Mellon Foundation’s Humanities and Place Grants grants fund place keepers, artists, institutions, and storytellers who shine a spotlight on historically overlooked sites, and the communities and stories that surround them. This funder is interested in supporting innovative programming and initiatives that focus on often-overlooked communities or regions to broaden our understanding of American and Indigenous

Khyentse Foundation’s Academic Development Grants strive to support and advance authentic Buddhist studies at the highest level of academic excellence. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Varies. Deadline: 6/15/26 (LOI).

Jacobs Foundation’s LEVANTE Program seeks to understand how children grow, learn, and develop across different times, places, and contexts so that they can be supported to thrive in the multitude of experiences they will encounter throughout life. This call seeks proposals for research projects that collect longitudinal data using the LEVANTE battery across ages 3–12.

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