Deadlines for Key Funding Opportunities 

Grants

Priority areas include social scientific research, exploratory technology research, and broadening STEM participation. Different application procedures for different programs, but, generally, full proposals are by invitation only on the basis of required LOIs.

Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System

Letters of interest accepted at any time; full proposals are by invitation only.

Research Projects and Existing Educational Program Evaluation Grants

Required preproposals accepted thrice per year (exact windows change).

General Grants

Two non-obligatory priority areas: Future of Work and Liberalism

For social scientific studies of the connections between law and law-like systems of rules, law and human behavior, as well as studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts

Priority areas: alleviating hunger, and housing and shelter

Annually
02/17,
09/15

Research Grants on Education: Large

Required LOIs due 02/24/26 at noon Central

Invited full proposals due 06/23/26 at noon Central for projects up to $500K over one to five years. Preproposals now accepted only once per year.

Annually, 03/01

Applications accepted from September 1^st of each year.

Annually, 03/01
4pm CST

Applications accepted from October 1^st of each year. Focus areas: education, social service, healthcare, civic and cultural, or environmental. Average awards between $5k and $25k.

Required LOIs due
03/11/26 or 07/15/26

March deadline for SPEI, FOW, and SCD23 programs; July deadline for BSDMC, REI, or III programs

Forecasted:
04/14/26

Continuation grants here. FCPR is FSU's lead on an existing coalition for Wakulla County, so new applicants would need to clearly distinguish themselves. FSU RD can assist.

4/15/26 at noon Central

For projects up to $50K over one to five years. Applications accepted twice a year.

Annually,
04/30

Priority: the prevention of cruelty to children or animals

Required LOI:
05/31/26

Program areas: parenting education; early childhood welfare; and early childhood education and play. One year of funding only.

Annually,
07/15

Annually, third Wednesday of January and July.

Required LOIs: 07/29/26

Two themes both aimed to improve youth (5-25 years of age) welfare

Annually,
07/30,
02/01

Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan.

Preliminary Proposals:
09/01/26

For research infrastructure needs larger than NSF’s MRI program but smaller than their Major Facilities program. Full proposals by invitation only on the basis of preliminary proposals. Full proposals due 02/08/27.

Annually,
10/31

Applications open 09/01 each year. Impact must be in specific state(s) where Honda has "major operations in the U.S. and a strong community presence". Priority areas in environmental and social issues.

Annually,
11/01

Application opens on July 15 each year

10/6/26

Acceptance of funding requests ongoing

Annually, 12/1

Three classes of awards. An individual may participate as PI, co-PI, or other Senior Personnel on at most one proposal across the Elements, Framework Implementations, and Transition to Sustainability classes for this solicitation.

1/13/26 (Phase 1)

9/1/26 (Phase 1 & 2)

Deadline is second Tuesday in January, annually thereafter for Phase 1. 

Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF)

Research Grants - Strategic Priorities RFP

5/1/26, 12/1/26

Research areas: (1) climate change impacts & GHG emissions, (2) emerging contaminants, (3) materials circularity, recycling & sustainable waste management; 2-page pre-proposal required; offered twice annually (Dec 1 & May 1)

ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable Research Grant

5/1/26

Supports research in green chemistry and sustainable pharmaceutical process development. Includes Key Research Area Grants (~$80K, 12 months) and Ignition Grants (~$40K, 6 months). Short turnaround (deadline: May 1, 2026).

NOAA (Department of Commerce)

Ocean and Coastal Mapping Center 2026

5/11/26

Large-scale cooperative agreement (~$8.5M total, 5-year duration) to establish an Ocean and Coastal Mapping Center. Focus areas include hydrographic mapping, coastal data integration, and development of advanced ocean mapping technologies and workflows. Likely requires institutional-level coordination; intended for multidisciplinary teams in ocean, coastal, and geospatial research.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water

5/13/26

Supports technical assistance and training for small drinking water and wastewater systems to improve compliance, operational performance, and long-term sustainability. Relevant areas include water quality, environmental engineering, public health, infrastructure systems, and sustainability.

NOAA (DOC NOAA - OAR)

Cooperative Institute in the Northern Gulf of America (CINGA)

5/18/26

Supports the establishment of a NOAA Cooperative Institute in the Northern Gulf of America through a lead institution and consortium model. Focus areas include oceanic, atmospheric, and environmental research aligned with NOAA priorities. This is a large-scale, multi-institutional opportunity requiring a single lead applicant and long-term research coordination. Internal coordination may be required.

5/19/26

Please see solicitation for more details about due dates. Three tracks offered: (1)  NSF TTP-Explore (NSF TTP-E), (2) NSF TTP-Translate (NSF TTP-T), and (3) NSF TTP-Partner (NSF TTP-P). A PI (or Co-PI) may submit only one NSF TTP proposal (NSF TTP-E, NSF TTP-T, or NSF TTP-P) at a time.

