Native and Indigenous Research Funding Opportunities

Communications

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Institutes of Health: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)	6/16/24	$275,000	Supports studies that will identify, develop, and/or test strategies for overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, practices, programs, tools, treatments, guidelines, and policies. Studies that promote equitable dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions among underrepresented communities are encouraged. Conversely, there is a benefit in understanding circumstances that create a need to stop or reduce (“de-implement”) the use of practices that are ineffective, unproven, low-value, or harmful. In addition, studies to advance dissemination and implementation research methods and measures are encouraged. Applications that focus on re-implementation of evidence-based health services (e.g. cancer screening) that may have dropped off amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic are encouraged.

Addiction and Prevention

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Institutes of Health: HIV Prevention and Alcohol (R01 Clinical Trials Optional)	5/7/24	Budget not limited – must reflect scope of project	Seeks to expand the HIV/AIDS prevention toolkit among alcohol impacted populations with a range of patterns of episodic and long-term use and associated behavioral and biological risks for HIV acquisition. Research activity includes the development and testing of new interventions and expansion of existing effective interventions as well as the implementation of these integrative preventive activities in diverse settings and populations.
National Institutes of Health: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Strategies to Address Stigmatizing Beliefs and Policies Affecting People Who Use Drugs	6/5/24	Various – see associated NOFOs	Support for research to develop, adapt, and/or test strategies aimed at addressing stigma at the individual, interpersonal, and/or structural levels.
National Institutes of Health: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)	8/9/24	$450,000	Encourages research grant applications on the development and testing of behavioral and integrative treatments for substance use and dependence.
National Institutes of Health: Ending the Epidemic: New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)	8/20/24	Budget not limited – must reflect scope of project	Supports the development and testing of enhanced models of care that optimally integrate HIV, Hepatitis B and C, addiction, and primary care services.
National Institutes of Health: HEAL Initiative: Translating Research to Practice to End the Overdose Crisis (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)	10/17/24	$300,000 – $750,000	Supports action-oriented research that accelerates the translation of research to practice to address the overdose crisis. Solicits applications that address understudied areas of opportunity, particularly those that focus on fundamental barriers or facilitators to reducing overdose deaths at the individual, provider, organizational, community, or system levels. Projects should be in alignment with the overall goals of the HEAL Initiative
National Institutes of Health: HEAL Initiative: Translating Research to Practice to End the Overdose Crisis (R33 Clinical Trial Optional)	10/17/24	Budget not limited – must reflect scope of project	Supports action-oriented research that accelerates the translation of research to practice to address the overdose crisis. Solicits applications that address understudied areas of opportunity, particularly those that focus on fundamental barriers or facilitators to reducing overdose deaths at the individual, provider, organizational, community, or system levels. Projects should be in alignment with the overall goals of the HEAL Initiative.
National Institutes of Health: Development of Medications to Prevent and Treat Opioid and/or Stimulant Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 – Clinical Trial Optional)	9/2/25	$3,000,000	The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks research for the discovery and development of medications to prevent and treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and/or psychostimulant (cocaine or methamphetamine) use disorder (PsUD) and overdose.

Maternal Health

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Topical	5/7/24	$12,000,000	Seeks studies that propose to address patient-centered CER questions that will fill important evidence gaps in maternal health. PCORI is particularly interested in submissions that address the following Special Areas of Emphasis (SAEs): Optimal diagnosis, prevention and treatment strategies for high-risk pregnant people Populations experiencing disparities in maternal health outcomes Observational CER examining variations in healthcare practices.
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute: Broad Pragmatic Studies Funding Announcement	5/7/24	$12,000,000	Invites applications for high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects. All applications must align the proposed research with at least one of the four National Priorities for Health described within the PFA. Topic Themes are also included in this funding opportunity. Applicants have the option to choose up to three Topic Themes based on how their proposed research aligns with the themes. However, aligning with any Topic Theme is not required. PCORI has identified Special Areas of Emphasis (SAEs) within this BPS funding opportunity to support innovative, high-impact studies that fit clearly within our core mission of patient-engaged and patient-centered CER and include: Social Needs/Social Determinants of Health: Social needs and the corresponding social determinants of health reflect underlying contributors to health inequities. PCORI is interested in supporting high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research projects testing the impact of interventions that address social needs on patient-centered outcomes. Of particular interest are interventions that have been shown to be efficacious or are in widespread use to address social needs in at least one of the following domains: food insecurity, food as medicine, transportation and housing security/stability.
National Institutes of Health: Understanding the Impact of Healthcare System and Clinician Factors on Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)	6/5/24	Budget not limited – must reflect scope of project	Supports multidisciplinary and innovative intervention research to understand and address maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States, particularly but not exclusively among racial and ethnic minority, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and underserved rural populations, with a focus on understudied healthcare factors. This is a new funding opportunity to advance the goals of the NIH Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health	Rolling	Budget must reflect scope of project	Seeks proposals primed to impact health equity moving forward. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, community leaders – anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health and improve health equity and wellbeing for generations to come.

