The Falk Catalyst Research Award Program provides seed funding to support high-risk, high-reward translational research that addresses critical scientific and therapeutic roadblocks and can be transferred to clinical practice in the near term. If successful, these projects will have high impact outcomes that open new avenues for treating, curing, and improving the lives of individuals

Sloan Foundation’s Open Source in Science Grants program supports the development of tools and norms that make the most of open source practices to further the development, adoption and maintenance of discovery-enabling software, hardware, and models. Current areas of focus include: Institutional Support for Open Sources, Publication & Archiving, Roles & Career Paths. OFR Contact: Catherine

Brain and Behavior Foundation‘s Young Investigator Grant enables promising investigators in neuroscience and psychiatry to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Funding is intended to help young investigators gather pilot data to apply for larger federal and university grants. All research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment, and

Russell Sage Foundation’s Casual Research on Criminal Justice System requests proposals from tenure-track assistant professors conducting causal research on the criminal justice system. Proposals must include causal research designs that can reliably isolate the treatment effects of a policy, practice, or intervention. Examples include difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, and randomized controlled trials. OFR Contact:

Arnold Ventures’s Transportation Research and Policy is a program seeks proposals evaluating the effectiveness and/or benefits of existing transportation or transportation-adjacent policies on outcomes for communities in the United States. This program is primarily focused on traditional surface transportation — road and public transit — but is open to proposals in aviation, maritime, passenger and freight

Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. This program seeks letters of interest to evaluate the impact of recent state and local policy reforms that legalize or encourage new housing supply, including effects on early development activity, housing production, and

American Psychological Foundation’s Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants are designed to enable and enhance development of identified gifted and talented children and adolescents and encourage promising psychologists to continue innovative research and programs in this area. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $39,000. Deadline: 3/6/26.

Templeton World Charity’s Listening and Learning Planning Grants fund research that aims to understand and map the phenomenon of polarization and/or depolarization globally. This initial call will fund a planning period to develop a proposal and network to carry out a project understanding, or measuring and mapping polarization between and within societies and cultures in

The Alumnae of Northwestern University is soliciting faculty-sponsored proposals for its 2026-2027 Academic Enrichment Grant, the goal of which is to enrich the intellectual and cultural learning experience of undergraduate students and the entire University community by bringing distinguished guest scholars, speakers, and artists to campus for lectures, master classes or performances during the next

Pat and Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund provides seed grants to Northwestern University faculty to speed up the commercialization of innovative and high-potential research in the life sciences.  The Fund will advance translational research discoveries in both engineering and medicine with the potential to have a meaningful and immediate impact on society. Amount: $100,000