two dates; registrants can choose which to attend. Attendees who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion from the National Humanities Alliance for their records.
General public: $500 full course NHA members: $350 full course
🗓️ Registration Deadline: Friday, July 24th, 2026
Purpose: To support research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people (ages 5-25) in the United States. Studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins are prioritized.
The program welcomes descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality or explain how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce inequality; intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce inequality; and studies that improve the measurement of inequality.
Funding:
Major research grants: up to $600,000 over up to 3 years, including 15% IDC
Studies involving secondary data analysis receive up to $300,000, whereas studies that involve new data collection can have larger budgets (typically up to $600,000). Proposals to launch experiments in which settings are randomly assigned to conditions are eligible for funding above $600,000.
Officers’ research grants: up to $50,000 over up to 2 years, including 15% IDC
Studies may be stand-alone projects or may build off larger projects. The budget should be appropriate for the activities proposed.
Likelihood:
Major research grants: About 15% of letter of inquiry submissions are invited to submit full proposals; about 20% of full proposals are approved for funding.
Officers’ research grants: About 8% of letter of inquiry submissions are approved for funding.
🗓️ Application Deadline: July 29, 2026 (LOI due)
Officers’ research grants are awarded on the merit of the LOI alone. For major research grants the total timeline from letter of inquiry to funding decision is 10-12 months.
The LEGO Foundation Fellowship aims to strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts by supporting early- and mid-career researchers pursuing ambitious, rigorous, and practically relevant work. The fellowship funds research related to children’s thriving in one of three themes: youngest children in crisis and conflict settings, inclusion and wellbeing of neurodivergent children, and children’s learning and development in an AI-enabled world. The program encourages evidence-building that can inform action for children and creates opportunities for exchange among fellows and relevant audiences.
Eligibility
Early- or mid-career researchers with strong research potential and clear ideas for the next phase of their work. Applications are welcomed from researchers across disciplines, methods, and geographies. Relevant fields include education, psychology, child development, public health, economics, sociology, neuroscience, data science, humanitarian studies, disability studies, human-computer interaction, and implementation science.
Purpose: To support research that investigates the basic mechanisms in the production of violence, but primacy is given to proposals that make a compelling case for the relevance of potential findings for policies intended to reduce these ills.
Eligibility:Â Applicants may be citizens of any country, and possess a Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or equivalent degree.
Funding: Up to $15,000 and $75,000 per year for one or two years.
The Hariri Institute Community Recognition Awards honor individuals whose dedication, collaboration, innovation, and service strengthen our community and advance the Institute’s mission. We invite BU faculty and staff to nominate colleagues who have made a meaningful impact over the past year.
Eligible nominees include Hariri Institute leadership and staff, research fellows, visiting researchers, postdoctoral scholars, and student interns. Award categories include: the Distinguished Service Award, Team Player Award, Innovation Award, and Student Excellence Award.
Award recipients and nominees will be recognized at the Community Recognition Awards Ceremony on September 25, 2026, at the Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences.
The Office of Research is excited to announce the 2026 Samsung Global Research Outreach (GRO) program, inviting innovative research proposals for funding up to $150,000 (inclusive of full F&A). The program seeks novel ideas aligned with six key themes: scientific AI, quantum computing, next computing, advanced devices, AI system architecture, and environment technology for sustainability.
🗓️ Application Deadline/Key Dates: Open now through August 23, 2026, 7:59 pm EDT.Â
Key Details:
Funding:Â Up to $150,000 per project.
Internal Deadline: Please submit complete proposals, budgets (using the non-federal template) and signed proposal summary forms to Corporate Research & Contracting (engagebu@bu.edu) and Technology Development (otd@bu.edu) by August 12, 2026. See the Office of Research website for templates and resources.
Themes & Guidelines: Please see the Samsung website application page for more details.
All proposals require vetting by Corporate Research & Contracting and Technology Development prior to submission via the GRO online portal. For questions or guidance, contact Corporate Research & Contracting.
We encourage you to seize this opportunity to advance your research with Samsung’s support.
The grant requires that research institutions shift their policies and practices to value collaborative research. Institutions will also need to build the capacity of researchers to produce relevant work and the capacity of agency and nonprofit partners to use research.
