The Microsoft Research AI & Society fellows program aims to catalyze research collaboration between Microsoft Research and eminent scholars and experts across a range of disciplines core to discussions at the intersection of AI and its impact on society. Microsoft recognizes the value of bridging academic, industry, policy, and regulatory worlds and seeks to ignite

The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program is designed to promote and provide resources for projects at various stages of development that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: $10,000-$25,000 (Seed Grants); $50,000-$100,000 (Development Grants). Deadline: 12/15/23.

The Whitehall Foundation, through its program of grants and grants-in-aid, assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation’s policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. OFR Contact: Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty) or MichelleMelin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty). Amount: Up to $300,000 (Research

The McKnight Scholar Awards are given to exceptional young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career. The intent of the program is to foster the commitment by these scientists to research careers that will have an important impact on the study of the brain. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg

The Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) Transition to Independence (TTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in cognitive aging and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty).

The SFARI Bridge to Independence (BTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in autism and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty). Amount: $190,000+. Deadline: 1/10/24.

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) Transition to Independence (TTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in systems and computational neuroscience and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty).

The major goal of AFAR is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research. GFMR and AFAR support research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging rather than disease-specific research. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty). Amount: Up

Through its Grant Programs, the Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Two grant programs are accepting applications. The application portal will open on December 1. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Not specified (recent grants have averaged $16,000).

The BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grants provide support for experienced investigators (full professor or equivalent) conducting neurobiological and behavioral research. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter (Evanston campus faculty) or Michelle Melin-Rogovin(Feinberg faculty). Amount: $100,000. Deadline: 12/5/23.