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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.

Upcoming Events

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

, webinar
Experts from academia and industry will convene to identify use-inspired opportunities to establish acceptable standards for and expand the range and capabilities of cell-free processing while reducing cost. NSF published a new $40 million funding opportunity designed to accelerate the adoption of…
, Remote and on-site in Washington, DC
The SOLSTICE Proposers’ Day is a hybrid meeting with limited seating for in-person attendees. The event will be broadcast via the Webex video conference platform for remote attendees. Only two attendees per organization or research group will be permitted to attend in person. Details of the venue…
, Seattle, WA
Join representatives from NOAA and other DOC bureaus at this free workshop, designed to aid in developing your wealth of knowledge associated with federal financial assistance. Current grant recipients, and individuals and organizations interested in obtaining a federal grant or cooperative…
, University of Oklahoma campus
The University of Oklahoma will host DEPSCoR DAY, a full-day workshop. During the event, program officers from the Department of Defense (DoD) will provide insights into funding opportunities offered through the DoD Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) and other relevant…
, Silver Spring, Maryland
Join representatives from NOAA and other DOC bureaus at this free workshop, designed to aid in developing your wealth of knowledge associated with federal financial assistance. Current grant recipients, and individuals and organizations interested in obtaining a federal grant or cooperative…

Funding opportunities

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

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA)
Deadline:
[Letter of Intent]. OCRA’s Schreiber Research Grants Program supports postdoctoral fellows, early career independent investigators, and teams of experienced investigators.
The Water Research Foundation
Deadline:
Pre-proposal due. The Unsolicited Research Program is designed to select and fund pioneering research projects that can significantly advance scientific knowledge and build practical water quality solutions.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Deadline:
LOI due. This program will support multidisciplinary translational research Centers focused on generating, validating, and advancing medical countermeasures against bacteria or fungi listed in the NOFO with known and emerging resistance to current therapies.
Water Quality Research Foundation
Deadline:
Concept paper due. The Water Quality Research Foundation (WQRF) is issuing this request for concept papers (RFCP) under its research grant program.
11th Hour Racing
Deadline:
Strong consideration will be given to projects that involve collaborations and stakeholder engagement, model best practices, can demonstrate measurable outcomes in a one-year timeframe, and share successes broadly. For anything we fund, particularly demonstration projects or place-based work, we prefer opportunities for broader impact through replicating or scaling.
Breast Cancer Alliance
Deadline:
Limited submission, contact research office before applying. Letter of intent due for exceptional project grants and young investigator grants.
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Deadline:
The goal of this initiative is to engage and support the careers of promising Black/African American clinical and/or laboratory investigators in the field of multiple myeloma research. The Scholars Program will support the awardee from post-doctoral training to first faculty-track position.
Daiichi Sankyo
Deadline:
We are looking for bifunctional small molecules that can inhibit target protein function through protein-protein interactions (PPI). We are also looking for a methodology for rationally designing such bifunctional compounds based on protein structural information. (It does not matter whether the target interaction is intracellular or extracellular.)
Daiichi Sankyo
Deadline:
We are seeking novel chemical derivatives (small molecules or peptides) that can be internalized into a wide range of PDAC cells selectively via unique mechanism of action. We are also interested in screening systems to identify our desired chemical products.
American Cancer Society
Deadline:
As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) remains committed to funding basic, translational, clinical, and cancer control research now and in the future - as much as we are able given our available financial resources.

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.

BASF
BASF is seeking a biodegradable encapsulation material for hydrophobic active ingredients. Core-shell morphologies are of high interest, but relevant matrix capsules and other morphologies will be considered.
National Science Foundation
NSF continues to support fundamental science and engineering research with implications for women's health. This DCL reaffirms NSF's commitment to fund discovery, innovation, and research translation on topics of relevance to women's health, from the molecular to the ecosystem level, including input from the full range of science, engineering, and education that NSF supports.
Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation
This initiative aims to leverage the diverse strengths of our faculty to foster multidisciplinary research teams focused on marine innovation and technology to address pressing global challenges. All faculty are encouraged to collaborate and submit a proposal, with the requirement there be at least one investigator from two of the following colleges: CAS, COE and CEOAS.
Various
This site includes postings for paid jobs, Postdoctoral Fellowships, etc from all over the country.
National Science Foundation
NSF seeks to catalyze research that leverages the full diversity and complexity of life to focus attention on the discovery of molecular and evolutionary mechanisms that have permitted organisms, over millions of years of evolution, to innovate and thrive, often in hostile and changing environments.
American Tinnitus Association
Researchers who are working on novel approaches that may contribute substantively to scientific understanding of tinnitus, breakthroughs in treatments, and possible cures are encouraged to apply for an ATA grant award.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Self-nominations accepted. Scialog supports research, intensive dialogue, and community building to address scientific challenges of global significance.
Daniel E. Stunz Memorial Foundation
The aim of this grant program is to provide financial support for mycological research and education in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Although a wide range of mycological subjects can be considered, priority will be given to projects involving mushroom-forming fungi ("macrofungi," "macromycetes").
National Science Foundation
The CMMT program supports fundamental research that advances conceptual understanding of hard and soft materials, and materials-related phenomena; the development of associated analytical, computational, and data-centric techniques; and predictive materials-specific theory, simulation, and modeling for materials research.