We welcome applications from partnerships in youth-serving areas such as education, justice, child welfare, foster care, mental health, immigration, and workforce development. We especially encourage proposals from teams with African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American members in leadership roles. The partnership leadership team includes the principal investigator from the research institution and the lead from the public agency or nonprofit organization.
🗓️ Application Deadline: The online application will open on May 15. The deadline for applications is September 9, 2026, 3:00 pm EST.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Small Research Grant (R03) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. These applications should be for small, self-contained research projects, such as those that involve single investigators. Of particular interest are projects that propose normative or conceptual analyses, including focused legal, economic, philosophical, anthropological, or historical analyses of new or emerging issues. This mechanism can also be used for the collection of preliminary data and the secondary analysis of existing data. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive.
Direct engagement with communities and other stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other interested groups is encouraged, but not required.
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genetic or genomic research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods, that break new ground, extend previous discoveries in new directions, or develop preliminary data in preparation for larger studies.
Approaches may include but are not limited to empirical qualitative and quantitative methods, and conceptual, legal, and normative analyses. Applied research designed to address ELSI issues in genetics and genomics will also be considered responsive. Direct engagement with communities and other stakeholders is encouraged, but not required.
On March 12, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced a new funding opportunity and will be accepting applications for the Collections Stewardship Program, dedicated to advancing “the preservation and availability of physical and digital collections important for research, teaching, and public engagement in the humanities.” NEH anticipates awarding approximately $14 million to an estimated 50 recipients over two deadlines. Please note that there are three funding levels depending on the applicants intended project: Level 1 Planning awards, Level 2 Individual Implementation awards, and Level 3 Implementation awards with multiple partners. Please see additional information on the expected output for each funding level.
This GCR solicitation targets multidisciplinary teams who are embracing convergence research as a means of developing highly innovative solutions to complex research problems. GCR proposals are expected to be bold and address scientific or technical challenges and bottlenecks which if resolved have the potential to transform scientific understanding and solve vexing problems. Successful GCR projects are anticipated to lead to paradigm shifting approaches within disciplines, establishment of new scientific communities, or development of transformative technologies that have the potential for broad scientific or societal impact.
đź’°Funding: 5-year project, $3.6mil total (years 1-2, $1.2mil, years 3-5, $2.4mil)
An Invitation to the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences
With generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Social Science Research Council is pleased to invite U.S. R1 research universities in SSRC’s College and University Fund for the Social Sciences to apply for funding to join the Public Exchange Network. Public Exchange is a new network that turns university research expertise into real-world action and impact. Foundedat the University of Southern California in 2020 and expanded to Washington University in St. Louis in 2025, Public Exchange connects researchers with government, nonprofit, and industry partners to tackle pressing challenges—from disaster recovery and climate solutions to food insecurity and homelessness prevention. Since its founding, Public Exchange has developed high-impact collaborations between 48 partners and 142 researchers including:
CLEAN LAandCLEAN STL: One of the largest free soil testing programs for lead in Los Angeles County following the January 2025 wildfires, and a related program in St. Louis to test soil and air for contaminants following the May 2025 EF-3 tornado;
The California Solar Canal Initiative: An ambitious public-private research collaboration to advance solar panel infrastructure along California’s 4,000 miles of open aqueduct, conserving water and generating renewable energy;
Food Base LA: LA County’s first food systems data dashboard, helping LA County and non-profit partners target distribution of millions of pounds of food and related resources to families experiencing food insecurity;
ShadeLA: A people-powered campaign to cool Los Angeles ahead of the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics by advancing natural and built shade cover in the region.
Partners have included the City and County of Los Angeles, the State of California, the City of St. Louis, Yelp, Solar AquaGrid, the United Nations Foundation, Keck Medicine of USC, the Southern California Association of Governments, Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Department of Angels and many more. In addition to real-world impact positively affecting millions of lives, Public Exchange collaborations have resulted in over $18m in research funding, some helping to incubate new centers or areas of research, more than 40 academic journal publications, hundreds of media hits, and dozens of student career opportunities.
