Grants for Researchers

Administration for Community Living · Amount varies

This forecasted Administration for Community Living program funds Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) for the ADA National Network, which provides information, training, and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Awards of this type typically go to universities, research institutions, and nonprofits with disability research and technical assistance expertise. Eligibility specifics, funding amounts, and the deadline have not yet been published.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

The NSF Engineering Environmental Resiliency (EER) program funds fundamental research to advance resource and energy conservation and recovery and to protect the environment and human health, including circular-economy, waste-reuse, contaminant-fate, and related topics. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, open to any type of entity subject to NSF clarifications, though the work is research-oriented and best suited to universities and research organizations. No award amounts or deadline are listed. Projects focused mainly on earth systems or human/social behavior are directed to other NSF directorates.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

This U.S. National Science Foundation program (Transport Phenomena) funds fundamental research into the transport of mass, momentum, energy, and species across scales, supporting advances in areas such as AI, manufacturing, biotechnology, microelectronics, and energy. Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any entity type), though NSF research awards are typically made to U.S. universities and research organizations through experiments, theory, and computational modeling. Funding amounts and deadlines are not stated.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

A forecasted (not yet open) NIH opportunity supporting feasibility studies that inform the design of future clinical trials, helping investigators gather preliminary data before launching a full trial. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators planning clinical research. Specific eligibility, funding amounts, and deadlines have not yet been posted.

Food and Drug Administration · Amount varies

This is a forecasted FDA research opportunity (U01, no clinical trials) to use real-world data and algorithmic analysis to assess post-market clinical outcomes for patients switching between therapeutically equivalent complex generic drugs and their reference drugs. Eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines are not yet announced; such cooperative agreements generally support universities and research institutions with relevant data and pharmacology expertise. Review the official notice when published to confirm requirements.

Food and Drug Administration · Amount varies

This Food and Drug Administration opportunity funds studies addressing rare neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), supporting research that advances understanding and treatment. It targets research institutions, academic medical centers, and similar organizations with relevant scientific capacity rather than individuals or small organizations. Detailed eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines are not published here because the opportunity is forecasted; confirm requirements in the official notice before applying.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Engineering of Biomedical Systems (EBMS) program funds fundamental, transformative research that integrates engineering and life sciences to address biomedical problems, such as models of healthy and diseased tissues, biomanufacturing of tissues and organs, and systems combining living and non-living components. Eligibility is broad (open to any type of entity, subject to clarifications in the solicitation), but in practice proposals come from universities and research institutions with qualified principal investigators. Award amounts and deadlines are not specified here; review the full NSF solicitation.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This is a forecasted (not yet open) NIH program to fund the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers, which support coordinated aging research and the development of new investigators focused on maintaining independence in older adults. Eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines have not been posted; these center awards are typically limited to universities and academic medical centers with established aging-research programs. Review the official notice when released for exact eligibility and funding terms.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

The NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Infrastructure Cluster supports oversight and operation of facilities that enable atmospheric and geospace research, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, community instrumentation, and data services. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any entity type), subject to clarifications in the full solicitation. Award amounts and deadlines are not specified here; this is oriented toward research facilities and institutions rather than typical small nonprofits or individuals.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

An open National Science Foundation program funding transformative fundamental research in environmental engineering — preventing, minimizing, and reusing pollution, protecting water supplies, and remediating contaminated environments. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), though NSF research awards in practice go primarily to universities and research organizations submitting on behalf of their investigators. No specific award amount or application deadline was listed in this record.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This National Institutes of Health opportunity is a single-source award to continue the research center for the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) Study, a collaborative U01 with clinical trials not allowed. As a single-source continuation, it is directed to a specific existing institution rather than open to competitive applicants, so other organizations are not eligible. Detailed eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines are not published here because the opportunity is forecasted; confirm requirements in the official notice.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This is a forecasted NIH research opportunity on the mechanisms underlying olfactory (smell) dysfunction in aging and in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. It is not yet open, and eligibility, budget, and deadline have not been posted. NIH research grants generally go to universities, research institutions, and qualified investigators, so this is aimed at the research community; check the full notice for specifics.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This National Institutes of Health opportunity funds pragmatic clinical trials conducted within real-world health care systems to test interventions under everyday practice conditions. It targets research institutions, academic medical centers, and health care systems with the capacity to lead large embedded trials, not individuals or general nonprofits. Detailed eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines are not published here because the opportunity is forecasted; confirm requirements in the official notice before applying.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

The National Science Foundation's Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE) program funds projects that integrate engineering research and education to strengthen and expand the U.S. engineering workforce, across formal classrooms, maker spaces, apprenticeships, and workplaces. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity), though NSF awards in practice typically go to universities and research institutions with a qualified principal investigator. Award amounts and deadlines are not specified here, so consult the full solicitation.

Administration for Children and Families - OFA · Amount varies

This is a forecasted Administration for Children and Families (Office of Family Assistance) opportunity to establish a National Research Center for Promoting Work and Strong Families, conducting research on employment and family stability programs. A single-center award of this type generally goes to a university or research organization with capacity to operate a national research center, making eligibility narrow. Funding amounts and the deadline have not yet been posted.

Air Force Office of Scientific Research · $0–$10M

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research funds basic research aligned with Air Force priorities across engineering, information science, and physical and biological sciences, with awards reaching up to about $10 million. Eligibility is governed by the announcement itself ('See Announcement'); these programs commonly fund universities, research institutions, and industry labs. Applicants should review the specific AFOSR announcement for detailed eligibility, restrictions, and submission requirements before applying.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This is a forecasted NIH cooperative agreement supporting research projects on aging and/or Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. It is aimed at researchers at universities and research institutions; specific eligibility, funding amounts, and deadlines have not yet been posted. Interested investigators should watch for the official NIH announcement before preparing a proposal.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This National Institutes of Health Institutional Mentored Career Development Award (K12) funds an institution to establish a program that supports the mentored career development of early-career clinicians or scientists in a defined research area. The applicant is the institution, which then recruits and supports scholars, so individual researchers apply to participating programs rather than to NIH directly. Detailed eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines are not published here because the opportunity is forecasted; confirm requirements in the official notice before applying.

U.S. National Science Foundation · From $200K

Open to any type of entity (subject to NSF clarifications), this NSF MultiPLEx program funds ambitious international multilateral research partnerships that address grand challenges and require collaboration with at least two countries other than the US. Awards run up to about three years and typically start around $200,000; the funds support only the US research team, so international partners must seek their own national funding. This is well suited to US research institutions leading global collaborations.

U.S. National Science Foundation · Amount varies

The NSF Electrochemical Systems program funds fundamental engineering research on electrochemical and photochemical processes for sustainable production of electricity, fuels, and chemicals, and for energy storage. Eligibility is unrestricted in principle (open to the entity types NSF lists, typically universities, research institutions, and qualifying organizations), subject to NSF's standard clarifications. No specific award amount or deadline is given in this listing, so check the current NSF solicitation for proposal windows and limits.