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

Craig Neilsen Foundation’s Psychosocial Research (PSR) portfolio supports the study of people’s psychological and social wellbeing and research to develop and test interventions that improve an individual’s mental, behavioral, and social welfare following spinal cord injury (SCI). The goal is to build and disseminate solutions that individuals, caregivers, clinicians, and communities can incorporate to address

Schmidt Sciences’ Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI) is aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. Ideal projects will have co-PIs with expertises from both the humanities and AI and will address research questions from both domains. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up to $800,000. Deadline:

Sloan Foundation’s Early Career Faculty Support for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research offers early-career faculty at the outset of their academic careers who are focusing on undertaking innovative interdisciplinary social science research related to the transition to a low-carbon economy in the United States. Eligible investigators must be a current or incoming Assistant Professor or Assistant

Thrasher Research Fund’s Early Career Award for Childhood Health encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers. The Fund is open to a wide variety of research topics. They do not focus on a particular disease, but all funded projects deal directly with children’s health.  OFR Contact:

Cyrus Tang Foundation’s Open-Bid Projects will accept one-page concept proposals for the three following topics. Successful applications will involve collaborators in China and will identify methods to ensure a sustainable, meaningful impact and demonstrate a potential to materially improve the lives of people in China. 1) Global Health; 2) Arts & Culture; and 3) Education.

Chicago Community Trust’s Community & Civic Leadership Grant* will support organizations and leadership programs that cultivate community and public sector leaders who are ready to advance efforts that build wealth and improve opportunities for all Chicagoans. This funding opportunity is best suited for leadership development programs with an established history of cultivating leaders from and