External Funding

OPPORTUNITY: Media Projects

FUNDING AGENCY: NEH

AWARD AMOUNT: $75,000–750,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 25, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production.

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OPPORTUNITY: Media Projects

FUNDING AGENCY: NEH

AWARD AMOUNT: $75,000–750,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 25, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production.

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OPPORTUNITY: Media Projects

FUNDING AGENCY: NEH

AWARD AMOUNT: $75,000–750,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 25, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production.

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OPPORTUNITY: Open Data Framework

FUNDING AGENCY: USDA

AWARD AMOUNT: $923,325

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 26, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of ODF, under assistance listing 10.233, is to build frameworks to create neutral and secure data repositories and cooperatives where producers, universities and nonprofit entities can store and share data in ways that will foster agricultural innovation, support technological progress, profitability, and increase production efficiencies. The program prioritizes frameworks that address farm and ranch profitability, new markets and uses for agricultural products, invasive species, soil health to regenerate long-term productivity, or improving human health through precision nutrient and food quality.

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OPPORTUNITY: Methyl Bromide Transition Program

FUNDING AGENCY: USDA

AWARD AMOUNT: $500,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: June 29, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The primary goal and objective of the Methyl Bromide Transition program is to support the discovery and implementation of practical pest management alternatives to methyl bromide. The MBT program seeks to solve pest problems in key agricultural production and post-harvest management systems, processing facilities, and transport systems for which methyl bromide has been withdrawn or withdrawal is imminent.

NOTE: 100 percent (%) Match Required

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OPPORTUNITY: Grants for Arts Projects

FUNDING AGENCY: NEA

AWARD AMOUNT: $10,000–$100,000

PRELIMINARY APP DEADLINE: July 9, 2026

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 21, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The NEA is committed to supporting excellent arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Activities funded through Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) enable Americans throughout the nation to experience the arts, foster and celebrate America’s artistic heritage and cultural legacy, and benefit from arts education at all stages of life. We also support arts and health programs, including creative arts therapies, that advance the well-being of people and communities. We strongly encourage applications for arts projects that focus on one or more agency funding priorities. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Arts Education, Challenge America, Dance, Design & Our Town, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater & Musical Theater, and Visual & Media Arts.

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OPPORTUNITY: Leveraging Network Infrastructure to Conduct Innovative Research for Women, Children, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Persons with Disabilities (UG3/UH3 – Clinical Trial Optional)

FUNDING AGENCY: NIH

AWARD AMOUNT: $6,250,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 15, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to leverage NICHD clinical research network infrastructure relevant to infants, children, women, including those who are pregnant and lactating, and persons with disabilities to conduct innovative, multisite, investigator-initiated clinical trials and observational studies.

This NOFO’s goals are to conduct and support laboratory research, clinical trials, and studies with people that explore health processes. NICHD researchers examine growth and development, biologic and reproductive functions, behavior patterns, and population dynamics to protect and maintain the health of all people. To examine the impact of disabilities, diseases, and defects on the lives of individuals. With this information, the NICHD hopes to restore, increase, and maximize the capabilities of people affected by disease and injury. To sponsor training programs for scientists, doctors, and researchers to ensure that NICHD research can continue. By training these professionals in the latest research methods and technologies, the NICHD will be able to conduct its research and make health research progress until all children, adults, families, and populations enjoy good health. NICHD’s mission is to lead research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all.

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OPPORTUNITY: Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program: Research Advancement Award

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: $1,400,000

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: July 16, 2026

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 30, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The FY26 DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Research Advancement Award supports use-inspired basic research that builds on preliminary data to advance understanding of diseases and conditions relevant to military and public health. Projects may span a wide range of disciplines and approaches, so long as they address one of the program’s congressionally directed topic areas and aim to generate impactful knowledge with potential to improve patient care or quality of life. This opportunity is intended for investigators seeking to validate or expand promising early findings, with projects ranging from hypothesis-driven studies to the extension of more mature datasets. Awards support collaborative and innovative work with clear relevance to key biomedical challenges. Researchers from diverse fields are encouraged to explore whether their work aligns with the program’s broad thematic areas and strategic goals, particularly where it may have dual-use relevance for military and civilian populations.

NOTE: See NOFO on the link provided for details of priority areas.

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OPPORTUNITY: Accelerating the Pace of Substance Use Research Using Existing Data

FUNDING AGENCY: NIH

AWARD AMOUNT: $500,000–$1,000,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 17, 2026

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Proposals Accepted by 03 December 2026 as well.

DESCRIPTION: NIDA intends to commit $2 million in FY 2026 to award 2-4 applications, with an additional $2 million for 2-4 applications focused on HIV research, in response to this and the companion R21 RFA RFA-DA-26-056. Application budgets are not limited but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years. Abstract: The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to invite applications proposing innovative analysis of existing social science, behavioral, administrative, and neuroimaging data to study the etiology and epidemiology of substance using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, prescription, and other substances) and related disorders, prevention of substance use and HIV, and health service utilization. This NOFO encourages the analyses of public use and other extant community-based or clinical datasets to their full potential in order to increase our knowledge of etiology, trajectories of substance using behaviors and their consequences including morbidity and mortality, risk and resilience in the development of psychopathology, strategies to guide the development, testing, implementation, and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient services for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder and HIV. Primary data collection is not allowed for applications in response to this NOFO.

