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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.

Updates to NIH Training Grant Applications

Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Webinar

The NIH Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grant Program application is undergoing changes that take effect for submissions due on or after January 25, 2025. These modifications impact the PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan Form (the Recruitment Plan to Enhance…

Write Winning Grant Proposals

Monday, June 17, 2024, Virtual

The Colleges of Forestry, Agriculture and Science are teaming up to bring a professional grant writing workshop to the OSU community. “Write Winning Grant Proposals” will be held virtually June 17 and 18th, 2024 from 8:30am to noon followed by an additional virtual half-day, Jun 20, 2024, 8:30 to…

Linking Early Neurodevelopment to Neural Circuit Outcomes information session

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Zoom

SFARI will hold an informational session about the Linking Early Neurodevelopment to Neural Circuit Outcomes request for applications(RFA). Interested applicants can register here.

Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science Workshop

Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Rockville, MD

The workshop will be held in-person at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Some of the key research areas for materials AI include: developing well-curated and diverse datasets, choosing effective representations for materials, inverse materials design, integrating autonomous…

Funding opportunities

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

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.

ADDF-Harrington Scholar Program

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024

[Letter of Intent] This unique award provides funding and project support by a team of pharmaceutical industry experts through a collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and the Brain Health Medicines Centers of the Harrington Discovery Institute.

Dear Colleague Letter: NSF-NIH Pathfinder Supplements on Quantum Sensors for Biomedical Science

National Science Foundation

Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2024

This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) announces an opportunity for researchers currently supported by NSF to request supplemental funding to extend their research on quantum sensing in a direction that may be of joint interest to NSF and NIH.

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.