Sloan Foundation’s Early Career Faculty Support for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research offers early-career faculty at the outset of their academic careers who are focusing on undertaking innovative interdisciplinary social science research related to the transition to a low-carbon economy in the United States. Eligible investigators must be a current or incoming Assistant Professor or Assistant

Thrasher Research Fund’s Early Career Award for Childhood Health encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers. The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. They do not focus on a particular disease, but all funded projects deal directly with children’s health.  OFR Contact:

Cyrus Tang Foundation’s Open-Bid Projects will accept one-page concept proposals for the three following topics. Successful applications will involve collaborators in China and will identify methods to ensure a sustainable, meaningful impact and demonstrate a potential to materially improve the lives of people in China. 1) Global Health; 2) Arts & Culture; and 3) Education.

Chicago Community Trust’s Community & Civic Leadership Grant* will support organizations and leadership programs that cultivate community and public sector leaders who are ready to advance efforts that build wealth and improve opportunities for all Chicagoans. This funding opportunity is best suited for leadership development programs with an established history of cultivating leaders from and

Terra Foundation’s Convening Grants is offering funding for programs that foster exchange and collaboration, such as workshops, symposia, and colloquia. Programs should advance innovative and experimental research and professional practice in American art and address critical issues facing the field. Requests for convenings intended to inform projects in their early stages, which will benefit from

Graham Foundation’s Grants to Organizations supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. Production and Presentation Grants assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation.

Kress Foundation’s is offering funding for its following programs: 1) History of Art Program, which supports scholarly projects designed to enhance the appreciation and understanding of European works of art and architecture from antiquity to the early 19th century, and 2) Conservation Program, which supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates

Russell Sage Foundation will accept letters of inquiry under the core programs for Future of Work and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. The foundation will also accept LOIs for its special initiative, implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban Conscious Admissions.The Foundation encourages methodological variety and inter-disciplinary collaboration, but all LOIs and proposals

The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities 2026-2027 Artist in Residence Program, which is part of its larger Artist Engagement Initiative, is to facilitate greater interaction between artistic practice and humanities conversations and teaching on campus. Visiting artists will engage with students and faculty around shared interdisciplinary concerns, contributing fresh perspectives onto current research and teaching

826 National Youth Writing is excited to invite eligible youth-serving organizations and schools to apply for grants through the Write to Thrive Fund. This initiative connects programs with 826 National’s writing-and-SEL curriculum and training, strengthening their capacity to support young people’s creative expression, mental health, and well-being. Amount: of $20,000. Deadline: 1/21/26.