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 Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
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:
environment, sustainability, computing, environmental impacts of technology
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
external communities, technology, society, social science, computer science, information science
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
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:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
No restrictions
Fields/Areas:
populations, species, communities, ecosystem, ecology, marine biome, statistics
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
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)).  Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.  
Fields/Areas:
health, disabilities, public health, epidemics, pandemics, policy
Sponsored by:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
no restrictions
Fields/Areas:
earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics,  sociology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycle, carbon monitoring, data analysis, data science, biodiversity, hydrology
Sponsored by:
Department of Defense (DOD) - Army
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
No restrictions
Fields/Areas:
infectious disease, combat casualty care, military operational medicine, biological defense, chemical defense
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits.
Fields/Areas:
developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, development, structure, modification, function, and evolution of the nervous system, biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes, symbioses and microbial interactions, interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments, plant and animal genomics, and animal behavior
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
See NOFOs referenced in NOSI
Fields/Areas:
diseases and health conditions that predominantly affect women (e.g., autoimmune diseases; depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (ADRD), gender-based-violence), present and progress differently in women (e.g., cardiovascular disease; HIV; reproductive aging and its implications), or are female-specific