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Internal Funding Opportunities

The College has a portfolio of internal funding opportunities. The Research and Innovation Seed Program (SciRIS) awards seed funding for high impact collaborative proposals that build teams, pursue fundamental discoveries, and create societal impact. There are other internal funding opportunities in addition to the SciRIS awards. Deadlines 15 April, 15 July, 15 December.

Innovation (Industry Partnership) Award

The College of Science Industry Partnership Award provides critical resources for projects that take a new direction, utilize a new technology or are in the “proof-of-concept” phase. Undergraduate & graduate students and faculty researchers can participate, with a preference given to graduate students and faculty who are developing new areas of research and/or establishing or augmenting research partnerships with external industrial partners. The Innovation award is made possible by funds from the College of Science Venture Fund.

Checklist for incoming researchers

This checklist is intended to assist incoming faculty in their preparations to initiate research-related activities at OSU. Please review all relevant areas below and contact the related units as appropriate. This checklist is for your reference and does not need to be returned to the Research Office or Environmental Health and Safety.

The Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar Program

The SREB Doctoral Scholar Program was established more than 20 years ago to increase the number of underrepresented scholars who earn the Ph.D. and to address the need for a more diverse college faculty. The SREB provides multiple layers of support, including, but not limited to financial assistance and research funding, but also career counseling, job postings and a scholar directory for networking and recruiting.

NASA Minority Serving Institutions Exchange

The MSI Exchange is a tool that supports your search for innovative and diverse academic collaborators by curating STEM offerings and capability statements of MSIs nationwide. The MSI Exchange can inform partnerships for teaming opportunities and competitive federal awards such as contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants.

Faculty Senate Awards

Deadlines range from April - June, but many limit the number of nominations per College, so check the dates of interest for internal deadlines. Note that the OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship has a limited submission. Our internal deadline is one month before The Senate's deadline. Contact us with questions.

Campus-wide cost share request form

College pre-award units across campus have teamed up and created a cost share template and request form.

Download: Cost Share Template (xlsx)

Upcoming Events

Upcoming conferences, workshops, seminars, events or other funding related dates.

DMR Open Hour: CAREER Q&A

Friday, May 17, 2024, Zoom

Join Germano Iannacchione, Director of NSF's Division of Materials Research (DMR), and DMR Program Directors for our monthly Zoom office hour and Q&A session. May's Open Hour will focus on the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) solicitation. Registration required.

Intro to Omniverse & Digital Twins

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Virtual

In this session, we'll cover the basics around NVIDIA's Omniverse platform for 3D Design Collaboration and Simulation and the ecosystem of building Digital Twins. We'll touch on not only how to set up and rollout an Omniverse environment, but also how to integrate frameworks, like Modulus (physics…

College of Science Inaugural Research Showcase

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, MU Multipurpose room 13

Extending the Reach and Impact of Science: This event will feature SciRIS awardee presentations, panel discussion on artificial intelligence in the College of Science, and posters and science education demonstrations by Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Fellows.

Intro to Isaac Sim and AI in Robotics

Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Virtual

In this session, we'll focus on NVIDIA's Isaac Sim platform, which is an extensible robotics simulator that gives researchers and practitioners a faster, better way to design, test, and train AI-based robots. Isaac Sim is powered by NVIDIA Omniverse and able to deliver scalable, photorealistic, and…

Inaugural Berkeley-Stanford Workshop on Veridical Data Science

Friday, May 31, 2024, UC Berkeley Campus

The Berkeley-Stanford Veridical Data Science Workshop is focused on showcasing and promoting veridical (truthful) data science (VDS) for reproducible, reliable data analysis and decision-making. It intends to build a community of veridical data science researchers for trustworthy data science,…

Funding opportunities

You can also view a full, filterable list of funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.

