The list is arranged according to deadlines in a chronological order (dd.mm). Israeli calls are listed above, following foreign calls.
For assistance please contact: ra-tec@technion.ac.il
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The Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel (MERCI): Support sailing days and use of marine research equipment
המרכז הישראלי לחקר הים התיכון: תמיכת ות”ת בימי שיט ושימוש בציוד מחקר ימי
מטרת תכנית זאת הינה להעניק לחוקרים במוסדות הישראליים מקור מימון ייעודי לימי שיט ולשימוש בציוד מחקר ימי (מעבר למענק המחקר). תכנית זאת מיועדת לקדם את עבודת המחקר הימי הישראלי על ידי מתן תמיכה לפעילות מחקרית ימית הכוללת הפלגות מחקר ושימוש בתשתיות טכנולוגיות/ניסוייות ימיות יקרות באמצעות סבסוד עלויות השימוש בציוד המרכז ובתשתיות ימיות אחרות הקיימות בישראל.
בכדי לעודד איגום ימי ים ושימוש בתשתיות כבדות, תינתן עדיפות להגשות משותפות של בקשות מימון ע”י מספר חוקרים ובעדיפות לחוקרים ממוסדות שונים, שלפחות אחד מהם זכה בקרן תחרותית.
מימון: הסכום הכולל של 1.84 מיליון ₪ יחולק בין מספר זכיות. דרוש מימון משלים (matching) של 20%.
ללא תקורה.
Ministry of Agriculture-Field Crops: Call for Research Proposals Peanut Sector
הנהלת ענף אגוזי האדמה קוראת להגשת הצעות מחקר בתחום בהתאם ליעדי הענף המפורטים בקישור.
לקבלת הטפסים להגשה, נא ליצור קשר עם רשות המחקר
MOST: Israel-France (Maïmonide) Scientific Research Program
RA mandatory submission: 4.3 | MOST submission by 11.3
Joint proposals for applied research projects in any of the following fields:
- Material science and applications: Materials for electronics for new batteries, Biomaterials, Light emitting polymers
- Medicine and medications: Translational research on age-related diseases, Novel tools and technologies for neuroscience, Therapeutic Stem cells
- Environmental protection: Technologies for fuel and microplastic decontamination of oceans, Purification of industrial wastewater
- Engineering and digital: Engineering Mathematics Modelling
Funding: 80,000 Euro (320,000 NIS) for the Israeli side for 3 years (up to 80,000 Euro for the French side).
* One can hold only one international MOST grant at any given time or/and can submit only once per funding year. Please check with us about the eligibility if you intend to apply.
Era-Net (MOH) and Neuron: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Pain
Multinational, collaborative research projects that will address critical translational and clinical questions using interdisciplinary approaches to improve the knowledge about the neuroscience of pain, bearing the potential to improve the lives of the people affected.
Minimum 3 partners eligible for funding from 3 different countries. Up to 5 partners in total.
Funding for the Israeli partner: €140,000 over 3 years.
* A short abstract and budget should be sent to the ministry of Health (MOH) prior to pre-proposal submission. Call us for clarifications and MOH abstract forms (tel. 2152, 1272).
www.neuron-eranet.eu/joint-calls/bio-medical/2025-pain/
www.neuron-eranet.eu/wp-content/uploads/JTC2025_preliminary_announcement_Dec24.pdf
National Inst. for Energy Storage (under the Ministry of Energy): Research Grants on Energy Storage (Preliminary Institutional Proposal)
https://www.trdf.co.il/files/Energy_Storage_updated_call_2025_with Q&A.pdf
Submission to the Research Authority: February 13th, Full Proposal Submission to the Ministry: March 9th
Objective: to develop advanced and practical technologies for energy storage and conversion, including highly efficient rechargeable batteries, hydrogen production systems, and fuel cells, with a focus on low cost, durability, and material availability. Proposals for applied research are invited, with preference given to those involving inter-institutional collaboration, in the following areas:
- Development of materials and technologies for energy conversion and storage.
- Enhancing technological readiness to enable industrial scaling and support energy industry development.
Proposal Requirements: Each proposal must have a Principal Investigator (PI) from their institution. Additional co-investigators from other institutions may be included. Each researcher may participate in up to 2 proposals: one as PI and one as a co-PI.
Budget: 256,400K NIS per year, for of up to 3 years (7.5% overhead included).
Internal Technion Submission Process: As each institution is limited to two proposals, the Technion will conduct an internal selection process as follows:
Preliminary proposals (4 pages +CV(s)) should be submitted by February 13th to ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il according to the following structure:
- Title, PI and co-PI names, and affiliations
- Research objectives and specific aims
- Description of the proposed research
- Significance, innovation, and potential benefits
- Applicability
- Budget: For each PI and co-PI – total requested.
- Bibliography
All the above is limited to 4 pages. In addition, include CVs with relevant publications (up to 2 pages) for each PI and co-PI. All documents should be submitted in a single PDF file.
https://www.trdf.co.il/files/Energy_Storage_updated_call_2025_with Q&A.pdf
Ministry of Defense / MAFA’T and Medical Corps: Military Medicine – Pre-proposals
משרד הביטחון/מפא”ת וחיל הרפואה: קדם הצעות למחקר ברפואה צבאית 2025
יש לעדכן את רשות המחקר על כוונה להגיש ונושא מחקר (ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il)
לקבלת טופס הצעה אנא פנו אלינו, יש לשים לב בטרם הגשה להגבלות של מפא”ת בנושא קניין רוחני.
מחקרים אשר יתרמו קידום התשתית המדעית/מחקרית של הרפואה הצבאית. תינתן עדיפות ליעדי המחקר ווקטורי המחקר המעודכנים ברפואה הצבאית, למחקרים, שתוצריהם הנם
בעלי פוטנציאל השפעה ישירה על הצלת חיים בשדה הקרב וקידום השרידות, מחקרים בשיפור תפקוד החייל והחיילת (גופניים וקוגניטיביים), מניעת תחלואה, רפואת שגרה, תפקוד הלוחמות ומחקרים תשתיתיים עתידניים ארוכי טווח.
עדיפות מצד חיל הרפואה תינתן להצעות מחקר עם שותף צבאי רלוונטי.
אנא שימו לב כי נושאי שיקום פיזי ומנטלי וחוסן נפשי יטופלו במסגרת אחרת (יצא קול קורא נפרד).
מימון: 100-150 אלף ש”ח (כולל מע”מ) ל- 12-18 חודשים, עם אפשרות להארכה והגדלת התקציב.
Era-Net (MOH): EP PerMed – Fast Track Validation Programme
Address a critical bottleneck in the development of PM solutions: the validation phase. Seeks to give support to overcome validation challenges by providing a structured, accelerated pathway for PM innovators to validate their solutions.
For researchers and entrepreneurs with a product or service in personalized medicine that is not in the commercialization stage, but at least at TRL 3.
Allow access to validation centers: live laboratories, databases, innovation centers, hospitals, and more.
Funding: up to 80K EUR for 6 months (min 70% of budget to validation services)
https://www.eppermed.eu/wp-content/uploads/24-12-10_Fast-Track-Call_Final.pdf
https://www.eppermed.eu/funding-projects/calls/fast-track-call/
Information webinar: January 21, 12:00-13:00, for registration:
Q&A meeting: March 4, 12:00: https://shorturl.at/XGuAP
The EP PerMed offers a Venture Creation program (not funded), a hands-on learning program for entrepreneurs in the field of personalized medicine. For more details:
https://www.eppermed.eu/wp-content/uploads/Venture-Creator-Call.pdf
Venture Creator – European Partnership for Personalised Medicine – EP PerMed
Ministry of Defense/ MAFAT – CTO office: call for proposals in sensory enhancement
משרד הביטחון/מפא”ת – מחלקת CTO: קול קורא בהעצמה חושית
יש לעדכן את רשות המחקר על כוונה להגיש ונושא מחקר (ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il)
מטרת הקול הקורא היא לאפשר למפא”ת להיחשף למידע, יוזמות, חברות, חוקרים ומחקרים בתחומים המאפשרים את העצמת החושים האנושיים. מידע מתאים עשוי לזכות בהזדמנות לשיתוף פעולה עם הגורמים הרלוונטיים במפא”ת.
