Featured Opportunities

July 22, 2026

• The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites Research Proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2026-27 competition cycle, ACLS will award at least 60 fellowships to scholars across all stages of the scholarly career. Approximately half of the awards will support early career scholars. They solicit applications from scholars pursuing research on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant, which can take the form of a monograph, one or more articles, a publicly engaged humanities project, a digital research project, a critical edition, or other scholarly resources. ACLS Fellowships support projects at any stage of development—early, middle, or late. ACLS aims to select fellows who are broadly representative of the variety of humanistic scholarship across all fields of study. They welcome and encourage applications from all eligible scholars, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, age, or any aspect of identity. They also encourage applications from scholars across the range of academic institutions and beyond. In ACLS’s peer review, funding packages, and engagement with fellows, they aspire to enact our values of equity and inclusion as integral components of scholarly excellence.
• The National Endowment for the Arts Collaborative Research program aims to advance knowledge in the humanities by supporting teams of scholars working on a project leading to an interpretive product. Teams may propose research in a single field of study or interdisciplinary work. NEH encourages projects that incorporate multiple points of view and pursue new avenues of inquiry. Collaborators may come from one or more institutions. NEH encourages partnerships with researchers in the natural and social sciences, but projects must focus on humanistic content and employ humanistic methods. International collaboration is welcome, but scholars at U.S. institutions must contribute significantly to the project. Proposed projects must lead to a tangible and sustainable output, such as a coauthored book, edited volume, themed issue of a peer-reviewed journal, digital publication, or scholarly website. Project outputs must incorporate collaboration and interpretation to address significant humanities research questions.
• The Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control and Global Diversion’s Data Analytics & AI to Counter Global Diversion seeks to address multiple facets of export control challenges. The first component will analyze trade data, create exemplary visualizations (e.g., dashboards), and train export control authorities to use data analysis for export control implementation. The second component will design, develop, and deploy a smartphone-accessible application for frontline officers to detect and identify export-controlled commodities. The third component will train recipients to effectively, responsively, and proactively engage regulated industry based on identified proliferation trends.
• The Kansas State University Secure Energy Initiative’s (SEI) Seed Funding Request for Proposals invites proposals for interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary projects that advance energy security through integrated technical, institutional, and social solutions. The Secure Energy Initiative (SEI) organizes its activities around four technical focus areas ("Pillars") and two enabling themes ("Crosscuts"). Across all focus areas, SEI emphasizes collaboration with organizations and communities that will ultimately use, regulate, or benefit from energy technologies and practices. This approach accelerates the translation of research into deployable solutions that improve energy security. SEI seed funding is intended to support activities that position teams for larger externally funded projects and deployment-oriented initiatives. The program is intended to generate preliminary results, partnerships, data, tools, and implementation pathways that increase competitiveness for external funding opportunities. SEI seed funding should be used to support use-inspired projects that advance the deployment, adoption, operation, and societal integration of secure energy systems. Basic research components are welcome when clearly connected to longer-term energy security outcomes and pathways to implementation.
• The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for the Simons Fellows in Mathematics program to make sabbatical research leaves more productive by extending them from a single term to a full academic year. Sabbatical research leaves from classroom teaching and administrative obligations can provide strong intellectual stimulation and lead to increased creativity and productivity in theoretical research. Awards will be based on the applicant’s scientific accomplishments in the five-year period preceding the application and on the potential scientific impact of the work to be done during the leave period.
• Solid research is the underlying driving force to crystallize fearless creativity and innovation. While Sony Corporation is committed to running in-house research and engineering, they are also excited to collaborate with academic partners to facilitate exploration of new and promising research. The Sony Focused Research Award provides an opportunity for university faculty, research institutes, and Sony to conduct this type of collaborative, focused research. The award provides up to $150K USD* in funds and may be renewed for subsequent year(s). A list of candidate research topics are: Internal Mechanisms of Multimodal Generative Models for Content Creation; Anime-Style Expression Exaggeration – Learning Artistic Deformation Priors; Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Graph-Based Modeling; Psychology-Informed User Modeling and Intervention Design for Content Streaming Experiences; Post-Training of Speech LMs for Anime; Innovative Visual Technology Powered by AI; AI-Based Digital Human Content Creation for Sports Science and Sports Entertainment; Provenance Proofs for AI-Generated Derivative Content; Long-Term Memory for Sequential Decision-Making in Game Video Understanding; Cloud Creation Everywhere; and Design and Evaluation of an Intermediate Interaction Layer for Integrating Diverse Input/Output Environments.
