Open Call Grant and Award Opportunities
This list includes general funding opportunities that are of broad interest to the UT Austin research community.
The list below can be sorted by column heading. You may also search the list by entering keywords (e.g., “NIH”) in the Search box.
If you would like to see funding opportunities from a specific agency posted here, or if you or someone you know has been awarded any of these grants, let us know.
Note: For the opportunities listed here, there are no limits to the number of proposals that may be submitted by UT Austin investigators. In contrast, a “limited submission opportunity” is a funding opportunity in which the funding agency limits the number of proposals that UT Austin may submit. To select UT Austin nominees for these opportunities, the University holds internal competitions in advance of the sponsor’s deadline. To view active limited submission opportunities and apply for internal competitions, visit our Limited Submission Programs webpage.
| Sponsor | Grant/Program | Field/Areas | Who can apply | Sponsor Deadline | Deadline |
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| NSF | Law & Science | Crime, Violence, and Policing, Cyberspace, Economic Issues, Environmental Science, Evidentiary Issues, Forensic Science, Governance and Courts, Human Rights and Comparative Law, Information Technology, Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science, Legal Decision Making, Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice, Litigation and the Legal Profession, Punishment and Corrections, Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emergi |
PI eligibility limit varies by the type of proposal. See Section II. Program Description for detailed information about each type of proposal. | January 15, 2021 January 15, annually thereafter Standard and Collaborative Research, Conference and DDRIG Proposals August 2, 2021 August 1, annually thereafter Standard and Collaborative Research and Conference Proposals |
2021-08-02 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Geoinformatics (GI) | 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). |
Open to all qualified applicants. | 8/15/21: Application deadline |
2021-08-15 |
| NIH | NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional) | Behavioral and Social Science, Chemical Biology, Clinical and Translational Research, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Instrumentation and Engineering, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, High-Throughput and Integrative Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
For the purpose of this FOA, multiple PD(s)/PI(s) are not allowed. Applicants must meet the definition of an Early Stage Investigator (ESI) at the time of submission application. An ESI is a new investigator (defined as a PD/PI who has not competed successfully for a significant NIH independent research award) who is within 10 years of completing his/her terminal research degree or end of post-graduate clinical training. See the Office of Extramural Research website for <a hre | Submission Deadline: August 20, 2021 |
2021-08-20 |
| Department of Energy - ARPA | OPEN 2021 | imports, climate change, carbon emissions, energy efficiency, energy technologies, chemical engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, chemistry, public policy, greenhouse gasses |
U.S. citizens or permanent residents | August 31, 2021 |
2021-08-31 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) / National Institutes of Health (NIH) | A Science of Science Policy Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SCISIPBIO) | Supports research to provide scientific analysis of important aspects of the biomedical research enterprise and efforts to foster a diverse, innovative, productive and efficient scientific workforce, from which future scientific leaders will emerge. |
Open to all qualified applicants. | September 9, Annually |
2021-09-09 |
| NSF/NEH | NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | dynamic language, endangered languages, data management, archiving |
There are no program-specific restrictions or limits. | February 15, 2021 February 15, Annually Thereafter Submission Deadline for Senior Research Proposals and Conferences September 15, 2021 September 15, Annually Thereafter Submission Deadline for Senior Research Proposals and Conferences |
2021-09-15 |
| NSF | Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) | mathematics, statistics, biology, biological sciences |
No restrictions or limits | September 1 - September 20, 2021 |
2021-09-20 |
| NIH | NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program | drug abuse, addiction, social, behavioral, biomedical, clinical |
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 underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. | LOI (Not required): 8/25/2021 Full Deadline: 9/25/2021 |
2021-09-25 |
| Department of Defense | Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) | behavioral science, computer science, mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, neuroscience, computation, chemical engineering |
no restrictions | September 27, 2021 |
2021-09-27 |
| NIH | P50: Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers | cancer, translational, human biology using cellular, molecular, structural, biochemical, and/or genetic experimental approaches |
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 | 1/25/2021, standard due dates from that point forward through 1/8/24 |
2021-09-27 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | EHR Core Research (ECR) STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Broadening Participation, and Workforce Development | 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. |
Open to all qualified applicants. | First Thursday in October: Application deadline |
2021-10-07 |
| NSF | Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning (RETTL) | artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies, self-regulation, literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity, and socio-emotional skills, learning sciences, discipline-based education research, computer and information science and engineering, design, and cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences |
