| Funding Landscape and New Limited Submission Opportunities for the Week of July 13, 2026 | Click here to share this information with department heads and eligible faculty. | | Funding Landscape
Applications Are Open for Medtronic’s Surgical Technology Research Grants
This program provides funding for academic science and engineering labs pursuing novel technologies that improve patient outcomes by enhancing existing surgical technologies, developing new solutions, or adapting innovations from other industries to surgery. Abstracts are due August 28, 2026.
NEH Requests Applications for the Collaborative Research Program
This program supports teams of scholars working together on humanities research that leads to an interpretive product. Projects may be discipline-specific or interdisciplinary, involve collaborators from one or multiple institutions, and are encouraged to incorporate varied perspectives and innovative approaches. Projects must focus on the history and culture of the United States or Western civilization. Applications are due September 16, 2026. | | | New Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The Foundation seeks Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars who, as independent faculty members, demonstrate leadership in original scholarly research of outstanding quality, as well as innovation in and dedication to education. Recommendations for awards are based upon compelling evidence that the nominee’s independent scholarly research has led to important advances in the chemical sciences, and will continue to do so.
Eligibility: Early Career or Emerging in Field. See InfoReady for details.
| | Description: The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award supports independent young physician-scientists conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine.
Eligibility: Assistant Professors. See InfoReady for details.
Limitation: three applications per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Sponsor Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 19, 2027
| | | First-Come, First-Served Limited Submission Opportunities | | Description: This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for Diabetes Research Centers (DRCs) that are designed to support and enhance the national research effort in diabetes, its complications, and related endocrine and metabolic diseases. The purpose of this Centers program is to bring together basic and clinical investigators to enhance communication, multidisciplinary collaboration, and effectiveness of ongoing research in Diabetes Research Center topic areas. By providing shared access to specialized technical resources (research cores) and supporting a Pilot and Feasibility Program (P&F), DRCs are intended to create an environment that provides the capability for accomplishments greater than those that would be possible by individual research project grant support alone.
Limitation: one application per institution
Sponsor Application Deadline: Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Note: The internal deadline has passed, and the number of applications received is below our institutional limit. Applicants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact RDO to apply.
| Description: Responding to the needs of the scientific community to bolster a vibrant and sustainable research workforce, the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases (KUH) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has incorporated additional flexibilities for institutional training programs serving the mission interests of non-malignant kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases, encompassing both adult and pediatric conditions. The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity is to invite applications for Institutional Network Awards (U2C-TL1) to recruit, train, and retain the next generation of researchers and provide them with the coordinated support, resources, and networks they need to succeed and lead.
Limitation: one application per institution
Sponsor Application Deadline: Tuesday, May 25, 2027
Note: The internal deadline has passed, and the number of applications received is below our institutional limit. Applicants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact RDO to apply.
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