• The Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistance Project is aa historic first-of-its-kind programmatic initiative to strengthen global AI supply chain security by creating a trusted supply chain credentialing and provenance platform to secure the AI supply chain in partner countries and economies. Pax Silica is the Department’s flagship programmatic and policy initiative to strengthen global Artificial Intelligence (AI) supply chain security, advancing new economic security consensus among allies and trusted partners. The Pax Silica Fund supports programming with partner economies that advances the Export of the American AI Technology Stack, and on Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. The Pax Fund does this by disrupting strategic competitors’ efforts to disrupt secure and reliable semiconductor supply chains and critical emerging technologies, including AI, biotechnologies, quantum, semi-conductor, and space technologies. Specifically, the Pax Fund provides seed funding for innovative pilot projects to leverage international partnerships that reduce coercive dependencies, secure global technology supply chains, address AI supply chain opportunities and vulnerabilities, explore joint investment, protect sensitive technologies, and build trusted digital infrastructure. This is an limited submission opportunity; thus, if you are interested in submitting to it, you must first notify (working title, team list, short synopsis) the Office of Research Development via ordlimitedsubs@ksu.edu.
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s NASA's Biosphere research area focuses on research that provides foundational knowledge on interactions between and within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, along with changes to their biogeochemistry and biodiversity. In doing so, it leverages the unique vantage point of space. Programmatically, Biosphere includes four research areas (subelements): Biological Diversity, Land Cover and Land Use Change, Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry, and Terrestrial Ecology. The goal is to further understand the Earth system in which both human-induced and natural changes influence the composition, structure, and function of ecosystems, as well as the fluxes and storage of elements critical for life and the availability of natural resources. Its research hinges on remotely sensed measurements of our living planet, including data obtained from space, aircraft, and other suborbital platforms; data from field studies and coordinated campaigns; and data assimilation and modeling efforts to quantify and predict changes to the biodiversity and biogeochemical regimes of the living Earth. Long-term, sustained, and well-calibrated satellite data are a critical component of Earth system observations and are the only means to detect change synoptically at the global scale. More information on the Biosphere research area can be found here.
• The SAMSUNG Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program is an important part of SAMSUNG’s growing academic research engagement and collaboration platforms.​ Since 2009, world-class university researchers have been invited annually to propose novel research ideas and work with our R&D teams to foster technological innovation. This has resulted in active collaborative relationships with over 150 leading universities worldwide.​ The selected GRO projects will be funded for one year. This project may be extended based on annual research outcomes and the necessity for further research partnerships, as determined by SAMSUNG. Joint research proposals from multiple universities are welcome and accepted.​ The GRO Program represents an opportunity for SAMSUNG and universities to build mutually beneficial research relationships, and we look forward to your participation.​ Areas of research interest are: Scientific AI; Quantum Computing; Next Computing; Advanced Devices; AI System Architecture; and Environmental Tech. for Sustainability.
• The Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) solicits Proposals for $ 1,000,000- $3,000,000 to develop democratic resilience, rule of law, sovereignty, and civilizational self-confidence in Europe through research, conferences, cultural engagements, and support for civil society to address national sovereignty, migration, censorship, and lawfare challenges in line with our shared political philosophy, law, and Western heritage. Projects should promote natural rights and fundamental freedoms, partner with civil society, and engage in targeted research and advocacy, and not attempt to reform the legislative processes of host governments. Applicants may work as individual organizations or as a consortium or in other teaming arrangements for activities that meet program objectives. Proposals must focus on one or more of the following objectives: Objective 1: Civil society identify, analyze and respond to instances of lawfare and judicial activism that undermine democracy and national sovereignty; and/or Objective 2: Civil society elevates debate on EU integration, national sovereignty, migration, and Western identity. For each activity, the applicant must identify the target country(ries) and describe in detail why the geographic scope is necessary to achieve the project goal and objectives. This is a limited submission opportunity with K-State allowed only one submission. Thus, if you are interested in applying to this program, you must first contact the Office of Research Development (ORD) via ordlimitedsubs@ksu.ed
• The Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an Open Competition for proposals for programs that investigate how perpetrators of transnational repression (TNR) infiltrate diaspora communities using faith-based or quasi-government organizations to target individuals and groups across borders and exploit governmental and quasi-governmental bodies and mechanisms. The program would then translate findings into immediately actionable options for individuals, organizations, governments and international bodies to mitigate risk and end these practices. DRL seeks to support rigorous, evidence-based research that leverages the expertise and research networks of diaspora and faith-based communities to conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) research, document TNR tactics, analyze perpetrator networks, and produce actionable findings for use by civil society, law enforcement, judicial bodies, and policymakers. This is a limited submission opportunity with K-State allowed only one submission. Thus, if you are interested in applying to this program, you must first contact the Office of Research Development (ORD) via ordlimitedsubs@ksu.ed
• The Library of Congress’ Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. The fellowship is open to scholars from all disciplines. The Digital Studies Fellowship supports a wide array of academic work that encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. Fellows will have the opportunity to engage with various digital departments in the Library of Congress while pursing and sharing their research. Specifically, The Library's John W. Kluge Center seeks proposals from scholars worldwide that will generate deep, empirically-grounded understanding of the consequences of the digital revolution on how people think, how society functions, and how international relations shift. Proposals may also explore and analyze emerging trends and new phenomena that may generate consequential changes in the future. All proposals must state the importance of the research to fundamental thinking about the human condition.