How to Apply
To apply for this award, interested institutions must submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) via the SSRC application portal, to be followed by interviews between SSRC, Public Exchange Network leadership at USC and WashU, and the applicant. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and must include:
Application cover sheet
Institutional letter of support: This letter should come from university leadership at the Dean level or higher, and detail the institutional or school-level commitment to joining the Public Exchange network, including any material support the institution is willing to provide.
2-5 page LOI (double-spaced, 11pt font) describing:
Reasoning for wanting to join the Public Exchange Network, including how launching a Public Exchange would impact your institution and your institution’s public impact strategy or goals;
Several areas where your institution is most interested in building an initial portfolio of Public Exchange projects (a few examples: food insecurity, homelessness prevention, water conservation, urban greening, economic mobility, disaster mitigation and response, early childhood education). The Public Exchange website’s current projects at both Washington University and the University of Southern California may be a useful resource;
Brief overview of existing key initiatives, centers, faculty, and partnerships engaged in public impact research;
Description of why your university is a good fit for the Public Exchange model.
The Public Exchange Network is an inherently collaborative undertaking. Initial interviews will enable both Public Exchange leadership and potential grantee universities to assess mutual fit and discuss goals and outstanding questions, before additional information is requested. The Social Science Research Council and Public Exchange will review applications on a rolling basis, after which invitations for follow-up interviews will be sent.
SSRC and Public Exchange will host a webinar about the Public Exchange Network and this opportunity on June 9 2026 at 12:00 ET. Register here to attend.
Purpose:The DIV Fund is a tiered, evidence-based, open innovation fund that supports solutions with the potential to cost-effectively improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty in low- and middle-income countries. The fund supports grants in three stages:Â
Stage 1: real-world pilots of early-stage innovations, post-prototype and ready to be tested.
Stage 2: to determine if an innovation has a viable path toward scale after successful pilot testing, including testing implementation approaches or exploring how to satisfy requirements for scaling.
Stage 3: to support the transition of proven innovations from piloting and testing to widespread sustainable scale.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations, social enterprises, universities and research institutions, technical assistance providers supporting government innovation, businesses, and partnerships among multiple types of organizations. There are no restrictions based on career stage, citizenship, or team composition explicitly stated. Innovations must address challenges in low- and middle-income countries as classified by the World Bank.
NSF GRANTED supports innovative models of research enterprise administrative development and workforce training infrastructure that promote sustainable research capacity and opportunities for economic impact in U.S. organizations. The research enterprise, broadly defined, includes research development and administration, research analytics, technology transfer and commercialization, corporate relations/public-private partnerships, research integrity, compliance and security, research policy, administration of student research training, and research leadership. Strengthening and transforming this administrative infrastructure is necessary to fully utilize the Nation’s research talent and capabilities and empower America’s organizations that engage in or support research and its outcomes, to participate in a globally competitive research enterprise.
NSF is committed to securing the nation’s research enterprise as part of its core mission. The Research on Research Security (RoRS) program will advance the understanding of the full scope, potential, challenges, and nature of the research on research security field through scholarly evidence.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in conjunction with its marketplace manager, the Applied Research Institute (ARI), released an updated long-term, open call through the Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) for new technologies, processes, research, or methods that advance DARPA-related research and solutions. ERIS will assess and curate novel and revolutionary solutions and make those solutions widely available for rapid acquisition and funding through a digital environment consisting of video pitches. The goal of ERIS is to establish a centralized repository for DARPA-related ideas that have been deemed eligible for funding and, if selected by a Department of Defense (DOD) entity for award, can be rapidly acquired or funded. The updated call changed the name of the ERIS mechanism to “Expedited Research Innovation Series”, rather than “Implementation Series,” announced the new ERIS topic areas, and updated the ERIS selection criteria. The updated ERIS topic areas can be found on the website.
Applicants must submit a video pitch of no longer than seven minutes that defines the specific DARPA problem, highlights opportunities for advancing the state of the art, describes team capabilities, and identifies defense or commercial market impact. Selected videos will be placed in the ERIS Marketplace for 12 months for DARPA or other DOD entities to review and procure breakthrough technologies and capabilities through rapid acquisition pathways. Most recently, DARPA utilized the ERIS mechanism to solicit video pitches for DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Ag X BTO initiative.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Submissions are collected monthly, with the cutoff on the final day of each monthly collection period at noon eastern time.
