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:
02/02/2026
Who can apply:
Eligibility varies by the type of proposal.  See solicitation for details.
Fields/Areas:
social science, economic science, technology, history, anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, natural science, physical science, engineering, machine learning, 
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:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
07/22/2026
Who can apply:
Early-career faculty. A Principal Investigator may submit only one CAREER proposal per annual competition. 
Fields/Areas:
Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Geosciences, computer sciences, information Science, engineering,  social, economic Sciences, education 
 
 
 
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
Sponsored by:
Department of Defense (DOD) - Naval Research Laboratory
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
Who can apply:
.
Fields/Areas:
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The research conducted at NRL is a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. 
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
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 Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
Ongoing
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