Human Biology: Biomechanics

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation: Grants LIMITED Submit a cover letter to ORAP if you intend to apply	9/20/24	$750,000	The Foundation primarily supports basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Immunology, microbiome, genomics, structural biology, cellular physiology, neuroscience, etc., are some noteworthy examples of current research support.
National Science Foundation: Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs	Rolling	Depends on funds availability	Supports research to understand why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, development, structure, modification, function, and evolution of the nervous system, biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes,
National Science Foundation: Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs	Rolling	Depends on funds availability	Supports research to understand why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. Proposals are welcomed in all of the core scientific program areas supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS). Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the evolution of developmental processes, development, structure, modification, function, and evolution of the nervous system, biomechanics and functional morphology, physiological processes

Human Biology: Diabetes

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Institutes of Health: New Directions in Hematology Research (SHINE-II) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	6/5/24	$200,000	Seeks innovative grant applications in nonmalignant hematology research that will steer the field in new directions. Applications to this FOA should propose proof of principle research that is tightly focused into one specific aim, which can be accomplished within a 1-3 year project period, and is directed at validating novel concepts and approaches that promise to open new pathways for discovery.
National Institutes of Health: Comprehensive Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from Populations with Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)	6/6/24	$500,000	Supports innovative research to develop, test and evaluate multi-level/multi-component strategies (including models of health care) to effectively adapt and implement comprehensive clinical care for individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from populations with health disparities concordant with recommended and evidence-based guidelines.
National Institutes of Health: Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)	6/16/24	$125,000	Provides support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including from groups nationally underrepresented in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research, to conduct small research projects in the scientific mission areas of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Science Foundation: Division of Environmental Biology (Core Programs)	Rolling	$800,000	Supports research and training on evolutionary and ecological processes acting at the level of populations, species, communities, ecosystems, macrosystems, and biogeographic extents.
National Science Foundation: Opportunities for Promoting Understanding Through Synthesis (OPUS)	Rolling	$200,000 – $300,000	The OPUS program is targeted to individuals, typically at later-career stages, who have contributed significant insights to a field or body of research over time. The program provides an opportunity to revisit and synthesize that prior research into a unique, integrated product(s) useful to the scientific community, now and in the future.
Department of Defense: Legacy Resource Management Program	6/20/24	Depends on the availability of funding & relevance of proposed projects	Seeks applications for cooperative agreements for relevant conservation projects. Legacy awards must directly benefit DoD’s stewardship objectives and mission. Projects should support one or more of the following Topic Areas:  Improving management and conservation of biodiversity, particularly DoD “mission priority species”; Improving techniques and approaches for resilient lands and ecosystem management; Improving wildland fire management and risk reduction; Improving consultation and coordination with Indian Tribal Governments and inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in management programs; Improving management of cultural resources.

First Foods & Food Sovereignty

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Department of Agriculture: Supporting the Use of Traditional Indigenous Foods in the Child Nutrition Programs LIMITED Submit a cover letter to ORAP if you intend to apply	4/8/24	$250,000 – $500,000	USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, while ensuring access to safe, healthy, and nutritious food in all communities. Part of this effort includes USDA’s commitment to support tribal Nations’ self-determination, promote equity, remove barriers to services and programs, and incorporate community perspectives into food programs, recognizing their tribal sovereignty and food sovereignty. USDA understands the importance of serving traditional Indigenous foods and encourages operators of the CNP to source locally grown and raised foods.

Forest Garden Models of Education

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation: Environmental Curricula Grants	12/3/24	$1,500	To support educators in developing and implementing holistic environmental curricula that: integrate field activities and classroom teaching and incorporate basic ecological principles and problem solving.

Hydrology

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Science Foundation: Hydrologic Sciences (HS)	Rolling	$700,000	Supports fundamental research about water on and beneath the Earth’s surface, as well as relationships of water with material and living components of the environment. A major focus is the study of hydrologic processes (e.g., rainfall and runoff; infiltration and subsurface flow; evaporation and transpiration), as well as fluxes of water (e.g. in soils, aquifers, and streams).
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program	4/8/24	Various	Proposals will be sub-basin focused and will address species of concern and flow limitations, while also demonstrating innovation, and incorporating a monitoring plan. PROGRAM PRIORITIES: Species of concern, Flow limitations, Prioritization, Adaptive management, Innovation, Monitoring, Watershed context, Organizational breadth, Community impact and engagement.
NASA: ROSES 2024: Terrestrial Hydrology	6/27/24	$5,000 to $Millions	Solicitation encourages proposers to significantly leverage SnowEx data either to: (1) Advance remote sensing of snow water equivalent (SWE), or (2) Understand changing influences on snowpack dynamics, especially snowmelt. For either of these two objectives, proposers are reminded that THP seeks capabilities that have global scale implementation and/or applicability.

Soil

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research: Seeding Solutions Grants	Required pre-app 4/3/2024	$1,000,000	Applications must address and provide solutions to an intractable problem and/or accelerate innovation within FFAR’s Research Priority Areas. Cultivating Thriving Production Systems: supports research that equips producers with information and tools to manage their enterprises efficiently and profitably, including animal and crop management practices. Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems: supports research that provides tools, technologies and integrative models at scales that allow producers to build and maintain healthy, productive agroecosystems under a changing climate. Bolstering Healthy Food Systems: supports research that provides food processors, distributors and retailers with the information and technology needed to create efficient and sustainable supply chains that deliver nutritious food to consumers.

Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) Capacity Building

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and United States Department of Commerce: IRA – Indigenous Engagement Program (IEP)	4/26/24	$1,000,000	Applications must address and provide solutions to an intractable problem and/or accelerate innovation within FFAR’s Research Priority Areas. Cultivating Thriving Production Systems: supports research that equips producers with information and tools to manage their enterprises efficiently and profitably, including animal and crop management practices. Sustaining Vibrant Agroecosystems: supports research that provides tools, technologies and integrative models at scales that allow producers to build and maintain healthy, productive agroecosystems under a changing climate. Bolstering Healthy Food Systems: supports research that provides food processors, distributors and retailers with the information and technology needed to create efficient and sustainable supply chains that deliver nutritious food to consumers.
Department of Defense: Legacy Resource Management Program	6/20/24	Depends on the availability of funding & relevance of proposed projects	Seeks applications for cooperative agreements for relevant conservation projects. Projects should support one or more of the following Topic Areas: Improving management and conservation of biodiversity, particularly DoD mission priority species; Improving techniques and approaches for resilient lands and ecosystem management; Improving wildland fire management and risk reduction; Improving consultation and coordination with Indian Tribal Governments and inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in management programs; Improving management of cultural resources.

Climate Change Adaptation and Biological Resilience

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Science Foundation: NSF 21-544: Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB)	Rolling	$600,000 over 5 years	Proposals must address timely and important concepts in environmental biology. The research must demonstrate an ability to advance general understanding in evolutionary biology, ecology, or ecosystem science.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants	4/25/24 & 7/25/24	$50,000	Small grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health
National Science Foundation: Organismal Response to Climate Change (ORCC): Expanding Understanding and Improving Predictions of Life on a Warming Planet	11/19/24	$700,000 – $1,000,000	Proposals that integrate the study of organismal mechanisms of response to climate change (ORCC) with eco-evolutionary approaches to better predict and mitigate the effects of a rapidly changing climate on earth’s living systems. Specific areas of emphasis include but are not limited to integrating physiology and genomics into the next generation of species distribution models; understanding the mechanistic bases of plastic responses to climate change; functional genomics of organismal response to climate change; how biological interactions are affected by climate change; how biological interactions in turn affect organismal responses to climate change; and improving our ability to predict the limits of biological and global resilience as organisms face changing and novel climate conditions.

Language Reclamation

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Endangered Language Fund: Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Legacy Project	Anticipate 11/3/24	$10,000	The Native Voices Endowment: A Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Legacy Project was created within the Endangered Language Fund for the purpose of revitalizing and perpetuating the Indigenous languages of the American Indian Nations whose ancestors encountered the 1803-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Indigenous Histories

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
First Nations Development Institute: Native Arts Initiative (NAI) Supporting Native Arts Grants	3/27/24	$100,000	Provide direct grantmaking, networking opportunities, and training and technical assistance (TTA) to Native-led arts and cultural hubs who are working to preserve and advance traditional Native arts through programming focused on supporting artists and intergenerational sharing of artistic skills and knowledge.

