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Open Submission Opportunities

Last Updated: March 16, 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.

NOTE: While we’ve listed opportunities within content specific topic sections, many of them are interdisciplinary so look through all sections for opportunities that fit your interests.

Listed in Ascending Order Alphabetically

 

***OPEN SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES***

  1. Humanities, Cultural Studies & Social Service Grants [Detailed View]
  • Costco Wholesale Charitable Contributions Grant
  • Creag Foundation Grant
  • Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR) – NSF 25-502
  • Furthermore invites applications for nonfiction book publishing
  • Hearst Foundation: Culture Grant
  • MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Strengthen the Humanities – MacArthur Foundation
  • NEW JERSEY GREEN WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANT CHALLENGE PHASE 2
  • NSF 25-545: NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12) Multidisciplinary
  • NSF Funds Linguistics Projects – Linguistics | PD 98-1311
  • RDL Faculty and Staff Associates Program
  • State Farm Good Neighbor Citizenship Company Grants
  • The Tony Robbins Foundation
  1. Social & Behavioral Sciences & Public Affairs [Detailed View]
  • Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training
  • American Psychological Foundation invites applications for Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
  • Annual Program Statement for U.S. Presentation at International Art Biennales
  • Ben & Jerry’s Foundation invites applications from grassroots organizations
  • Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System
  • Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro) | PD 24-1699
  • Community Foundation of New Jersey invites applications from organizations serving survivors of domestic violence and their pets
  • Developmental Sciences (DS) | NSF 24-544
  • Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | NSF 14-579
  • Field Initiated Projects Program: Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) -Research
  • Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research invites applications for Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research program
  • Linguistics | PD 98-1311
  • LISC, NFL Foundation partner to improve local football fields
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces request for proposals on effects of air pollution and climate change on cancer
  • Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) | NSF 19-575
  • Multilateral Partnerships Leveraging Excellence (MultiPLEx) | PD 24-7298
  • NEW JERSEY GREEN WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANT CHALLENGE PHASE 2
  • NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training (BURT) Program (T34)
  • NSF 25-549: NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program
  • NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program
  • Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) – NSF 24-606
  • Perception, Action & Cognition (PAC) | PD 09-7252
  • Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools – PAR-25-298
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – NSF 23-601
  • Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence
  • Social Psychology | PD 22-1332
  • soQuiet invites Student applications for misophonia research
  • TMCity invites applications for neurocognitive healthcare

     3. Natural, Fundamental & Applied Sciences & Mathematics [Detailed View]

  • 2026 MTF Biologics Allograft Grant Program
  • A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO) | NSF 23-569
  • AACR invites applicants for Career Development Awards to Foster Diversity and Inclusion
  • Algebra and Number Theory | PD 20-1264
  • Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service – NSF 26-503
  • ASTRO invites applications for ASTRO-AAPM Physics Residents/ Postdoctoral Fellows Seed Grant
  • Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR) | NSF 23-503
  • Cellular and Biochemical Engineering | PD 23-1491
  • Computational Mathematics | PD 16-1271
  • Computer and Information Science and Engineering: Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) | NSF 25-543
  • Correctness for Scientific Computing Systems (CS2) – NSF 24-571
  • Developmental Sciences (DS) | NSF 24-544
  • Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR-TMRP) | NSF 23-612
  • Education and Broadening Participation in Earth Sciences
  • Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) – NSF 20-544
  • Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | NSF 22-586
  • Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)- NSF 25-533
  • Food Allergy Fund invites applications for innovative research
  • Foundation for Prader-Willi Research invites research applications
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in Research (HBCU-EiR): NSF 23-598
  • Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) | NSF 23-568
  • Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education (IUSE: EDU) – NSF 23-510
  • Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research (Innovation) | NSF 23-578
  • Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) NSF 25-544
  • IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED) | NSF 24-564
  • Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) | NSF 22-600
  • Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Foundation invites applications for Cure LGS 365 Research Grants Program – Interdisciplinary Opportunity
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation announces request for proposals on effects of air pollution and climate change on cancer
  • Mathematical Biology | PD 22-7334
  • Mathematical Sciences Infrastructure Program | PD 20-1260
  • Mathers Foundation invites applications for grant awards program
  • Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | NSF 22-603
  • Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) | NSF 24-598
  • Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus
  • National Defense Education Program
  • National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)-NSF 25-540
  • NJCSCR: Exploratory Research Grants
  • NJCSCR: Graduate Student Fellowship Grants
  • NJCSCR: Individual Research Grant
  • NJCSCR: NEW Techniques Training Travel Grant
  • NJCSCR: Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grants
  • NSF 26-505: National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) | NSF 25-547
  • NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory – Quantum Testbeds (NQVL) | NSF 24-586
  • NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)-NSF 25-514
  • NSF-DFG Lead Agency Opportunity in Chemistry and Chemical Process and Transport Systems: NSF 25-537
  • NVIDIA’s Academic Grant Program
  • Parkinsons Conference Awards
  • Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) – NSF 26-506
  • Pilot Program to Increase Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority-Serving Institutions
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) | NSF 26-504
  • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) – NSF 23-601
  • Research in the Formation of Engineers (RFE) | PD 24-1340
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) – FON: PA-25-426, which is a reissue of PA-23-260
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions Without NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30)
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32), which is a reissue of PA-23-262
  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33)
  • Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) | NSF 24-608 – (Cooperative Agreement)
  • Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) – NSF 53-536
  • Statistics | PD 18-1269
  • The Research-on-Research Security Program
  • Tool Development for Molecular and Cell Biology (Tools4Cells) – NSF 24-539
  • Voloridge Health invites applications for clinical research awards
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation invites applications for anthropological workshops and conferences

     4.  Business, Law, Criminal Justice & Management [Detailed View]

  • Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
  • Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
  • Community Foundation of New Jersey invites applications from organizations serving survivors of domestic violence and their pets
  • Economics | PD 23-1320
  • Law & Science (LS) – NSF
  • OVC FY25 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
  • Robert Spadoni Grant for Business Students seeks undergraduate business entrepreneurs

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