The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood 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. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount:

The Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, inside and outside of schools, including internationally. This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. OFR

The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early- and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide. Relevant disciplines include, but are not limited to, education sciences, psychology, economics, sociology, behavioral science, computer science, pedagogy, linguistics, neurosciences, and the science

The William T. Grant Foundation’s mission is to support 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 in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes

The Career Development and Writing Support Grant provides up to $4,000 toward the career development program, writing support program or other service of choice that best supports faculty career development or writing and publication. Amount: Up to $4,000. Deadline: 1/19/2024.

Provost’s Grants for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts (HSSA) of up to $5,000 will be awarded to tenure-line and non-tenure-eligible faculty in the humanities, social sciences and arts fields for research and creative work. Amount: $5,000. Deadline: 1/19/2024.

The purpose of Agilent’s Early Career Professor Award is to establish strong collaborative relationships with emerging academic leaders early in their career and build the prominence of Agilent as a sponsor of university research. Amount: $120,000 over 2 years. Deadline: 2/23/24.

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