This new solicitation seeks to support innovative, multidisciplinary research that explores how AI and other emerging technologies can be leveraged to study and enhance STEM teaching and learning. NSF is encouraging investigators who would have previously applied to the Advancing Informal STEM Learning; Computer Science for All; Discovery Research PreK-12; or Translation and Diffusion programs (all which are currently archived), as well as those who would typically submit to the EDU Core Research solicitation for research in informal and K-12 settings, to apply to this new program.Â
Proposals that are submitted to the new STEM K-12 program can focus on learning or instruction in any STEM fields and NSF encourages partnerships that integrate perspectives from education stakeholders and practitioners as well as industry.
Proposals will be accepted at any time and NSF intends for this program to “accommodate a wide range of projects,” including those that are aligned with the archived solicitations.Â
Subject to availability of fund, awards are anticipated to range between $25,000 and $750,000 with a duration of one to three years.Â
Purpose: To award a work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or the American Civil War era.
The award is typically given to books but may go to an important article or essay, a work or works of fiction, poetry, the theater, the arts, a film, a scholarly article, an editing project, a historical project such as an inspired conference or an editing project or a work or service related to the subjects.
Eligibility: Books must have a date of first publication in calendar 2023.
Funding: $50,000 prize
Note: up to two prizes are awarded every year.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Rolling deadline from January 1 through November 1 (special accommodation can be made for books published between November 1 and December 31). Books should be submitted in the same month they are published.
Keywords: American History, American Literature, American Studies, Civil Conflicts & Revolutions, North America, North American History
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) was released which solicits proposals for a variety of projects relevant to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, including the Earth Science Research, Applied Sciences, Technology, and Data Systems Programs. The Earth Science Division (ESD) is sponsoring opportunities that address challenges stemming from environmental change by increasing the understanding of Earth’s systems and climate. Please find more information about NASA’s Earth Science Research Program here. Specific pre-proposal information will be posted under other documents on the NSPIRES page for each program element.
Upcoming Earth science and environmental opportunities through the Earth Science Research Program include:
Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science is soliciting applications pertaining to quick-response research and rapid data acquisition on natural or anthropogenic extreme events, as well as novel ideas to advance Earth remote sensing that NASA has not proposed in the last three years. No specific award budget is specified. There is no due date for submissions. Â
INNOVATEÂ is looking for proposals that use satellite observations of Earth to support U.S. economic and national security interests, with the intent to support high-risk, high-reward projects that are too speculative to receive other awards. Awards will be up to $1 million over three years. Proposers must contact the Program Officer prior to submission to ensure project eligibility. There is no due date for submissions.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Rolling
The Pracademic Fellowship Program
Over the past several decades, there have been limited opportunities for faculty members in public management, public policy, and related fields to move between the academy and the world of practitioners. The Pracademic Fellowship Program aims to address this gap by supporting mid-career faculty members to work in federal government agencies in the Washington, D.C. area. Pracademic fellows work directly with decision-makers involved in programs of their interest and get a first-hand vantage point of a federal agency’s decision-making environment. Participation in the Pracademic Fellowship Program enables faculty members to bring an enhanced understanding of real-world management challenges to their research and classroom.
The Diversity & Inclusion Rapid Innovation Initiative Fund is an endowed fund designed to provide support for projects that will advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at the College of Arts & Sciences, specifically by providing the CAS Dean with the means to propel and accelerate curriculum innovation; expand access to experiential learning activities, student-led forums and events; and help fund faculty outreach and recruitment.
GeoCAFÉ! We are excited to introduce GeoCAFÉ, a new NSF-funded RCN seeking to accelerate the pace climate and health research by fostering greater collaboration between those who understand and focus on studying the environment from where the triggers of many climate-related health issues arise and experts who study the impact and treatment of health conditions driven by those triggers.
As a starting point, we’re now accepting applications from researchers at US academic institutions interested in being part of our first GeoCAFÉ climate and health cohort. Cohort members drawn from the health and geosciences will participate in a series of virtual and in-person events over the next 12 months.
Fulbright Canada Entrepreneurship Awards for Specialists are short-term collaborations on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities at Canadian institutions. Specialists receive the necessary resources to transform innovative ideas into successful entrepreneurial endeavours.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Applications are accepted throughout the year.
