Featured Funding Opportunities

Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
Grants to Support Cancer Research to Move from Pre-clinical Projects to Clinical Trials Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Grants for Research on Adults with Ulcerative Colitis Starting S1P Receptor Modulator Therapy Pfizer
Grants for Research on New Medications to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders – Multiple Opportunities Department of Defense
Grants for Research Projects Leveraging Synthetic Biology for Biotech and Health Solutions Walder Foundation
Grants for Research on Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (H-TIDeS) Aero
Grants to Establish Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Treatment of Patients with Invasive Mold Infections Pfizer
Grants for Research on BIOmolecular Grammar for protein Aggregation Modulation and Intervention (BIOGAMI) National Institutes of Health
Grants to Develop and Sustain Food Animal Veterinary Services in Rural Areas U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grants for Rethinking and Redesigning Systems for Providing Basic Human Needs – Including Food, Shelter, Healthcare and Safety Resilient Chicago Fund
Grants for Research on Maintenance Therapy in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Pfizer
Grants for Research Fellowships in the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants for Non-academic Writers Engagement with the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities
USDA Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Wood Innovations Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture
2026 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grants for Vouchers for Hydropower Testing Capabilities Energywerx
Grants for Research on Climate Change and Human Health Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grants for Research on Battery Materials Processing, Manufacturing, and Recycling Department of Energy
Grants for Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies Department of Defense
Grants for Research on multi-modal agile manufacturing to Create a Finished Metal Part from Powdered Metal Feedstocks Department of Defense
Grants for Research on New and Innovative Energy Storage Systems DARPA
Grants for Research on Materials Processing to Enable Efficient, Scalable Element Separation Across the Periodic Table DARPA
Grants for Convenings on American Art Terra Foundation for American Art
Grants for Research to Improve Quality and Length of Life for Child/Youth Cancer Survivors Children's Cancer Research Fund
Grants for Research to Reduce Health Disparities in Childhood Cancer Across Incidence, Access to Care, Treatment Outcomes, and Survivorship Children's Cancer Research Fund
Grants for Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Efficient, High-performance, Long-lived Oxygen-compatible Cathodes for Air-Breathing Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) Electric Propulsion (EP) Systems DARPA
Grants for Research on Various Financial Themes Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
Grants to Support Cancer Research to Move from Pre-clinical Projects to Clinical Trials Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Grants for Research on Adults with Ulcerative Colitis Starting S1P Receptor Modulator Therapy Pfizer
Grants for Research on New Medications to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders – Multiple Opportunities Department of Defense
Grants for Research Projects Leveraging Synthetic Biology for Biotech and Health Solutions Walder Foundation
Grants for Research on Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (H-TIDeS) Aero
Grants to Establish Animal and Veterinary Innovation Centers National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Computational Approaches to Curation at Scale for Biomedical Research Assets (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Treatment of Patients with Invasive Mold Infections Pfizer
Grants for Research on BIOmolecular Grammar for protein Aggregation Modulation and Intervention (BIOGAMI) National Institutes of Health
Grants to Develop and Sustain Food Animal Veterinary Services in Rural Areas U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grants for Rethinking and Redesigning Systems for Providing Basic Human Needs – Including Food, Shelter, Healthcare and Safety Resilient Chicago Fund
Grants for Research on Maintenance Therapy in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Pfizer
Grants for Research Fellowships in the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants for Non-academic Writers Engagement with the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities
USDA Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Wood Innovations Grants U.S. Department of Agriculture
2026 Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grants for Vouchers for Hydropower Testing Capabilities Energywerx
Grants for Research on Climate Change and Human Health Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grants for Research on Battery Materials Processing, Manufacturing, and Recycling Department of Energy
Grants for Natural Hazards Adaptation Technologies Department of Defense
Grants for Research on multi-modal agile manufacturing to Create a Finished Metal Part from Powdered Metal Feedstocks Department of Defense
Grants for Research on New and Innovative Energy Storage Systems DARPA
Grants for Research on Materials Processing to Enable Efficient, Scalable Element Separation Across the Periodic Table DARPA
Grants for Convenings on American Art Terra Foundation for American Art
Grants for Research to Improve Quality and Length of Life for Child/Youth Cancer Survivors Children's Cancer Research Fund
Grants for Research to Reduce Health Disparities in Childhood Cancer Across Incidence, Access to Care, Treatment Outcomes, and Survivorship Children's Cancer Research Fund
Grants for Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) National Institutes of Health
Grants for Research on Efficient, High-performance, Long-lived Oxygen-compatible Cathodes for Air-Breathing Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) Electric Propulsion (EP) Systems DARPA
Grants for Research on Various Financial Themes Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Opportunity Name Application Deadline Funding Agency
Brazil FAPESP and University of Illinois Joint Research Program University of Illinois System
2026 UAAT International Young Visiting Scholar Program University Academic Alliance of Taiwan

Limited Submissions have a restricted number of applications per institution and require a special campus process to apply, including additional steps such as filing a Notice of Intent (NOI) and an Internal Pre-Proposal for Review by a Campus Selection Committee. For questions regarding limited submissions, email Richard Sallee at limitedsubs@illinois.edu.

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Opportunity Name Funding Agency Internal Pre-Proposal Deadline Application Deadline Status Internal Applications Active?
National Institutes of Health: Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers Program National Institutes of Health Limited Submission Closed
Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering Packard Foundation Limited Submission Closed
DOE: The Genesis Mission Department of Energy Limited Submission Closed
Retirement Research Foundation: Supporting Advancements in the Field of Aging Retirement Research Foundation Limited Submission Closed
*Pre-Proposal - Keck Research Program W.M. Keck Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Keck Research Program W.M. Keck Foundation Limited Submission Active
Pew Foundation: Biomedical Scholars Pew Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Pew Foundation: Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research Pew Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Department of Energy: University Nuclear Research Infrastructure Revitalization Department of Energy Limited Submission Active
National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
Required LOI: American Diabetes Association American Diabetes Association Limited Submission Closed
Pre-Proposal: ADA Pathways to Stop Diabetes American Diabetes Association Limited Submission Closed
Brain Research Foundation: Scientific Innovations Award Brain Research Foundation Limited Submission Active
TechAccess: AI-Ready America National Science Foundation Limited Submission Active
Required LOI: Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed
NSF IDSS National Science Foundation Limited Submission Closed