American Psychological Foundation’s Direct Action Visionary Grants seek to fund innovative interventions, based on psychological knowledge, that directly address pressing needs of communities. Projects should support APF’s four Visionary Priorities: Serve Marginalized Communities, End Prejudice & Stigma Prevent Violence, and/or Explore Mind-Body Health Connections. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $60,000. Deadline: 10/31/25.

Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Post-Ph.D. Research Grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. The program’s goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. The Foundation

RRF Foundation for Aging’s Responsive Grants’ priority areas within each of the Responsive Grant categories below are: Caregiving, Economic Security in Later Life, Housing, and Social and Intergenerational Connectedness. 1) Advocacy: Achieving enduring social change around issues that affect older Americans; 2) Direct Service: Improve availability and quality of community-based and residential long-term services and

 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Fellowship is comprised of two unique experiences: an immersive orientation period and a hands-on placement working as a senior advisor to an elected or appointed federal government official in Washington, D.C. It is an opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral/social scientists with an interest in health and

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)’s Azrieli Global Scholars program provides unrestricted research support of $100,000 CAD to exceptional early-career researchers in the first five years of a full-time research position to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines. Program components include participating in an interdisciplinary network of fellows, strengthening leadership and communication skills, and increasing

Simons Foundation’s NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career faculty working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $70,000.Deadline: 11/13/25.

NAEd/Spencer Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program supports early career faculty working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $70,000. Deadline: 11/15/2025.

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation supports fellowships in selected fields for early mid-career individuals who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Applicants should have completed their formal studies in the past 5 to 15 years. Support is particularly intended to augment paid sabbatical leave. Fellowships in the following areas will

Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is accepting LOIs under these core programs and special initiatives: 1) Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; 2)Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; 3) Immigration and Immigrant Integration; 4) Implications of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up to $200,000.  Deadline: 10/29/2025 (LOI).

Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)’s Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grant program supports early-career faculty researching economic mobility and access to opportunity in the United States. This program is interested in novel uses of new or under-utilized data, and creative uses of administrative data. Proposals might also include exploratory fieldwork, a pilot study, field or survey experiments, in-depth