Open Call Funding

Below, find general funding opportunities of broad interest to the UT Austin research community. There are no limits to the number of proposals that may be submitted by UT Austin investigators for open call funding opportunities. 

To see funding opportunities from a specific agency posted here, or to have a specific awardee listed, please email vpr.rdt@austin.utexas.edu

Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2025
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and women are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
Fields/Areas:
The proposed programs may address scientific areas relevant to the NHLBI mission including the biology and diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Programs may also include implementation science, health disparities, and translation research that addresses the mission of the Institute.
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2025
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research training program as the Training Program Director/Principal Investigator (Training PD/PI) is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support. The PD/PI should be an established investigator in the scientific area in which the application is targeted and capable of providing both administrative and scientific leadership to the development and implementation of
Fields/Areas:
biomedical sciences, training, predoctoral, postdoctoral
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2025
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and women are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. See, Reminder: Notice of NIH's Encouragement of Applications&
Fields/Areas:
translational research, cancer, pediatric cancer, health disparities
Sponsored by:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2025
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
Fields/Areas:
artificial intelligence, AI, patient safety, healthcare
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/29/2025
Who can apply:
tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position
Fields/Areas:
computer science, information, cyber systems, computer networking, electrical engineering,
Sponsored by:
Department of Energy
Sponsor Deadline:
09/30/2025
Who can apply:
Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as a Principal Investigator (PI) are invited to work with their organizations to develop an application.
Fields/Areas:
Advanced Scientific Computing, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, Accelerator R&D and Production
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/02/2025
Who can apply:
Open to all qualified applicants.
Fields/Areas:
Invites proposals for fundamental research (basic research or use-inspired basic research) that advances knowledge in one or more of the three Research Tracks: Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and Research on STEM Workforce Development.
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/03/2025
Who can apply:
PI must have NIH Early Investigator Status, completed their terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training, and has not previously competed successfully as PD/PI for a substantial NIH independent research award.
Fields/Areas:
translational, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, anesthesiology, peri-operative pain, clinical pharmacology, sepsis, injury and critical illness, inflammation
Sponsored by:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Sponsor Deadline:
11/19/2025
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
humanities, interdisciplinary, science, social sciences
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
12/05/2025
Who can apply:
Open to all qualified applicants.
Fields/Areas:
Supports the development of cyberinfrastructure (CI) for the Earth Sciences (Geoinformatics). EAR-supported geoinformatics opportunities will fit into three tracks: Catalytic track, Facility track, and Sustainability track. These tracks broadly support the lifecycle of geoinformatics resource development, from pilots (Catalytic) to broad implementation (Facility) to sunsetting and long-term sustainability (Sustainability).
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
01/26/2026
Who can apply:
no restrictions or limits.  
Fields/Areas:
spatial distribution of human activity, environmental processes, geographical theory, environment
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
01/30/2026
Who can apply:
Persons with a PhD, MD
Fields/Areas:
cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
02/02/2026
Who can apply:
Eligibility varies by the type of proposal.  See solicitation for details.
Fields/Areas:
social science, economic science, technology, history, anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, natural science, physical science, engineering, machine learning, 
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
02/09/2026
Who can apply:
A PI or a co-PI.  Can participate in only one proposal. They may not participate in any role in any other proposal. 
Fields/Areas:
science, engineering, convergence, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, integration
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
03/02/2026
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
mathematics, biology, statistics, computation, artificial intelligence, deep learning, genomics, biomathematics, infectious disease, climate change, biological systems, biotechnology
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
03/02/2026
Who can apply:
PIs must be a) at the Associate Professor rank or equivalent and b) at that rank for at least 3 years.
Fields/Areas:
mid-career, established investigator