Funding

Discipline(s): All

The Graduate School's Office of Research and Projects (ORP) is offering this monthly e-newsletter of foundation-sponsored grant opportunities available to support the diverse research and creative activities of all faculty.

Aspen Institute, Pivotal
Grant Opportunity: Workplace Innovation Now Challenge
Summary: The goal of this RFP is to discover and scale bold ideas to help women thrive and everyone win in a rapidly changing workplace. The foundational vision is that when workplaces are designed with the needs of women in mind, they’re better places for everyone to work—and the benefits will be felt across communities and the economy at large. Supported by Pivotal, the $60 million grant competition aims to source and scale innovative solutions to address barriers like caregiving responsibilities and biases that tend to disproportionately impact women and are harmful for everyone. This is especially true at a time when innovative technologies, such as AI, are accelerating the pace of change within workplaces. 
Grant Cap: WIN Challenge pillars has $20 million to award up to eight awardees who will receive either $2.5 million or $5 million each.
Deadline: December 11, 2025
For More Information: Link

American Epilepsy Society
Grant Opportunity: AES/Epilepsy Wellness Advocates Early Career Research Award
Summary: Support of early career investigators to undertake a research project with a focus on integrative health and wellness approaches to manage epilepsy and improve patient quality of life. This research shall be non-invasive and non-pharmacological in nature (though alternative medicine is encouraged), may be preclinical or clinical, and can range from mechanistic to therapeutic studies. Research projects selected for funding must address topics that have not been the subject of significant prior study; proposals should either explore areas where no substantive research has been conducted, or build upon preliminary or pilot studies that demonstrate promising grounds for further investigation. EWA’s areas of interest include nutrition, cognition, behavior, emotion, activity, environmental, and integrative health innovation. To be eligible, applicants must hold an MD, DO, PhD, ScD, PharmD, or equivalent degree, and be a clinical or research fellow, postdoctoral fellow, have an academic appointment at the level of assistant professor or equivalent at a university, medical school, research institution, or medical center, or be a newly appointed clinical faculty member within five years of first full-time appointment before the award start date.
Grant Cap: One-year grants of $70,000 will be awarded in support of early career investigators
Deadline: January 22, 2026
For More Information: Link

National League for Nursing
Grant Opportunity: Education Research
Summary: The NLN invites applications for the Nursing Education Research Grants program, which awards grants of up to $30,000 for approximately four or five research proposals for high-quality studies that contribute to the development of the science of nursing education.  PI must be current NLN member.
Grant Cap: $30,000.00
Deadline: January 21, 2026
For More Information: Link

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Grant Opportunity: Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants
Summary: The Fund invites applications for its Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants program, which aims to stimulate growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of how climate change affects human health.
Grant Cap: $2,500-$50,000, small, early-stage grants
Deadline: January 22, 2026 by 2pm (central)
For more information: Link

National Psoriasis Foundation
Grant Opportunity: Discovery Grants Program
Summary: This grant aims to stimulate the development of new research programs in the field of psoriatic disease capable of competing for long-term funding from the National Institutes of Health or similar agencies in the future. Discovery Grants of $75,000 will be awarded to researchers to explore preliminary ideas and conduct proof-of-concept experiments. 
Grant Cap: $75,000
Deadline: January 30, 2026 at 4:00pm (central)
For More Information: Link

William T. Grant Foundation
Grant Opportunity: Research to Reduce Inequality
Summary: These large-scale grants aim to support research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices that reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of people ages 5-25 in the United States, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, sexual or gender minority status, language minority status, or immigrant origins.
Grant Cap: Major Research Grant: $100,000 to $600,000 over 2-3 years, including up to 15% indirect costs’ Officers’ Research Gran: $ $25,000–$50,000 over 1-2 years, including up to 15% indirect costs.
Deadline: LOI due January 7, 2026

For More Information: Link
 
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
Grant Opportunity: Multiple Fellowship program
Summary: Research in the field of study of archeology who are early-career scholars (Ph.D. earned within the last five years).  Each Fellowship has different target topics.
Grant Cap: Recipients receive a stipend of $11,500 plus room and board in Loring Hall, a waiver of school fees, and meals, Monday through Friday. 
Deadline: varying in early 2026 depending on Fellowship
For More Information: Link

Ameren
Grant Opportunity: Community Grants
Summary:  To make an impact in our communities, serve the underserved, and create a thriving region, Ameren awards grants and sponsorships to nonprofits that are working to address three core areas: meeting critical needs, helping communities thrive, and creating education and economic opportunities in our region.
Grant Cap: $500-$10,000
Deadline: Continuous
For More Information: Link

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