Open Call Grant and Award Opportunities
This list below includes general funding opportunities that are of broad interest to the UT Austin research community.
To find funding opportunities more specific to your area of research, you may also search the Pivot Funding Opportunity Database.
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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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| National Science Foundation (NSF) | EHR Core Research (ECR: Core) | 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. | October 5, 2023 |
2023-10-05 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NINDS Interdisciplinary Team Science Grant | health disparity, health equity, alzheimer's, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, parkinson's, tuberous sclerosis, stroke, |
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)) | October 11, 2023 October 8, 2024 |
2023-10-11 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research | ethics, legal, social, human genome, genetics, economics |
individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research | October 19, 2023 |
2023-10-19 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs | computer science, information science, engineering, communications |
No restrictions or limits | October 23, 2023 |
2023-10-23 |
| National Archives | Public Engagement with Historical Records | history, archives, historical records, outreach, public engagement |
No restrictions or limits | Final deadline: November 2, 2023 |
2023-11-02 |
| Russell Sage Foundation | Future of Work | jobs, workforce, employer practices, labor market, job quality, economies, economics, policy |
All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a doctorate. In rare circumstances, RSF may consider applications from scholars who do not hold a doctorate but can demonstrate a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. | Letter of Inquiry (Required): November 7, 2023 Invited Proposal Deadline: February 21, 2024 |
2023-11-07 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science | interdisciplinary, systems-oriented, biosphere processes, climate, land use, invasive species, Macrosystems Biology |
Open to all qualified applicants. | November 23, 2023 |
2023-11-13 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) | engineering, Hispanic-serving institution, HSI, Latino, LGBTQ, disabilities, socio-economic, underserved minorities |
No restrictions or limits for BPE Tracks 1-3. For BPE Track 4, the PI must be the Dean of the College of Engineering (or equivalent) or Higher of the submitting Lead Institution. | Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (optional) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): December 03, 2021 September 21, 2022 Third Wednesday in September, Annually Thereafter Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 28, 2022 November 16, 2022
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2023-11-15 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) | epidemiology, mathematics, quantitative, computation, evolution, disease, transmission |
No restrictions or limits | November 15, 2023 Third Wednesday in November, Annually Thereafter |
2023-11-15 |
| National Science Foundation (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 |
need to have PI status | November 17, 2023 |
2023-11-17 |
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics | materials, photovoltaics, engineering, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar energy |
No restrictions or limits | Letter of Intent (Required): 9/6/2023 Concept Paper (Required): 9/13/2023 Full Application: 11/28/2023 |
2023-11-28 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translatons | editing, translation, humanities, literature, philosphy, history |
no restrictions | Optional Draft Due: September 23, 2022 November 30, 2022 |
2023-11-29 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Collaborative Research | humanities, interdisciplinary, science, social sciences |
No restrictions or limits | November 29, 2023 |
2023-11-29 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Partnerships for Innovation (PFI-TT) | commericialization, technology translation, technological innovations, innovation |
The PI must have the technical skills required to lead and execute the proposed research project. 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. | May 02, 2023 First Tuesday in May, Annually Thereafter September 05, 2023 First Tuesday in September, Annually Thereafter January 02, 2024 First Tuesday in January, Annually Thereafter |
2024-01-02 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Human Networks and Data Science | human behavior, environment, network science, data science, sociology, sociocultural, economics, |
No restrictions or limits |
July 13, 2023 Second Thursday in July, Annually Thereafter August 03, 2023
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2024-01-11 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Law & Science | Crime, Violence, and Policing, Cyberspace, Forensic Science, Governance and Courts, Human Rights and Comparative Law, Information Technology, Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice |
PI eligibility limit varies by the type of proposal. See Program Description in link. | January 15 2024 - Target date
January 15, Annually Thereafter
Standard and Collaborative Research, and Conference Proposals
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2024-01-15 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) | public policy, decision-making, politics, preference formation and expression, electoral processes, voting, public administration |
no restrictions or limits | January 15 2024 - Target date
January 15, Annually Thereafter
August 15 2024 - Targe |
2024-01-15 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program | spatial distribution of human activity, environmental processes, geographical theory, environment |
no restrictions or limits. | January 18, 2022 Third Tuesday in January, Annually Thereafter August 16, 2022 Third Tuesday in August, Annually Thereafter |