תחומי עניין :
הרחבת ספקטרום החישה האנושית :
· מערכות לקליטת ותרגום אותות ומידע, למשל בעזרת עדשות, אוזניות או צמיד, מעבר לטווח הראייה (למשל ספקטרום, תחום דינמי), השמיעה והמגע האנושיים
המאפשרות התממשקות למערכות פיזיולוגיות (עיניים, אוזניים, עור וכדומה).
· פתרונות לבישים, מושתלים (זעיר פולשני) או סביבתיים המתממשקים לאיברי החישה או למערכות הפיזיולוגיות, לצורך שיפור והעצמת יכולות החישה האנושית.
הפתרונות אינם כוללים ממשקי מח מכונה המתמקדים בפעילות המוחית הישירה (כגוןEEG ) אלא
פתרונות המתמקדים באופן ישיר במערכת הראיה, השמיעה, המישוש וכדומה.
תקשורת בתנאי רעש :
· טכנולוגיות מתקדמות להעברת מסרים בתנאי רעש תוך שמירה על מודעות סביבתית (בתנאי קרב, רעש מנועים, ירי).
· מערכות לזיהוי, תמלול ופיקוד קולי בתנאי רעש.
תקשורת חושית מתקדמת :
· פיתוח שיטות להעברת מסרים ללא שימוש בשפה מדוברת או כתובה, תוך ניצול מערכות החישה בגוף האדם .
· פיתוח שיטות לחישה סביבתית של מרקמים, טמפרטורה, לחץ, תאוצה וכדומה.
· פיתוח מתמרים המתממשקים למערכות הגוף .
· חישה דרך ממשקים. למשל חישה והפעלת אמצעים דרך כפפות, חליפת צוללן, הפעלה מרחוק של כלים.
חישת כוונות או תחושות :
· חישה או שערוך כוונות מפעיל להפעלה צפויה. למשל, רחפן הפועל בהתאם להתנהגות המפעיל.
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP): Research Grants in Basic Biology – Competitive LOI
*Please contact the Research Authority if planning to submit.
**Registration and obtaining reference number 18.3, LOI due 27.3
HFSP supports international collaborations in fundamental Life Sciences research with emphasis on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Preliminary results are not required.
Research Grants – Program: to teams of independent researchers at any stage of their careers. The research team is expected to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged.
Early Career: all members must be within 5 years of obtaining an independent position and must have obtained their first doctoral degree (PhD, MD or equivalent) no longer than 10 years before the deadline for submission of the Letter of Intent. They must be in a position to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research.
Funding: Grants provide 3 years support.
Awards are dependent upon team size (for instance 2-member teams will receive 300 000 USD and 4-member teams 500 000 USD per year.
The principal applicant must be located in one of the member countries [Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus (EU part), the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America..]. Co-investigators may be in any country, with at least one in a country other than the PA. The number of team members should normally be 2 – 4.
Instruct-ERIC Pilot R&D Project call 2025 (Structural Biology)
Through this call, Instruct allocates funds to support up to four small pilot research and development projects in any area of structural biology up to a maximum of €15,000 per project. Projects should propose research which is preliminary in nature with an expectation of collecting data that may be included in support of an application for more substantial funding through conventional routes. The proposal is required to contain aspects of technology and/or software development within integrated structural biology to be considered for the award. All proposals must include the use of technologies available at Instruct Centres or develop technologies that will benefit the aims of Instruct. This call is specifically aimed at early career researchers as defined in the EU ERC Starting Grant programme. The ERC eligibility criteria comprise researchers with two to seven years of experience since completion of their PhD as well as a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.
If planning to submit, please update the RA.
https://instruct-eric.org/submit-call/instruct-eric-pilot-rd-project-call-2025
AgroServ Transnational/Virtual Access Programme
AgroServ offers free access to over 140 research services across 11 European research infrastructures, including Euro-BioImaging. The program supports interdisciplinary agroecology research projects aimed at developing sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.
Benefits: Free access to services, reimbursement for travel and accommodation, on-site support, and knowledge transfer.
More Information: AgroServ Application Procedure
Projects must integrate services from at least two different Research Infrastructures
If planning to submit, please update the RA
GIF (German Israeli Foundation): STEM: Quantum Computing / The Future of Democracy and Social Inequities – Pre-proposals
Submission to Research Authority: March 24, Submission to GIF: March 31
1.STEM: “Quantum Computing” (pure and applied mathematics as well as computer science and theoretical physics). To advance the foundations of quantum computing and quantum information sciences. Proposals should clearly articulate how the research will deepen the mathematical and computational understanding of quantum systems, contribute to fundamental knowledge, or explore new computational paradigms.
- Social Sciences and Humanities: “The Future of Democracy and Social Inequities”(in particular in the fields of Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, History and other field of Humanities). Proposals that analyze the relationship between (different kinds of) inequity and democracy, social movements (and their demographic characteristics) referring to these issues, the processes as well as the public discourses and images related to them.
Funding tracks:
* Collaborative track (at least 1 PI from both Israel and Germany): Up to €300K over 2 years (in total for all partners).
* Solo track for young investigators (up to 8 years after PhD): Up to €25K for one year
Niedersachsen-Israel Research Cooperation – Life Sciences and Medicine
Collaborative research projects with Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, Germany) region (including Hannover, Göttingen, Braunschweig, Osnabrück, Oldenburg…).
Funding: up to €500K for up to 4 years (no overhead).
https://zukunft.niedersachsen.de/en/funding-offers/research-cooperation-lower-saxony-israel/
NDS Research institutions: https://www.lower-saxony.de/education_and_science/research/institutions/-99274.html
BSF: Climate Solutions in Memory of Prof. Anton Post (pre-proposals)
Submission to Research Authority: by March 30, Final Submission by all authorities to BSF: By April 2
Aim: cross-disciplinary proposals that advance climate solutions’ conceptualization, development and/or implementation. The new initiative focuses on how aspects of climate related processes can be offset by novel technologies, regulations, policy etc. Preproposals that do not describe collaboration across at least two major disciplines will be returned without review.
This call for preproposals is inclusive of all programs that are eligible for BSF funding and does not invite studies that address topics of agricultural interest.
Funding: maximum of $150K per project per year (up to $600,000 per project).
https://www.bsf.org.il/funding-opportunities/new-program/about/
NSF-BSF programs
Israeli researchers can join research proposals submitted by US PI(s) to the NSF, in the programs listed below. Two applications per calendar year (Oct 1 – Sept 30) are permitted.
The Israeli budget is funded by the BSF as follows: up to $95K/yr for experimental studies and $75K/yr for theoretical and computer-based studies.
Pay attention to the application deadlines. While many programs are open all year long, some still have specific time limits.
Details on all NSF-BSF programs: www.bsf.org.il/funding-opportunities/nsf-bsf-joint-research-grants/the-programs/
- Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences – Various Dates
- Sociology – Open All Year
- Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) – Open All Year
- Integrative and Organismal Systems (IOS) – Open All Year
- Environmental Biology (DEB-Core) – Open All Year
- Biological Infrastructure (DBI) – Open All Year
- Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) – Open All Year
- Computer Networks and Systems (CNS) – Open All Year
- Information and Intelligence Systems (IIS) – Open All Year
- Cyber Security and Privacy – Open All Year – In any case, Israeli PIs will consult with Ms. Yael Dressler in the BSF office (yael@bsf.org.il) regarding their project description and budget request before advancing the preparation and submission of their proposal.
