Funding Opportunities from the European Research Council

Opportunities for Non-European Researchers

The European Research Council (ERC) is a funding organisation for frontier research. It aims to stimulate scientific excellence in Europe by funding the very best, creative researchers of any nationality and age, and supporting their innovative ideas. More information for non-European researchers.

• Synergy Grant: Are you a researcher who wants to address a research problem so ambitious that it can not be dealt with by you and your team alone? The Synergy Grants could be for you!
• Horizon Europe Grant: This funding mechanism is designed to support public health research that supports the health of EU citizens and beyond. Topics include antibiotic-resistant bacteria, developing novel proteins to prevent potential epidemic diseases, using AI to support pandemic preparedness, strengthening health systems to promote health equity, supporting global research collaboration, and much more.
• Search for more EU-based research opportunities here.

Looking for Industry Funding Opportunities? Join the EMERGE project!

The EMERGE project is always bringing on new funding opportunities, and funding applications are always coming online. We encourage you to join Halo by creating a free Halo account.

Here are quick answers to common questions:

1.) Who is eligible to submit proposals?

• Unless stated otherwise in the RFP, principal investigators, postdocs, PhD students, startup companies, and other non-university entrepreneurs/researchers in any country are all eligible to submit proposals.

2.) Do proposals require confidential information?

• No, only non-confidential information is permitted in proposals submitted on Halo. The scientist, university and sponsor are free to discuss confidentiality and sponsored research agreements off of Halo as they normally would.

3.) How long does it take to complete a proposal?

• There is a single, standardized proposal on Halo and it takes most scientists less than an hour to complete. The average time is 45 minutes.

Limited Submission S-STEM: NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program

ISU can submit up to two applications for the NSF S-STEM grant. Currently, ISU is only eligible for Track 2 and Track 3 awards. Details on the award are. available below. If you are considering applying for this award, you must contact Dr. Amy Wuest with the Office of Research Development by 12:00pm on 6/5/2025.

Learn more about the S-STEM program here.

Upcoming NSF Grants (All grants updated 5/6/2025)

• EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research: Due February 27, 2026
• Engineering Research Initiation (ERI): Due September 16, 2025.
• Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences: Due January 22, 2026
• Translation and Diffusion (TD): February 4, 2026
• Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI): Due March 6, 2026
• Infrastructure Systems and People (ISP): Full Proposal Accepted Anytime
• Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyber Infrastructure (CICI): Due January 21, 2026
• Collaboration in Geosciences and AI: Due February 4, 2026
• Earth Sciences Instrumentation and Facilities: Proposals Accepted Anytime
• Division of Chemistry: Disciplinary Research Programs: No Deadline Pilot: Proposals Accepted Anytime

Upcoming NIH Grants (All grants updated 5/9/2025)

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Early Career Research (ECR) Award (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Due February 19th, 2025
• National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) Early Career Research Award (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) Due February 16th, 2025
• New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03, Clinical Trials Not allowed). Expires 3/7/2026
• Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required) Due: September 26, 2025, January 27th, 2026, May 27th, 2026, September 28th, 2026.
• Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Due October 16th, 2025, February 16th, 2026, October 16th, 2026.
• Leveraging Extant Data to Understand Developmental Trajectories of Late Talking Children (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Due October 2nd, 2025
• New Approaches for Measuring Brain Changes Across Longer Timespans (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) Due. October 5th, 2025, February 05, 2025, June 05, 2026, October 05, 2026,

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Instrumentation Grant Program for Resource-Limited Institutions (S10 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Note: This is not a typical S10 award. Applicants do not need to have active NIH finding and the project description is only 7 pages. This NOFO provides funds to purchase a single, specialized, commercially available instrument or an integrated instrumentation system with a cost between $25,000 and $250,000.

Types of instruments to be supported include, but are not limited to, basic cell sorters, confocal microscopes, ultramicrotomes, gel imagers, mass spectrometers, optical instruments such as fluorimeters or CD spectropolarimeters, centrifuges, micro-plate-readers equipped with optical systems for high throughput measurements, FPLCs and HPLC, or computer systems. Due July 3rd, 2025.

Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is for a different type of instrument. Learn more here.

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Notice of Funding Opportunity

The Information Technology Laboratory Grant Program provides financial assistance to support the conduct of research or a recipient’s portion of collaborative research consistent with the ITL’s missions to support research in the following fields: Applied and Computational Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Biometrics, Cloud Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Cybersecurity, Forensic Science, Health Information Technology, High-Performance Computing, Human Factors and Usability, Information Access, Information Processing and Understanding, Internet of Things (IoT), Metrology Infrastructure for Modeling and Simulation, Privacy Engineering, and Statistical Design, Analysis, and Interpretation. This grant has a rolling application deadline.

Learn more here.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)

The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD. Due September 9th, 2025.

Learn more here.

FY25 Department of Navy (DON) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program

The Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO) is inviting a wide range of applications aimed at enhancing existing solutions or developing innovative approaches to maintain and cultivate a world-class Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. This workforce is essential for preserving the technological superiority of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

The proposed projects should focus on creating, enhancing, or sustaining educational pathways and workforce opportunities in STEM fields for U.S. citizens, particularly in areas relevant to the Department of the Navy (DON) science and technology.

The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages initiatives that strengthen the capacity of educational systems and local communities to provide impactful STEM learning experiences for students of all ages, as well as for the naval-related workforce. Learn more here.

Bridge Funding Available for Foundations Across the Country

While we hope that no scholars at ISU will need this type of funding, it is available and the Office for Research Development can work with PIs as needed. The current deadlines are May 30 and June 13, 2025.

"In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rapid response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars, in collaboration with The Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation." Learn more here.

Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant supports an innovative project that represents a change in research direction for an early stage investigator (ESI) and for which no preliminary data exist. Applications submitted to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) must not include preliminary data. Applications must include a separate attachment describing the change in research direction. Upcoming due dates: September 26th, 2025, January 27th, 2026, May 27th, 2026. Learn more here.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Promoting Language and Communication in Minimally Verbal/Non-Speaking Individuals with Autism

The purpose of this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) is to encourage applications for research to promote language and communication in autistic individuals who are minimally verbal/non-speaking. Further research is needed to evaluate and tailor existing interventions, develop novel interventions, develop and apply new research designs and methods to intervention efforts, and identify meaningful outcome measures.  

Learn more here.

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI)

The Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI) program seeks to enable funding opportunities that are flexible and responsive to the evolving and emerging needs in cyberinfrastructure (CI). The program continues to emphasize integrated CI services, quantitative metrics with targets for delivery and usage of these services, and community creation.

The CSSI program anticipates three classes of awards:

• Elements: These awards target small groups that will create and deploy robust services for which there is a demonstrated need, and that will advance one or more significant areas of science and engineering.
• Framework Implementations: These awards target larger, interdisciplinary teams organized around the development and application of services aimed at solving common research problems faced by NSF researchers in one or more areas of science and engineering, and resulting in a sustainable community framework providing CI services to a diverse community or communities.
• Transition to Sustainability: These awards target groups who would like to execute a well-defined sustainability plan for existing CI with demonstrated impact in one or more areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The sustainability plan should enable new avenues of support for the long-term sustained impact of the CI.

Learn more here.

The Office for Research Development is always looking for new ways to support faculty at ISU. Use the link below to share ideas and suggestions.

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