Samsung Research America’s Strategic Alliance for Research and Technology (START) Program aims to identify emerging technologies and conduct frontier research in collaboration with the academic community. As part of SRA’s expanding efforts to strengthen industry-academic partnerships, this program enables researchers to work with our R&D teams on early-stage innovations that will shape the future of

Citi Foundation’s Accelerating Youth Employability invite proposals from community organizations developing innovative employment solutions for low-income youth between the ages of 15 and 24. These innovative solutions could include: 1) Technical and vocational training programs that upskill or reskill low-income youth and move them into employment, which could include paid internships, apprenticeships or formal employment,

American Psychological Foundation’s Visionary Grants seek to seed innovation through supporting research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems in the following priority areas: 1) Applying psychology to at-risk, vulnerable populations (e.g. serious mental illness, returning military, those who are incarcerated or economically disadvantaged), 2) Preventing violence, 3) Understanding

Sloan Foundation’s Metascience and AI Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to support early career researchers in the social sciences and humanities (with particular emphasis on philosophy, sociology of science, and metascience) who are interested in building a career in understanding the implications of AI for the science and research ecosystem. This fellowship program is intended for researchers

The National Geographic Society’s Freshwater Storytelling program aims to support accomplished and talented storytellers who focus on the status of freshwater supplies. A variety of content formats, including Photography, Film and Video, Mapmaking, Data Visualization, Written Word, Spoken Word, etc. will be considered. Projects that dig deeper into the challenges facing specific communities (such as

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Exploring Equitable Futures supports visionary thinkers—scientists, anthropologists, engineers, technologists, creatives, and others— who use a future-facing lens to uncover how emerging social, cultural, scientific, technological, environmental, and economic trends and forces could advance health equity for generations to come. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Not specified (typical range is $250,000-$500,000).

Russell Sage Foundation’s Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System, in partnership with Arnold Ventures, requests proposals from tenure-track assistant professors conducting causal research on the criminal justice system. Criminal justice policies and practices include the work of police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole, and immigration detention. Proposals must include causal research designs that

Brady Education Foundation’s Promoting Positive Cognitive and/or Achievement Outcomes for Children seeks Existing Program Evaluation (EPE) and Research Project (RE) proposals that demonstrate a strength-based perspective and have the potential to inform future educational research, practice, major philanthropic giving, and/or public policy. EPE proposals must focus on evaluating the effectiveness of programs designed to promote

Cyrus Tang Foundation’s Open-Bid Project Initiative invites Northwestern faculty to submit one-page concept papers focused on Global Health, Arts and Cultures, and Chinese Education Advancement and Innovation. The Foundation will accept concept proposals for the three following topics: 1) Global Health, 2) Arts and Culture, and 3) Chinese Education. Successful proposals will be non-political in

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Research on Energy System Interactions in the United States program invites Letters of Inquiry for interdisciplinary, collaborative social science research projects led by early- and mid-career scholars that analyze the systemic interactions and connections associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy in the United States. Relevant disciplines