- Foundational Research in Robotics – Open All Year
- Computational and Data-enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) – Open All Year
- Chemistry (CHE) – Various Dates
- Materials (DMR) – Open All Year
- Mathematics – Various Dates
- Mathematical and Scientific Foundations of Deep Learning – Various Dates
- Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) – Feb 04, 2025
- Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) – Open All Year
- Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) – Open All Year
- Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) – Open All Year
- Earth Sciences (GEO) – Open All Year
- Atmospheric and Geospace Sci. – Open All Year
- Marine Oceanography – Open All Year
- EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) – Open All Year
NEH-BSF programs: Collaborative Initiative to Enhance Research in the Humanities
Award is up to $25,000 or Convening up to $50,000. For programs in which the maximum award amount allowed by the NEH is less than $50,000 per year, the request to the BSF cannot exceed the maximum award amount per year.
https://www.bsf.org.il/funding-opportunities/neh-bsf-research-grants/about/
This partnership provides a unique opportunity for joint research projects between U.S. and Israeli scholars across several NEH programs, including:
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Sep 04, 2025
Research and Development: May 20, 2025
Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research: Sep 24, 2025
Collaborative Research November 19, 2025
ICL (Israeli Chemicals Ltd): ICL Open Innovation (Crop Nutrition and Applied Agronomy)
ICL is looking to fund research projects in the following domains:
Crop Nutrition:
- Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers
- Biostimulants
- Biodegradable CRF Coating
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Organic Fertilizers
- Secondary nutrients
- Delivery Platform
- Ammonia synthesis
- Increased P-availability
Applied Agronomy
- Efficient fertilizers application
- Regenerative Agriculture practical methods
- Water use efficiency practical methods
- Nutrient balance (plant, soil, water, atmosphere) sensing/analysis
- GHG emissions sensing/analysis
- Soil microbiome sensing/analysis
- Soil/groundwater contamination sensing/analysis
- Yield estimation by remote sensing
- Plant nutrition’s DSS
Funding: The budget for the selected proposals will be negotiated with ICL
For further details, please contact Adi Perelman Adi.Perelman@icl-group.com
Foreign
The UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA): Open Call for Innovation
A continuous funding opportunity for innovative ideas that address UK defence and security challenges. It allows participants to submit proposals at any time, outside of specific themed competitions.
Submission Categories:
- Defence Rapid Impact: Funds technology at TRL 6-7, aiming for real-world demonstration within three years. Typical funding is £100K – £250K.
Defence Rapid Impact – FY24/25 Cycle 4
- Innovation Focus Areas (IFAs): IFA042 – Unlocking the true potential of Test and Evaluation for Defence
This fund asked MOD to propose ideas that explore, and adopt new ways of thinking about, conducting and exploiting T&E.
To find out more about this IFA please follow this link
International Institute for Nanotechnology: The Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine
Kabiller Prize
Recognizes individuals who have made a significant, career-long impact in the field of nanotechnology applied to medicine and biology. It is the world’s largest monetary award for outstanding achievement in the field.
Funding: $250K
Kabiller Young Investigator Award
Recognizes individuals who have made groundbreaking discoveries within the last few years in the same area that have the potential to make a lasting impact.
Funding: $10K
The Kabiller Rising Star Award
Presented to talented, early-career faculty scientists in recognition of the exceptional potential of their contributions to nanoscience.
Funding: $3K
https://www.iinano.org/education/kabillerprize/
DARPA: Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) – MTO Office-wide Broad Agency Announcement (HR001124S0028 BAA)
Abstracts will be accepted on a rolling until deadline
Adaptability | Algorithms | Artificial Intelligence | Cognitive Science | EW | Microsystems | Processing
The Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) at DARPA regularly publishes BAAs requesting responses to specific program topics. This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being addressed by ongoing MTO programs or other published solicitations. As MTO evolves to address future microsystems-related challenges in this unprecedented era of advancement, the office is establishing a beyond-the-headlights strategy that focuses on three nascent thrusts, each focused on addressing key challenges towards its mission to dominate the microsystems ecology militarily and economically:
– Scientific Disruption;
o Quantum circuits
o Biological circuits
o Photonic circuits
– Microsystems manufacturing ecosystem; and
o Data-starved fabrication and integration process predictions
o Frameworks to accelerate electromagnetic microsystem discovery
o High density cryogenic-to-room-temperature interconnects
o Miniaturized 3D heterogeneously integrated cryogenic cooling
o Real-time closed-loop manufacturing of new materials
o Self-updating programmable assembly tools
– Dual use by design;
o Black-box model-based risk assessment frameworks
o Commercially relevant tool development challenge problems
o Customizable template application specific integrated circuits
o Electromagnetic spectrum interaction strategic emulators
o High-accuracy long range passive ranging
o High-efficiency waste heat electricity generation at the microsystem
o Low size, weight, and power passive navigation
o Plasmonic sub-terahertz amplifiers
o Tunable emissivity materials
Prostate Cancer Foundation: 2025 PCF Young Investigator Awards
To fund research addressing unmet medical needs in the diagnosis and treatment of potentially lethal prostate cancer. Applicants may be working in basic, translational, computational or clinical research and need not be trained specifically in prostate cancer research to be highly competitive. However, successful applicants should be working in an academic research environment capable of supporting transformational prostate cancer research. Access to and real-time interaction with a clinical environment and translational prostate cancer physician-scientists is highly desired.
Funding: $75 per year for 3 years
https://www.trdf.co.il/files/RFA_2025-Young-Investigator-Award.pdf
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and Foundation Medicine: Collaborative Genomics Research
To solicit collaborative research ideas focused on the intersection of genomic testing and routine practice in the care of patients with advanced prostate cancer.
No financial support will be provided to investigators for awarded projects. Project awardees will be paired with a Foundation Medicine data scientist and receive indirect access to the CGDB database to collaboratively evaluate research hypotheses with the goal of producing high-impact conference abstracts and peer-reviewed publications that provide tangible insights to improve the care of patients with prostate cancer.
https://www.foundationmedicine.com/proposals-advance-prostate-cancer-research-precision-medicine
Harry Otten Prize: Innovation in Meteorology 2024 – 2025
The prize will recognize practical ideas that will enable a clearly innovative contribution of meteorology to society, and that are not already being developed elsewhere.
Funding: 25K EUR
https://www.harry-otten-prize.org/
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the Lustgarten Foundation, and The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research: Early Detection Award – LOI
To advance the understanding of the origins and risk stratification of recalcitrant cancers and accelerate the development of technological and methodological innovation in early cancer detection and interception. Eligible Cancer Types:
– Pancreatic cancer
– Hepatobiliary cancers (hepatocellular carcinoma, gallbladder and bile duct cancers, cholangiocarcinoma)
– Ovarian cancer
– Glioblastoma
– Upper GI cancers (esophageal, gastric cancer)
– Cancers resulting from hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes
Funding: up to $2M for 2 years, 2-4 investigators per project
Fanconi Anemia Research Fund: Research Grants
Funds interdisciplinary and translational research efforts that will lead to rapid discovery and development of therapies or strategies that treat, control, or cure Fanconi Anemia (FA). Proposals must address one or more of our research priorities:
- (Top Priority) To define the pathogenesis of Fanconi associated cancers, and to develop strategies for prevention, early detection, treatment, and cure.
- Novel Therapies: To develop ex vivo and in vivo gene therapy and gene editing technologies for FA.
- Bone Marrow Failure: To identify factors predictive of bone marrow failure, myelodysplastic syndrome, and leukemia, and associated treatment for high-risk populations.
- Manifestations of FA: To understand, prevent, and treat systemic, inflammatory, and aging manifestations of FA, including but not limited to: FA Neurological Syndrome (FANS), endocrine and fertility issues.
- Quality of Life: To identify practical and proactive management strategies that families and persons with FA can use to develop and maintain a high quality of life.
- Data Analytics: To use data analytics to identify biomarkers, hypotheses, risk predictions, and treatment for FA.
- Resource Sharing: To develop shared research resources and systems for allocation (i.e., tissue samples, cell lines, model systems, and data).
Funding: $25,000 – $250,000 over 1-2 years
Brain Tumor Charity: Expanding Theories Awards
This scheme supports pilot studies that explore and develop novel concepts that may eventually lead to significant improvements in clinical outcomes, including quality of life, for people with brain tumors. Also welcome proposals that explore innovative approaches that could fundamentally change our understanding, diagnosis, and/or management of brain tumours.
Please note that this award is open to international researchers, but applications including a UK collaborator will be looked on favorably.
