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 on or after 7/3/2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7/10/2025 | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | Grants for Arts Projects | 1 proposal per calendar year (Mar or Jul) | 0 |
| 8/12/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement (E-RISE RII) | 1 | 0 Internal competition closed |
8/14/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Scholarships in STEM Network (S-STEM-Net) - S-STEM Research Hubs | 1 as a single institution, | 1 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | 2 proposals | Contact Michael Thompson ASAP |
10/28/2025 | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) --- Network Connectors **Read solicitation carefully for changes and/or new requirements** | 1 as lead | 1 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) NSF has announced they will not accept proposals in 2025, but expect to do so in 2026. Details |
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**NEW** | National Science Foundation (NSF) | EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program | 1 | 0 |
Non-profit Sponsors
Contact: Laura Chisholm or Katie Riley or other person indicated
Deadline | Sponsor | Program | # Proposals | # Proposals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7/11/2025 | Roy A Hunt Foundation | Environment Program - projects or programs that improve the environment at a multi-state, national, and/or systems level | Varies | n/a |
7/15/2025 | National Geographic Society | Enduring Impacts: Archaeology of Sustainability Grants (research or conservation) | Varies | n/a |
7/16/2025 | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Evidence for Action: Racial and Indigenous Health Equity | Varies | n/a |
7/16/2025 | Russell Sage Foundation | Russell Sage Foundation Social Science Research Grants --- Future of Work (FOW) and Social, Political and Economic Inequality (SPEI) | Varies | n/a |
| 7/24/2025 Rolling until July 2026 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants | Varies | n/a |
8/1/2025 | American Floral Endowment | Grants for floriculture research | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Research Focus Grants for studies that seek to inform and even transform suicide prevention efforts | Varies | n/a |
8/1/2025 | Beckman Foundation | Young Investigator Awards in the chemical and life sciences (Jan. 2021 hire or later) | No institutional limit at LOI stage | n/a |
8/1/2025 | Brady Education Foundation | Existing Program Evaluations (EPE) or Research Projects | Varies | n/a |
8/6/2025 | William T Grant Foundation | Research Grants on Reducing Inequality | Varies | n/a |
8/6/2025 | William T Grant Foundation | (Major) Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Spencer Foundation | Vision Grants for collaborative planning of innovative, methodologically diverse, interdisciplinary research on education that contributes to transforming education systems for equity. | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Heising Simons Foundation | Summer Open Call for Science Events and Gatherings | Varies | n/a |
8/15/2025 | John Templeton Foundation | Grants in support of research and public engagement in JTF interdisciplinary funding areas -- • Mathematics and Physical Sciences • Life Sciences • Character and Virtue Development • Individual Freedom and Free Markets • Public Engagement • Religion, Science, and Society | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Center for Cooperative Media + Rita Allen Foundation | 2025 Civic Science Collaboration Program Pilot awards for civic science media projects | Varies | n/a |
8/31/2025 | Organic Valley Family Farms | Farmers Advocating for Organic Fund Grants for research, education and advocacy projects that benefit family [organic] farmers or that focus on organic soil health and biology | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) | 2025 Data Analysis Support for using large, publicly available data resources to ask new questions and extract new knowledge related to autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders (Priority given to applications that use SFARI-supported resources) | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Spencer Foundation | Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) Grants Education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. Open to existing partnerships between researchers and a broad array of practitioners | Varies | n/a |
9/15/2025 | William T Grant Foundation | Institutional Challenge Grants Support for university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order to reduce inequality in youth outcomes | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Sarah K. de Coizart Perpetual Charitable Trust | Species Conservation Grants (Northeast United States) | Varies | n/a |
**NEW** | Whitehall Foundation | Neurobiology Research Grants | Varies | n/a |
11/3/2025 | WM Keck Foundation | 2025-2026 Research Program: Science & Engineering | 1 | 0 |
**NEW** | 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 |
Open (Rolling) Deadlines --- Proposals Accepted Any Time
| Sponsor | Program | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Energy and Environmental Research | Laura Chisholm or Katie Riley |
| Josiah Macy Foundation | Innovation in Nursing Education | |
Simons Foundation
| Targeted Grants in MPS (Mathematics and Physical Sciences) | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Exploring Equitable Futures (Accepting applications until 10/15/2025) |
