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Research funding, news and events for graduate students and postdocs

GP-ECOS

Research funding, news and events for graduate students and postdocs

Proposal support

Email us at [email protected] and we'll be happy to assist you.


Graduate resources and awards

The College of Science awards a variety of different fellowships and scholarships in collaboration with the Graduate School and private foundations.

Learn more about our annual awards and collaborations

Graduate School External Funding

The Graduate School has a useful page to assist students in finding funding.

Upcoming Events

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

Wednesday, May 28, 2025, Zoom
Randy Staton from AWS will repeat his demo from AI week on AI assisted software development using AWS Bedrock AI with open-source tools.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, Zoom
The Office of Research Advancement (ORA), in partnership with OSU Libraries, will be holding two training sessions on how to use Pivot-RP to search for funding opportunities, setting up personalized email alerts on new opportunities, and an overview on how to set up your researcher profile. This…
Thursday, May 29, 2025, Virtual
Seeking research funding beyond the standard federal grants? Don’t miss this timely seminar with expert panelists from industry, foundations, and state organizations sharing practical strategies to help you identify and secure alternative support. Cost: Free.
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Virtual
In the Bio & Life Sciences world, innovation alone doesn’t secure funding—strategic, intentional conversations do. Join us for Powerful Partnering: Unlock Funding Through Better Conversations, a focused webinar designed for early-stage founders and scientists looking to build meaningful…
Monday, June 30, 2025
The Office of Research Integrity and Environmental Health & Safety are excited to announce the Fieldwork Safety Series 2025, this April through June. Building on the success of last year’s field safety awareness month we are offering more training, more resources, hands-on demos, and a Field…

Funding opportunities

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

United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Deadline:
The Travel Grants Program is open to Ph.D. students doing research that requires facilities or expertise not available in their home country.
American Cancer Society
Deadline:
As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) remains committed to funding basic, translational, clinical, and cancer control research now and in the future - as much as we are able given our available financial resources.
Project Apis m.
Deadline:
PAm is dedicated to enhancing the health of honey bees, thereby improving crop production.
National Institutes of Health
Deadline:
The goal of this program is to facilitate a timely transition of talented postdoctoral researchers with a research and/or clinical doctorate degree from mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent, tenure-track or equivalent faculty positions.
Michelson Medical Research Foundation
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Next Generation Grants reward early-career investigators who use disruptive concepts and inventive processes to significantly advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases.
NVIDIA
Deadline:
The NVIDIA Academic Grant Program advances academic research by providing world-class computing access and resources to researchers.

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.

Aquatera
Aquatera is looking for experienced professionals and those eager to gain valuable experience in various areas, including planning and consenting support, environmental impact assessment, post-consent environmental management, terrestrial and marine ecology and ornithology support, and socio economic impact assessment and analysis.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
Through this Program, BMS hopes to support research in synthetic organic chemistry, an integral discipline in the discovery and development of transformational medicines. 
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Grand Challenges family of initiatives fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.
National Institute on Aging
This predoctoral fellowship program supports research training of promising predoctoral candidates from diverse backgrounds and emphasizes the development of translational research skills and their application to various aspects of AD/ADRD research (from populations studies to research that can lead to new treatments and diagnostics, including all aspects of behavioral and social research).
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.
OSU Graduate School
Jesse M. Bell Memorial Graduate Student Loan Program provides loans for meritorious graduate students. These non-need-based loans are available on a one-time basis to domestic and international enrolled graduate students to assist with educational expenses associated with their advanced degree.
OSU Graduate School
Supports Graduate Student Professional Development
OSU Graduate School
Supports outstanding domestic or international PhD students in the final stages of their dissertation preparation