Funding: up to £75K per year, for up to 2 years
https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/funding-for-brain-tumour-researchers/research-grants/expanding-theories/
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) – Genmab Cancer Immunotherapy in Hematologic Malignancies: DLBCL, FL, and CLL Translational Fellowship – Competitive LOI
Supports early career researches with a vested interest in furthering cancer immunotherapy research and translational immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of DLBCL, FL, and CLL.
Please note: for applicants prior to obtaining a tenure track faculty position, no more than four years from completing postdoctoral training. Mentoring required.
Funding: $100K for 1 year
https://sitcancer.org/professional-development/fellowships/fellowships-2025/
UAE National Center of Meteorology: Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) – Pre-Proposal
Research / technology proposals that advance the field of rain enhancement, particularly in arid regions. The program is built on the following pillars: • Managed Grant Assistance: Technical oversight and evaluation • International Collaboration: Industry-government-academia • Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer • Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation. For the UAEREP’s 6th Cycle, the program will focus on five Strategic Elements / Thrust Areas:
- Optimized Seeding Materials
- Novel Cloud Formation and/or Rain Enhancement Systems
- Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Limited-Area Climate Interventions
- Advanced Models, Software, and Data
Awards may contribute to more than one Thrust Area. In particular, integration of results across Thrust Areas is a desirable feature, especially as progress is made toward operational readiness (e.g. from Fundamental Research to Technology Development, or from Prototype to System Demonstration and Validation). Involvement of the UAE research community is strongly encouraged.
Funding: up to $1.5 Million over 3 years. Up to three awards are expected
https://www.uaerep.ae/section/outreach/applicants/solicitation?nID=2028&locale=en#breadcrumb
https://assets.ncm.gov.ae/resources/uaerep-web/uaerep-program-solicitation-c6-en.pdf
Novo Nordisk Foundation – Denmark: Pioneer / Distinguished Innovator Grant: “Sustainability & Health”
The following programs require a Danish or Scandinavian PI while additional PIs may be from other countries. Check the specific requirements. – Pioneer: Accelerate the commercialization of research findings and the development of novel technologies within sustainability or health.
Funding: DKK 1.1M ($150K), for one year.
– Distinguished: For senior faculty members or researchers with a proven track record within innovation. Main PI from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden.
Funding: DKK 6.8M ($950K), for 3 years.
https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/grant/distinguished-innovator-grant/
MTF Biologics: Innovation in Allografts Translational Research Grants – competitive LOI
Translational and clinical research to advance allograft tissue transplantation science and patient care. Projects must utilize allografts or allograft-derived materials and must have a strong clinical translation component.
Junior Investigator – qualified junior investigators who have not previously received a major grant award, funding: $75K for 1 year
Established Investigator – qualified experienced investigators who have previously received a major grant award, funding: $225K for 3 years
https://www.mtfbiologics.org/who-we-serve/donors-community/researchers
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO): Lab sustainability award
The Award will recognize new and significant contributions to the development of sustainable wet and dry labs with a focus on their environmental impact.
Applications are evaluated using the following criteria:
Direct and indirect longitudinal impact of the project on the environment, institutional culture and community, including opportunities for expansion and scale-up
Diversity of stakeholder groups involved in or affected by the project
Creative and visionary thinking that offers new perspectives with a particular sensitivity to the systemic aspects of the topic.
The award winner will have the opportunity to present their initiative or project at scientific events and will be supported with a grant of 10,000 euros.
www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/embo-lab-sustainability-award
GenScript Life Science: Research Grant Program
(more deadlines on June 15, Sep 15, Nov 15)
Supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas, including but not limited to those indicated below. This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services.
Funding: $100K for up to 12 months
https://www.genscript.com/grantprogram.html
Society for Orthopaedic Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS): UEFA Medical Research Grant Program
A specific grant programme designed for academics working on medical and health-related research in football.
Funding: up to €30K, 1 year, for general health and up to €30K for research relating to the health of female football players
https://gots.org/uefa-medical-research-grant-programme/
Ethereum Foundation: Academic Grants Program
Initiative dedicated to advancing cutting-edge academic research that strengthens and expands the Ethereum ecosystem.
Welcome proposals across a wide range of disciplines, including (detailed list):
- Economics & Game Theory
- Theoretical and Applied Cryptography
- Consensus and Protocol Design
- Networking & P2P
- Client Engineering
- Security
- Formal Verification
- Humanities
This grant round has $2M in total available funds for projects to take between 6 to 12 months. Applications are selected for funding on a case-by-case basis. More than one application may be submitted as long as each proposal is unique and meets the requirements and goals of this round.
Please note: research output must be open-access with a free and permissive license.
Contact us if you are interested to apply.
Academic Grants Round | Ethereum Foundation ESP
Saving tiny Hearts Society: Congenital heart defects (CHD’s)
Funds early-stage science with unique hypotheses fostering the next generation of congenital heart defect and related pediatric heart disease research, thus, creating a strong foundation of preliminary evidence to make scientific advancements. Encourages research to determine hidden causes and discover cures to prolong, improve and save the lives of all children afflicted with CHDs and related pediatric heart diseases. Proposals can be basic science, translational, or clinical in nature. Proposals focused on the impact of COVID-19 are also invited.
Funding: up to $100,000 for one year.
Organization for Autism Research (OAR): Applied Research Competition – LOI
Studies that expand the body of knowledge related to autism intervention and treatment, produce practical and objective results, have the potential to positively affect public policy, and provide outcomes that offer to enhance quality of life for persons with autism and their families. While applicants are free to submit on any relevant area of research or intervention, this year, OAR has placed special emphasis on the following areas:
* Community-Based Assessment and Intervention
* Community-Engaged Research
* Community Living and Supports
* Gender, Reproductive, and Sexual Health
* Improving Access to and Effectiveness of Existing Systems and Services
* Intersectionality, Equity and Diversity
* Mid-life and Older Adults
* Physical Health and Mental Health
Funding: Up to $50,000 over one to two years.
The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation: Neuroendocrine cancer research grants – Competitive LOI’s
Projects that bring together investigators from diverse scientific disciplines are highly encouraged.
Accelerator Awards
To fund groundbreaking projects with the potential for transformative advancements in neuroendocrine cancer research and treatment. We seek proposals that push the boundaries of innovation, fostering synergistic collaboration across diverse scientific disciplines.
Funding: $800 for 4 years($200K/year)
https://netrf.org/for-researchers/about/funding-for-researchers/accelerator/
Investigator Awards
Seeks investigators and teams of investigators from around the world to study neuroendocrine cancers in new ways. Supports transformative basic, translational, and clinical research studies that address critical questions to advance our understanding of tumor biology, address roadblocks to therapeutic development, and/or exploit innovative technologies or strategies.
Funding: $270 for 2 years
https://netrf.org/for-researchers/about/funding-for-researchers/investigator/
Pilot Award
Designed for pilot/feasibility studies.
Funding: $90 for 1 year (No overhead)
https://netrf.org/for-researchers/about/funding-for-researchers/pilot/
Thrasher Research Fund: Early Career Awards in Pediatrics – Concept Paper
The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants for clinical, hypothesis-driven research that offers substantial promise for meaningful advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children’s diseases, particularly research that offers broad-based applications.
Funding: up to $25K for 2 years.
Eligibility: 1. Physicians who are in a residency/fellowship training program, or who completed that program no more than one year before the Concept Paper deadline. 2. Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than 3 years before the Concept Paper deadline.
Pfizer: Integrin beta-6 (IB6) Sigvotatug Vedotin (SV) Translational and Pre-Clinical Research
To support non-interventional Investigator Sponsored Research projects that will advance the understanding of IB6 patterns of expression and clinical outcomes in NSCLC or explore sigvotatug vedotin’s preclinical activity.
Funding: $200K for 18 months
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) Initiative: ASAP Collaborative Research Network (LOI)
Invites collaborative teams to apply for the ASAP Collaborative Research Network (CRN). This international, multidisciplinary network focuses on advancing Parkinson’s disease (PD) research.
