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.
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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.
If you are interested in applying to any any other opportunities you find that have this type of limit on eligibility, please contact Michael Thompson as soon as possible.
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>> NEW << or << UPDATED >> indicates that an item has been added or modified recently.
This list is updated at the beginning of each month, however additions/updates may be made in between regular updates if sponsor announcements warrant it.
"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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
>> NEW << White paper | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Broad Agency Announcement: Establishing Consortia to Advance Energy-Water Security Outcomes areas | 1 per outcome area | (1) 1 |
8/11/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-RISE) | 1 | 0 |
| 9/25/2026 | National Institutes for Heath | Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program (S10) | 1 | 0 |
| 9/26/2026 | National Institutes of Health | NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)(R25) | 1 | 0 |
| >> NEW << 11/4/2026 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | U.S. National Science Foundation State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs | 1 as participant | 0 |
| >> NEW << 12/15/2026 LOI | National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation 2-Step Internal competition underway: | 1 as lead | 1 |
Non-profit Sponsors
Contact: foundation.relations@unh.edu or other person indicated
Deadline | Sponsor | Program | # Proposals | # Proposals |
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| 8/12/2026 LOI | Spencer Foundation | Supports research planning to develop large-scale projects focused on transforming educational systems toward greater equity | Varies | n/a |
| 8/31/2026 | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Grants for Innovative Cancer Research Supports biomedical research aimed at advancing new approaches to cancer treatment and cures | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 9/4/2026 | American Psychological Association | Psychology of Antisemitism Grant Support to design, develop, or implement programs or research projects that aim to reduce antisemitism or mitigate its effects | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 9/10/2026 LOI | Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation | Grants for Economic and Financial Education Programs Support for innovative economic education programs, with specific interest in leveraging AI to improve economic education, developing curriculum with multiplier effects, and behavioral economics with an environmental focus | Varies | n/a |
| 9/15/2026 LOI | Brady Education Foundation | Grants for Research Projects or Existing Program Evaluations Supports rigorous research and program evaluations aimed at closing educational opportunity gaps associated with race, ethnicity, and family income. Prioritizes studies focusing on children from birth through age 18 in under-resourced communities | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 9/17/2026 | American Council of Learned Societies | Support for outstanding scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences | Varies | n/a |
| 9/28/2026 LOI | Terra Foundation for American Art | Supports conversations, symposia, and workshops that stimulate interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange related to the visual arts of the United States and Indigenous arts of North America | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 9/30/2026 | Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood | Grants for research and developmental projects to improve the welfare of young children (infancy through age 7) in the United States | Varies | n/a |
9/30/2026 | Kinship Foundation | Searle Scholars Program | 1 | Contact Michael Thompson |
| >> NEW << 10/1/2026 | Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust | Support for species conservation research projects | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 10/1/2026 LOI | Whitehall Foundation | Support for basic research in neurobiology, defined as: invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as related to behavior. Exclusively for researchers at the Assistant Professor level with preference for those just beginning their careers | Varies | n/a |
| >> NEW << 10/8/2026 LOI | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Experimental Physics Investigator Awards (mid-career) Opens Aug 6 | Varies | n/a |
Open (Rolling) Deadlines --- Proposals Accepted Any Time
| Sponsor | Program | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | foundation.relations@unh.edu |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation LOI | Matter-to-Life Research Grants | |
| Arnold Ventures | Causal Research on Community Safety and the Criminal Justice System | |
| >> NEW << Commonwealth Fund LOI | Grants to Improve Health Care Practice and Policy Supports health care practice/policy research in these program areas: | |
| 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) | |
| Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative LOI | New Ideas Award Early-stage support for exploratory projects that test novel hypotheses and open new conceptual or experimental directions in the study of autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders |
