This publication includes deadline dates for the month of October 2020 and late announcements for the months of September 2020 and August 2020. Proposals submitted by a referenced target date will be included in a particular review cycle, while those received after the target date will be held for the next review cycle. It is advisable to contact the program staff cited in each listing to obtain all available information.
Those deadlines marked by an asterisk (**) are tentative. In some cases, these are specific dates that may change depending on the timing of the deadline notices and in others, we have listed just the month during which a deadline is expected. Deadlines marked by a double plus sign (++) are target dates.
Arts / Humanities / International
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Humboldt Research Fellowships – Oct 2020
American Academy in Berlin
Residential Fellowship: Berlin Prize – Sep 25, 2020
American Antiquarian Society
Long Term/Short Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships – Oct 15, 2020
Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers – Oct 15, 2020
Association for Asian Studies
Asian Studies Grants – Oct 01, 2020 ++
CEC ArtsLink
ArtsLink Fellowships Exchange Programs – Oct 30, 2020
Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Humanities and Social Science – Oct 12, 2020
Center for Hellenic Studies
CHS Fellowships in Hellenic Studies – Oct 01, 2020
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
American Region Opportunities – Oct 15, 2020
Council on Foreign Relations
Mid-Career Fellowships – Oct 31, 2020
Dirksen Congressional Center
Congressional Research Awards – Oct 2020 ++
Hagley Museum and Library
Research Grants and Fellowship Programs – Oct 31, 2020
Institute of International Education
Fulbright U.S. Student Program – Sep 15, 2020
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation – Sep 16, 2020 ++
National Archives and Records Administration
National Historic Publications & Records Commission – Oct 08, 2020
National Endowment for the Humanities
Dialogues on the Experience of War – Oct 14, 2020
Short Documentaries – Aug 12, 2020
National Humanities Center
Fellowships Program – Oct 08, 2020
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Fellowship Program – Oct 01, 2020
Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute for National and International Affairs
Research Grants (Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars) – Oct 01, 2020
W.F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research (Jerusalem)
Fellowships in Ancient Near Eastern Studies – Oct 15, 2020 ++
Education / Economic and Community Development
American Educational Research Association
AERA Funding Opportunities – Sep 10, 2020
Coca-Cola Foundation
Community Requests Grant Program – Oct 2020 ++
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Public Policy Fellowships, Congressional Internships, and Scholarships – Oct 01, 2020
Herb Block Foundation
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Scholarship Programs – Oct 01, 2020
Kellogg (W.K.) Foundation
Koch (Charles G.) Charitable Foundation
Grants for Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions – Oct 2020 ++
Marketing Science Institute
Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Competition – Aug 2020 ++
Mott (Charles Stewart) Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation
National Council of Teachers of English
National Education Association Foundation
NEA Foundation Grants – Oct 15, 2020
Surdna Foundation
Sustainable Communities Grants – Oct 2020 ++
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Cooperative Development Grants Program (RCDG) – Aug 03, 2020
U.S. Department of Education
Education Stabilization Fund: Reimagine Workforce Preparation (ESF-RWP) – Aug 24, 2020
Out-of-School Time Career Pathway – Sep 21, 2020
Personnel Development to Improve Services/Results for Children w/Disabilities – Aug 17, 2020
Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities – Aug 14, 2020
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Presidential Management Fellows Program – Oct 14, 2020
U.S. Social Security Administration
Fellowships in Disability Policy Research – Oct 2020 ++
Health
Academic Pediatric Association
Young Investigator Awards – Sep 01, 2020
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03) – Oct 16, 2020
Health Services Research Projects (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections – Oct 05, 2020
Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01) – Oct 12, 2020
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) – Oct 12, 2020
American Cancer Society
Research, Training and Professorship Grants – Oct 15, 2020
American Dental Association Foundation
Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships – Oct 2020 ++
American Heart Association
Research Programs – Oct 01, 2020
American Psychological Foundation
Fellowships, Research and Program Grants – Oct 2020 ++
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer-Related Funding Opportunities – Sep 24, 2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Exploratory/Developmental Grant Program – Oct 16, 2020
NIOSH Small Research Program (R03) – Oct 16, 2020
Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Quality of Life Grants – Oct 22, 2020 **
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Research and Training Grants – Oct 31, 2020
Francis Family Foundation
Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program – Oct 12, 2020
Health Resources and Services Administration
Rural Health Funding Opportunities – Oct 2020 ++
Telehealth Programs – Oct 2020 ++
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
Grants for Inclusion of Youth with Disabilities – Oct 15, 2020
National Ataxia Foundation
Research Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships – Oct 01, 2020
National Institutes of Health
Advancing Research to Develop Improved Measures and Methods for Understanding Multimorbidity
Novel Mechanism Research on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer’s Dementia (R01
Increasing Uptake of Evidence-Based Screening in Diverse Adult Populations (R01 Clinical Trial
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions – Oct 25,
Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp
Career Transition Award (K22) – Oct 12, 2020
Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) –
Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards – Oct 2020 ++
Improving Patient Adherence to Treatment and Prevention Regimens to Promote Health (R01 Clinical
