Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship 2025
Up to $300k to support mid-career faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences pursue systematic training in an alternate field of study to advance their research. Apply by Monday, October 20 via InfoReady Review.
How Might the Federal Government Shutdown Affect BU?
Student aid will continue and researchers should work on existing grants, but new awards might be delayed.
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.