Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood’s Early Childhood Grants supports promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the U.S. Welfare is broadly defined to include physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, education, play, familial support, acculturation, societal integration, and childcare. Grants are

Jacobs Foundation’s Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize honors exceptional researchers, whose scientific contributions can be considered as a cornerstone for the advancement in the field, in any scholarly discipline aiming at improving learning, development, and living conditions of children and youth. The applicant or nominee’s research must have led to major, ground-breaking contributions to the

RRF Foundation for Aging prioritizes four main areas within their grantmaking programs: Caregiving, Housing, Economic Security in Later Life, and Social and Intergenerational Connectedness within the following grant programs: 1) Advocacy, 2) Direct Service, 3) Professional Education and Training, and 4) Research. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Not specified; recent grants have ranged from approximately

The goal of Northwestern University’s Advancing Neighborhood & Community Health, Opportunity & Resilience (ANCHOR) Grants is to foster mutually beneficial partnerships between community-based organizations and Northwestern University representatives, working to address longstanding social, economic, and structural barriers. By combining resources and expertise, these grants aim to enhance the well-being and opportunities for communities in need.

NSF’s Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program’s mission is to advance the U.S. scientific and economic leadership by building capacity and increasing the number of robust translational research ecosystems in Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) that span across the full geography of our nation. Amount: Up to $6,000,000 (depending on track). Deadline: 1/15/26 or 3/12/26 (depending on

William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Improving the Use of Research Evidence supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $25,000 –

Greenwall Foundation’s Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas program supports research to help resolve important emerging or unanswered bioethics problems in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice. The Foundation’s vision is to make bioethics integral to decisions in health care, policy, and research. Their mission is to expand bioethics knowledge to

William T. Grant Foundation’s Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Improving the Use of Research Evidence supports research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. Grants are offered for research studies in two areas: 1) Build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, and practices that aim to reduce inequality

The mission at CatchLight is to leverage the power of images to inform, transform, and connect communities. The CatchLight Global Fellowship awards visual storytellers who are poised to ignite social change through their photography, videography or leadership by leveraging the power of visuals to create impactful audience engagement and innovative distribution models. Amount: $30,000. Deadline:

Leakey Foundation’s Research Grants on Human Origins has a mission to increase scientific knowledge, education, and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival. Current funding priorities include 1) paleoanthropology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; and 2) primates, including evolution, behavior, morphology, ecology, endocrinology, genetics, isotope studies, and 3) modern hunter-gatherer groups. Applications are