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:

NIH’s Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals advances the development of novel informatics and data science approaches that can help individuals understand and improve their health through actionable insights. The grant seeks applications that further the science of personal health informatics by providing meaningful and actionable insights to individuals through innovative personal

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Critics Institute, a two-week residential workshop and conference, convenes concurrently with the National Playwrights Conference and the National Music Theater Conference. Director Chris Jones, critic and columnist at the Chicago Tribune, offers fellows an intensive course of study for writers of all experience levels, especially for those in mid-career.

Provost’s Career Development and Writing Supports Grants will be awarded to tenure-line and non-tenure-eligible faculty toward the career development program, writing support program or other service of choice that best supports faculty career development or writing and publication. Contact: Provost Awards & Grants. Amount: Up to $4,000. Deadline: January 27, 2025.

Provost’s Grants for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts (HSSA) will be awarded to tenure-line and non-tenure-eligible faculty in the humanities, social sciences and arts fields for research and creative work. Contact: Provost Awards & Grants. Amount: Up to $5,000. Deadline: 1/27/25.