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External Funding Opportunities

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Office of Research Services (ORS) promotes, facilitates, and supports research, scholarship, teaching, and creative activities that are conducted by DePaul University faculty, students, and staff that are consistent with the university's mission. ORS has compiled the following funding opportunities in Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences. Full details of each initiative are available on the sponsoring agencies’ websites. If you are interested in applying for one of these initiatives or if you have questions on the opportunities, please feel free to contact ORS Pre-Award staff for assistance at x2-7388.

Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Vital Worship Grants for Teacher Scholars
Deadline: January 10, 2023
https://worship.calvin.edu/grants/

National Endowment for the Humanities
Public Humanities Projects Program
Deadline: January 11, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects

University of California, Los Angeles
Institute of American Cultures -- Visiting Scholar Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies
Deadline: January 12, 2023
https://iac.ucla.edu/funding/visiting-scholars

National Endowment for the Humanities
Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections
Deadline: January 12, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/sustaining-cultural-heritage-collections

National Endowment for the Humanities
Digital Humanities Advancement Grants
Deadline: January 12, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/odh/digital-humanities-advancement-grants

National Endowment for the Arts
NEA Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects
Deadline: January 12, 2023
https://www.arts.gov/grants/translation-projects

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Residential Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.vcca.com/apply/

National Science Foundation
Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cultural-anthropology-program-senior-research

Mockingbird Foundation*
Grants (Music Education for Children)
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://mbird.org/grants/apply/

American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/apply/fellowships-and-grants

American Antiquarian Society
Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.americanantiquarian.org/short-term-fellowships

Palestinian American Research Center
NEH Fellowships for Scholars Conducting Field-Based Humanities Research in Palestine
Deadline: January 16, 2023
https://www.parc-us-pal.org/neh-fpiri-fellowships/

Harvard University
Houghton Library -- Visiting Fellowships
Deadline: January 20, 2023
https://library.harvard.edu/grants-fellowships/houghton-library-visiting-fellowships

Adobe
Stock Artist Development Fund
Deadline: January 22, 2023
https://airtable.com/shrCasOxpyBfq04jo

New York Public Library
Short-Term Research Fellowships
Deadline: January 23, 2023
https://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/short-term-research-fellowships

Harvard University
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research -- Fellows Program
Deadline: January 23, 2023
https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/fellowship-program

Yale University-Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Arts
Support for Scholarship in British Art
Deadline: January 31, 2023
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/fellowships-and-grants/guidance-and-faq

National Endowment for the Humanities
Institutes for Higher Education Faculty
Deadline: February 1, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/institutes-higher-education-faculty

National Endowment for the Humanities
Landmarks of American History and Culture
Deadline: February 1, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/landmarks-american-history-and-culture-workshops-school-teachers

 

 

Social Science Research Council
NSF-Mercury Project Partnership
Deadline: Various 
https://www.ssrc.org/programs/the-mercury-project/nsf-mercury-project-partnership/

Charles Koch Foundation*
Ending Endless Wars in the Middle East
Deadline: Rolling
https://charleskochfoundation.org/grants/ending-endless-wars-in-the-middle-east/

Ford Foundation*
Just Films Grant Letter of Inquiry
Deadline: OPEN
https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grant-opportunities/

National Science Foundation
Sociology Program
Deadline: OPEN
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/sociology

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

James Marshall Public Policy Fellowship
Deadline: January 3, 2023
https://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=747

National Institutes of Health
Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01, R21)
Deadline: January 7, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-068.html

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship Program
Scoville Peace Fellowship
Deadline: January 7, 2023
https://scoville.org/ 

Palestinian American Research Center
Fellowships for U.S. Scholars Conducting Field-Based Research on Palestine
Deadline: January 9, 2023
https://www.parc-us-pal.org/fellowship-program-for-u-s-citizens-2/

American Political Science Association
Congressional Fellowship Program
Deadline: January 10, 2023
https://www.apsanet.org/cfp

W.T Grant Foundation*
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Deadline: January 11, 2023
https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/research-grants-reducing-inequality

National Science Foundation
SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)
Deadline: January 10, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/sbe-postdoctoral-research-fellowships-sprf

National Science Foundation
Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
Deadline: January 12, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/human-networks-data-science-hnds

National Science Foundation
Linguistics
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/linguistics

National Science Foundation
Law and Science Program
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/law-science-ls

National Science Foundation
Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/accountable-institutions-behavior-aib

American Institute of Economic Research
Harwood Visiting Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.aier.org/fellowships/

Carnegie Corporation of New York*
Call for Proposals: Understanding the Politics of Nuclear Weapons  (Project Preproposal deadline)
Deadline: January 15, 2023
https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/call-proposals-understanding-politics-nuclear-weapons/ 

National Science Foundation
Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
Deadline: January 17, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/research-science-technology-enterprise-indicators

National Science Foundation
Economics
Deadline: January 18, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/economics

Upjohn Institute
Early Career Research Awards
Deadline: January 22, 2023
https://www.upjohn.org/about/grants-awards/grant-opportunities

National Science Foundation
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
Deadline: January 26, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/methodology-measurement-statistics-mms

Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Research Fellowships
Deadline: January 27, 2023
https://virginiahistory.org/research/research-resources/research-support

National Science Foundation
Developmental Sciences
Deadline: January 30, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/developmental-sciences-ds

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research Grants to Prevent Firearm-Related Violence and Injuries (R01)  - Forecasted Developmental Sciences
Deadline: January 31, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343396

University of Notre Dame
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies -- Visiting Research Fellowships
Deadline: January 31, 2023
https://kroc.nd.edu/research/grants-and-fellowships/apply-for-visiting-research-fellowships/

University of Louisville
Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order -- Nominations Accepted
Deadline: January 31, 2023
http://grawemeyer.org/world-order/

Boston College
Center for Retirement Research (CRR) -- Steven H. Sandell Grant Program in Retirement Research
Deadline: January 31, 2023
https://crr.bc.edu/about-us/grant-programs/steven-h-sandell-grant-program-2/

American Sociological Association
Carla B. Howery Teaching Enhancement Fund Small Grants
Deadline: February 1, 2023
https://www.asanet.org/academic-professional-resources/asa-grants-and-fellowships/carla-b-howery-teaching-enhancement-fund-grants 

National Science Foundation
Science of Organizations (SoO) Program Grants
Deadline: February 1, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-organizations-soo

National Endowment for the Humanities
Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities
Deadline: February 2, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/program/dangers-and-opportunities-technology-perspectives-humanities

National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Deadline: February 2, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-technology-studies-sts

National Institutes of Health
Notice of Special Interest: Secondary Analyses of Existing Alcohol Research Data
Deadline: February 5, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AA-20-018.html

National Institutes of Health
NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: February 5, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-185.html

National Science Foundation
Growing Convergence Research
Deadline: February 6, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/growing-convergence-research-gcr

National Science Foundation
Navigating the New Arctic
Deadline: February 8, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/navigating-new-arctic-nna

National Science Foundation
A Science of Science Policy Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SCISIPBIO)
Deadline: February 9, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-science-policy-approach-analyzing

National Science Foundation
Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges
Deadline: February 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/using-rules-life-address-societal-challenges

University of Washington
Jacobs Research Fund -- For fieldwork with living peoples of North, Central and South America
Deadline: February 15, 2023
http://depts.washington.edu/jacobsf/apply.php

American Council of Learned Societies
Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs Collaborative Programming Grants
Deadline: February 15, 2023
https://www.acls.org/competitions/luce-acls-program-in-religion-journalism-international-affairs-collaborative-programming-grants/

National Institutes of Health
NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-200.html

National Institutes of Health
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required)/Parent Announcement (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated  New Applications)
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-194.html

National Institutes of Health
NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)/Parent Announcement (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated  New Applications)
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-200.html

National Institutes of Health
Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-313.html

National Institutes of Health
Pilot Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R34 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-21-180.html

National Institutes of Health
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Small Research Grants for Innovations in Healthy Longevity Research
Deadline: February 16, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-22-030.html

Brandeis University
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute -- Scholars in Residence Program
Deadline: February 17, 2023
https://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/programs/residencies/index.html

National Institutes of Health
Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative ( Forecasted)
Deadline: February 28, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=342717

National Science Foundation
Mid-Career Advancement Program ( NSF 22-603)
Deadline: March 1, 2023
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22603/nsf22603.htm?WT.mc_ev=click&WT.mc_id=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

National Institutes of Health
Small Grants to Enhance the Use of the All of Us Research Program’s Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: March 1, 2023
RFA-PM-23-002: Small Grants to Enhance the Use of the All of Us Research Programs Data (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (nih.gov)

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation*
Psychosocial Research Grants Letter of Intent
Deadline: March 2, 2023
https://chnfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PSR-2024-Application-Guide.pdf

National Science Foundation
Analytics for Equity Initiative - Broad Agency Announcement
Deadline: March 3, 2023
https://sam.gov/opp/c92b7fe063464937bd00732e7bab131f/view

National Institues of Health
Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 7, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-22-037.html

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science
NIAS Individual Fellowships
Deadline: March 15, 2023
https://nias.knaw.nl/fellowships/nias-individual-fellowship/

National Science Foundation
Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
Deadline: March 15, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/strengthening-american-infrastructure-sai-1

American Council of Learned Societies
ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships
Deadline: March 15, 2023
https://www.acls.org/competitions/acls-leading-edge-fellowships/

National Institutes of Health
Summer Research Education Experience Program (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: March 17, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-168.html

American Anthropological Association
Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology
Deadline: March 18, 2023
https://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2102

Socia Science Research Council
Religion, Spirtuality and Democratic Renewal Fellowship
Deadline: March 20, 2023
https://www.ssrc.org/programs/religion- and-the=public-sphere/ religion-spirtuality

National Endowment for the Arts
Research Grants in the Arts
Deadline: March 27, 2023
https://www.arts.gov/grants/research-awards/research-grants-in-the-arts/program-description

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA)
Deadline: March 27, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345527

National Science Foundation
Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research (FW-HTF)  NSF 23-543
Deadline: March 30, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/future-work-human-technology-frontier-core