TESS Young Investigator Competition You may already know about the TESS Experiments – short for “Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences,” a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that provides academic researchers access to NORC’s AmeriSpeak Panel for U.S. population experiments. TESS is holding a special competition for young investigators. Successful applicants will be able to field their experiment using AmeriSpeak at no cost.Â
AmeriSpeak is the first U.S. multi-client household panel to combine the speed of panel surveys with enhanced representativeness of the U.S. population, an industry-leading response rate, and the NORC Card, an innovative sample quality report card. AmeriSpeak is the most scientifically rigorous multi-client panel available in the U.S. market. Our sampling captures a true picture of America, providing better representation than other panels for hard-to-reach populations.
While anyone can submit a proposal via the regular TESS mechanism, this Special Competition is limited to investigators who are either graduate students or no more than three years post-PhD / post-residency for MDs. Check out tessexperiments.org for more information and please pass this along to colleagues, graduate students, or anyone you know who might be interested.
If you have any questions or want to learn more about the AmeriSpeak Panel, reach out to us at AmeriSpeak-BD@norc.org.
Bogliasco FoundationThe Foundation welcomes applications from individuals doing creative or scholarly work in the following disciplines: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film/video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. The Foundation awards approximately 60 Fellowships each year in seven residency periods that run from September through May.
An American nonprofit with a program in Italy, the Bogliasco Foundation awards one-month Fellowships to individuals of all ages and nationalities who are developing significant new work in the arts and humanities. Fellows live and work in bucolic surroundings on the coast near Genoa, where natural beauty combines with an intimate group setting to encourage inquiry and transformative exchange across all disciplines.
Apply: https://bfny.org/en/apply
🗓️ Application Deadline: Rolling
Collaborative Research Proposals in Sociology as part of the NSF-BSF in Sociology is open to receive applications anytime throughout the year. As part of the NSF-BSF joint program, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) invites collaborative research proposals in Sociology, in the Social, Behavioral and Economics Sciences (SBE) Directorate at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Call for Proposals can be found here.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Applications are welcomed throughout the year.Â
Teagle Foundation Program: Education for American Civic Life The program supports efforts to prepare students to become informed and engaged participants in the civic life of their local and national communities. The funder seeks to elevate the civic objectives of liberal arts education by partnering with institutions offering bold and coherent initiatives that endow students with the content, skills, and sensibility to participate in a political system designed for self-governance. The program is focused on funding in two particular areas: (1) anchoring significant questions in democratic thought in local history and community and (2) strengthening preparation for public service.
đź’°Funding Information: up to $300,000 over up to 3 years
Proposals for planning grants in the range of $25,000 over 6-12 months are strongly encouraged.
🗓️ Application Deadlines: Concept papers for this initiative will be reviewed three times per year with submissions due by December 1, March 1, and August 1.
The Fulbright Specialist Award is designed to provide U.S. and Canadian faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning, and a variety of other activities. Short-term grants of two to six weeks are available to provide leading U.S. scholars and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with their Canadian counterparts.
HOW TO APPLY: American scholars and professionals interested in joining the roster of Fulbright Specialists are advised to contact our cooperating agency, World Learning, for detailed program information.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Rolling
Colorado specific funding options:
El Pomar which focuses on arts and culture, civic and community initiatives, education, health, and human services, learn more. They also offer funding via several additional funds, learn more.
Call for Collaborative Research Proposals in Sociology: NSF-BSF The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Full proposals are accepted throughout the year in all programs.
Sawyer Seminars, The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationSawyer seminars bring together faculty, foreign visitors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from a variety of fields for intensive study of subjects chosen by the participants. Each seminar normally meets for one year. Seminar leaders are encouraged also to invite participants from nearby institutions, such as community colleges, liberal arts colleges, museums, research institutes, etc. Awards provide support for one postdoctoral fellow to be recruited through a national (or international) competition, and for the dissertation research of two graduate students.
🗓️ Application Deadline: Rolling
Spencer Foundation. The Spencer Foundation, a leading funder of education research since 1971, seeks to improve education, make education systems more equitable, and increase opportunities to learn across the lifespan. The Foundation’s programs provide funding for education-focused research projects, research training fellowships, and additional field-building initiatives.