Independent Scientist Award (K02) – Oct 12, 2020
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) – Oct 12, 2020
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) – Oct 12, 2020
Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25) – Oct 12, 2020
NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) – Oct 16, 2020
Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with
Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools –
Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements(Urgent Supplement –
NIGMS Institutional Predoctoral Research Training Grant (T32 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Sep 25,
Ethical Issues in Translational Science Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 06, 2020
Mechanisms Underlying the Contribution of Sleep Disturbances to Pain (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) –
NOSI: Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on
Assay Validation for High Quality Markers for NCI-Supported Clinical Trials (UH2/UH3) – Oct 08,
Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative: Enabling Biomimetic Tissue-Engineered Technologies for
Co-infection and Cancer (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 05, 2020
Early-life Factors and Cancer Development Later in Life – Oct 05, 2020
Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08) – Oct 12,
Stimulating Innovations in Behavioral Intervention Research for Cancer – Oct 16, 2020
NEI Research Grant for Vision-Related Secondary Data Analysis – Oct 16, 2020
Clinical Trial Pilot Studies (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 16, 2020
Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Faculty Diversity – Oct 09, 2020
Aging Research Dissertation Awards to Increase Diversity (R36 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 16,
Non-Invasive Neurostimulation in AD/ADRD (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 05, 2020
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Clinical Researchers in AD-ADRD Research:
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Clinical Researchers in AD-ADRD Research:
Small Research Grant Program for the Next Generation of Clinical Researchers in AD-ADRD Research:
Advancing Research Needed to Develop a Universal Influenza Vaccine (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Immune Response to Arthropod Blood Feeding (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 15, 2020
NIAID New Innovators Awards (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 14, 2020
Processing and Presentation of Non-Conventional MHC Ligands (R21 & R01 Clinical Trial Not
Bioengineering Research Partnerships (U01Clinical Trial Required) – Oct 05, 2020
Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Archiving and Documenting Child Health and Human Development Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not
Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Data (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct
Avenir Award Program for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders (DP1 Clinical Trial
Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B-Start)(R03 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 16,
Drug Abuse Dissertation Research (R36) – Oct 16, 2020
International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research – Oct 05, 2020
NOSI: Health Services and Economic Research on the Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use
Pilot and Feasibility Studies in Preparation for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R34) – Oct 16, 2020
Accelerating the Pace of Child Health Research Using Existing Data – Oct 05, 2020
Hearing Health Care for Adults: Improving Access and Affordability (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Typical and Atypical Patterns of Language & Literacy in Dual Language Learners (R21-Clinical Trial
Achieving Tissue Robustness Through Harnessing Immune System Plasticity (R01 Clinical Trial Not
Advancing Mechanistic Probiotic/Prebiotic and Human Microbiome Research (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Diversity in the Dental, Oral and Craniofacial
Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodology (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Institutional Network Award for Promoting Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Research Training (U2C-
Medical Simulators for Practicing Patient Care Providers Skill Acquisition, Outcomes Assessment and
Stimulating Hematology Investigation: New Endeavors (SHINE) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct
Transition to Independent Environmental Health Research (TIEHR) (K01) – Oct 12, 2020
Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) (R25 – Independent Clinical Trial Not
Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR)
Clinical Studies of Mental Illness (Collaborative R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 05, 2020
Development and Optimization of Tasks and Measures for Functional Domains of Behavior (R01 Clinical
Drug Discovery For Nervous System Disorders (R01/R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 15, 2020
New Computational Methods for Understanding the Functional Role of DNA Variants Associated with
Pilot Effectiveness Trials for Treatment, Prevention and Services Interventions (R34) – Oct 15, 2020
Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
NINDS Faculty Development Award to Promote Diversity in Neuroscience Research (K01) – Oct 12,
Promoting Research in Basic Neuroscience (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Addressing Caregiver Symptoms through Technological Tools (R01/R21 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct
Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01) – Oct 05,
Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children (R01 Clinical
Mechanisms, Models, Measurement and Management in Pain Research (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
mHealth Tools to Promote Effective Patient-Provider Communication (R01) – Oct 05, 2020
Obesity and Asthma: Awareness and Self-Management (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 05, 2020
Self-Management for Health in Chronic Conditions (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) – Oct 16, 2020
Research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) (R01 Clinical Trials Not
Comparative Effectiveness Research in Clinical Neurosciences (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) –
Smithers (Christopher D.) Foundation, Inc.
