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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, April 30, 2025, CH2MHILL Alumni Center, Ballroom C
This is a fantastic opportunity to highlight your research, connect across disciplines, and help showcase the breadth and impact of AI-related work happening at OSU from foundational research to applied projects and classroom explorations. We would love to see work done by students working on…
Thursday, May 1, 2025, National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. or virtually
This year’s lecture will explore how oceanography has changed in the age of intelligent robots and climate change. The featured lecturer, Dr. Chris Scholin (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), will discuss how the advent of robotic and advanced sensing and computing technologies has…
Friday, May 2, 2025, Apr 28 - May 2: See events page for locations
Join us for a week of learning, innovation, and collaboration as we explore the transformative potential of AI at Oregon State University. Events will be hosted virtually and in-person at the Corvallis campus and will include presentations from key industry leaders and partners. Events are…

Funding opportunities

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

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Deadline:
The research proposed for funding may be in basic, translational, clinical, or population sciences research and must have direct applicability and relevance to renal cell carcinoma.
The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Deadline:
The Elsa U. Pardee Foundation funds research to investigators in United States non-profit institutions proposing research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer.
Apply through Halo
Deadline:
The sponsor is looking for a novel photosensitive insulating material or a new method to induce photosensitivity to resin materials that goes beyond those currently used in industrial applications, specifically for semiconductor back-end processes.
Apply through Halo
Deadline:
The sponsor is looking for new materials and manufacturing approaches to enable the next generation of cost-effective, high-performance SWIR photodetectors.
Amazon
Deadline:
AWS offers a broad and deep set of tools for businesses to create impactful AI solutions faster. Our mission is to share our learnings and AI capabilities as fully managed services, and put them into the hands of every scientist and developer.
Nature Awards
Deadline:
The John Maddox Prize, is for researchers who stand up and speak out for science and for evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics despite challenges or hostility, successfully making change happen in public discourse, opinion or policy.
Department of Energy
Deadline:
DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 solicitation 1 cycle.
Department of Energy
Deadline:
The Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program creates a pathway for you to advance your PhD thesis research while working at a Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratory.
National Science Foundation
Deadline:
The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program is accepting applications for Fiscal Year 2025 funding through several announcements.
Department of Energy
Deadline:
Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall 2025 term of two undergraduate internship programs offered by DOE: Science Undergraduate Lab and Community College Internships.
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
Deadline:
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.

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