2024-01-16 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Safe Learning-Enabled Systems | Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, society |
No restrictions or limits | January 16, 2024 |
2024-01-16 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) | computer science, information science, computing, training, education |
No restrictions or limits | June 14, 2021 January 20, 2022 Third Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter |
2024-01-18 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant | training, predoctoral, postdoctoral, predocs, postdocs |
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). Individuals from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and women are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. | January 25, 2024 May 25, 2024 September 25, 2024 January 25, 2025 May 25, 2025 September 25, 2025 January 25, 2026 |
2024-01-25 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) | ethics, STEM, science, technology, engineering, mathematics |
PI, co-PI, or Senior Personnel can appear on no more than two proposals submitted. | January 25, 2024 |
2024-01-25 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) | mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, materials, physics, physical sciences |
Principal Investigator's who hold a doctoral degree in the typical disciplines of the fundamental research areas supported by the Divisions of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences AND are a new investigator, | January 26, 2023 Fourth Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter |
2024-01-25 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Developmental Sciences | cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development |
Persons with a PhD, MD | January 30 2024 - Deadline date
January 30, Annually Thereafter
July 30 2024 - Deadl |
2024-01-30 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR) | biological diversity, humans, primates, evolution, biological variation, biology, behavior, culture, anthropology |
A PI, co-PI, faculty associate or subaward can only lead on one proposal. Researchers may be listed in other capacities (e.g., collaborator, consultant) on one additional proposal. | January 16, 2023 - January 26, 2023 July 20, 2023 - July 31, 2023 July 20 - July 30, Annually Thereafter January 20, 2024 - January 31, 2024 January 20 - January 31, Annually Thereafter |
2024-01-31 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI) | translational, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, anesthesiology, peri-operative pain, clinical pharmacology, sepsis, injury and critical illness, inflammation |
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. | 2/1/2024, 10/3/2024, 2/3/2025, 10/3/2025, 2/3/2026 |
2024-02-01 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Science and Technology Studies | social science, economic science, technology, history, anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, natural science, physical science, engineering, machine learning, |
Eligibility varies by the type of proposal. See solicitation for details. | February 02, 2024
August 03, 2024 August 3, Annually Thereafter |
2024-02-02 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Growing Convergence Research | science, engineering, convergence, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, integration |
A PI or a co-PI. Can participate in only one proposal. They may not participate in any role in any other proposal. | May 08, 2019 February 03, 2020 First Monday in February, Annually Thereafter February 01, 2021 First Monday in February, Annually Thereafter |
2024-02-05 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise | biomedical sciences |
Open to all qualified applicants. | February 9, 2024 |
2024-02-09 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities | humanities, computing, digital, archiving, technology, information science, museums, libraries |
No restrictions or limits | Deadline: February 15, 2024 |
2024-02-15 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | NSF Dynamic Language - Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | endangered languages, technology, language, data management, archiving, field work, digitizing, computation |
no restrictions | February 15, 2024 Senior research and conference proposals |
2024-02-15 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | HEAL Initiative: Translational Development of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices | clinical, pain, opioid use, OUD, device, diagnostics, treatment, technology development, optimization, human |
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)) | Feb 20, 2024. See RFA for more proposal deadlines. |
2024-02-20 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB) | mathematics, biology, statistics, computation, artificial intelligence, deep learning, genomics, biomathematics, infectious disease, climate change, biological systems, biotechnology |
No restrictions or limits | March 22, 2023 March 01, 2024 March 1, Annually Thereafter |
2024-03-01 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Mid-Career Advancement | mid-career, established investigator |
PIs must be a) at the Associate Professor rank or equivalent and b) at that rank for at least 3 years. | February 01, 2023 - March 01, 2023 February 1 - March 1, Annually Thereafter |
2024-03-01 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes | mathematics, statistics, mathematical sciences |
no restrictions or limits | March 14, 2024 March 14, 2029 |
2024-03-14 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models | human behavior, epidemiology, computation, social sciences, mathematics, biology |
PI or co-PI. No more than ONE proposal.Changes in investigator roles post-submission to meet the eligibility limits will not be allowed. | April 03, 2023 - April 14, 2023 March 01, 2024 - March 15, 2024 March 1 - March 15, Annually Thereafter |
2024-03-15 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Biodiversity on a Changing Planet | ecosystems, biodiversity, environmental change, environment, climate change, geology, paleontology, ecology, envolution |