Current Call: Scientific Track
Seeking proposals on PD heterogeneity within one of six focus areas:
- Aging & PD
- Co-pathologies
- Environmental risk factors
- Circuit biology (non-motor symptoms)
- Clearance mechanisms
- Seeding in α-synuclein assays
Eligibility & Funding
- Teams:3–5 PIs (incl. one early-career), from 2–5 institutions
- Funding:$3M/year for 3 years
Ovarian Cancer research fund alliance: Various Opportunities – LOI
Collaborative Research Development Grant: ovarian cancer research that may involve several investigators. Interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.
Funding: $300,000 annually for 3 years
Collaborative Research Development Grant – Microsoft AI for Health
OCRA is partnering with Microsoft AI for Health, which offers access to advanced Microsoft Azure cloud computing and collaboration with data science experts for researchers working on challenges in the area of health, including ovarian cancer. Investigators funded through this grant opportunity have access to support from Microsoft in the form of Azure computing credits, and in-kind data science support.
Funding: $300,000 annually for 3 years
Early Career Award: junior faculty with a strong commitment to an investigative career in the field of ovarian cancer research.
Funding: $150,000 per year for 3 years
Mentored Investigator Award: provides funding for trainees who are working under the supervision of a mentor who is a recognized leader in the field of ovarian cancer research, or relevant area.
Funding: $100,000 to be used over 1 or 2 years
https://ocrahope.org/research/for-grantees/current-programs/
https://ocrahope.org/research/information-for-researchers/grant-programs/
https://ocrahope.org/research/information-for-researchers/apply-for-a-grant/
Worldwide Cancer Research Foundation (formerly AICR): Research Projects
Supports fundamental or translational research into the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of cancer.
Welcomes research projects with a strong scientific hypothesis that draws on epidemiological, behavioural and clinical data to provide a starting point for a new avenue of research (any type of cancer)
Only the first 500 applications submitted will be accepted by the foundation.
Funding: up to £275K over 1-3 years. (No overhead. Non-profit)
Emory Max Cooper Prize in Immunology
For outstanding research contributions to the field at the fundamental and/or translational level.
Funding: $100K prize money and the Emory Max Cooper Prize in Immunology Medal.
https://med.emory.edu/research/research-innovation/max-cooper-prize.html
U.S. Air Force (AFOSR): Research Interests of the Air Force – Engineering, Complex systems, Information and networks, Chemistry, Physical, Biological sciences (FA9550-23-S-0001)
(Open on an ongoing basis until superseded)
AFOSR is looking for new basic research ideas and is open to considering any unique and revolutionary concepts (pre-coordination is strongly encouraged).
Funding ranges are $100-300K per year for 3 to 5 years.
ENGINEERING AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS
- Dynamic Materials and Interactions
- GHz-THz Electronics
- Energy, Combustion and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
- Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows
- High-Speed Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Composite Materials
- Multiscale Structural Mechanics and prognosis
- Propulsion and Power
- Agile Science for Test and Evaluation
INFORMATION AND NETWORKS
- Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence
- Computational Mathematics
- Dynamical Systems and Control Theory
- Dynamic Data and Information Processing
- Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
- Mathematical Optimization
- Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion
- Trust and Influence
- Complex Networks
- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Electromagnetics
- Optoelectronics and Photonics
- High Energy Radiation Matter Systems
- Quantum Information Sciences
- Physics of Sensing
- Space Science
- Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Astrodynamics
CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL
- Biophysics
- Human Performance and Biosystems
- Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems
- Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry
- Natural Materials and Systems
- Organic Materials Chemistry
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO): Young Investigator Programme – pre-application
Applicants must have been an independent group leader for at least one year and for less than 4 years at the pre-application deadline (having started no earlier than 1.4.21 and no later than 1.4.24), for the application round 2025. EMBO Young Investigators receive a financial award of 15K EU in their 2nd year. They can also apply for additional small grants of up to 10K EU per year. Networking is a key aspect of the programme, and Young Investigators benefit from extensive practical support.
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/young-investigator-programme
LEO Foundation: Research Grants in Dermatology – open competition (round 2)
With the Research Grants in open competition program, the LEO Foundation aims to support the best dermatology research projects worldwide, within basic, translational, technical, epidemiological, or clinical research. We welcome applications for research projects that improve the understanding of skin biology, as well as the underlying medicinal, biological, chemical, or pharmacological mechanisms of dermatological diseases and their symptoms. We also welcome applications that address clinical issues among people who are at risk of developing, or have developed, a skin disease, including how it impacts their quality of life, and the societal costs involved.
Funding: up to 4 Million DKK (~$560K) for 1-3 years.
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards/research-grants
LEO Foundation Award in Dermatology – Region EMEA
The LEO Foundation Awards recognize outstanding young researchers (30-40 years of age) and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases. A LEO Foundation Award is worth USD 100,000.
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards/research-grants
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Multiple Principal Investigator Clinical Award – LOI
Provide support for multi-investigator-initiated clinical research projects to test new hypotheses and/or new methods (pilot and feasibility) or to advance established results with the potential to address diagnosis, treatment, management of disease or symptoms, or the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis using clinical (observational/interventional), translational, or epidemiologic study approaches.
Funding: up to $200K per year for up to 3 years
Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID): Discovery Research Grant – Preliminary application
Support projects that will generate knowledge to underpin the discovery of treatments for hearing loss or tinnitus or improve how treatments are developed and tested. We also fund research to improve current treatments for hearing loss, such as medical devices like hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Funding: Up to £225K in total for 3 years (not exceed £75,000 in one year).
https://rnid.org.uk/hearing-research/im-a-researcher-looking-for-funding/discovery-research-grant/
Wellcome Trust: Discovery Awards
This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
Lead Applicant must be based in the UK, Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle- income country.
Funding: The average size of a Discovery Award is £3.5 million for up to 8 years
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Ocular Melanoma Foundation: Miriam Counts Innovation and Discovery Grants
Seeks to stimulate creative approaches to translate basic research into new treatment options for ocular/uveal melanoma.
Funding: $50K for 1 year (No overhead)
Advanced Research and Innovation Agency (ARIA): Programmable Plants – opportunity seeds
Can we program plants to remove more CO2, improve food security, and deliver medicines to those in need?
Please note that primary focus is on funding those who are based in the UK. Partnerships with a UK based organization is allowed / projects that will primarily take place outside of the UK can be funded, if are unique/compelling.
Funding: from £10k up to £500k per up to 3 years
https://aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/programmable-plants/programmable-plants
Nature Awards Inspiring Women in Science
To celebrate and support the achievements of women in science and those who inspire the next generation of female scientists around the world.
Applicants must hold a non-tenured position, with PhD degree, MD, or other type of doctorate by dissertation obtained after 31 December 2015.
Funding: $50K, the award also includes coverage on nature.com, and mentoring opportunities through The Estée Lauder Companies.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/inspiringwomeninscience/index.html
Spencer Foundation: Small Research Grants on Education
Supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
Funding: up to $50K for 1-5 years (Non profit, No overhead)
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant
Rosetrees: Seedcorn awards
To pump-prime early stage research to generate preliminary data that can be put towards future funding proposals. For innovative and novel ideas related to prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of human diseases. Can be used in UK Universities and Research Institutes or research in other countries (e.g. fieldwork for studies of infectious disease) but the grants have to be administered and disbursed by a UK University or Institution.
Funding: £20K over 12 months for preclinical studies and over 18 months for clinical studies.
https://rosetrees.org.uk/seedcorn-awards/
UNESCO: Al Fozan International – call for nominations
For the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) to address global challenges aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Prize recognizes young scientists whose work contributes to global socio-economic progress and encourages greater interest in science, particularly among women and girls, to foster gender equality and promote scientific careers.
Funding: $50K prize
The Panmure House Prize: relationship between long-term thinking and radical innovation
Awarded to emerging leaders in academia and enables research that embodies Adam Smith’s own approach to rigorous empiricism and long-term, inter-disciplinary thinking and radical innovation. Interested in those whose research looks at long-term funding of innovation and in those who take interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. We welcome applications from relevant disciplines and are particularly keen to receive applications from early-career researchers.
