Upcoming Funding: Week of September 14, 2026

Buffett Global Collaboration Grants
Buffett Contact: Andreea Micu 
Amount: Up to $10,000 
Deadline: 10/15/2026 

Buffett Funding for Ongoing Faculty Research Initiatives
Buffett Contact: Harrington Weihl
Amount: Up to $10,000/year
Deadline: 10/22/2026 

Joyce Foundation: Great Lakes Region
OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter
Amount: Not specified 
Deadline: LOI due 10/6/2026  

McKnight Foundation: Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Awards
OFR Contact: Mike McMahon (Evanston faculty) or Michelle Melin-Rogovin (Feinberg faculty) 
Amount: $300,000 
Deadline: 10/15/2026 

Humanity AI: Communities Leading on AI Open Call
OFR Contact: Michael Kelley  
Amount: $75,000 – $1,000,000 
Deadline: 10/21/26  

NSF UIDP Industry-Integrated PhD (I-PhD) Scholars Program
Amount: Varies, but includes $37,000 annually for graduate stipend
Deadline: Rolling 

Howard Foundation: Arts and Humanities Fellowship (Writing for Performance or Choreography; Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies)
OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang  
Amount: $40,000  
Deadline: 11/1/2026

NSF Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (UDV-AI) 
Amount: Up to $200,000 (planning grants), $2 million (research grants), or $5 million (large-scale collaborative grants) 
Deadline: 11/4/2026 

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research: Global Scholars
OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang 
Amount: $100,000 CAD (approx. $71,205 USD)
Deadline: 11/4/2026   

Applications Opening 

Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities
Amount: Up to $50,000 for two semesters
Deadline: 12/5/2026 – application opens 10/1 

National Endowment for the Humanities Public Humanities Project
Amount: Up to $825,000
Deadline: 12/9/2026 – application opens 10/15 

ARPA-H: Emerging Health Innovators (EHI) Initiative: Causally-Grounded Alignment for Clinical Generative AI Tools
Amount: Up to $700,000
Deadline: 2/10/2027 – application opens 9/16/2026