Business, Law, Criminal Justice & Management
Last Updated: June 3, 2026
Below are currently active opportunities for research funding listed in ascending order by the external due dates. Contact the Sr. Grant Facilitator at orsp-preaward@newark.rutgers.edu for additional information regarding any of these.
Listed in Ascending Order of External Due Dates
(i.e. if it’s listed first, it’s due to the sponsor sooner)
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Funding Source: Robert Spadoni Grant for Business Students seeks undergraduate business entrepreneurs
Amount: $1,000
Key Deadline: 07/15/2026
Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Robert Spadoni
Brief Overview: The Grant for Business Students, an annual scholarship established to alleviate financial burdens and recognize outstanding undergraduate talent, is accepting applications for its 2026 award cycle. Founded by veteran healthcare executive and leadership mentor Robert Spadoni, the national scholarship program supports undergraduate business students who demonstrate a powerful vision for merging principled leadership with modern innovation.
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Funding Source: Community Foundation of New Jersey invites applications from organizations serving survivors of domestic violence and their pets
Amount: $5,000
Key Deadline: Rolling until 12/30/2026
Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Find Grants | Community Foundation of New Jersey
Brief Overview: The foundation accepts Quinn’s Corner Jumpstart Grant applications. These one-time $5,000 grants will help New Jersey groups support domestic abuse survivors escaping with their pets and boost capacity. Use them as: Emergency funds: For survivors and their pets (pet deposit for an apartment, interim pet boarding, vet costs, pet food, etc.). This funding can only be used for direct expenses to support survivors and their dogs, not staff or administrative costs.
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Funding Source: Economics | PD 23-1320
Amount: budget not listed – See Previously funded proposals
Key Deadline: Proposals accepted anytime
Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details
Brief Overview: The Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior. It supports research in almost every area of economics, including econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
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Funding Source: Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
Amount: Not listed – Browse projects funded by this program
Key Deadline: Full proposals accepted anytime
Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details – Division of Economic Science
Brief Overview: Supports theoretically motivated research on governance-related attitudes, behavior and institutions in democratic and non-democratic settings, in areas such as preference formation and expression, voting and elections, and decision making and public policy. The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented.
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Funding Source: Law & Science (LS) – NSF
Amount: Not listed – Browse projects funded by this program
Key Deadline: Full proposals accepted anytime
Details/Guidelines/Instructions: Application Details
Brief Overview: The Law & Science (LS) program, evolved from the Law and Social Sciences program, supports interdisciplinary and methodological projects relating to the science of law and the system of rules. Proposals should “describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences.” Among the topics that may be addressed are “Crime, Violence, and Policing; Cyberspace; Economic Issues; Environmental Science; Evidentiary Issues; Forensic Science; Governance and Courts; Human Rights and Comparative Law; Information Technology; Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science. Legal Decision Making; Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice; Litigation and the Legal Profession; Punishment and Corrections; Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emerging Sciences and Technologies; and Use of Science in the Legal Processes.” The LS program also offers DDRI grants and conference awards, as well as Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), CAREER, RUI, RAPID, and EAGER awards. Grant proposals are accepted at any time.
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