Creative Capital
Applications for Radical Visual Arts and Film/ Moving Image Projects, Letter of Intent
Deadline: March 31, 2023
https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/

Yidan Prize Foundation*
Yidan Prizes for Educational Research and Development
Deadline: March 31, 2023
https://yidanprize.org/the-prize/nominations/

Jefferson Memorial Foundation*
Short-term Fellowships
Deadline: April 1, 2023
https://www.monticello.org/research-education/for-scholars/fellowships/short-term-fellowships/

National Science Foundation
Cultural Transformation in the Geoscience Community Planning Grants (NSF 23-539)
Deadline: April 3, 2023
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23539/nsf23539.pdf

International Center for Responsible Gaming
LOIs for Gambling Research/ Large Grants
Deadline: April 3, 2023
https://www.icrg.org/information/apply-for-icrg-funding

National Science Foundation
Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
Deadline: April 14, 2023
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/incorporating-human-behavior-epidemiological-0

National Science Foundation
Future Manufacturing
Deadline: April 19, 2023
Future Manufacturing (FM) (nsf23550) | NSF - National Science Foundation

Council on Library and Information Resources
Recordings at Risk
Deadline: April 19, 2023
https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/apply-for-an-award/

Department of Homeland Security
Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Program
Deadline: April 25, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345347

Whiting Foundation
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
Deadline: April 25, 2023
https://www.whiting.org/writers/creative-nonfiction-grant/about

U.S. Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice: Advancing Access to Justice 60 Years after Gideon
Deadline: April 26, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345941

U.S. Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: April 26, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345946

Rockefeller Foundation
Bellagio Residency Program
Deadline: April 26, 2023
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/residency-program/

National Endowment for the Humanities
The Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan 
Deadline: April 26, 2023
https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/fellowships-advanced-social-science-research-japan

Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation  for Testing and Intrepretaion of Physical Evidence in Publically Funded Forensic Laboratories
Deadline: April 26, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=345757 

Department of Defense
U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research (Fiscal Years 2018-2023)
Deadline: April 29, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=304462

IBM Center for The Business of Government
Research Stipends
Deadline: May 1, 2023
https://www.businessofgovernment.org/node/2688

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: May 1, 2023
https://wennergren.org/program/hunt-postdoctoral-fellowship/

Retirement Research Foundation For Aging
Supporting Organizations Committed to Elevating the Value of Older People Letters of Inquiry
Deadline: May 1, 2023
https://www.rrf.org/what-we-fund/

Russell Sage Foundation*
Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context:  Research Grants-Core Program Letter of Intent
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply/application-deadlines

Russell Sage Foundation*
Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration:  Research Grants-Core Program Letter of Intent
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply/application-deadlines

National Institutes of Health
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (R21)
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-027.html

William T. Grant Foundation
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality Letters of Intent
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants

William T. Grant Foundation
Research Grants on improving  the Use of Research Evidence
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants

Russell Sage Foundation
Program on Social, Political and Economic Inequality  Letter of Intent
Deadline: May 3, 2023
https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality

National Institutes of Health
Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01, R21)
Deadline: May 7, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-068.html

MIT Solve
Learning for Civic Action Challenge
Deadline: May 9, 2023
https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/learning-for-civic-action-challenge

American Association for the Advancement of Science
NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award
Deadline: May 15, 2023
https://www.science.org/content/page/nomis-science-young-explorer-award?umt_source=houselist&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nomis-award&utm_campaign=prizes2022&et_rid=79345017&et_cid=4157786

Woodrow Wilson Center
James H. Billington Fellowship
Deadline: May 15, 2023
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/billington-fellowship

U.S. Department of Justice
Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes
Deadline: May 16, 2023
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346463

Spencer Foundation*
Racial Equity Research Grants Program Letter of Intent
Deadline: May 16, 2023
https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/racial-equity-special-research-grants

NASA
Economic, Social, and Policy Analyses of Orbital Debris and Space Sustainability (ROSES 2023)
Deadline: May 17, 2023
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B1FA91E6D-671A-230A-D277-29470A36775A%7D&path=&method=init

U.S. Department of Justice
Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program
Deadline: May 17, 2023
FY 2023 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program | Bureau of Justice Assistance (ojp.gov)

NASA
Economic, Social, and Policy Analyses of Orbital Debris and Space Sustainability (ROSES 2023)
Deadline: May 17, 2023
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B1FA91E6D-671A-230A-D277-29470A36775A%7D&path=&method=init

National Science Foundation
Accelerating Research Translation (ART)
Deadline: May 23, 2023
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23558/nsf23558.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) 
Deadline: May 24, 2023
FY 2023 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) | Bureau of Justice Statistics (ojp.gov)

National Institutes of Health
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T35)
Deadline: May 25, 2023
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-23-080.html

Gerda Henkel Foundation*
FUNDING PROGRAMME DEMOCRACY;  Democracy as Utopia, Experience and Threat
Deadline: June 6, 2023
https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/democracy#120869

Opportunities marked with an (*) require completion of a clearance form with DePaul's Development Office. Additional funding search tools are available on the ORS website.