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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.

Download: Cost Share Template (xlsx)

Upcoming Events

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

NSF Division of Materials Research Open Hour – Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

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Join Germano Iannacchione, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research (NSF DMR) and NSF DMR program directors, for our monthly virtual office hour and Q&A session. July's "Open Hour" will focus on the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)…

Applications Open for SFARI Data Analysis RFA

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SFARI will hold an informational Zoom meeting on July 23 at 12 p.m. ET for interested applicants. This request for applications (RFA) aims to provide researchers with the support needed to allocate time and personnel toward working with and publishing from this previously collected data. The…

Funding opportunities

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

2025 NSTC Workforce Awards Program

NATCAST
Deadline:
Letter of Intent by 5 PM EDT: Call for Proposals (CFP) for the 2025 NSTC Workforce Awards Program (Workforce Awards), the latest funding opportunity through the NSTC Workforce Center of Excellence. Through the Workforce Awards, Natcast will invest in semiconductor industry-related training and educational supports ...

Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss

McKnight Brain Research Foundation
Deadline:
The McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF) and the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) will provide up to two 3-year awards of $750,000 (USD) each to advanced Assistant Professors and recently appointed Associate Professors (MDs and PhDs.)

Damon Runyon-St. Jude Pediatric Cancer Research Fellowship

Daymon Runyan Cancer Research Foundation
Deadline:
The goal is to fund postdoctoral researchers who propose innovative approaches in either basic or clinical research with the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers.

Life Sciences

John Templeton Foundation
Deadline:
The Life Sciences funding area supports research and engagement projects on the fundamental structures of the biological world, from the origin of life to synthetic biology across all the biological kingdoms. We support experimental and theoretical work on the biological mechanisms that produce life in its diverse forms.

Mathematical & Physical Sciences

John Templeton Foundation
Deadline:
We specifically seek Funding Inquiries for hubs consisting of four or more senior researchers and a significantly greater number of junior researchers, visitors, and other scholars. Preference will be given to proposals involving multiple institutions.

Grant opportunities for researchers in several areas

National Ataxia Foundation (NAF)
Deadline:
Letter of Intent due. NAF is a global leader in driving ataxia research, fostering national and international collaboration to advance scientific discovery. As part of its commitment to identifying causes, treatments, and potential cures for ataxia, NAF offers limited, short-term financial support through its Annual Research Grant Program.

Medical Research Foundation grants

Medical Research Foundation
Deadline:
The Medical Research Foundation supports promising biomedical exploration and the development of research careers in clinical investigation in Oregon through a program of three competitively awarded research grants: Early Clinical Investigator, Emergency Interim Support and New Investigator.

September Grant Cycle

Collins Medical Trust
Deadline:
The Collins Medical Trust values and funds a range of health-related research, including basic laboratory science, clinical research, and public health investigations. In addition, limited grants for professional health education are made.

Carbon Capture & Sequestration Applications

Carbon to Value Initiative
Deadline:
Carbon Capture & Sequestration Applications will focus on startups at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 4-7, developing breakthrough carbon tech innovations that capture, convert, and sequester carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable end products or services.

Merck Grant Program

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Deadline:
We are offering a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance. Grants of up to 500,000 € per year for up to 3 years have been made available.

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.

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)

National Institutes of Health
This NOFO awards senior individual research training fellowship to experience scientist who with to make major changes in their research director or career.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Broad Agency Announcement

Air Force Office of Scientific Research
PIs who typically focus on NSF may want to take a second look at DoD funding for fundamental research if their research areas align with those outlined in the BAA. PIs are strongly encouraged to reach out to the program officers listed in the solicitation to discuss the fit of their research ideas with agency goals ($100,000 and $300,000 per year; 3-5 years).

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

NIST
This opportunity has a very broad array of opportunities from applied economics to biomaterials. Contact individual programs to determine if they have any internal deadlines.

Rolling grant opportunities

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.

Human Longevity and Chronic Disease

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.

ALS Research

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).

Advanced Modeling of Thin Flexible Materials Compressed into 3D Shapes

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 (OMI) matching funds

Oregon Metals Initiative
Oregon Metals Initiative (OMI) provides 1:1 match for funding from eligible Oregon companies.

Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence (MultiPLEx)

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.

NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE)

NSF