Featured Opportunities

October 21, 2026

• The Pork Checkoff’s Research RFP—National Swine Health Strategy focuses on knowledge gaps related to reducing the impact of domestic diseases and preventing incursions of foreign animal diseases. National Pork Board completed an industry-wide survey and convened an advisory group of producer leaders to identify swine health goals and priorities for the National Swine Health Strategy (NSHS), a producer-led initiative to improve the health of the U.S. Swine herd. Specifically, they want to reduce the impact of domestic disease, in particular PRRSV and PEDV which they would like eliminated. They also want to reduce the spread of pathogens in the U.S. Pork Industry by 1) keeping foreign and emerging diseases out of the United States, 2) prevention and preparedness for foreign animal disease and 3) by monitoring and early detection of emerging diseases.
• The Huntington awards over 150 Research Fellowships Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington and to participate in, and contribute to, its intellectual life. The Huntington is a collections-based research institute, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library and art collections. The Art Collections feature European and American art spanning more than 500 years, with diverse strengths ranging from Renaissance Italian bronzes to British grand manner portrait paintings to early American folk art to 20th-century drawings, prints, and photography. The Library holds more than 11 million items that span the 11th to the 21st century. Its diverse materials center on 14 intersecting collection strengths. In addition to reinterpreting the well-known highlights of our collections, thereby connecting them with new and broader audiences, we aim to inspire future generations of scholars and artists by providing greater access to all of our collections.
• The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to invite applications for Digital Justice Development Grants, which are made possible by the Mellon Foundation. This program addresses inequities in access to tools and support for digital work among scholars across various fields, those working with under-utilized or understudied source materials, and those in institutions with less support for digital projects. It promotes inclusion and sustainability by extending the opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of humanistic inquiry to a greater number of humanities scholars and projects at the beginning stages of development. Finally, ACLS Digital Justice Development Grants offer scholars and project leaders general financial planning coaching from the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Such an opportunity provides a foundation upon which grant recipients can envision the possible long-term financial options for supporting their digital projects.
• The Department of State, Fulbright International Education Administrators (IEA) Awards are two-week funded seminars for U.S. higher education administrators to learn about participating countries’ higher education systems, exchange information on best practices, explore the potential for partnerships with institutions of higher education in the host country, and raise the profile of your home institution within the host country and the U.S. participant cohort. By participating in a Fulbright IEA seminar, you can build your institution’s capacity for international education, gain a cross-cultural perspective, and open doors to collaboration with colleagues and students throughout the world.Two-week Seminar activities include: 1) Campus visits to a wide range of universities and colleges; 2) Briefings from faculty, administrators, and leaders at public and private higher education institutions as well as from leading educational experts and government officials and 3) Tours of historical and cultural sites. Currently, there are International Educator Opportunities available in the following countries: France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan and Korea.
• The National Science Foundation’s Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12 initiative aims to advance mathematics learning and education through purposeful collaboration that draws on the interdisciplinary Science of Learning (including neuroscience; cognitive, developmental, and social sciences; computer science; machine learning; engineering; and education research), deep experiences in education practice and teaching, and innovations in the use of data science, AI and technology. Through an agreement with philanthropic partners, including the Walton Family Foundation (WFF), CAMEL consists of two phases. Phase I invites proposals for the creation of new research networks to support the generation of high value datasets that aim to advance math learning and education. These research networks must include researchers who study the basic science of learning, education practitioners, and data scientists. The high value dataset may come from either generating a new dataset or by increasing the value of an existing dataset. Phase II, open only to awardees of Phase I, establishes a “collaboratory,” which is a socio-technological platform that prioritizes community-building and capacity-building to sustain collaborative efforts to advance math learning and education in K-12.
• The Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Collaborative Program Grant for Interdisciplinary Teams (RM1) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports interdisciplinary research teams of three to six Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) to address ambitious and challenging research questions. Collaborative program teams are expected to be integrated, working together to tackle a single focused scientific goal that requires considerable synergy and meaningful team interaction. Program goals should not be achievable through individual efforts or a collection of projects. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.
• The Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Research Program Projects (P01) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the participating NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) invite applications for the investigator-initiated Program Project (P01). A P01 supports a broadly based, multidisciplinary research program with a specific major scientific objective or theme. The proposed Program Projects are focused on the programmatic interests of one or more of the participating ICOs based on their scientific missions. A program project utilizes research projects with a common central scientific theme, an administrative core, and optional shared resource core(s) to accomplish ICOs' programmatic objectives.
