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 Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Sponsor Deadline:
05/06/2025
Who can apply:
No restrictions
Fields/Areas:
humanities, teaching and study of humanities, history, philosophy, religion, literature, humanities-informed composition and writing skills
Sponsored by:
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Sponsor Deadline:
05/06/2025
Who can apply:
The PI must have a doctoral degree, including MD, PhD, DDS, DMD, DrPH, DO, DVM, or equivalent, and must be a full-time resident of Texas during the time the research that is the subject of the grant is conducted. The PI must hold an appointment at the rank of assistant, associate or professor tenure track or tenured (or equivalent). The PI must also have appropriate designated laboratory or clinical space, or other facilities in which to conduct the proposed studies. An individual may serve a
Fields/Areas:
cancer, prevention, clinical trial, computation, systems biology, pediatrics, children, adolescents
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
05/19/2025
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:
mental illness, transdisciplinary, clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States
Sponsored by:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Sponsor Deadline:
05/20/2025
Who can apply:
No restrictions
Fields/Areas:
humanities, resources, preservation, culture, heritage, artifacts, manuscripts, recordings, digital, conservation, under-represented communities, climate change
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
05/26/2025
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:
05/26/2025
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. Individuals from diverse backgrounds, including individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and women are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. See, Reminder: Not
Fields/Areas:
biomedical sciences, training, predoctoral, postdoctoral
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
05/26/2025
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:
05/26/2025
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 Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
05/28/2025
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 their organization to develop an application for support. PD/PIs must be designated Early Stage Investigators (ESI) by NIH as defined in NOT-OD-17-101.
Fields/Areas:
The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist.
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
06/02/2025
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 their organization to develop an application for support.
Fields/Areas:
instrumentation, shared-use, biomedical research, behavioral research
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
06/10/2025
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:
diabetes, translational science, type 2 diabetes
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sponsor Deadline:
06/17/2025
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))
Fields/Areas:
clinical, pain, opioid use, OUD, device, diagnostics, treatment, technology development, optimization, human
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
07/23/2025
Who can apply:
Early-career faculty. A Principal Investigator may submit only one CAREER proposal per annual competition. 
Fields/Areas:
Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Geosciences, computer sciences, information Science, engineering,  social, economic Sciences, education 
 
 
 
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
07/30/2025
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:
08/01/2025
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:
08/01/2025
Who can apply:
PI eligibility limit varies by the type of proposal. See Program Description in link. 
Fields/Areas:
Crime, Violence, and Policing, Cyberspace, Forensic Science, Governance and Courts, Human Rights and Comparative Law, Information Technology, Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
08/15/2025
Who can apply:
no restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
public policy, decision-making, politics, preference formation and expression, electoral processes, voting, public administration
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
08/15/2025
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:
09/02/2025
Who can apply:
By the submission deadline, any PI, co-PI, or other senior project personnel must hold either: a tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position. 
Fields/Areas:
open-source technology, small community, technology transfer