Ideas Lab: Advancing Cell-Free Systems Toward Increased Range of Use-Inspired Applications (CFIRE)

National Science Foundation

Deadline: Friday, May 17, 2024

Preliminary proposal due. The Advancing Cell-Free Systems Toward Increased Range of Use-Inspired Applications (CFIRE) initiative will accelerate the adoption of cell-free systems, enable new applications of this technology and contribute to the growth of the U.S. bioeconomy.

Columbia river Basin Restoration Program, Science and monitoring competition

Environmental Protection Agency

Deadline: Friday, May 17, 2024

Request for Applications (RFA) from eligible entities to improve the understanding of toxics and their effects on water quality in the Columbia River Basin by increasing the number, type, and scientific rigor of toxics monitoring projects in the Columbia River Basin through specific actions in three program priority areas (see within).

Neuroscience Collaborations Courses and Conferences Awards

Simons Foundation

Deadline: Thursday, May 23, 2024

The Neuroscience Collaborations at the Simons Foundation are accepting applications for funding of courses or conferences in fundamental neuroscience.

Biomarker Consortia: Disease Stratification and Progression

Target ALS

Deadline: Wednesday, May 29, 2024

[Letter of Intent]. This call is focused on bringing investigators together to work collaboratively on ALS biology with the aim of identifying novel ALS disease progression biomarkers. Only collaborative projects will be considered.

Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Opportunity.

NOAA

Deadline: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Ocean Exploration proposals should support exploration of unknown or poorly known ocean areas, processes, or resources in waters deeper than 200 meters or in tropical mesophotic environments. Maritime Heritage proposals should address the exploration for significant maritime heritage resources that improve our understanding of the past and inform decisions about management and preservation.

Pilot Projects in Neuroscience & Society

Dana Foundation

Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024

[Letter of Interest]. We are currently accepting letters of interest (3 pages maximum length) for pilot projects in Neuroscience & Society.

Halo science (easy apply) funding opportunities

Various

Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024

Opportunities with BASF, Kraft Heinz, Bayer Pharma, and other industry sponsors focused on topics like micro-algae production, aluminum foil alternatives, digital solutions in agriculture, and more.

ASB Diversity Travel Award

The American Society of Biomechanics

Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024

The purpose of the Diversity Travel Award is to encourage access and equity at the Annual Meeting, August 5-8, 2024, held in Madison, WI, by supporting the attendance of individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Sony Women in Technology Award

Sony

Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024

Open to individuals engaged in research within the field of technology. Whether you're affiliated with a university, research institute, or university spinouts, if you're creating physical or digital tools and solutions, using mathematical and physical science to achieve practical goals, we encourage you to apply.

Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning

National Science Foundation

Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024

This program seeks to support research at the interface of innovative computational and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and new strategies/technologies in mathematical reasoning to automate knowledge discovery.

Rolling opportunities

Faculty funding opportunities with no set deadline. You can also view a full, filterable list of funding opportunities for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students.

University Innovation Research Fund

Oregon State University Research Office

The UIRF will support grants to public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University to match competitive federal research awards, increasing the competitiveness of Oregon universities for federal research funds, leveraging federal grants that require matching funds, and supporting innovation and research capacity.

Targeted Grants in MPS

Simons Foundation

The program is intended to support high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis.

Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

While this call for proposals is focused on broader and longer-term societal trends and shifts that were evolving prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we recognize the unique circumstances and learning created by the COVID-19 pandemic may inform your response. It is at your discretion whether you propose a project related to the pandemic directly or indirectly.

Scientific Research Grants

The G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation

The Foundation primarily supports basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. The Foundation does not support clinical or drug discovery. Immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience, etc. are some noteworthy examples of current research support.

University Innovation Research Fund (UIRF) Matching Funds

Business Oregon

Call for proposals for matching funds through the UIRF. The Fund can be used as match for federal proposals that require financial match for projects that will support innovation or commercialization of technology at the universities that has a direct or potential connection to economic development. Projects must require a match of at least $250,000 to access the Fund.