American Council of Learned Societies Digital Extension Grants –  The grants are designed to advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research. ($150k/ 12-18months)

Kaplan Institute Faculty Fellowship – These fellowships enable Northwestern faculty to pursue independent projects of significance to the humanities while immersed in an interdisciplinary community of scholars (Faculty may apply for a 50% teaching reduction, which doesn’t count against the leave clock, or, funds permitting, a full year of supported leave.)

The Les Paul Foundation works to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through music education, recording, innovation, and medical research related to hearing.

McKnight Foundation Neuroscience Scholar Awards  – The McKnight Scholar Awards encourage neuroscientists in the early stages of their careers to focus on disorders of learning and memory. ($225K, $75k/yr 3 yrs)

National Endowment for the Humanities Media Projects – The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series  that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: Development and Production. ($75,000 for Development, $700,000 for Production, $1,000,000 for Chairman’s Special Awards)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due)– Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Research Grants for Improving the Use of Research Evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States ($25k-$50k or $100k-$1M/2-4 yrs)

Graham Foundation – Grants for Organizations for publications, exhibitions, installations, films, new media projects, conferences/lectures, and other public programs related to architecture or the designed environment (up to $30k/ 2 yrs)

Hearing Health Foundation – Emerging Research Grants for projects across the spectrum of hearing research and balance research ($50k/ 1 yr)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amt – past grants between $100K-$200K for 1-2yrs)

Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities: Bogliasco Fellowships support the Arts and Humanities by providing residential Fellowships at its study center in Italy’s most vibrant, historic crossroads, where gifted artists and scholars of all cultures come together to connect, create and disseminate significant new work.

ASH Foundation – Supports innovative studies that foster new research ideas and directions for investigators, and that will advance knowledge, tools, and techniques in communication sciences and disorders.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation – Research Grants in communication sciences and disorders (up to $75k/ 1-2 yrs)

Creative Capital Awards – Our pioneering venture philanthropy helps artists working in all creative disciplines realize their visions and build sustainable practices. ($50K)

James S. McDonnell Opportunity Awards – Seed funds to design and carry out new studies motivated by questioning, revisiting, or re-examining the current state of academic knowledge of human cognition and behavior using a dynamic, context-sensitive lens. (up to $250,000/2-4 yrs)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amt – past grants between $100K-$200K for 1-2yrs)

Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants for social scientists working in designated thematic areas on social and living conditions in the United States (up to $50k or $175k/ 2 yrs)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due)– Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Research Grants for Improving the Use of Research Evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States ($25k-$50k or $100k-$1M/2-4 yrs) (Note: LOIs for officer research grants in these areas (which have a lower ask amount up to $50K and a single-stage process) are NOT accepted in the May cycle.

Capita Foundation Auditory Research Grant – Any scientist pursuing independent research can apply for a Capita Foundation Auditory Research grant. Thinking outside the box is most welcome, and priority is often given to projects with promising clinical applications. ($20k/yr up to 2 yrs)

Hartwell Foundation: Individual Biomedical Research Award-This award seeks to stimulate discovery in early-stage, transformative biomedical research that is strategic or translational in nature with the potential to benefit children in the U.S.  ($300k)

ACLS Fellowships – fellowships for scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences to complete a major piece of scholarly work ($60k/ 1 yr)

George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation – fellowships for early mid-career scholars in a rotation of fields in the humanities, history, and the arts ($35k/ 1 yr)

Russell Sage Foundation will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under all of its core programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. In addition, RSF will also accept LOIs relevant to any of its core programs that address the effects of social movements, such as drives for unionization and mass social protests, and the effects of racial/ethnic/gender bias and discrimination on a range of outcomes related to social and living conditions in the United States. (Up to $200k/no more than 2 yrs)

American Hearing Research Foundation – Research grants for basic or clinical studies of the hearing or balance functions of the ear, sudden hearing loss, or Meniere’s disease ($20k-$75k/ 1 yr)

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund (estimated in August) – for development, production, or post-production of feature-length nonfiction film projects (up to $40k)

William T. Grant Foundation (LOI due)– Research Grants on Reducing Inequality and Research Grants for Improving the Use of Research Evidence to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States ($25k-$50k or $100k-$1M/2-4 yrs)

CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars – for early-career researchers to collaborate with colleagues from diverse disciplines working in thematic programs addressing important questions facing science and humanity ($100k CAD/ 2 yrs)

John Simon Gugenheim – The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. (6 mos to one year; no defined amount)

The Les Paul Foundation works to inspire innovative and creative thinking by sharing the legacy of Les Paul through music education, recording, innovation, and medical research related to hearing.

Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowships – for doctoral faculty to pursue publicly engaged humanities scholarship ($81k+/ 1 yr)

Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program (LOI) – The grants provide start-up monies for new research projects in the field of neuroscience that will likely lead to extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other outside funding sources. ($80K 2yrs)

Graham Foundation – Grants for Individuals for production and presentation, or for research and development of projects related to architecture or the designed environment, including publications, exhibitions, installations, films, and new media projects (up to $20k/ 2 yrs)

Jacobs Foundation – Research Fellowships for early and mid-career researchers dedicated to improving the development, learning, and living conditions of children and youth globally ($165k/ 3 yrs)

Retirement Research Foundation (LOI due) – Funds research that seeks to identify interventions, policies and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers. (No specific amt – past grants between $100K-$200K for 1-2yrs)

Russell Sage Foundation – Research Grants for social scientists working in designated thematic areas on social and living conditions in the United States (up to $50k or $175k/ 2 yrs)

Autism Science Foundation-Invites applications for its Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Awards from graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing careers in basic and clinical research relevant to autism spectrum disorders.

Autism Speaks CAPD Pilot and CAPD Fellowship (LOI due) – Anticipates funding two pilot research awards on understanding, evaluating and/or treating individuals with central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), particularly as it relates to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  ($60K 1yr)

Autism Speaks Postdoctoral Fellowship (LOI due) – Supports well-qualified postdoctoral scientists pursuing training in central auditory processing disorder (CAPD). (Avg. $70K 1 yr)

McKnight Foundation Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Awards (LOI due): These awards encourage research aimed at translating laboratory discoveries about the brain and nervous system into diagnoses and therapies to improve human health. Collaborative projects between basic and clinical neuroscientists are welcome, as are proposals that help link basic with clinical neuroscience. ($100k/yr 3 yrs)