The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund will support translational research in the life sciences that is not at a stage to qualify for funding by existing sources—and primarily intended for research that falls into the gaps not supported by government funding. Due 10/2/23.

While committed to run in-house research and engineering, Sony is also excited to collaborate with academic partners to facilitate exploration of new and promising research. The Sony Focused Research Award provides an opportunity for university faculty, research institutes, and Sony to conduct this type of collaborative, focused research. CE Contact: Sheila Kessler. Amount: $150 K.

In order to speed up and expand the creation of new ideas, Sony offers the Faculty Innovation Award. This award allows Sony to partner with universities and research institutes, which helps cultivate advanced concepts and fertilize their own research and development. CE Contact: Sheila Kessler. Amount: $100 K. Deadline: September 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.

The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2024/25. While the Academy supports projects from a wide range of disciplines, some fellowships are granted to projects covering specific topics, including those seeking innovative solutions to major global issues such as climate change or armed conflict; projects in political

ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Given the disproportionate effect the pandemic’s social and economic disruptions have had on emerging, independent, and untenured scholars, ACLS will continue in the 2023-24 competition year to offer these fellowships solely to untenured scholars who have earned the PhD

PCC seeks to advance the reach and power of pop culture for social justice goals. It aims to transform the narrative landscape in America around people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples–especially those who are women, queer, transgender and/or disabled–through partnerships between the social justice sector and the entertainment, advertising, and media industries.

The AIR Program funds topics including accessibility, impact of AI on education, collaboration, collective & society-centered AI and gender bias, and many other areas that aim to have a positive impact on underrepresented groups. Due 7/13/23.

Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and preservation. We look for work that appeals to an informed general audience, gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production, and promises a reasonable shelf life. Due 9/1/23.

The RWJF supports research that identifies the systemic root causes of U.S. health inequities, which have strong links to structural racism and other forms of oppression. For this P4A call for proposals, the goal is to build the evidence base investigating how preemption policies at the state level may affect racial justice and health equity.

The Spencer Foundation invests in research to improve education, broadly conceived. We have identified a critical need for innovative, methodologically and disciplinarily diverse, large-scale research projects to transform education systems for equity.