Museology

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Institute of Museum and Library Services: 21st Century Museum Professionals Program	3/27/24	$100,000	Provide direct grantmaking, networking opportunities, and training and technical assistance (TTA) to Native-led arts and cultural hubs who are working to preserve and advance traditional Native arts through programming focused on supporting artists and intergenerational sharing of artistic skills and knowledge.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Arts and Culture	Rolling	Unspecified	Mellon celebrates the power of the arts to challenge, activate, and nourish the human spirit. We support exceptional creative practice, scholarship, and conservation practices while nurturing a representative and robust arts and culture ecosystem. We work with artists, curators, conservators, scholars, and organizations to ensure equitable access to excellent arts and cultural experiences and support approaches that place the arts and artists at the center of thriving, healthy communities.

Musicology

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
GRAMMY Museum: Grants Program: Scientific Research Projects	Anticipate 6/2/24	$20,000	This program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support research on the impact of music on the human condition. Examples might include the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition and healing, as well as the medical and occupational well-being of music professionals, and the creative process underlying music. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design and innovative research questions.
American Musicological Society: Subventions for Publications for Individuals or Scholarly Organizations, Societies, and Departments	Anticipate 8/15/24	$2,500	Funding for help with expenses involved in the publication of works of musical scholarship, including books, essay collections, articles, chapters in essay collections, special issues of journals, and works in non-print media. Subventions are granted for any topics of musicological research.

Digitization

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Public Knowledge	Rolling	Unspecified	Supports the creation and preservation of the cultural and scholarly record – vast and ever-expanding – that documents society’s complex, intertwined humanity. The program works with archives, presses, and a range of university, public, and other local, national, and global libraries that are foundational to knowledge production and distribution in culture and the humanities.

Teacher Training

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Institute of Carnegie Corporation of New York: Education Program	Rolling	$1,250,000	Aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. Focus Areas: New Designs to Advance Learning, Pathways to Postsecondary Success, Leadership and Teaching to Advance Learning, Public Understanding, and Equitable Systems.
Library of Congress: TPS Regional Grant Program LIMITED Submit a cover letter to ORAP if you intend to apply	Rolling	$25,000	The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional program promotes the widespread, sustained and effective use of primary sources from the Library of Congress in K-12 classrooms by increasing access to the TPS program. School districts, universities, cultural institutions, library systems and other educational organizations may apply for grants of up to $25,000 to incorporate TPS materials and methods into their existing education and professional development programs for pre and in-service teachers, librarians, and other K-12 educators. Grant recipients may use TPS funding to meet a variety of programmatic needs, including: Delivering online or face-to-face TPS workshops; Embedding TPS materials and content into broader professional development programs; Revising undergraduate or graduate course syllabi or curricula to include a TPS focus.

