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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.

Lung Cancer Research Foundation
Deadline:
This funding mechanism is focused on identifying, characterizing, and developing approaches and techniques that will allow early detection and/or risk reduction of lung cancer and gaining insight into pre-neoplastic processes in the lungs.These awards provide a maximum of $150,000 in funding over a period of two years. LOIs are due 3/3/25.
Simons Foundation
Deadline:
This funding is intended to support and enhance the research component of conferences, from presentations from scientists to in-person research opportunities for families. It is open to both patient advocacy groups (PAGs) with well-established conferences as well as those in the early years of convening families and connecting to science.
National Academy of Medicine (“NAM”)
Deadline:
This is a unique opportunity that only requires a 2-page narrative submission. NAM Catalyst Awardees will each earn a $50,000 USD cash prize, unlock exclusive access to future funding opportunities, and become part of a global interdisciplinary network for individuals and teams. This is the final year to win a Catalyst Award and become eligible to compete for a $1.5 million Grand Prize in 2026.
OSU Office of Research Advancement
Deadline:
The purpose of the 2025 Transdisciplinary Research Seed Fund (TRSF) Program is to support OSU faculty as they build a transdisciplinary research team or seek to sustain momentum of an existing team and/or plan to scale-up collaborative research efforts towards the submission of large proposals that directly support of PWS.
American Chemical Society
Deadline:
ACS PRF supports fundamental hydrocarbon research in ten scientific areas. Proposed projects may include interdisciplinary approaches. To determine the best research panel fit for interdisciplinary research projects, contact a program officer. Strategies that use machine learning methods are welcome in any scientific area.
National Science Foundation
Deadline:
The 2025 NSF MRSEC program is open with a preliminary proposal deadline of June 23, 2025.  DRI opened an internal limited submission competition which is due March 7, 2025. 
Murdock Foundation
Deadline:
The Division of Research and Innovation is requesting internal proposals from eligible faculty, colleges, centers, institutes, and academic units for the final scientific equipment grant for the current biennium. The selected project from this internal call will submit a full proposal to the Murdock Charitable Trust for funding for equipment.
Marine and Coastal Opportunities (MACO), within the Division of Academic Affairs
Deadline:
Marine and Coastal Opportunities (MACO), within the Division of Academic Affairs, announces new award programs to recognize faculty excellence and advance course offerings at the Oregon coast.
National Institutes of Health
Deadline:
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite applications proposing research on current topics in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its related dementias (ADRD). Further information on the high-priority topics of interest will be announced through a series of Notices published subsequent to this NOFO.
National Institutes of Health
Deadline:
To encourage biomedical, social, and behavioral research and research training directed toward greater understanding of the aging process and the diseases, special problems, and needs of people as they age.

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.