Look on the Limited Submission Programs overview page for more information about the UNH process for selection of applicants to LSPs and special considerations when applying to foundations and other not-for-profit sponsors.
For any of the programs shown in the tables below, send an email to the contact provided to get more information or to indicate your interest in applying.
>> NEW << or << UPDATED >> indicates that an item has been added or modified on or after 10/1/2025
This list is updated at the beginning of each month, however additions/updates occasionally may be made in between regular updates.
"Number of Proposals Available" is up-to-date as of the current date.
Opportunities are grouped as:
- Federal Sponsors
- Non-profit Sponsors
- Programs with Open (Rolling) Deadlines
Federal Sponsors
Contact: Michael Thompson or other person indicated
Deadline | Sponsor | Program | # Proposals | # Proposals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | 2 as lead | Contact Michael Thompson ASAP |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) --- Network Connectors | 1 as lead | 1 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) NSF has announced that they will not be accept proposals in 2025, but expect to do so in 2026. Details |
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11/20/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories (PCL Test Bed) | 1 | 1 |
12/4/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) | For Categories | 1 |
12/16/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program | 1 | 0 |
>> NEW << | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open-Source Ecosystems (Safe-OSE) | 2 as lead | 2 |
>> NEW << | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition | 1 | 1 |
Non-profit Sponsors
Contact: Laura Chisholm or Katie Riley or other person indicated
Deadline | Sponsor | Program | # Proposals | # Proposals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10/7/2025 | Charles H. Hood Foundation | Child Health Research Grants (clinical, basic science, public health, health services, epidemiology) | Varies | n/a |
10/14/2025 | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Experimental Physics Investigator Awards (Mid-career: within 5 years of tenure) | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | The Spencer Foundation | Research-Practice Partnerships: Collaborative Research for Educational Change | Varies | n/a |
10/15/2025 | Brady Education Foundation | Grants for education research or for evaluation of existing programs | Varies | n/a |
10/16/2025 | The Simons Foundation | Simons Collaborations in Ecology and Evolution | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | Council on Library and Information Resources | Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices | Varies | n/a |
10/22/2025 | Russell Sage Foundation & Gates Foundation | Pipeline Grants Competition to support early career scholars and innovative research on economic mobility and access to opportunity in the United States. RSF prioritizes scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences and/or at under-resourced institutions. | Varies | n/a |
10/29/2025 | Russell Sage Foundation | Core Research Grants: Social science research grants in the areas of Future of Work; Social, Political and Economic Inequality; and Special Initiatives | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | Simons Foundation | Simons Collaborations in Mathematics & the Physical Sciences | Varies | n/a |
10/30/2025 | PhRMA Foundation | Faculty starter grants in value assessment and health outcomes research for researchers investigating the delivery, safety, effectiveness, and value of health care interventions | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | GitLab Foundation - AI for Economic Opportunity Fund | AI for Economic Opportunity Grants for building evidence for how AI can improve economic opportunity for low-income people | Varies | n/a |
11/1/2025 | Retirement Research Foundation | Grants for research to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | Wenner Gren Foundation | Post-PhD Research Grant Grants for post-PhD anthropological research | Varies | n/a |
11/1/2025 | WM Keck Foundation | 2025-2026 Research Program: Science & Engineering | 1 | 0 |
11/15/2025 | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Innovation Grants: Research grants for scholars from a wide range of disciplines | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation | Grants for projects that align with the foundation's principles of fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, free markets, self-governance, and informed citizenship | Varies | n/a |
12/15/2025 | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Grants for research relevant to cancer detection, treatment, or cure. | Varies | n/a |
12/15/2025 | Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF) | Transforming Mental Health Care research grants to improve access to high quality mental health care and prevention for children and adolescents (projects building on pilot data) | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << | The Spencer Foundation | Research Grants on Education (Small) | Varies | n/a |
12/31/2025 | Dana Foundation | Neuroscience and Society Grants for interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, collaborative work at the interface between neuroscience and fields such as education, law, policy, and public engagement (LOIs are accepted at any time until this date and are reviewed quarterly) | Varies | n/a |
>> NEW << 1/15/2026 | Fuller Foundation | Grants for projects that carry on the life interests of Alvan and Viola Fuller in the fields of the arts, wildlife, and youth-at-risk | 1 | 0 |
Open (Rolling) Deadlines --- Proposals Accepted Any Time
| Sponsor | Program | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| >> NEW << Alfred P. Sloan Foundation LOI | Economics Research Grants The Economics of Science and Technology; The Economics of Caregiving; Strengthening the Economics Profession; The Economics of Transportation and Infrastructure | Laura Chisholm or Katie Riley |
| >> NEW << Alfred P. Sloan Foundation LOI | Matter-to-Life Research Grants | |
| Josiah Macy Foundation | Innovation in Nursing Education | |
| Mental Research Institute | Research grants for breakthrough projects that explore using interactional systemic approaches to facilitate healthy relationships (Reviewed monthly) | |
Simons Foundation
| Targeted Grants in MPS (Mathematics and Physical Sciences) | |
| >> NEW << The Commonwealth Fund LOI | Grants for research related to health care (equity, costs, policy, delivery systems, etc.) | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Exploring Equitable Futures (Accepting applications until 10/15/2025) |