Funding: $75K
https://www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/panmure-house-prize/
Global Energy Association: Global Energy Prize
An award for outstanding achievements in scientific and technical R&D in the field of energy.
Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research
To recognize outstanding efforts that enhance the rigor, reliability, robustness, and transparency of research in the life sciences, natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, and stimulate awareness and activities fostering research quality among scientists, institutions, funders, and politicians. Promoting access to research results (‘Open Science’), embracing collaborative research (‘Team Science’) and increasing diversity in research are only some of the objectives established by the international jury.
Award Categories
* Individual Award: Individual researchers or small teams of collaborating researchers can be nominated. The laureate will be awarded €150,000.
* Institutional Award: Organizations, institutions, or other entities can apply or be nominated. The award-winning organization will receive €100,000.
* Early Career Award: Early career researchers or small teams of collaborating researchers can submit a project proposal that seeks to foster research quality and value for an award of €100,000.
Swiss Bridge: Young Investigators Award in Precision Oncology – Pre-proposals
Swiss Bridge Award has been granted to support high-quality cancer research projects in Europe. This year, young investigators (Age < 45) with projects focusing on novel targets in precision oncology are eligible for application.
Funding: ~$277K (250K CHF)
www.swissbridge.ch/call-for-application
Spencer Foundation: Racial Equity – LOI
To support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in relation to racial equity in education. Encourage proposals from across the methodological spectrum, including qualitative methods, mixed-methods, and quantitative methods. We want to especially encourage Racial Equity proposals that focus on the following areas: (1) innovative forms of measurement and assessment, (2) artificial intelligence (AI), and (3) current political challenges in k-12 and higher education around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Funding: up to $75K over 1-5 years (Non profit)
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/racial-equity-special-research-grants
PCDH19 Alliance: Research Grant Program in PCDH19 Epilepsy
Understanding the expression of the PCDH19 gene and the function of the PCDH19 protein, finding therapeutic treatments, and a cure for PCDH19 Epilepsy.
Funding: up to $75K for one year.
SENS Research Foundation: Rejuvenation biotechnology – LOI
(Additional deadlines are on 1.8, 1.11)
Funds external research with potential to accelerate the development of rejuvenation biotechnology. Applicants for financial support will be expected to clearly indicate the specific SENS target(s) addressed and explain how their proposed research would further progress toward therapies that remove, repair, replace, or render harmless that target.
Funding: typically awards grants in the $50K-$300K range for 1-3 years, but there is no minimum or maximum funding level restriction (No Overhead)
European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization (ECCO)
Pioneer Award
Encourage and support innovative basic and/or clinical scientific research in the area of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) across Europe.
Funding: 300K EUR for 2 years
Global Grant
Extend the outreach and global perspective of IBD research and may focus on aspects of IBD pathogenesis (e.g. environmental impact, genetics), epidemiology and/or clinical care, among others. Applications must be multicenter and address knowledge gaps and/or unmet needs relevant to low and lower-middle income countries and feature strong contributions from these countries. At least one Principal Investigator who is from a low- or lower-middle income country.
Funding: 300K EUR for 2 years
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges: Innovations for Exceptionally Low-Cost Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Manufacturing – Post Proof of Concept
With efforts to improve technology and affordability, mAb costs have decreased significantly in the last 30 years and have stagnated at around $50-100 per gram. In order to improve mAb affordability in low- and middle-income countries, we will need to reach a final drug substance cost-of-goods of $10 per gram.
Proposals are solicited to develop proof-of-concept for manufacturing platforms that produce monoclonal antibodies at a final drug substance cost-of-goods of $10/gram (Option A (application by 31.1.25)). The goal is to catalyze and accelerate multiple, diverse, innovative bioprocessing approaches that hold the promise of low cost-of-goods mAbs.
Additionally, Gates Foundation is interested in hearing from organizations that have already completed proof-of-concept work that could result in cost-of-goods of $10/gram and may be interested in additional support (Option B (application by 31.5.25)).
Objectives of the challenge (both Option A and Option B): Advance innovative and bold ideas that enhance production efficiency and improve overall process economics for mAb production, resulting in a final drug substance cost-of-goods of $10/gram. This includes, but is not limited to:
* Alternative hosts to mammalian cell culture
* Alternative to standard downstream purification methods
* Reduction in material costs
* Push the boundaries of current technology by harnessing disruptive innovations, possibly from parallel industries, and identify process improvements to reduce manufacturing costs
* Rethink existing methods of working such as release testing process and costs, high-quality and affordable raw materials and critical reagents
Funding: Option A: up to $750K for up to 18 months. Option B: Potential funding and grant terms will be evaluated on a per-project basis.
https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/challenge/innovations-exceptionally-low-cost-monoclonal-antibody-mab-manufacturing
Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Conferences in Medicine and Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
(more deadlines on: August 31, November 30)
Clear connection to the German research system (topic, scientist, institute). Interdisciplinary projects welcomed.
Areas of support:
– History, Language & Culture
– State, Economy and Society
– Medicine and the Natural Sciences
15 to 20 speakers, not earlier than 6 months after application submission, not for a staged conference. Non Profit, no overhead.
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/conferences/
CURE EPILEPSY – Competitive LOI’s
Catalyst Award
Prioritizes projects that advance research to clinical trial readiness. This includes the development of biomarkers and optimization of promising new entities with established proof-of-concept to improve pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, safety profiles, and/or formulations to advance these new entities further in development.
Funding: max of $120K for 1 year (No Overhead)
https://www.trdf.co.il/files/CATALYST AWARD.pdf
Rare Epilepsy Partnership Award
An overarching goal of this funding mechanism is to develop resources and data that will be made available to the research community to accelerate research on rare epilepsies.
Funding: max of $100K for 1 year (No Overhead)
GenScript Life Science: Research Grant Program
(more deadlines on Sep 15, Nov 15)
Supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas, including but not limited to those indicated below. This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services.
Funding: $100K for up to 12 months
DARPA\Tactical Technology Office (TTO): TTO Office-Wide BAA (HR001124S0023)
Executive Summary Due Date: 19 April 2025
Artificial Intelligence | Autonomy | Complexity | Logistics | Manufacturing | ML | Platforms | Systems |
The DARPA Tactical Technology Office (TTO) creates technological surprise and provides new options for national security, by demonstrating revolutionary platforms and systems with cutting-edge technology. TTO demonstrates compelling hardware at scales that demonstrate disruptive capability, with designs that reduce risk and cost by managing complexity, and which can be manufactured responsively and affordably. TTO is soliciting innovative executive summaries and proposals that enhance the nation’s ability to rapidly build, adapt and sustain force structures with the following focus areas: Platform Innovation, Missionized Autonomy, Managing Complexity, Freedom’s Forge 2.0, and Disruptive Emergent Technology.
BBVA Foundation: Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
Recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation.
Funding: 400K euros prize money, a diploma and a commemorative artwork.
https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/conditions/#convocatoria
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) – Foundational Science Research Unit (FSRU)
(White Paper submissions: 1.3. White Paper submission is not required to submit a proposal, although it is strongly encouraged)
ARI has identified the following four (4) domains as particularly germane to its basic research needs. This list is neither comprehensive nor exclusive and ARI is especially open to proposals that combine or cut across these domains. These domains are: 1. Measurement of Individuals and Collectives 2. Teams and Small Groups 3. Organizations and Systems 4. Formal and Informal Learning and Development.
Funding:
Standard Proposals: $750,000 total for 3 years
Early Career Proposals: ~$125,000 for the initial year, with potential for 1–2 additional years of funding if the research is promising.
Short-Term Innovative Research (STIR) Proposals: Up to $60,000 for 1 year (no additional funding beyond this period).
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): Research Programme
For 2025, the HMRC has identified relevant areas of research in the field of anti-doping; in particular, those related to the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods.
