Featured Funding Opportunities

Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
McKnight Scholar Awards - Early Career Researchers in Neuroscience McKnight Foundation
Fellows-to-Faculty Award – Autism & Neuroscience Simons Foundation
Large Education Research Grants Spencer Foundation
Grants for Mentored Lung Cancer Research American Association for Cancer Research
Grants for Patient Centered Health Research – Multiple Opportunities Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program – Education Grants Department of the Interior
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship National Science Foundation
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems National Science Foundation
International Research Challenge on Women’s Cardiovascular Health British Heart Foundation
CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR Program Cancer Research Institute
Small Grant Program Center for Social & Behavioral Science
Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Awards National Science Foundation
Grants for Research on Remote Provision of Abortion Society of Family Planning
Postdoctoral Fellowship – Epilepsy Research American Epilepsy Society
FY24 Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Department of Energy
Grants for Innovative Programs on Smoking Cessation Global Action to End Smoking
Research Grants on Neuro-Developmental Disorders The BRAIN Foundation
Defense Innovation OnRamp Department of Defense
Research Grants for Cybersecurity AI Safety Fund
Research Grants for Biosecurity AI Research AI Safety Fund
Grants for Early Education Workforce Development Stranahan Foundation
AACR Hematologic Malignancies Research Fellowship American Association for Cancer Research
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods National Science Foundation
Kress Conservation Fellowships American Institute for Conservation
Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grants for Research on Breast and Gynecologic Cancers American Association for Cancer Research
Organismal Response to Climate Change National Science Foundation
NSF-AFRL REsearch in FLoquet Engineered QuanTum Systems (NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS) National Science Foundation
Ethical and Responsible Research National Science Foundation
Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research American Federation for Aging Research
Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
McKnight Scholar Awards - Early Career Researchers in Neuroscience McKnight Foundation
Fellows-to-Faculty Award – Autism & Neuroscience Simons Foundation
Large Education Research Grants Spencer Foundation
Grants for Mentored Lung Cancer Research American Association for Cancer Research
Grants for Patient Centered Health Research – Multiple Opportunities Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program – Education Grants Department of the Interior
Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship National Science Foundation
Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems National Science Foundation
International Research Challenge on Women’s Cardiovascular Health British Heart Foundation
CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR Program Cancer Research Institute
Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Awards National Science Foundation
Grants for Research on Remote Provision of Abortion Society of Family Planning
Postdoctoral Fellowship – Epilepsy Research American Epilepsy Society
FY24 Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Department of Energy
Grants for Innovative Programs on Smoking Cessation Global Action to End Smoking
Research Grants on Neuro-Developmental Disorders The BRAIN Foundation
Defense Innovation OnRamp Department of Defense
Research Grants for Cybersecurity AI Safety Fund
Research Grants for Biosecurity AI Research AI Safety Fund
Grants for Early Education Workforce Development Stranahan Foundation
AACR Hematologic Malignancies Research Fellowship American Association for Cancer Research
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods National Science Foundation
Kress Conservation Fellowships American Institute for Conservation
Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grants for Research on Breast and Gynecologic Cancers American Association for Cancer Research
Organismal Response to Climate Change National Science Foundation
NSF-AFRL REsearch in FLoquet Engineered QuanTum Systems (NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS) National Science Foundation
Ethical and Responsible Research National Science Foundation
Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research American Federation for Aging Research
Grants for Empowering People Living with Spinal Cord Injuries Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
Small Grant Program Center for Social & Behavioral Science
New Approaches to International Area and Global Studies Grant Illinois Global Institute
Beckman Institute Seed Grants Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
The University of Illinois System Brasillinois Initiative Unviersity of Illinois System
Illinois Innovation Network Sustaining Illinois Seed Grants University of Illinois System

Limited Submissions have a restricted number of applications per institution and require a special campus process to apply, including additional steps such as filing a Notice of Intent (NOI) and an Internal Pre-Proposal for Review by a Campus Selection Committee. For questions regarding limited submissions, email Richard Sallee at limitedsubs@illinois.edu.

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Opportunity Name Funding Agency Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline Application Deadline Status Internal Applications Active?
New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Limited Submission Active
Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering Packard Foundation Limited Submission Active
Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Active
DOE CARISSMA Deparment of Energy Limited Submission Closed
*REQUIRED LOI: DOE CARISSMA Deparment of Energy Limited Submission Closed
Nuclear Reactor Safety Training and Workforce Development Program Department of Energy Limited Submission Closed
Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
DMREF National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams National Institutes of Health Limited Submission Closed
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Research Grants Retirement Research Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program Ono Pharma Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Program Ono Pharma Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Keck Foundation –Science and Engineering Research Program December Grant Cycle W.M. Keck Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Keck Foundation – Medical Research Program December Grant Cycle W.M. Keck Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Mathers Grant Mathers Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Creative Catalyst Grant Illinois Arts Council Agency Limited Submission Closed
International Research Challenge (IRC) on Women’s Cardiovascular Health Global Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum Limited Submission Closed
Strengthening the Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCIPE) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed