The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is accepting cooperative agreement applications for investigator initiated clinical trials in communication disorders with the goal of advancing interventions into standard clinical care through well-designed and well-implemented clinical trials. It specifically seeks to support a clinical trial that meets any of the following criteria: requires

Northwestern University’s Racial Equity Grant Program fosters mutually beneficial partnerships between community-based organizations and Northwestern University representatives that address the root causes of racial inequities and work toward structural changes. Proposals should include projects that already have or will establish a community-based organization/Northwestern partnership. Amount: $25,000 – $75,000. Deadline: 1/24/25 (LOI).

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts offers grants for publications, exhibitions, installations, films, new media projects, conferences/lectures, and other public programs about architecture and the designed environment to promote dialogue, raise awareness, and develop new and wider audiences. The Foundation supports efforts that take risks in programming and create opportunities for an

Terra Foundation’s Exhibition Grants offers support for organizations to plan and/or present temporary exhibitions primarily comprising artworks that are not part of the institution’s permanent collection. The Terra Foundation supports visual arts projects with a focus on art of the United States and Indigenous art of North America that question and broaden understandings of American

Sloan Foundation’s Energy and Environment Grant seeks letters of inquiry for collaborative social science research projects led by early- and mid-career scholars examining critical and under-explored questions related to issues of energy insecurity, distributional equity, and just energy system transitions in the United States. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: Not specified (recent grants average at $500,000).

Washington Center for Equitable Growth’s Promoting Competition and Supporting Workers in an Era of AI Innovation supports research on a range of technologies, such as generative AI and large language models, but also algorithms, electronic surveillance, and various forms of automation. The funding priorities fall within two broad areas of interest: workers, work, and workplace

RRF Foundation for Aging’s Responsive Grants 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 in Illinois 3) Professional Education and Training and 4) Research. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang Amount: Not specified; recent grants

NeuroArts Blueprint’s Renee Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Award supports innovative and collaborative research by early career researchers, designed to expand the evidence base of the emerging field of neuroarts. The initiative aims to ensure the arts — and their use in all their many forms —become part of mainstream medicine and public health. Neuroarts is the

JA Community Foundation’s JA Community Grants invests in solutions that meet the needs, interests, and concerns of the Japanese American and broader Asian American communities. The upcoming grant cycle will accept LOIs for programs that focus on senior health and services, history, arts and culture, and youth. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up to

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. OFR Contact: