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:
09/29/2025
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:
Department of Energy
Sponsor Deadline:
09/30/2025
Who can apply:
Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as a Principal Investigator (PI) are invited to work with their organizations to develop an application.
Fields/Areas:
Advanced Scientific Computing, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Isotope R&D and Production, Accelerator R&D and Production
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/02/2025
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:
10/03/2025
Who can apply:
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.
Fields/Areas:
translational, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, anesthesiology, peri-operative pain, clinical pharmacology, sepsis, injury and critical illness, inflammation
Sponsored by:
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Sponsor Deadline:
11/19/2025
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
humanities, interdisciplinary, science, social sciences
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
12/05/2025
Who can apply:
Open to all qualified applicants.
Fields/Areas:
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).
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
02/09/2026
Who can apply:
A PI or a co-PI.  Can participate in only one proposal. They may not participate in any role in any other proposal. 
Fields/Areas:
science, engineering, convergence, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary, integration
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
03/02/2026
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits
Fields/Areas:
mathematics, biology, statistics, computation, artificial intelligence, deep learning, genomics, biomathematics, infectious disease, climate change, biological systems, biotechnology
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
03/02/2026
Who can apply:
PIs must be a) at the Associate Professor rank or equivalent and b) at that rank for at least 3 years.
Fields/Areas:
mid-career, established investigator
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
05/18/2026
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:
mental illness, transdisciplinary, clinical and mental health services researchers, behavioral scientists, social scientists, health information and communications technologists, health systems engineers, decision scientists, and mental health stakeholders (e.g., service users, family members, clinicians, payers) to engage in high-impact studies that will significantly advance clinical practice and generate knowledge that will fuel transformation of mental health care in the United States
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
06/01/2026
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.
Fields/Areas:
instrumentation, shared-use, biomedical research, behavioral research
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
06/19/2026
Who can apply:
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. 
Fields/Areas:
computing, computer science, information science, engineering
Sponsored by:
NSF-BSF
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
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. 
Fields/Areas:
Various
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 Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
No restrictions or limits. Proposers are actively encouraged to email a one-page project summary to the ISP Program Officers before submitting a full proposal for guidance on whether the proposed research topic falls within the scope of the ISP program; this guidance should especially be requested for multi-disciplinary research proposals, and proposals for which research and/or development on the subject infrastructure(s) are also supported by other federal and/or state agencies.
Fields/Areas:
physics, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, material sciences, architectural engineering, wireless communication and sensor technology, human factors, hydrologic or environmental 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