5/27/26
9/28/26
1/26/27

5/28/26

Focuses on establishing regional cybersecurity workforce partnerships involving academia, employers, and community organizations. Requires multi-stakeholder collaboration (industry + education partners) with commitment letters. Supports development of career pathways aligned with local workforce needs. Cost sharing required.

6/2/26

6/22/26 5pm ET

Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (PCMHAB)

7/9/26

Supports development and large-scale testing of technologies to prevent, control, or mitigate harmful algal blooms (HABs). Two focus areas: (1) emerging control technologies requiring feasibility testing, and (2) proven technologies requiring field-scale validation or transfer to marine environments. Projects may request up to $500K/year (early-stage) or $1M/year (advanced stage).

Department of Commerce - NOAA (IOOS)

FY 2026 Ocean Technology Transition Program

7/15/26

Supports the transition of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes technologies from research to operational use. Focus areas include sensors, data management, data visualization, and platform/system integration. Projects should demonstrate readiness for deployment and include a transition plan with identified end users or operators. Encourages applications advancing environmental monitoring, forecasting, and decision-support tools.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Harmful Algal Bloom Innovation Challenge: Toxin Detection in Seafood

7/16/26

Focus on development of innovative, cost-effective technologies for detecting harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in seafood. Relevant areas include biosensing, environmental monitoring, food safety, analytical chemistry, and ocean/coastal science. Supports projects (1–3 years) with annual budgets up to $250K.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

A.12 Hemispheric Airborne Measurements of Air Quality (HAMAQ) Science Team (ROSES-2025)

7/21/26

Research on hemispheric-scale airborne measurements of air quality as part of NASA’s ROSES-2025 Earth Science program. Encourages proposals involving atmospheric science, climate modeling, air quality monitoring, and related data analysis. Optional Notice of Intent due May 20, 2026. Pre-proposal webinar scheduled for June 24, 2026.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

7/21/26

Supports AI and cybersecurity education and workforce development initiatives. Includes two tracks: (1) Scholarship Track for establishing or continuing scholarship-for-service programs, and (2) Innovation Track for enhancing AI/cybersecurity education, curricula, and partnerships. Emphasis on preparing professionals for government service in AI and cybersecurity.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP)

7/22/26

Supports research in fundamental measurement science, including testing basic laws of physics and determining fundamental constants. Emphasis on high-precision experimental or theoretical work addressing emerging challenges in measurement science.

7/28/26

The IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects: (Category I): Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project; (Category II):  Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and (Category III): Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects. 

*Note: Category I & II are limited submissions with one proposal per institution. If interested, please visit: https://www.research.fsu.edu/limitedsubmission for internal deadlines for Notice of Interest.

8/11/26

Focuses on improving reliability and correctness of scientific computing systems, including software toolchains, simulations, and workflows. Requires interdisciplinary collaboration between scientific computing and formal methods (e.g., verification, program correctness). Relevant for faculty in computer science, computational science, applied math, and engineering domains involving large-scale simulations.

8/11/26

Proposals submitted for consideration by the ECLIPSE program should satisfy the following criteria:

(1) clearly articulate the fundamental scientific and/or engineering challenge in plasma science and engineering that may be relevant to more than one NSF program; and

(2) provide a substantive discussion of how a resolution of the stated scientific and/or engineering challenge will address specific societal and/or technological needs identified as priorities by the research communities, policymakers and/or other stakeholders. Depending on the nature of the proposal, the latter may be described as the Intellectual Merit or the Broader Impact of the proposed activity.

8/11/26

Supports development of structured research training groups in the mathematical sciences, focused on enhancing graduate student training and collaborative research. Encourages integration with emerging areas such as AI, biotechnology, quantum computing, and cybersecurity. Requires involvement of multiple faculty (2–11 senior personnel) and supports graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral trainee

8/17/2026

Supports research on neural mechanisms underlying human cognition and behavior.

Topics include perception, memory, attention, language, decision-making, and social reasoning.

Encourages multidisciplinary approaches using methods such as fMRI, EEG, MEG, TMS, computational modeling, and more.

Typical awards: ~$175K–$225K/year for 3–5 years.

Important: Proposals must clearly link behavior and physiology; purely clinical or non-human-only studies (without human relevance) are not supported.

8/17/2026

9/2/26
9/3/27
9/4/28

9/30/26

10/9/26

expires 11/20/27

expires 5/22/29

The Frontier Grant

The Concept Outline is to be submitted by June 10, 2024, and every first Monday of May thereafter

(quantum sensing and imaging in biomedical research and health science)

Population Approaches to Reducing Alcohol-related Cancer Risk (R01)

Three (3) deadlines per year through Oct 2026

Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01)

Multiple deadlines per year through Oct 2026

Notice of Special Interest: Implementation Science for Climate Change and Health (R01, R03, R21)

Focus areas: women and children’s health, safety, and welfare; animal welfare and beneficial human/animal interaction; and early intervention and addiction prevention