• The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (NSF MPS), through its Investigator-Initiated Research Projects (PHY), supports multiple research programs at the frontiers of discovery in physics. Physics research supported by NSF MPS enables understanding of the fundamental aspects of nature at all scales, from the quantum effects inside atoms to the mysterious dark energy spanning the entire universe. The core research programs covered by this funding opportunity are: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Experiment(AMO-Experiment); Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - Theory (AMO-Theory); Elementary Particle Physics - Experiment (EPP-Experiment); Elementary Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology - Theory (EPP/Cosmology-Theory); Gravitational Physics; Integrative Activities in Physics (IAP); Nuclear Physics - Experiment (NP-Experiment); Nuclear Physics - Theory (NP-Theory); Particle Astrophysics - Experiment (PA-Experiment); Physics of Living Systems (PoLS); Plasma Physics; and Quantum Information Science (QIS). The cross-cutting research programs covered by this funding opportunity are: Advanced Physics Instrumentation (API); Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP); and Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF).
• The Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Early-Onset Cancers: Investigating Etiology, Mechanisms, and Early Detection Strategies (RP1) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications that investigate the etiology of sporadic non-hereditary early-onset cancers (EOCs: ages 18 to 49 years) and the underlying biological mechanisms that play a role in these cancers to inform prevention and control strategies. The proposed research is expected to advance the understanding of the unexplained rise of cancers in young adults. More specifically, studies should focus on one or more of the following: i) identifying what environmental or lifestyle exposures are driving the increase in the incidence of non-hereditary EOCs, and how these factors vary by patient demographics; ii) examining the biological mechanisms and host responses that underlie the increase in EOCs; and iii) identifying how those at increased risk of developing EOCs can be identified more effectively. In an effort to streamline the application process and sustain momentum in this critical research area, this NOFO supports both exploratory/developmental and standard research projects through a grant award instrument.
• The Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for P50 Research Center Grants for Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs). Based on the proposed research, applications may be jointly funded with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). This is a re-issuance of PAR-23-284. The program will fund P50 SPORE grants to support state-of-the-art investigator-initiated translational research that will contribute to improved prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of an organ-specific cancer or a highly related group of cancers. The research supported through this program must be translational and be based on human biology research using cellular, molecular, structural, biochemical, and/or genetic experimental approaches. SPORE projects must reach a translational human endpoint within the project period of the grant.
• The purpose of the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH’s Accelerating Research and Development of Next Generation Vaccines against Malaria-a Model for Mosquito-Borne Diseases (R61/R33) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support research and/or preclinical development of highly efficacious vaccines against malaria - one of the deadliest mosquito-borne diseases - by capitalizing on recent technological innovations, particularly in structure-based immunogen design, improved formulations, and combination vaccines. The goal is to achieve long-lasting, highly effective protection that can save lives, strengthen public health security in the United States, and serve as a model for, or are potentially effective against, other mosquito-borne diseases.
• A Private Company via Halo, through its Sustained Energy through Better Nutrition opportunity, is looking for solutions that help sustain everyday physical energy during reduced intake by improving nutritional adequacy, protein-energy delivery, hydration, nutrient utilization, or cellular/metabolic energy, without relying primarily on stimulants. We welcome ingredients, bioactives, novel combinations, delivery/formulation solutions, and food-matrix technologies. Ingestible solutions should suit compact formats such as concentrated, clear, dairy- or plant-based beverages and shots; gels, jellies, spoonable or other semi-solid products; savory formats; snacks, bars or chews; powders or sachets; frozen or structured foods; hybrid food-supplement formats; or other formats offering a clear advantage for consumers with reduced appetite. The ultimate goal is to develop solutions that deliver the highest practical nutritional and functional value in the smallest acceptable volume without compromising consumer enjoyment.
• The Department of Justice, NIJ, FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on Human Trafficking NOFO supports proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to better understand, respond to, and reduce Human Trafficking in the United States in three areas: (1) prevention, including justice system and other initiatives to prevent trafficking in the first place or to prevent further harm after it has occurred, (2) evaluation of federal policies that may have the unintended consequence of perpetuating or increasing human trafficking, and (3) applied research and program evaluations that directly support effective services for American victims. This NOFO is released by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in collaboration with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC).
• The Department of Justice, NIJ FY 2026 Research and Evaluation on School Safety. rigorous research and evaluation projects to fill key gaps regarding K-12 safety, specifically focusing on the development, deployment, and operation of: 1) Anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and internet websites and 2) School threat assessment and intervention teams that include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel. This NOFO seeks rigorous outcome/impact evaluations paired with process/implementation evaluations to assess the effectiveness of activities supported by STOP1 School Violence Act (SVA) projects administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) or similar programs from other sources that align with STOP SVA's goals.