Open Call Grant and Award Opportunities
This list below includes general funding opportunities that are of broad interest to the UT Austin research community.
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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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| 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 |
2022-09-30 |
| 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 |
2022-10-06 |
| National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities | NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | endangered languages, technology, language, data management, archiving, field work, digitizing, computation |
no restrictions |
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2022-10-14 |
| 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 |
2022-10-17 |
| Simons Foundation | Small-Scale Experiments for Fundamental Physics | physics, small-scale instruments |
PIs and co-Is must have a Ph.D. and a tenure-track or tenured position (or equivalent) at the time of application. There are no citizenship or department requirements for PIs. | Letter of Intent Deadline: October 31, 2022 |
2022-10-31 |
| 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 9, 2022 Invited Proposal Deadline: March 2023 Letter of Inquiry: May 3, 2023 Invited Proposal Deadline: August 2023 |
2022-11-09 |
| 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 |
2022-11-14 |
| 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; November 15, annually thereafter |
2022-11-15 |
| National Science Foundation and Others | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) | epidemiology, mathematics, quantitative, computation, evolution, disease, transmission |
No restrictions or limits | November 16, 2022 Third Wednesday in November, Annually Thereafter |
2022-11-16 |
| 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 |
2022-11-22 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translatons | editing, translation, humanities, literature, philosphy, history |
no restrictions | Optional Draft Due: September 23, 2022 Deadline: November 30, 2022 |
2022-11-30 |
| 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): |
2022-12-15 |
| 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 | January 08, 2021 - December 31, 2021 SMALL and MEDIUM Proposals June 01, 2022 - June 15, 2022 FRONTIER proposals January 01, 2022 - December 30, 2022 SMALL and MEDIUM Proposals |
2022-12-30 |
| 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 Thereaf |
2023-01-11 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | Digital Humanities Advancement Award | museums, libraries, library, museum, humanities |
No restrictions | 1/14/2022 |
2023-01-12 |
| 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 | January 12, 2023 Second Thursday in January, Annually Thereafter Deadline for direct submissions to Human Networks and Data Science - Core Research (HNDS-R) only. February 02, 2023 First Thursday in February, Annually Thereafter Deadline for HNDS-I proposals only |
2023-01-12 |
| 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 |
2023-01-15 |
| 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 |
2023-01-16 |
| 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 |
2023-01-17 |
| 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 |
2023-01-25 |
| National Science Foundation | Science and Technology Studies (STS) | social science, economic science, technology, societal impacts, history, anthropology, communication studies, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, natural science, physical science, engineering, humanities, medicine, biomedical, biology, machine learning, quantum computers |
Eligibility varies by the type of proposal. See solicitation for details. | February 02, 2023 February 2, Annually Thereafter
August 03, 2023 August 3, Annually Thereafter
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2023-02-02 |
| 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. | February 10, 2020 February 9, Annually Thereafter September 09, 2021 September 9, Annually Thereafter |
2023-02-09 |
| Department of Defense | Minerva Research Initiative | national security policy, social science, socio-economic vulnerability, deterrence in future operating environment, Russian speakers in online spaces, strategic competition, arctic, unformation, defense environment |
no restrictions | White Paper (Strongly Encouraged): October 14, 2022 Full Application Submission: February 9, 2023 |
2023-02-09 |
| National Science Foundation | International Collaboration Supplements in Quantum Information Science and Engineering Research | biological sciences, computer and information science and engineering, human resources, engineering, geosciences, mathematical and physical sciences, social science, behavioral science, economics |
PIs and co-PIs of an active NSF award in quantum information science and engineering. For the purposes of this opportunity, quantum information science and engineering awards are considered those that aim to advance fundamental understanding of uniquely quantum phenomena and harness them to promote information processing, transmission, and measurement in ways that classical approaches do less efficiently, or not at all. | May 1 of each Fiscal Year (October 1 to September 30) |
2023-05-01 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
2023-07-25 |
| 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 27, 2022 and on the fourth Wednesay of July, annually thereafter |
2023-07-26 |
| 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 |
2023-08-15 |
| National Science Foundation | Environmental Convergence Opportunities in Chemical, Bioengineering, Envirionmental, and Transport Systems (ECO-CBET) | 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. Each PI is expected to contribute distinct expertise relevant to the program clusters of the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. Please refer to the Program Description section of this | Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): October 01, 2021 September 19, 2022 September 17, Annually Thereafter Preliminary Proposal Deadline Date Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): February 07, 2022 January 31, 2023 January 31, Annually Thereafter Ful |
2023-09-18 |
| 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 01, 2022 - September 19, 2022 September 1 - September 18, Annually Thereafter |
2023-09-18 |
| National Science Foundation | Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) | engineering, diversity, equity and inclusion, Hispanic-serving institution, HSI, Latino, LGBTQ, disabilities, socio-economic, underserved minorities |
There are no restrictions or limits for BPE Tracks 1-3. For proposers submitting to BPE Track 4 (Centers for Equity in Engineering), 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 LOIs are strongly recommended for Track 4. Full Proposal Target Date(s): January 28, 2022 November 16, 2022 Third Wednesday in November, Annually Thereafter T |
2023-11-15 |
| 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 |
| National Science Foundation | Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) | computer science, information, social behavioral, economics, mathematics, cyber systems, communication, computer networking, electrical engineering, education |
tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position | Proposals Accepted Anytime |
2032-02-28 |
| Department of Energy, ARPA-E | Exploratory Topics | energy technology, engineering, physics, materials, chemical |
U.S. Citizens or permanent residents | Topic A: 11/15/2022 More deadlines to be determined as new topics are released. |
2032-09-19 |
| National Institutes of Health | NOSI: Research on the Impact of Policy Changes and Emerging and Evolving Public Health Crises on NICHD Populations of Interest | health, well-being, neonates, infants, children, adolescents, young adults, pregnant, post-partum, nursing, individuals of reproductive age, individtals with intellectual, developmental, or physics 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)) 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. | Varies based on activity code |
2032-09-19 |