No restrictions or limits | March 29, 2023 March 21, 2024 Third Thursday in March, Annually Thereafter |
2024-03-21 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Humanities Initiatives at Hispanic-Serving Institutions | hispanic-serving institutions, HSI, history, philosophy, religion, literature, composition, writing skills |
No restrictions | Anticipated: May 9, 2023 |
2024-05-07 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | Research and Development | humanities, resources, preservation, culture, heritage, artifacts, manuscripts, recordings, digital, conservation, under-represented communities, climate change |
No restrictions | May 16, 2023 |
2024-05-21 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Expeditions in Computing | computing, computer science, information science, engineering |
PI, co- PI, or senior personnel. An individual may participate in no more than one preliminary, and if invited, one full Expeditions proposal per competition. | Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) June 23, 2020 June 16, 2022 June 19, 2024 June 19, 2026 |
2024-06-19 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Geosciences, computer sciences, information Science, engineering, social, economic Sciences, education
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Early-career faculty. A Principal Investigator may submit only one CAREER proposal per annual competition. | Due Date: July 27, 2022 and on the fourth Wednesay of July, annually thereafter |
2024-07-24 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) | open-source technology, small community, technology transfer |
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. | September 05, 2024 |
2024-09-05 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) | education, STEM, experiential learning, manufacturing, wireless, artificial intelligence, quantum information, semiconductors, microelectronics |
There are no restrictions or limits. | September 12, 2024 |
2024-09-12 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC), Types I and II | environment, sustainability, computing, environmental impacts of technology |
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. | September 13, 2024: Type I and Type II projects September 12, 2025: Type I and Type II projects |
2024-09-13 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems | chemical engineering, chemistry, bioengineering, environment, sustainability, climate change, transport systems |
PIs or co-PIs must hold primary, full-time, paid appointments in research or teaching positions at US-based campuses/offices of institutions eligible to submit to this solicitation (see above). A minimum of one PI and two co-PIs must participate in each proposal. | Preliminary Proposal: September 17, 2024 Full Proposal: January 31, 2025 |
2024-09-17 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS) | mathematics, statistics, biology, biological sciences |
No restrictions or limits | September 1 - September 18, 2024 |
2024-09-18 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Computer and Information Science and Engineering | computer science, computation, information science, engineering |
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 at a US-based campus of an organization eligible to submit. PI's can apply to no more than one Core Programs, Large Projects proposal. | February 14, 2023 - February 28, 2023 September 16, 2024 - September 30, 2024 September 14, 2026 - September 28, 2026 |
2024-09-30 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Biology Integration Institutes (BII) | biology, environment, ecosystem, biological sciences, multi-disciplinary |
A person may be PI or co-PI on no more than ONE proposal. | February 21, 2023 February 18, 2025 |
2025-02-18 |
| 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. | August 15, 2019 August 15, Every Other Year Thereafter |
2025-08-15 |
| 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 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Smart & Connected Communities | external communities, technology, society, social science, computer science, information science |
No restrictions or limits | Anytime until April 1, 2024 |
2033-11-14 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) | computer science, information, cyber systems, computer networking, electrical engineering, |
tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position | Proposals Accepted Anytime |
2033-11-14 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Division of Environmental Biology | populations, species, communities, ecosystem, ecology, marine biome, statistics |
No restrictions | No deadline, PIs may submit applications anytime. |
2033-11-14 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Design for Environmental Sustainability in Computing (DESC), Type III | environment, sustainability, computing, environmental impacts of technology |
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. | March 17, 2023: Type I and Type II projects September 13, 2024: Type I and Type II projects September 12, 2025: Type I and Type II projects Proposals Accepted Anytime: Type III projects |
2033-11-14 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | ROSES 2023: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science | earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, sociology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, carbon monitoring, data analysis, data science, biodiversity, hydrology, |
no restrictions | Varies based on Program/Topic, see RFA |
2033-11-15 |
| Department of Defense (DOD) - Army | BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Extramural Medical Research | infectious disease, combat casualty care, military operational medicine, biological defense, chemical defense |
No restrictions | Continuously open through September 30, 2027 |
2033-11-15 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NOSI: Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interest | health, disabilities, public health, epidemics, pandemics, policy |
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)). Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support. | Varies based on activity code |
2033-11-15 |