STEM/STEAM Education

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Department of Defense: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program	4/12/24	$450,000	Encourages projects that improve the capacity of education systems and communities to create impactful STEM educational experiences for students of all ages and the air and spacerelated workforce. Projects must aim to increase engagement in STEM, from students to the current workforce, and enhance people with needed DAF STEM skills, knowledge and abilities. specifically seeking STEM education and outreach projects that address scientific and technical areas identified in the following AFOSR STEM topic areas include: Engineering and Complex Systems, Information and Networks, Physical Sciences, Chemistry, and Biological Sciences.
National Science Foundation: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Organizational Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (STEM Ed OPRF)	4/26/24	Subject to availability of funds	Funds postdoctoral fellowship projects designed to enhance the research knowledge, skills, and practices of STEM Education research by recent doctoral graduates in STEM, STEM Education, Education, and related disciplines This solicitation supports organizational postdoctoral fellowship projects. he Program is designed to broaden the pool of researchers who can advance knowledge regarding STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.
National Science Foundation: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)	7/17/24	Subject to availability of funds	Open to application from all institutions of higher education and associated organizations. supports projects that seek to bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, that adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices into STEM teaching and learning, and that lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Encourages replication of research studies at different types of institutions and with different student bodies to produce deeper knowledge about the effectiveness and transferability of findings. Support sprojects that have high potential for broader societal impacts, including improved diversity of students and instructors participating in STEM education, professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques that meet the changing needs of students, and projects that promote institutional partnerships for collaborative research and development.
National Science Foundation: Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)	8/9/24	Subject to availability of funds	Supports applied research and development that provides pre-kindergarten to high school students with equitable and inclusive access to robust, rigorous, and effective learning opportunities using technology integral to a high-quality education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Three core ITEST Pillars (Innovative Use of Technologies in Learning and Teaching, Partnerships for Career and Workforce Preparation, and Strategies for Equity in STEM Education) frame the opportunities for all students to acquire the foundational preparation in fields aligned with the technological and computational workforce, including students in underserved regions and Tribal Nations where access to technology and virtual learning remains a substantial challenge.
National Science Foundation: Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)	8/13/24	$500,000	The long-range goal of the Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) program is to strengthen the nation’s scientific competitiveness by increasing the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences, be they in academia, government, or industry. The RTG program supports efforts to improve research training by involving undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty members in structured research groups pursuing coherent research programs. Research groups supported by RTG must include vertically-integrated activities that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.
Department of Defense: Department of Navy (DoN) Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), Education and Workforce Program	8/30/24	$600,000	For STEM education programs and activities, which is formal or informal education that is primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics disciplines, topics, or issues (including environmental science education or stewardship)
National Science Foundation: Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies	9/12/24	$333,000	The ExLENT program aims to connect companies, governments, agencies, schools, professional organizations, and/or non-profits in order to provide individuals the experiential STEM learning opportunities needed to accelerate the Nation’s innovation capacity. Given the breadth of age and educational/professional experiences of potential learners, there will be no “one-size fits all” requirement for this program. Proposals should leverage evidence-based best practices in experiential learning to attract diverse learners to emerging technology careers; establish pathways into emerging technology fields for individuals historically underrepresented in STEM fields; and to further develop and hone the talent of workers in these rapidly evolving fields.
National Science Foundation: Workplace Equity for Persons with Disabilities in STEM and STEM Education	9/17/24	$100,000	Supports fundamental, applied, and translational research that advances knowledge and practice about diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM and STEM education workplaces and postsecondary training environments for persons with disabilities. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following three research themes: (1) Studying barriers and solutions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in STEM and STEM education workplaces and training settings for persons with disabilities; (2) Applying intersectional social identity perspectives to investigate characteristics and conditions of STEM and STEM education workplaces and training environments that limit and/or improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for persons with disabilities; and (3) Conducting use-inspired and solution-oriented translational research about diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible STEM and STEM Education workplaces and training settings for persons with disabilities
National Science Foundation: Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) LIMITED Submit a cover letter to ORAP if you intend to apply	10/22/24	$1,000,000 – $2,000,000	Offers support for five types of projects that connect and contribute to the National Network: (1) Design and Development Launch Pilots (10/22/24), (2) Collaborative Change Consortia, (3) Alliances (10/28/25), (4) Network Connectors (10/22/24), and (5) Conferences (5/14/24). The NSF INCLUDES National Network is a multifaceted collaboration of agencies, organizations, and individuals working collectively to broaden participation in STEM.
National Science Foundation: Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL)	11/5/24	$900,000	Supports future-oriented exploratory and synergistic research in emerging technologies (including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and immersive or augmenting technologies) for teaching and learning. The program accepts proposals that focus on learning, teaching, or a combination of both. The scope of the program is broad and includes teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in foundational areas that enable STEM (e.g., self-regulation, literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity, and socio-emotional skills). RITEL supports research in all learning contexts (e.g., formal, informal, workplace) and for all learner populations. RITEL has a special interest in diverse learner/educator populations and in developing new educational technologies that are cost-effective for budget-limited school districts, colleges and universities.
National Science Foundation: Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2)	1/23/25	$400,000 – $700,000	Funds research projects that identify: factors that are effective in the formation of ethical science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) researchers; approaches to developing those factors in all STEM fields that NSF supports; and why and how those factors and approaches increase responsibly conducted research.
National Science Foundation: Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE)	1/28/25	Subject to availability of funds	The goal of the RCN-UBE program is to link biological research discoveries with innovations in biology education to improve the learning environment in undergraduate biology classrooms. The program seeks to improve undergraduate education by leveraging the power of a collaborative network recognizing that new educational materials and pedagogies can simultaneously teach biological concepts while creating a supportive and engaging learning environment for all. Understanding that people from diverse backgrounds bring different experiences and viewpoints, the RCN-UBE program is interested in proposals that include individuals from traditionally underrepresented in biological research and education as members of the steering committee. The RCN-UBE program is also interested in developing, testing, and sharing best practices that can transform the online learning environment.
National Science Foundation: EHR Core Research (ECR): Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER)	2/28/25	$350,000	Supports projects that build investigators’ capacity to carry out high-quality STEM education research that will enhance the nation’s STEM education enterprise. Seeks to broaden the pool of researchers who can advance knowledge regarding STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development

