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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 October.

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.

, Hallie Ford Center Room 115 and Zoom
The College of Health research seminar speaker Diana Rohlman, Associate Professor, Senior Research in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology will highlight her research on conducting exposure studies and reporting the research results to study participants and their communities.…
, Virtual
The Division of Research and Innovation and the Office of Institutional Diversity are hosting two information sessions for principal investigators regarding changes on the federal research landscape. At these sessions, we will provide a brief overview of the university’s work to date, and then we…
, KEC 1001
OSU’s Clean Water Initiative and CEOAS Hydrogeology jointly invite you to an ignite-type session on Clean and Smart Water, encouraging everyone who is interested in the intersection of clean water, AI/ML, sensors, etc. to join us on Feb 17 at 4-6 PM. The session will be held in Kelley Engineering…
, Webinar
The Division of Research and Innovation and Research Council are now accepting requests for competitive Research Equipment Reserve Funds (RERF) applications to purchase capital equipment, through Friday, March 28. Join the Office for Research Advancement for an information session that will outline…
, Virtual
We would like to hear from the OSU research community about recent impacts or concerns with your research from recent federal administration changes and executive orders (EOs). While we may not have all the answers in a fast changing environment, we want to listen and learn from you. Capacity for…

Funding opportunities

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

Schmidt Sciences
Deadline:
[Expression of Intent]. This is an initiative to advance the methodological frontier of decarbonization modeling by addressing key knowledge gaps in complex interdependencies of decarbonization pathways, with an emphasis on yielding actionable insights for policy and technology deployment strategies.
LUNGevity
Deadline:
Letter of Intent. The Career Development Award supports future research leaders who will keep the field of lung cancer research vibrant with new ideas. Research projects that will be funded in 2025 are expected to have a direct impact on the early detection of lung cancer and/or individualized lung cancer treatment, including through targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
National Institutes of Health
Deadline:
First due date. This program supports exploratory and innovative research projects, which fall within the missions of the NINDS and NIMH.
Department of Energy
Deadline:
Pre-application due. DOE is accepting applications for the 2025 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program to support the research of outstanding scientists early in their careers.
National Science Foundation
Deadline:
Annual due date 3rd Thursday in February. Supports development of genomic tools or advance understanding of genome/complex multi-genic traits for improvement of predicting organism physical characteristics across diverse contexts.
Cognitive Science Society
Deadline:
[Nominations]. This prize is awarded annually to an individual or collaborative team making a significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.
National Science Foundation
Deadline:
This program seek to support experiential learning opportunities for individuals from all professional and educational backgrounds, resulting in increased access to, and interest in, career pathways in emerging technology fields (e.g., advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics).
OSU Division of Research and Innovation
Deadline:
Internal COS Deadline. Matching investments from colleges and units are required. If you require cost share from the COS, pre-submission consultation with COS Research Development Unit is required.
Alzheimer’s Association
Deadline:
Letter of intent due. The Alzheimer's Association works to identify and fund a wide range of the most promising grant projects, from basic discovery science to studies addressing social and behavioral aspects of Alzheimer's and related dementias, including promoting diversity.
American Heart Association
Deadline:
Letter of intent. The American Heart Association announces this funding opportunity to advance the use of Artificial Intelligence in health and health care delivery.

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.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.
The Longevity Science Foundation (LSF)
Letter of Intent. The LSF may consider funding applications that do not align with the current grant call theme of female fertility and longevity, provided they focus on areas such as therapeutics, personalized medicine, AI, or preventive diagnostics. We encourage applicants with high-quality research proposals to apply.
Hop On A Cure
Letter of Intent. Hop On A Cure is dedicated to accelerating groundbreaking research aimed at preventing, reversing, and ultimately curing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Private Company (apply through Halo)
We are looking for research, tools, and methodologies to predict how bending, compression, and buckling of flat sheet materials can lead to specific 3D shapes.
Oregon Metals Initiative
Oregon Metals Initiative (OMI) provides 1:1 match for funding from eligible Oregon companies.
National Science Foundation
Supports international multilateral research partnerships that address urgent global challenges by leveraging diverse expertise from countries outside the U.S., focusing on advancing research and understanding of effective multilateral collaboration.
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.