The first step for any sponsored program is to find the right funding opportunity. Below are current funding announcements and resources for fund searching.
Funding Announcements
OSRP invites you to share your research and program interests opportunities with us so personalized opportunities can be sent directly to you. The following are a number of programs currently accepting applications:-
CIVIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE (CIVIC)
The Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) is a research and action competition that accelerates the transition to practice of foundational research and emerging technologies into communities through civic-engaged research. By addressing priorities at the local scale that are relevant across the US, CIVIC is laying the foundation for a broader and more fluid exchange of research and technology capabilities and civic priorities through joint partnerships involving civic partners and the research community. CIVIC funds projects that pilot state-of-the-art solutions to community challenges over 12 months, following a six-month planning phase, and have the potential for lasting impact in the partnering community as well as the potential to be scaled and implemented in other communities. Additionally, the foundation for CIVIC projects should be rooted in maturing and transitioning state-of-the-art research in disciplines, including but not limited to computer science, engineering, geosciences, biological sciences, and social sciences.
Deadline: May 1, 2024
https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/civic-innovation-challenge-civic
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2025 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAM
"The MURI program supports basic research in science and engineering at U.S. institutions of higher education (hereafter referred to as "universities") that is of potential interest to DoD. The program is focused on multidisciplinary research efforts where more than one traditional discipline interacts to provide rapid advances in scientific areas of interest to the DoD. As defined in the DoD Financial Management Regulation...Detailed descriptions of the topics and the Topic Chief for each can be found in Section II.H, entitled, “TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS.”
White Paper Deadline: May 17, 2024
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: SCHOLARLY EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
"The Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations program provides grants to organizations to support collaborative teams who are editing, annotating, and translating foundational humanities texts that are vital to scholarship but are currently inaccessible or only available in inadequate editions or translations. Typically, the texts are significant literary, philosophical, and historical materials, but works in other humanities fields may also be the subject of an edition."
Deadline: November 27, 2024
https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/scholarly-editions-and-translations-grants
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH
Small grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.
The program is interested in funding programs that:
Link basic/early biomedical science to climate-focused thinking
Sustainability in healthcare systems, health care delivery outside institutions, and biomedical research
Health impacts and health systems impacts of extreme weather events and other crises
Outreach, communication, and education around climate and human health
Deadline: Proposals accepted through July 2026 with quarterly deadlines
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EVIDENCE FOR ACTION: INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY
"Evidence for Action (E4A) prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. Our focus on racial equity means we are concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other races and ethnicities), as well as the ways in which racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority.
This funding is geared toward studies about “upstream” causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities."
Deadline: Rolling
The Faculty Research and Development Grant Program
The Faculty Research and Development Grant Program has been providing financial assistance to faculty since 1977. The goal of this initiative is to encourage full-time faculty to pursue professional development by providing limited, although meaningful, financial support. Faculty members who are eligible to serve as principal investigators (PI) on externally funded grants are encouraged to apply for funding. Below are abstracts from projects funded from the 2023 competition.-
Uncovering the Transcriptomic Effects of Elder Flower Treatment in C. elegans
Parkinson's disease is an incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that currently affects over 10 million people worldwide. Despite decades of research, we do not have an effective treatment for this disorder. Medicinal plants represent a vast pool of potential therapeutics. In particular, the traditional plants of the Lumbee Indian tribe have been understudied and may hold the novel active compounds to treat neurodegenerative disorders. We aim to uncover the transcriptional effect of elderflower extract through RNA sequencing and pathway analysis. This project will serve to advance the neuroscience field, provide hands on computational training to undergraduate students, and enhance the mission of the University.
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Multi-population Long-term Study of Eastern Box Turtle Ecology and Population Effects Dynamics
We are currently in a biodiversity crisis, with perhaps no vertebrate animal group more imperiled than turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. Turtles are currently one of the most imperiled vertebrate groups, with more than 50% of species listed as threatened or endangered, and several species already driven to extinction in the past several decades (Stanford et al. 2020). Threats include habitat loss and degradation, exploitation for pet and food trades, disease, road mortality, climate change, and other anthropogenic factors. Given their life history characteristics of slow growth, delayed maturity, long lifespans, and high natural mortality in early life stages, turtles are especially vulnerable to any disruptions that increase mortality of adults or reduce recruitment through reproduction. Knowledge of how individuals of different ages and demographic groups respond to spatial and temporal environmental variation over long timeframes would improve our understanding of their ecology, as well as assist land managers and policy makers in making informed decisions regarding their conservation
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The Current Status of Physical Activity Levels in School Age Children in Robeson County
Adult obesity affects over one third of the population in Robeson County and this is accompanied by inactivity in the general population that exceeds 50%. The study objectives include measure the current status of daily physical activity in children ages 10-17 in Robeson County to provide baseline physical activity behavior for children in the target location; and provide insights on which factors such as age, race/ethnicity, and age predict physical activity levels in children to determine if groups differ on activity counts. Results from these data will be used to create research products (Presentations and Publications) and used to write grant proposals aimed at securing funding to set up activity interventions in Robeson County as well as provide recommendations for community groups, parents, and schools to support programming for children and their families.