It should be noted that higher priority will be granted to proposals addressing:
Detection/improvement of detection/quantification of peptide and protein hormones and growth factors, preferably by, but not limited to, chromatography-mass spectrometric methods;
Improved window (retrospectivity) of detection of prohibited substances/methods (e.g., detection of new longterm metabolites including administration studies, improved methodologies of detection, analyte multiplexing);
Pharmacokinetic studies to establish thresholds or minimum reporting levels of prohibited substances or their metabolites (e.g., beta-2 agonists, stimulants) to distinguish permitted (e.g., out-of-competition or route) from prohibited use, natural sources vs. intended use or presence in food residues;
Detection of autologous blood transfusion, including validation of candidate biomarkers or molecular/cellular/subcellular signatures;
The Athlete Biological Passport (e.g., new biomarkers of doping or confounding factors relevant to the hematological, steroidal or endocrine [markers of growth hormone] modules); and
Selected Certified Reference Material synthesis (please consult WADA for materials needed).
Funding: not mentioned. No overhead.
https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-launches-call-proposals-2025-scientific-research-grants
The Leaky Foundation: Research Grants – Human Origins
Funds multidisciplinary research related to human origins, including dissertation research and exploratory studies.
Current funding focus areas include:
– Paleoanthropology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene
– Primates: Evolution, behavior, morphology, ecology, endocrinology, genetics, isotope studies
– Modern hunter-gatherer groups
Funding: Up to $30K (No overhead)
Thrasher Research Fund: E.W. “Al” Awards in Pediatrics – Concept Paper
The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants for clinical, hypothesis-driven research that offers substantial promise for meaningful advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of children’s diseases, particularly research that offers broad-based applications.
Funding: up to $550K for 3 years.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards: Violence Research
The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and aligned disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it, including, but not limited to, the following:
War; Crime; Terrorism; Family and intimate-partner relationships; Climate instability and natural resource competition; Racial, ethnic, and religious conflict; Political extremism and nationalism.
Funding: $15,000 to $45,000 per year for up to two years.
SENS Research Foundation: Rejuvenation biotechnology – LOI
(Additional deadline on 1.11)
Funds external research with potential to accelerate the development of rejuvenation biotechnology. Applicants for financial support will be expected to clearly indicate the specific SENS target(s) addressed and explain how their proposed research would further progress toward therapies that remove, repair, replace, or render harmless that target.
Funding: typically awards grants in the $50K-$300K range for 1-3 years, but there is no minimum or maximum funding level restriction (No Overhead)
Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Conferences in Medicine and Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
(more deadlines on: November 30)
Clear connection to the German research system (topic, scientist, institute). Interdisciplinary projects welcomed.
Areas of support:
– History, Language & Culture
– State, Economy and Society
– Medicine and the Natural Sciences
15 to 20 speakers, not earlier than 6 months after application submission, not for a staged conference. Non Profit, no overhead.
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/conferences/
U.S. Air Force (AFOSR): Research Interests of the Air Force – Engineering, Complex systems, Information and networks, Chemistry, Physical, Biological sciences (FA9550-23-S-0001)
(Open on an ongoing basis until superseded)
AFOSR is looking for new basic research ideas and is open to considering any unique and revolutionary concepts (pre-coordination is strongly encouraged).
Funding ranges are $100-300K per year for 3 to 5 years.
ENGINEERING AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS
- Dynamic Materials and Interactions
- GHz-THz Electronics
- Energy, Combustion and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
- Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows
- High-Speed Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Composite Materials
- Multiscale Structural Mechanics and prognosis
- Propulsion and Power
- Agile Science for Test and Evaluation
INFORMATION AND NETWORKS
- Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence
- Computational Mathematics
- Dynamical Systems and Control Theory
- Dynamic Data and Information Processing
- Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
- Mathematical Optimization
- Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion
- Trust and Influence
- Complex Networks
- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Electromagnetics
- Optoelectronics and Photonics
- High Energy Radiation Matter Systems
- Quantum Information Sciences
- Physics of Sensing
- Space Science
- Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Astrodynamics
CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL
- Biophysics
- Human Performance and Biosystems
- Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems
- Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry
- Natural Materials and Systems
- Organic Materials Chemistry
Merck research grants: Smart Consumables for Digital Integration in Biomanufacturing Processes / Multi-Purpose Microphysiological Systems
> Smart Consumables for Digital Integration in Biomanufacturing Processes: While life science suppliers have been creating new software, automation technologies, sensors, and analytical tools, the consumables used in these processes are still largely “analog”. Merck conducts research into scalable and modular smart consumables that interact with their digital environment, improve the efficiency of purification processes and reduce errors. Proposals should develop a concept and working prototype for smart downstream consumables, such as filters and chromatography media or devices.
Funding: one grant of up to 120,000 EUR/year for up to 3 years with potential further collaboration.
> Multi-Purpose Microphysiological Systems (MPS): Underlying gaps and discrepancies between the biology of in vitro assays and in vivo animal models with the clinical reality of patients’ physiopathology has led to inaccurate selection and prioritization of compound development. Merck is developing world class human-based MPS that can materially improve translatability and reduce the usage of animals in the testing of drug and chemical compounds. Merck is particularly interested in:
* Novel development of Cardiac, Brain (including Blood-Brain Barrier), and Lung models, both iPSC and Patient Derived Organoid based
* Applications including but extending beyond toxicology to include absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) as well as efficacy models (specifically in relation to Oncology and Neuroinflammation diseases).
* AI model development of human-based MPS systems using data from existing MPS models and/or newly developed MPS models
Funding: We are offering up to one grant to be negotiated on a case by case basis and provides access to applicable areas of our MPS technology platform, along with collaboration opportunities with our scientists and partners.
www.merckgroup.com/en/research/open-innovation/research-grants.html
Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Medicine and Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
Projects with clear connection to the German research system (topic, scientist, institute). Interdisciplinary projects welcomed.
Areas of support:
– History, Language & Culture
– State, Economy and Society
– Medicine and the Natural Sciences
Funding: not specified. Up to 3 years (Non Profit, no overhead)
Travel Subsidies applications related to a project can be submitted separately at any time.
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/support-of-projects/
The Mark Foundation: Endeavor Awards – Competitive LOI’s
Support collaborative research projects that bring together investigators with diverse areas of expertise to tackle challenges in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Funding: $3M over 3 years (Non profit)
American Chemistry Society (ACS): Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) – New Directions (ND)
Research areas supported: chemistry, earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science.
Funds scientists and engineers with limited no preliminary results and who intend to use the PRF-driven preliminary results to seek continuation funding from other agencies. Should not be in the same direction as—or overlap with—current projects in the lead PI’s research group.
Funding: $125K for 2 years
https://www.acs.org/funding/grants/petroleum-research-fund/programs/new-directions-grants.html
The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR): Grant Program – LOIs
Accepts applications in all areas of research relevant to PWS, but we are particularly interested in Supporting projects that will lead to new interventions to alleviate the symptoms associated with PWS.
Funding: up to $150K for 18 months
https://www.fpwr.org/grant-program
LEO Foundation: Research Grants in Dermatology – open competition (round 3)
With the Research Grants in open competition program, the LEO Foundation aims to support the best dermatology research projects worldwide, within basic, translational, technical, epidemiological, or clinical research. We welcome applications for research projects that improve the understanding of skin biology, as well as the underlying medicinal, biological, chemical, or pharmacological mechanisms of dermatological diseases and their symptoms. We also welcome applications that address clinical issues among people who are at risk of developing, or have developed, a skin disease, including how it impacts their quality of life, and the societal costs involved.
Funding: up to 4 Million DKK (~$560K) for 1-3 years.
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards
https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards/research-grants
GenScript Life Science: Research Grant Program
(another deadline on Nov 15)
Supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas, including but not limited to those indicated below. This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services.
Funding: $100K for up to 12 months
SENS Research Foundation: Rejuvenation biotechnology – LOI
Funds external research with potential to accelerate the development of rejuvenation biotechnology. Applicants for financial support will be expected to clearly indicate the specific SENS target(s) addressed and explain how their proposed research would further progress toward therapies that remove, repair, replace, or render harmless that target.
Funding: typically awards grants in the $50K-$300K range for 1-3 years, but there is no minimum or maximum funding level restriction (No Overhead)
GenScript Life Science: Research Grant Program
Supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas. This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services.