no restrictions or limits | October 18, 2021 Deadline for FY 2022 competition
October 17, 2022 Deadline for FY 2023 competition |
2021-10-18 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales | Supports quantitative, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented research on biosphere processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use, and invasive species at regional to continental scales as well as training activities to enable groups to conduct Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science research. |
Open to all qualified applicants. | Full Proposal Deadline(s): January 16, 2020 November 09, 2020 Second Monday in November, Annually Thereafter |
2021-11-08 |
| NSF | Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (DISES) | geosciences; biological Sciences; social, behavioral, and economic Sciences; human decisions, actions, and behaviors; integrated socio-environmental systems |
Who may be PI: no restrictions or limits, though individual will need to have PI status (tenure-track faculty and those given approval to be PI) | November 16, 2020 |
2021-11-15 |
| NSF (in cooperation with multiple domestic and international agencies) | Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) | computational neuroscience, neuroscience, data science, statistics, domestic, international |
No restrictions | Deadline for FY 2022 competition: November 23, 2021 Deadline for FY 2023 competition: November 22, 2022 |
2021-11-23 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) | Supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and social principles and processes that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. |
Open to all qualified applicants. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. | November 24, 2021 |
2021-11-24 |
| NSF | Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) | computer science, electrical and computer engineering, internet, agriculture, aeronautics, building design, civil infrastructure, energy, environmental quality, healthcare and personalized medicine, manufacturing, and transportation, automation, autonomy, artificial intelegence, AI, machine learning, ML |
no restrictions | Full Proposal Window SMALL and MEDIUM Proposals December 1, 2021 - December 15, 2021 FRONTIER proposals |
2021-12-31 |
| NSF | Partnerships for Innovation (PFI-TT) | commericialization, translate, technological innovations, innovation |
The PI must have the technical skills required to lead and execute the proposed research project. In addition to the PI, PFI-TT proposals must include a Senior Personnel or co-PI who brings technology commercialization experience in the targeted fields of application or industry sector. The technology commercialization expert must have an active role in the project. NSF Lineage Requirement: All proposals submitted to the PFI program must meet a lineage requirement under one of | January 17, 2019 July 10, 2019 Second Wednesday in July, Annually Thereafter January 08, 2020 August 05, 2020 February 10, 2021 July 14, 2021 Second Wednesday in July, Annually Thereafter January 12, 2022 Second Wednesday in January, Annually Thereafter |
2022-01-12 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Digital Humanities Advancement Award | museums, libraries, library, museum, humanities |
No restrictions | 1/14/2022 |
2022-01-14 |
| NSF | Developmental Sciences (DS) | cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development |
Persons with a PhD, MD | January 17, 2022 January 15, annually thereafter July 15, 2022 July 15, annually thereafter |
2022-01-17 |
| NSF | Social Psychology Program | social, psychology, behavior, social cognition, attitudes, social and cultural influence, stereotypes, motivation, decision making, group dynamics, aggression, close relationships, social and affective neuroscience, social psychophysiology, emotions, prosocial behavior, health-related behavior, and personality and individual differences |
No restrictions | July 15, 2021 July 15, Annually Thereafter January 17, 2022 January 15, Annually Thereafter |
2022-01-17 |
| NSF | Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program | nature, causes and/or consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity and/or environmental processes, geographical theory, environment |
There are no restrictions or limits. | January 18, 2022 Third Tuesday in January, Annually Thereafter August 16, 2022 Third Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter |
2022-01-18 |
| NSF | Human Networks and Data Science | human behavior, environment, network science, data-intensive, data science, sociology, sociocultural, economics, biological networks, geospatial, society, nonlinear dynamics, network heterogeneity, human networks, |
No restrictions or limits | February 4, 2021 First Thursday in February, Annually Thereafter |
2022-02-03 |
| NSF | Integrative Strategies for Understanding Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) | brain, behavior, engineering, neuroscience, neuroengineering, theories, models, empirical, clinical, education, cognition, cognitive systems, BRAIN initiative, data science, computer modeling, neuron, neural |
No restrictions or limits | Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): December 15, 2020 Required only for FRONTIERS proposals, FY 2021 competition December 15, 2022 Required only for FRONTIERS proposals, FY 2023 competition Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): |
2022-02-14 |
| Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) | Recruitment of Established Investigators | Cancer, prevention, treatment, diagnostics, computational biology and analytic methods |
doctoral degree, including MD, PhD, DDS, DMD, DrPH, DO, DVM, or equivalent; reside in Texas for the duration of the appointment; must devote at least 70%time to research activitiesprofessor (or equivalent) | June 20, 2022 |
2022-06-20 |
| Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) | Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members | Cancer, prevention, treatment, diagnostics, computational biology and analytic methods |
