Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Insight to Action Health Equity Grant Health Equity Research for Action will support community-rooted, action-oriented health equity research that reflects lived realities and responds to immediate and long-term needs. Applicants must demonstrate an existing, authentic, and accountable community partnership of at least two years (with more time preferred). One of the

Internet Society Foundation’s Research Grant supports global research collaborations that advance understanding of the Internet and its value for all.  Statements of interest and subsequent proposals should address topics related to one of the following thematic areas: Inclusive Internet, Greening the Internet, Measuring Meaningful Connectivity, or A Trustworthy Internet. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: $200,000

Gerda Henkel Stiftung’s Lost Cities Program aims to place current challenges facing shrinking and abandoned “lost cities” in historical context. It focuses not on the question of which factors led to a city’s abandonment, but rather on the ways in which lost cities are “read,” instrumentalized, and codified in various cultures and periods of time.

The Brady Education Foundation’s Research and Evaluation Grants support projects to develop and test the feasibility of new programs for promoting positive cognitive and/or achievement outcomes for children (birth through 18 years) from underserved groups and/or low-resourced communities (minority ethnic groups, low-income families), as well as projects that evaluate the effectiveness of such programs. OFR

The SSRC/Japan Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowships in the U.S. invites US colleges and universities to apply for grants to support postdoctoral fellowships. This program provides grants of up to $60,000 as partial support for the hiring of recent PhD students specializing in Japan to both teach and conduct research on Japan, within any social science or

The SSRC/Japan Foundation’s Next Gen Japan Study Tour Grants provide institutional grants for faculty at US-based colleges and universities to bring undergraduate and master’s degree students to Japan for immersive learning experiences. Grants provide support for a study tour to Japan for five students (minimum) with a minimum of five days of curriculum-based activities. OFR

The SSRC/Japan Foundation’s SSRC-JF Next Gen Japan Studies Development Program provides grants of up to $20,000 to US academic institutions or consortia of institutions to host Japan-based faculty for a six-week stay in the United States. The July deadline is for grants beginning between September 1, 2026, and December 31, 2026. There will be a

National Geographic Society’s Storytelling Grants’ Climate Pledge seeks to turn the power of storytelling toward illuminating climate resilience and solutions around the world. This RFP seeks stories that move beyond data and charts to highlight the lived experiences of communities navigating climate change and the trailblazers reimagining a sustainable future. Areas of interest include:  1)

Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Global Initiative Grants program helps support innovative projects that meet a need not already addressed by the Foundation’s other programs and that benefit the discipline of anthropology by creating the conditions for anthropologists to do better work. From 2026–2030, Global Initiative Grants will give priority to innovative projects in public anthropology that are designed

One Mind’s Rising Star program invites early-career investigators in neuroscience, psychiatry, and related disciplines to apply for $300,000 research grants designed to advance the understanding, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental health conditions and psychiatric disorders. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon (Evanston campus faculty) or Michelle Melin-Rogovin (Feinberg faculty). Amount: $300,000. Deadline: 4/27/26.