BrightFocus Foundation provides research funds for researchers pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty). Amount: $200,000-$300,000 (see below). Deadline: 8/2/24 (LOI).

Brady Education Foundation seeks Existing Program and Evaluation Research Project proposals that have the potential to provide data that will inform how to address disparities in educational opportunities associated with race, ethnicity, and family income. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: Not specified (grants average approximately $100,000). Deadline: 8/1/24 (Stage 1 proposal).

Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is accepting LOIs under these core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context;  Future of Work;  Immigration and Immigrant Integration;  Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility After the 2023 Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions at Colleges and Universities; Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; Social, Political, and Economic Inequality.

Wellcome’s Mental Health Award will fund innovative projects that combine computational and experimental neuroscience approaches to improve understanding of symptoms of anxiety, depression, and psychosis, including their development, maintenance, or resolution. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: £2-5 million (~$2.5-$6.4 million USD). Deadline: 7/23/24 (optional scope check: 7/9/24).

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF): Addressing Childhood Obesity and Health Inequities aims to support projects with the potential to support, sustain, and evolve the field in promoting systems-level change to prevent childhood obesity, address structural racism, and advance health equity. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: $1 million+ (RWJF will make up to 6 awards

Greenwall Foundation’s Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas program supports research to help resolve an important emerging or unanswered problem in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice. The program aims to fund projects that promote the Foundation’s vision and mission through innovative bioethics research that will have a real-world, practical impact.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s Economic Mobility Focused on the Needs of the Community has three main areas of interest: Affordable Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Small Business Resiliency. Amount: not specified. Deadline: 6/21/24.

The Joyce Foundation invests in public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region. The Foundation accepts applications in the areas of Culture, Democracy, Education & Economic Mobility, Environment, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform, and Journalism. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Not specified

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research’s Conference and Workshop Grant program supports meetings and events that promote the development of inclusive communities of anthropologists and advance significant and innovative research. Supported conferences are those that are public events directed at large audiences of anthropologists. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Up to $20,000. Deadline: 6/1/24.

The Arnold Ventures’s Building Evidence RFP aims to identify and evaluate evidence-based solutions targeting the nation’s most pressing social problems. The program will fund researchers to conduct rigorous, causal research that aligns with key AV policy areas, including higher education, infrastructure, contraceptive choice and access, and public finance. Proposals should address policy relevance, study design,