Funding: $100K for up to 12 months
Fritz Thyssen Foundation: Conferences in Medicine and Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
Clear connection to the German research system (topic, scientist, institute). Interdisciplinary projects welcomed.
Areas of support:
– History, Language & Culture
– State, Economy and Society
– Medicine and the Natural Sciences
15 to 20 speakers, not earlier than 6 months after application submission, not for a staged conference. Non Profit, no overhead.
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/funding/types-of-support/conferences/
REAM Foundation: Misophonia Research Fund – LOI
Research to characterise misophonia, including exploring its underlying mechanisms, expression, natural history, or development through interdisciplinary characterisation.
- Development of diagnostic tools to facilitate rapid, physiologically-relevant assessment.
- Clinical and/or model studies of specific interventions, including studies investigating comparative effectiveness, novel treatments, and controlled trials of promising treatments.
Funding: up to $200,000/year up to two years. Non-profit.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Carl Zeiss Humboldt Research Awards
Aimed at researchers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines who wish to collaborate with specialist colleagues in the federal states where the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung provides sponsorship (Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia).
Funding: 100K EUR (research stay of up to 12 months in Germany possible), can provide further funding of 50,000 EUR to cover costs arising from the award winner’s collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany.
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/carl-zeiss-humboldt-research-award
U.S. Air Force (AFOSR): Research Interests of the Air Force – Engineering, Complex systems, Information and networks, Chemistry, Physical, Biological sciences (FA9550-23-S-0001)
(Open on an ongoing basis until superseded)
AFOSR is looking for new basic research ideas and is open to considering any unique and revolutionary concepts (pre-coordination is strongly encouraged).
Funding ranges are $100-300K per year for 3 to 5 years.
ENGINEERING AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS
- Dynamic Materials and Interactions
- GHz-THz Electronics
- Energy, Combustion and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
- Unsteady Aerodynamics and Turbulent Flows
- High-Speed Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Composite Materials
- Multiscale Structural Mechanics and prognosis
- Propulsion and Power
- Agile Science for Test and Evaluation
INFORMATION AND NETWORKS
- Computational Cognition and Machine Intelligence
- Computational Mathematics
- Dynamical Systems and Control Theory
- Dynamic Data and Information Processing
- Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
- Mathematical Optimization
- Science of Information, Computation, Learning, and Fusion
- Trust and Influence
- Complex Networks
- Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Electromagnetics
- Optoelectronics and Photonics
- High Energy Radiation Matter Systems
- Quantum Information Sciences
- Physics of Sensing
- Space Science
- Ultrashort Pulse Laser-Matter Interactions
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Astrodynamics
CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL
- Biophysics
- Human Performance and Biosystems
- Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems
- Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry
- Natural Materials and Systems
- Organic Materials Chemistry
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges (LOI)
Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing to Detect, Identify and Characterize Pathogens
Through this Grand Challenge, funding will be offered to 10 scientific groups to explore the identification, characterisation and context of infectious disease in low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings. Selected applicants will benefit from onsite next generation sequencing and rapid pathogen detection to better understand their local pathogen landscape.
Funding: up to $200,000 over 2 years.
DOD/US Army Research Office: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)
(Pre-proposals/pre-applications may be submitted at any time throughout the 5-year period from the BAA release date to the BAA closing date)
The Lab for Quantum Computing (LQC) has three main goals (please see BAA for more details):
- Advance fundamental research and technologies for quantum computing and related applications, particularly focusing on qubit development.
- Foster strong partnerships to address challenging long-term issues in quantum information science and technology.
- Develop the future quantum workforce by offering research experiences in government and with LQC partners.
LQC’s success will be marked by substantial progress in solving complex, long-term research problems in quantum information science and technology, which will propel the field forward. These challenges include improving device performance, exploring alternative qubit physics and gate types, and enhancing materials to boost qubit gate fidelity.
Funding: Incubator proposals are expected to be 1-3 years in duration and not exceed $500K/year. Longer proposals may be considered due to scheduling requirements of fabrication and experiments.
US Army Medical Research and Development Command: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Extramural Medical Research
(Pre-proposals/pre-applications may be submitted at any time throughout the 5-year period from the BAA release date to the BAA closing date)
Research Areas of Interest (please see BAA for more details)
- Military Infectious Diseases Research Program
Research and development of solutions for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of infectious diseases
- Combat Casualty Care Research Program
- technologies to stop blood loss, resuscitate the casualty, and limit the immediate, short-,and long-term deleterious consequences of severe hemorrhage:
B technologies to diagnose and to limit the immediate, short-, and long-term impairments that follow TBI
- Technologies to diagnose and reduce acute secondary organ damage
- The delivery of care during transport
- Clinical practice of novel/optimized treatments for severe burn injuries
- Pain Management
- Regenerative Medicine
- Autonomous Care and Evacuation / Medical Assist Support Technologies (MAST)
- Medical Countermeasures (MCMs) for Acute Radiation Exposure
- Combined Injury
III. Military Operational Medicine Research Program
- Injury Prevention and Treatment
- Psychological Health and Resilience
- Physiological Health and Performance
- Environmental Health and Protection
- Medical Biological Defense Research Program
- Viral, Toxin, and Bacterial Studies
- Drug Development
- Identification, Diagnosis, and other Medical Interventions
- Biosurveillance(BSV)
- Medical Chemical Defense Research Program
Funding: not specified. Duration: 4 years.
https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=549112
US Department of Health & Human Services/Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA): Division of Research, Innovation & Ventures (DRIVe)- (Abstracts)
(Abstracts may be submitted at any time until the closing date)
AOI #20 DRIVe Forward
Aims to develop products, capabilities, and technologies to detect threats, improve patient care, including ancillary supplies and resources, as well as novel approaches to develop, clinically validate, and deploy/distribute MCMs rapidly and agnostically.
Especially interested in proposals that aim to address one or more of the following topics:
- Microbiome-based therapies
- Resilience to infection
- Next-generation vaccines
- Next-generation therapeutic antibodies
- Artificial blood products
- Extremely mobile viral diagnostic platforms for use in extremely remote settings
- Non-pharmacological approaches for enhanced immunity
Funding: up to $750K.
https://drive.hhs.gov/partner.html
https://drive.hhs.gov/files/ezbaa_files/DRIVe_EZ-BAA_Special_Instructions_01.pdf
DOD/ DEVCOM Army Rsearch Laboratory (ARL): Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Foundational Research (W911NF-23-S-0001)
(Accepting applications on a rolling basis until the deadline)
Research Areas of Interest (please see BAA for more details)
DEVCOM ARL executes intramural and extramural research organized by eleven competencies
that provide the Army with foundational expertise and specialized capabilities grounded in
scientific excellence and driven by unique Army challenges.
The eleven DEVCOM ARL competencies are:
- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences
- Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences
- Energy Sciences
- Humans in Complex Systems
- Mechanical Sciences
- Military Information Sciences
- Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences
- Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences
- Sciences of Extreme Materials
- Terminal Effects
- Weapons Sciences
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/344592
For the full list of opportunities under this BAA:
https://cftste.experience.crmforce.mil/arlext/s/arl-opportunities
DOD/ United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM): Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Extramural Biomedical and Human Performance Research and Development (HT9425-23-S-SOC1)
(Pre-proposals/pre-applications may be submitted at any time throughout the 5-year period from the BAA release date to the BAA closing date)
Research Areas of Interest (please see BAA for more details)
- Damage Control Resuscitation
- Prolonged Field Care (PFC)
- Portable Lab Assays and Diagnostics
- Force Health Protection and Environmental Medicine
- Brain Health
- Immune Response
- Chronic Pain
- Automation of Systematic Reviews and Metanalysis
- Medical Simulation and Training Technologies
- Human Performance Optimization
- Canine Medicine and Performance
Most projects are anticipated to have a total cost at or below $1,500,000 (including indirect costs). Projects that have a total cost higher than $1,500,000 (including Indirect costs) with outstanding scientific merit that meet a critical need may be accepted; however the total cost of these projects are not to exceed $5,000,000.00 (including Indirect costs).
Duration: up to 5 years.
https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=549113