Program Evaluation

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Educational Testing Service: Young students series research grants	4/15/24	$50,000	The TOEFL YSS Research Grants are intended to support research related to the assessment of young language learners (under 16 years of age). Priority will be given to research relevant to the TOEFL YSS assessments (the TOEFL Primary and TOEFL Junior tests) as well as foundational research that promotes high-quality young language learner assessments. Suggested research topics include but are not limited to: Construct/Content Relevance; Test Use and Impact; Young Learners’ Language Development; Innovations in Assessment; Other.

Mentoring Programs

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
National Institutes of Health: Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) LIMITED Submit a cover letter to ORAP if you intend to apply	6/7/24	$250,000	The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research. To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this NOFO will support educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development; Research Experiences; Mentoring Activities; Curriculum or Methods Development; Outreach.
National Science Foundation: Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences (RaMP)	1/16/25	$32,500	Invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or training opportunities during college in research fields typically supported by the Directorate of Biological Sciences (BIO). A strategic focus of the National Science Foundation is to foster the growth of a globally competitive and diverse research workforce. To that end, proposals submitted to this program are expected to create strong evidence-based, inclusive and culturally aware mentorship programs that will advance the goal of creating a competitive and highly representative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the U.S. with a focus on the biological sciences. Projects are expected to train individuals for a range of potential career pathways in the biological sciences including: research-focused M.S. or Ph.D. graduate programs; entry-level positions in industry, federal, tribal, or state agencies, education and research centers, or not-for-profit science-based organizations; or other STEM careers

Narrative Pedagogies and Research Methodologies

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: Grant Program for Projects on Multicultural Activities	4/22/24	$7,000 – $15,000	Provides support for the infusion of multiculturalism into our clinical, educational, and professional programs; and the activities of allied/related associations and organizations.
ECMC Foundation: Higher Education Grants	Rolling	Unspecified	Supports nonprofit and for-profit organizations that are working to improve postsecondary outcomes for students from underserved backgrounds. In keeping with our core values, we prioritize investments that improve postsecondary persistence and degree completion for students from underserved backgrounds and advance systemic change.

Funding Agency & Title	Due	Amount	Abstract
Nasdaq Foundation: Quarterly Grant Program	5/12/24	No limit Average $75,000	Strives to accelerate progress in diversifying entrepreneurship and empowering a more diverse group of investors and is accepting grant requests for programs that align with our mission. Leveling the Playing Field. Empower. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs which deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: Enhancing financial literacy among women and under-represented communities. Improving access to knowledge and tools among women and under-represented communities. Support. Grants will be given in this area to organizations and programs which deliver impact in one or more of the following ways: Equipping women and diverse founders with mentoring and resources. Improving access to capital for women and diverse founders. Collaborate. The Foundation will collaborate with organizations that can help build a deeper, data-led understanding where the challenges are greatest, what existing efforts could be amplified, and how the Foundation can make new and distinctive contributions in its mission to diversify entrepreneurship and empower investors.
National Science Foundation: Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)	6/12/24	$20,000 –$150,000	IUCRCs help industry partners and government agencies connect directly and efficiently with university researchers to achieve three primary objectives: 1) Conduct high-impact research to meet shared and critical industrial needs in companies of all sizes; 2) Enhance U.S. global leadership in driving innovative technology development, and 3) Identify, mentor and develop a diverse, highly skilled science and engineering workforce.
Washington Center for Equitable Growth: Research Grants for Early Career Scholars	1/29/25	$30,000	Seeks to invest in early career scholars whose research agendas are policy relevant, related to how inequality affects economic growth, and who are interested in engaging with nonacademic audiences. We are interested in research that will generate actionable insights.
FINRA Investor education Foundation: General Grant Program	Rolling	$100,000	Of particular interest to the Foundation are projects that: Expand the body of knowledge and/or provide practical materials that will have a positive impact on financial capability, investor education, or investor protection.