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:
08/01/2024
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:
08/15/2024
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 Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
08/19/2024
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. Applicants must meet the definition of an Early Stage Investigator (ESI) at the time of application submission. An ESI is a new investigator (defined as a PD/PI who has not competed successfully for a significant NIH independent resear
Fields/Areas:
bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/05/2024
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
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/09/2024
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. Individuals may submit only one application as a PD/PI. Only single PD/PI applications are allowed. Applications with multiple PD(s)/PI(s) will not be accepted.
Fields/Areas:
individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH.
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/12/2024
Who can apply:
There are no restrictions or limits.
Fields/Areas:
education, STEM, experiential learning, manufacturing, wireless, artificial intelligence, quantum information, semiconductors, microelectronics
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/13/2024
Who can apply:
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:
environment, sustainability, computing, environmental impacts of technology
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/17/2024
Who can apply:
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. 
Fields/Areas:
chemical engineering, chemistry, bioengineering, environment, sustainability, climate change, transport systems
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2024
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:
basic, translational neuroscience, neurological health
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/26/2024
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 Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/30/2024
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 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. 
Fields/Areas:
computer science, computation, information science, engineering
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/03/2024
Who can apply:
Open to all qualified applicants.
Fields/Areas:
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.
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/08/2024
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:
health disparity, health equity, alzheimer's, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, parkinson's, tuberous sclerosis, stroke,