doctoral degree, including MD, PhD, DDS, DMD, DrPH, DO, DVM; must devote at least 70%time to research activities; he candidate must not hold an appointment at the rank of assistant professor or above (or equivalent); non–tenure-track appointments at the rank of assistant professor are not eligible for this award; | June 20, 2022 |
2022-06-20 |
| Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) | Recruitment of Rising Stars | Cancer, prevention, treatment, diagnostics, computational biology and analytic methods |
already accepted a position at the recruiting institution; doctoral degree, including MD, PhD, DDS, DMD, DrPH, DO, DVM, or equivalent; devote at least 70%time to research activities; hold an appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor tenuretrack or tenured(or equivalent) | June 20, 2022 |
2022-06-20 |
| National Science Foundation | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | Engineering (ENG); Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS); Geosciences (GEO); Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Biological Sciences (BIO); Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE); Education and Human Resources (EHR) FAQs:https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20025/nsf20025.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
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Early-career faculty. A Principal Investigator may submit only one CAREER proposal per annual competition. In addition, a Principal Investigator may not participate in more than three CAREER competitions. Proposals that are not reviewed (i.e., are withdrawn before review or are returned without review) do not count toward the three-competition limit. | Due Date: July 25, 2022 and on the fourth Monday of July, annually thereafter |
2022-07-25 |
| NIH | NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award for Development of Medication to Treat Substance Use Disorders | drug abuse, pharmacy, substance abuse disorders, pharmacotherapies, Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, Preclinical Development, Clinical Development |
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 underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. | July 25, 2022; July 25, 2023 |
2022-07-25 |
| DOD - Army | Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Medical Research | infectious diseases, casualty care, operational medicine, biological defense, chemical defense, radiation |
no restrictions | September 20, 2022 |
2022-09-20 |
| Dept. of the Army | Space and Terrestrial Communications BAA 2018 | Funds research on command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies that enable information dominance and decisive lethality for the networked Warfighters. |
Open to all qualified applicants. | 5-year submission window 6/19/23: Application deadline |
2023-06-19 |
| United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation | Joint NSF-BSF Program in Cyber Security and Privacy |
Supports projects that address cybersecurity from: a Trustworthy Computing Systems (TWC) perspective and/or a Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) perspective; the Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS) perspective; or the Transition to Practice (TTP) perspective. |
Open to all qualified applicants. Applications must be written jointly by an Israeli and a U.S. scientist from a U.S. research institution. | Rolling |
2028-07-11 |
| NSF-BSF | NSF-BSF Joint Programs | Various |
Applications must be submitted jointly by an Israeli, and an U.S. scientist from a U.S. research institution. The addition of a UK, or a Chinese scientist to the proposal, to form a multinational proposal, is also allowed. | Various |
2029-07-19 |
| DOD United States Army Medical Research and Development Command | DoD USAMRDC FY18-FY22 Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Medical Research | vaccines, therapetics, contact tracing, mortality and morbidity reduction, psychology, kinesiology, rehabilitation, restorative treatments, rehabilitative care, protection from biological warfare agents, protection from chemical warfare agents, medical simulation, medical assist support technologies, ionization radiation injury |
Eligible investigators include all individuals, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, or citizenshipstatus, who are employed by, or affiliated with, an eligible organization. | open through September 30, 2022 |
2030-08-07 |
| NIH | *COVID-19 Opportunities: Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19 | This is a rapidly evolving situation and NIH will provide updated guidance and information as it becomes available. |
Open | Varies |
2030-08-28 |
| NSF | Division of Environmental Biology (core programs) | populations, species, communities, ecosystem, ecology, marine biome, statistics |
No restrictions | No set deadline, PIs may submit applications anytime. |
2030-10-08 |
| BARDA's Division of Research, Innovation & Ventures | *COVID-19 Opportunity: Easy Broad Agency Announcement* | AOI #4.1-A: Molecular Diagnostic Assay for SARS-CoV-2 virus on existing FDA-cleared platform The development and Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of an in vitro diagnostic assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) RNA in clinical specimens, including upper (e.g, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs, nasopharyngeal wash/aspirate, or nasal aspirate) and lower (e.g., bronchoalveolar lavage, tracheal asp |
Open | Varies |
2030-12-17 |
| Dell Medical School | Texas Health Catalyst | Apply to Texas Health Catalyst! Texas Health Catalyst @ Dell Medical School is accepting applications for the 2021 cycle. The health product innovation program will accept and evaluate applications (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) on a rolling basis throughout the year until 10 projects have been awarded. After Phase 1, awardees are eligible to receive $5,000-$50,000 in seed funding. Apply now, while funding opportunities remain! Deadline to apply is August 15, 2021. |
Eligible to apply are: UT Austin faculty members (including Dell Med faculty and clinical affiliates); UT Austin students, postdoctoral associates and researchers; Dell Med residents; Austin-area startups and entrepreneurs | August 15, 2021 |
2031-07-06 |