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Characterizing Shortness of Breath and Its Impact on Quality of Life in Dysautonomia: A Patient Reported Outcome Study
Recent studies have shown that many patients affected by Long COVID & have features of autonomic nervous system dysfunction and experience shortness of breath even when infection was mild and in the absence of lung complications. The complex physiological causes for shortness of breath in dysautonomia have been thoroughly characterized in recent publications, fueled by the spike in dysautonomia cases linked to COVID-19. Historically, however, shortness of breath in dysautonomia has been dismissed as psychogenic, due to the poor understanding of the physiological processes causing this symptom. Consequently, dysautonomia patients affected by shortness of breath often still face a stigma resulting from the unawareness of many clinicians. We plan to: 1) to quantify the prevalence of dyspnea in dysautonomia by surveying the patient population who are members of Dysautonomia International, 2) to assess the impact of shortness of breath on patient's quality of life, and 3) to involve outstanding UNCP students from Mathematics and Biology in research of biomedical import.
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Investment Assets Choices and Their Association with Investors; Information Sources and Financial Knowledge
Although there are many different types of investment assets available in the financial markets, a recent report in 2018 by the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) showed that individual investors held a limited variety of those assets in their portfolios outside their retirement accounts. Given the fact that a large proportion of the respondents did not hold many different types of financial assets, we ask whether and how their use of financial information and financial knowledge influenced their decision to hold multiple types of investment assets. The objective of this research is to estimate the influence of investor use of information and financial knowledge on their decision to hold different types of investment assets.
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Application of New Technologies to Traditional Printmaking Studio Practice
The most direct of printing techniques, relief printing was the first means of printing text and images. For several years I have been working on the design and fabrication of traditional printmaking tools such as printing presses, carving, and engraving tools. These machines have historically been made hand-made from steel or cast iron through processes that have not changed since the early 20th century, or in some cases, the 17th century. From the artist's perspective, the process is still entirely completed by hand through a series of labor-intensive steps. As a former computer programmer, I have long been aware of the growing options to modify this process. My recent body of creative works explores my hearing disability and the effect it has on my life experiences. This project will focus on Ideas and Expression, or Exploring Deafness and Disability through Art.
SPIN Database
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Hanover Research Solutions
UNCP has established a partnership with Hanover Research Solutions (HR)*. As part of this partnership, UNCP faculty can access to the webinars and newsletters developed by HR to help Grant seekers navigate the funding landscape.
UNCP faculty can review recent grants opportunities under Grant Alerts, or sign up to receive funding calendars and webinar invitations through Hanover Insights.
*About Hanover Research: Founded in 2003, Hanover Research is a global research and grant development firm. The Hanover Grants practice provides research development, grant writing, and strategic advising support to a wide range of institutions and organizations. Our professionals deliver customized proposal review, revision, and production support, while also helping to align strategic priorities to funding trends and opportunities at all levels
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Comprehensive Websites for Federal Grants
- Grants.gov - A comprehensive site for federal programs
- Federal Register - Grant and contract notices, rules and proposed rules from federal agencies
- Federal Business Opportunities - Government contracting opportunities
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - A comprehensive site for federal programs
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Federal Agencies and Departments
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Justice
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Academies
- National Endowment for the Arts
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
- National Science Foundation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Foundations, Professional Associations, Philanthropy Groups
- American Honda Foundation
- Fundsnet
- Grantmakers in the Arts
- Foundation for Child Development
- Public Welfare Foundation
- Blumenthal Foundation
- Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Golden LEAF Foundation
- Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
- AT&T Foundation
- Bank of America Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Educational Research Association
- North Carolina Arts Council
- North Carolina Humanities Council
- American Nurses Foundation
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- The Commonwealth Fund
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Selected International Opportunities American Councils for International Education
- American Institute For Foreign Study International Scholarship
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Cultural Vistas
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers
- Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Fogarty International Center
- Hughes (Howard) Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Human Frontier Science Program
- International Research and Exchange Board (IREX)
- MacArthur (John D. and Catherine T.) Foundation
- NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- National Science Foundation International Division
- Organization of American States
- Social Science Research Council
- Open Society Foundations
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- STEM Education
Note: Please contact OSRP when first initiating the grant application process and submit application materials to OSRP no later than seven full business days prior to the sponsor’s deadline.