Arnold Ventures’s Transportation Research and Policy is a program seeks proposals evaluating the effectiveness and/or benefits of existing transportation or transportation-adjacent policies on outcomes for communities in the United States. This program is primarily focused on traditional surface transportation — road and public transit — but is open to proposals in aviation, maritime, passenger and freight

Arnold Ventures is a philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans through evidence-based solutions that maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. This program seeks letters of interest to evaluate the impact of recent state and local policy reforms that legalize or encourage new housing supply, including effects on early development activity, housing production, and

American Psychological Foundation’s Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants are designed to enable and enhance development of identified gifted and talented children and adolescents and encourage promising psychologists to continue innovative research and programs in this area. OFR Contact: Mike McMahon. Amount: $39,000. Deadline: 3/6/26.

Templeton World Charity’s Listening and Learning Planning Grants fund research that aims to understand and map the phenomenon of polarization and/or depolarization globally. This initial call will fund a planning period to develop a proposal and network to carry out a project understanding, or measuring and mapping polarization between and within societies and cultures in

The Alumnae of Northwestern University is soliciting faculty-sponsored proposals for its 2026-2027 Academic Enrichment Grant, the goal of which is to enrich the intellectual and cultural learning experience of undergraduate students and the entire University community by bringing distinguished guest scholars, speakers, and artists to campus for lectures, master classes or performances during the next

Pat and Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund provides seed grants to Northwestern University faculty to speed up the commercialization of innovative and high-potential research in the life sciences.  The Fund will advance translational research discoveries in both engineering and medicine with the potential to have a meaningful and immediate impact on society. Amount: $100,000

The Office of the Provost supports excellence in faculty scholarly and creative work through the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts (HSSA) Grant. Faculty in these areas of study are eligible for these grants awards, which are intended to provide funding in fields with little external or start-up funding. To apply, please visit the About the

The Career Development and Writing Support Grant provides funds 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: 2/27/26.

Doris Duke Foundation’s Artists Make Technology Lab invites proposals for bold ideas in the performing arts that engage digital tools, innovative data practices, and emerging production methods. This program is interested in proposals where artistic vision leads the exploration of new tools or approaches, including collaborations that bring technologists into artist-centered creative processes. Applicants with

J. M Kaplan Fund’s Furthermore Grants support the publication of nonfiction books related to the arts, history, natural and built environment, and public issues. The funder seeks work that appeals to an informed general audience, gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production, and promises a reasonable shelf life. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft