Government Shutdown – What to Know
TO: Principal Investigators, Deans, Associate Deans for Research, Center Directors, and Grant Administrators FROM: Diane Baldwin, Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs DATE: Updated October 1, 2025 SUBJECT: Government Shutdown – What to Know The federal government officially shut down after midnight on September 30, 2025. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide […]
Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Research Grant Awards 2026
Up to $100,000 to support research projects focused on childhood cancers that are either laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological in nature. Apply by Sunday, October 26 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Awards 2026
Up to $110,000 per year for 3 years to help develop the independent research of early-career faculty studying childhood cancers. Apply by Tuesday, October 28 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: W.M. Keck Foundation Research Program – December Cycle 2025
Up to $1.3 million for 3 years to support distinctive and novel projects in Medical Research and Science & Engineering. Apply by Friday, October 24 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NIH Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers Program (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) 2025
Up to $925,000 annually to establish centers of excellence that can advance increased independence for substantial populations of older persons and offer opportunities for education in aging research. Apply by Wednesday, October 1 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NIH Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) 2025
Up to $4 million per year to support collaborative research using AI to address advanced aging and AD/ADRD to improve the health and well-being of older adults. Apply by Monday, September 29 via InfoReady Review.
Limited Submission Opportunity: NSF Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) 2025
Up to $30 million for proposals to build operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that advance AI-driven science and engineering research. Apply by Sunday, October 5 via InfoReady Review.
Frontiers Research Foundation Planet Prize 2025
$1 million prize to accelerate and scale research for research across all disciplines addressing Earth’s planetary boundaries. Apply by Monday, October 6 via InfoReady Review.
Call for Proposals: Cisco Research
Cisco Research is accepting applications for its funding programs to support a wide variety of research areas, such as AI/ML, computer vision, cybersecurity, NLP, quantum information processing, networking and distributed systems. Rolling submissions are now open for: Distributed Systems Security for Gen AI Embodied AI Enhancing Factuality and Reasoning in Generative AI Models LLM-Based Autonomous […]
Call for Proposals: Jewish Cultural Endowment
On behalf of the Jewish Cultural Endowment (JCE) at Boston University, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce an October 24 deadline for the 2025-2026 grant application cycle. The JCE supports Jewish cultural programs across the University, sponsoring lectures, conferences, literary events, curricular enhancement, and artistic performances and exhibitions. Their mission […]