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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

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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

Upcoming Events

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

Friday, January 24, 2025, Register Online
We want to highlight and celebrate you! Have you recently published on topics related to increasing access, success and belonging? Publications and other scholarly outputs collected will be shared at the reception and online. Submit your publications here by January 24, 2025.
Monday, January 27, 2025, Kelley Engineering Center (KEC) 1001
OSU’s Clean Water Initiative and CEOAS Hydrogeology jointly invite you to an ignite-type session on Clean and Smart Water, encouraging everyone who is interested in the intersection of clean water, AI/ML, sensors, etc. to join us on Feb 17 at 4-6 PM. Sparked by conversations of harnessing water…
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Webinar
Facilitated by National Defense University’s Dr. Gwyneth Sutherlin, UC2 Director. The goal of the discussion is to build awareness within the academic community and the Department of Defense about the critical role multidisciplinary collaboration plays in driving innovation in cybersecurity…
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Webinar
If you’re new to NIH or NIH fellowships and would like to learn more about how to apply for our fellowship programs, plan to attend the webinar An Introduction to the NIH Fellowship Program for Prospective Candidates. NIH experts will discuss NIH’s fellowship opportunities, walk through the parts…
Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Webinar
If you’re new to NIH or NIH fellowships and would like to learn more about how to apply for our fellowship programs, plan to attend the webinar An Introduction to the NIH Fellowship Program for Prospective Candidates. At this virtual event, NIH experts will discuss NIH’s fellowship opportunities,…

Funding opportunities

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

VentureWell Accelerator,
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VentureWell will help you advance your invention through a powerful mix of up to $25,000 in grant funding, entrepreneurship training, mentorship by dedicated staff, national recognition, and networking with peers and industry experts.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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[Nominations]. The foundation invites nominations for the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, a €1 million ($1.05 million) prize that recognizes outstanding contributions to climate action and climate solutions that inspire hope. Any individual, organization, or group of people and organizations making a significant contribution to tackling climate change is eligible.
Edward P. Evans Foundation
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EvansMDS is conducting this competitive grant program to identify and fund research into the etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of MDS that is collaborative, transformative, and of high impact. This transition award is for up to three years of funding at $150K/year targeted at senior trainees looking to move to an independent investigator position in Myelodysplastic Syndromes research.
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund
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The fund invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowship program, which provides stipends to between 25 and 30 postdoctoral fellows each year to conduct basic cancer and human disease-related research in laboratories in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Apply through Halo
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Easy application process through Halo. We are seeking innovative models, research, tools and methodologies to simulate the compliance and deformation of soft materials in contact with the body.
BASF (apply through Halo)
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Quick application process. We are looking for promising QML methods with the potential to exceed classical methods in terms of speed and accuracy. In a joint research project, we would like to evaluate the proposed QML method.
Google
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Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI Open Call is not an opportunity to support research proposals. We are looking for projects with clear visions and action plans that will be applied to impact a specific set of end beneficiaries.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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The Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program is a transformational award for early career researchers who show exceptional promise of becoming outstanding leaders in academic science, making foundational discoveries while building an inclusive scientific culture.
Tata Steel (apply through Halo)
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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
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Homeworld Collective is funding ambitious, early-stage projects at the intersection of biotechnology and greenhouse gas removal.
National Academy of Medicine (“NAM”)
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This is a unique opportunity that only requires a 2-page narrative submission. NAM Catalyst Awardees will each earn a $50,000 USD cash prize, unlock exclusive access to future funding opportunities, and become part of a global interdisciplinary network for individuals and teams. This is the final year to win a Catalyst Award and become eligible to compete for a $1.5 million Grand Prize in 2026.
Department of Energy
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Graduate students participating in the fellowship will carry out research in marine energy and supporting the research plan alongside their mentor while post-graduates with a desire to gain on-the-job skills and experience in marine energy will support the position description submitted at the time of the application.
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society
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Research grants may be used to support scientific investigation in any field.
Simons Foundation
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This program provides research support to excellent graduate students in the final years of their Ph.D. studies. This program has been created to honor the work of our late co-founder, Jim Simons, and his commitment to supporting the field of mathematics.
11th Hour Racing
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Supports local pilot programs that model best practices of sustainability, restore coastal ecosystems, and advance ocean stewardship, our grantees are creating systemic change to restore ocean health.

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.

National Science Foundation
NSF seeks to catalyze research that leverages the full diversity and complexity of life to focus attention on the discovery of molecular and evolutionary mechanisms that have permitted organisms, over millions of years of evolution, to innovate and thrive, often in hostile and changing environments.
Graduate School
Award amounts vary based upon hardship and need but will typically not exceed $1500 per student per academic year.
OSU Departmental Opportunity
The Mehl Lab in the Biochemistry & Biophysics Department at Oregon State University is looking for multiple creative and ambitious postdocs who are interested in expanding our recent developments in genetic code expansion, protein engineering, structural biology and studies on protein post-translational modifications.
OSU Graduate School
The Graduate School offers the Scholarly Presentation Award to provide graduate students with financial support to assist with certain costs associated with presenting their scholarly work at academic conferences and meetings.
National Institute on Aging
This FOA promote diversity in the translational research workforce for Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD).
U.S. Department of Defense
CCDC-SC is offering a novel research opportunity focusing to treat nanoparticles as giant atoms and construct new "molecules" out of them. The goal of this project is to translate this atomic level reality to nanoparticles by viewing them as atoms and generating nanoparticle "molecules" that will show new optical, electronic, mechanical, and catalytic properties.
OSU Graduate School
The Professional Development Award from the Graduate School reimburses eligible students up to $250 to pay for training, conference fees, webinars, and more.