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OPPORTUNITY: NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER)

FUNDING AGENCY: NSF

AWARD AMOUNT: $3,000,000

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: January 20, 2026

PRELIMINARY APP DEADLINE: March 10, 2025

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 24, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The NSF Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award (TRAILBLAZER) program supports individual investigators who propose novel research projects with the potential to innovatively and creatively address new areas of fundamental or applied research, catalyze development of new industries or capabilities that increase the leadership position for the country, and/or make significant progress towards addressing a national need or grand challenge, particularly in current priority areas including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), bioengineering, quantum engineering, robotics, and nuclear engineering. TRAILBLAZER will support engineers and scientists who leverage their distinctive track record of innovation and creativity to pursue new research directions that are distinct from their previous or current research areas. All funded TRAILBLAZER projects will form an NSF TRAILBLAZER cohort, and principal investigators will be expected to participate in an annual meeting. TRAILBLAZER investigators may also be invited to additional activities.

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OPPORTUNITY: DoD Broad Funding Announcement

FUNDING AGENCY: US Army Medical Research and Acquisitions

AWARD AMOUNT: $140,000–$4,500,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Deadline Varies

DESCRIPTION: The United States Army Research and Material Command has announced several (50+) NOFOs for medical research. Due throughout June and July, these opportunities range in funding amounts from $140,000 to $4,500,000. Topics include Alzheimer’s, Breast Cancer, Lateral Sclerosis, Cancer research, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Hearing Restoration, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Tuberous Sclerosis, Ovarian Cancer, Tick-borne Disesase, Arthritis, Vision Research, Lupus, HIV/AIDS and prevention.

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OPPORTUNITY: Broad Agency Announcement for Extramural Biomedical Research and Development

FUNDING AGENCY: USAMRAA

AWARD AMOUNT: $10,000,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: July 31, 2026

DESCRIPTION: A primary emphasis of the USSOCOM Biomedical, Human Performance, and Canine Research Program is to identify and develop techniques, knowledge products, and materiel (medical devices, drugs, and biologics) for early intervention in life-threatening injuries; prolonged field care (PFC); human performance optimization; canine medicine/performance; brain health; immune response; automation of systematic reviews and metanalysis; and novel post-traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety treatment. Special Operations Forces (SOF) medical personnel place a premium on medical equipment that is small, lightweight, ruggedized, modular, multi-use, and designed for operation in extreme environments. The equipment must be easy to use, require minimum maintenance, and have low power consumption. Drugs and biologics should optimally not require refrigeration or other special handling. All materiel and related techniques must be simple, effective, and easily modified for commercialization. Research projects may apply existing scientific and technical knowledge for which concept and/or patient care efficacy have already been demonstrated to meet SOF requirements. The proposed research must be relevant to active-duty service members, veterans, military beneficiaries, and/or the American public. Relevant research must be responsive to the health care needs of the U.S. Armed Forces, family members of the U. S. Armed Forces, U.S. Veterans, and civilian populations.

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OPPORTUNITY: Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)

FUNDING AGENCY: NSF

AWARD AMOUNT: $20,000–500,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: August 7, 2026

DESCRIPTION: The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales. Contemporary geographical research encompasses diverse research traditions and methodologies. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the HEGS Program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, methodologically rigorous, and generalizable research that advances geographical and geospatial sciences. Because the National Science Foundation’s mandate is to support fundamental scientific research, the HEGS program cannot fund research that takes as its primary goal humanistic interpretations or findings that are not generalizable or reproducible. HEGS welcomes proposals that utilize quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods in novel ways. However, a proposal that applies geographical or geospatial methods to a geographic problem without proposing how that problem provides an opportunity to make a theory-testing or theory-expanding contribution to geographical science, broadly defined, will be returned without review. HEGS supported projects are expected to yield results that will enhance, expand, and transform fundamental geographical theory and geospatial methods and that will have broader impacts that benefit society. Generally, successful HEGS proposals should describe clear and detailed plans for data collection (including sample selection if appropriate), justification for proposed methods, plans for data analysis, attention to confounding variables, and efforts to address biases (e.g., confirmatory biases, selection biases, etc.). Competitive HEGS proposals should substantiate the validity of findings and generalizability to broader contexts.

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OPPORTUNITY: Innovative Approaches to Kidney Cancer Research

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: $120,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: August 21, 2026

DESCRIPTION: Supports highly innovative, untested, potentially groundbreaking concepts in kidney cancer.

NOTE: Letter of intent required before submitting a full application.

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OPPORTUNITY: Innovative Approaches to Kidney Cancer Research

FUNDING AGENCY: DOD

AWARD AMOUNT: $120,000

FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE: August 21, 2026

DESCRIPTION: Supports highly innovative, untested, potentially groundbreaking concepts in kidney cancer.

NOTE: Letter of intent required before submitting a full application.

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