Grants Program (Alcoholism Education & Prevention) – Oct 2020 ++
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Clara Mayo Grants for Research on Sexism, Racism, or Prejudice – Oct 10, 2020
Grants-In-Aid Program – Oct 15, 2020
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
TSA Grants & Fellowships – Oct 01, 2020
U.S. Department of Defense
Airman Readiness Medical Research (ARMR) Hybrid BAA – Aug 2020 ++
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – Oct 13, 2020
Orphan Products Clinical Trials Grants Program – Oct 06, 2020
Science / Technology / Engineering / Math
American Chemical Society
Petroleum Research Fund Grant Programs – Oct 16, 2020
Association for Women in Mathematics
Travel Grants and Mentoring Travel Grants – Oct 01, 2020
Fund for Astrophysical Research
Theodore Dunham, Jr. Grants for Research in Astronomy – Sep 30, 2020
Hewlett (William and Flora) Foundation
Environment Program – Oct 2020 ++
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Professorships, Awards, and Postdoctoral Fellowships – Oct 01, 2020
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) – Oct 2020 ++
National Research Council
Jefferson Science Fellowship – Oct 16, 2020
National Science Foundation
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program – Aug 11, 2020
Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections – Oct 09, 2020
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) – Oct 01, 2020
Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research – Oct 01, 2020
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) – Oct 19, 2020
Paleo Perspectives on Climate Change (P2C2) – Oct 20, 2020
Algebra and Number Theory – Oct 09, 2020
Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships (AAPF) – Oct 15, 2020
Division of Chemistry Unsolicited Proposals – Oct 31, 2020
Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) – Aug 11, 2020
Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF) – Oct 21, 2020
Sociology Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Soc-DDRI) – Oct 15, 2020
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Grants-in-Aid of Research – Oct 01, 2020
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study – Oct 2020 ++
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Landscape Scale Restoration Grants – Aug 20, 2020
Capacity Building Grants for Non Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture (NLGCA) – Oct 28, 2020
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program – Oct 23, 2020
U.S. Department of Commerce
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program – Aug 07, 2020
U.S. Department of Defense
BAA for Advanced Aircraft Compatibility Science and Technology Expansion – Oct 31, 2020
AFOSR: Chemistry and Biological Sciences – Oct 2020 ++
AFOSR: Engineering and Complex System – Oct 2020 ++
AFOSR: Information and Networks – Oct 2020 ++
Consortium Research Fellows Program – Oct 2020 ++
Army Research Laboratory BAA for Basic and Applied Scientific Research – Oct 2020 ++
Army Research Office BAA for Fundamental Research – Oct 2020 ++
Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate – Oct 2020 ++
Defense Forensic Science Center BAA for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research – Oct 2020 ++
Mathematical Sciences Program – Oct 15, 2020
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program – Oct 22, 2020
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program – Oct 22, 2020
U.S. Department of Energy
High Energy Physics Program – Sep 30, 2020
National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellowship Program – Oct 02, 2020
Science Education and Workforce Development Programs – Oct 2020
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program – Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Department of the Interior
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grants – Oct 15, 2020
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program – Aug 28, 2020
Whitehall Foundation
Grants-in-Aid and Research Grants – Oct 01, 2020
This information was compiled and edited by Erika Thompson with assistance from the GRC Staff.
