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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.

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Join us in celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of our instructional, research and administrative staff.
, Corvallis Campus - Memorial Union, Horizon Room and OSU-Cascades (Hybrid with in-person component) - Obsidian Hall, 207
The OSU Diversity Research Reception celebrates OSU faculty who are advancing broader access, success and belonging through their research, scholarship and community engagement. The reception also provides a forum for sharing ideas and making connections among OSU colleagues. The entire OSU…
, Webinar
The new Grant & Application Messages feature is coming in the next few weeks. Training documentation is now available on the Grant Recipient Support & Reference site, accessed by clicking on the graduation cap icon on the Home Page and selecting the submenu "Support and Documentation."
, Virtual
Trying to decide between using a patent or trade secret to create a barrier against competition? Should you use both? Do you want to patent your technology but don’t know where to start? Interested in learning how to successfully grow your company and revenues when your product started as open-…

Funding opportunities

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

Tata Steel (apply through Halo)
Deadline:
Quick application process. We are looking for a solution to enable the a) use of industrial pipeline argon gas for OES analysis of steel samples, ensuring the removal of impurities (including N2) and moisture, with the potential for argon gas recycling and regeneration in the process of usage, and/or b) regeneration/ recycling of used argon gas (supplied to OES from cylinders) in the OES process.
Homeworld Collective
Deadline:
Homeworld Collective is funding ambitious, early-stage projects at the intersection of biotechnology and greenhouse gas removal.
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research
Deadline:
Letter of Intent. The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research addresses the many issues related to Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), including childhood obesity, developmental delay, psychiatric disorders, and autism spectrum disorders.
Apply through Halo
Deadline:
Concept paper. The sponsor is seeking an innovative coating for nails that provides three-week durability, easy peel-off removal, and no damage to natural nails. They are open to collaborating with experts in materials science, polymer chemistry, or biomedical engineering to develop a viable solution.
Tata Steel (apply through Halo)
Deadline:
Concept paper. Tata Steel is seeking a solution to enable the use of industrial pipeline argon gas for OES analysis of steel samples, ensuring the removal of impurities (including N2) and moisture, with the potential for argon gas recycling and regeneration in the process of usage, and/or regeneration/ recycling of used argon gas (supplied to OES from cylinders) in the OES process.
OSU Advantage
Deadline:
The OSU Advantage Accelerator is currently seeking applications that describe technology-based projects in any discipline that will move OSU-owned technologies closer to societal impact.
Global Health Investment Corporation
Deadline:
Projects should align with global health security priorities, addressing issues such as infectious disease outbreaks, bioterrorism, antimicrobial resistance, and health system resilience. A wide range of disciplines (immunology, microbiology, virology, material science, market research, etc.) are in scope.
National Science Foundation
Deadline:
This program seeks to stimulate the development of innovative mathematical theories, techniques, and approaches to investigate challenging questions of great interest to biologists and public health policymakers.
Department of Energy
Deadline:
$2M is available to support the advancement of Nuclear Data for Fusion Applications, particularly neutron interaction cross-sections, decay pathways, and activation products.
National Institutes of Health
Deadline:
The purpose of this initiative is to request applications that aim to implement and evaluate multi-level interventions and community engaged research in advancing vision equity. 

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.