July 8, 2025

Funding

Limited Submissions

• CANCELLED: NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
• Due 7/21: Schmidt Science Polymaths
• Due 7/28: National Semiconductor Technology Center Workforce Awards Program (Natcast)
• Due 7/28: NEH Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition
• NEW Due 8/4: Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, Endeavor Award
• Due 8/4: Searle Scholars Program
• Due 8/18: Mathers Foundation Grant Program (Biomedical)
• NEW Due 12/8: Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering

Featured Opportunities

• Due 7/24 (Abstracts): DARPA Biological Technologies Office: CoasterChase
• Due 7/24: Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate + Health Seed Grants
  • Note: If interested, email IFR's Jen Beamer.
• Due 7/25 (White Papers): Air Force Young Investigator Program
• Due 8/1: ONR Young Investigator Award
• Due 9/2: NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE)
• Due 9/4: Simons SFARI Data Analysis
  • Note: If interested, email IFR's Andrew Chiacchierini.
• Due 9/15: William T. Grant Institutional Challenge Grant
  • Note: If interested, email IFR's Kelly Dell.
• Due 9/16: NSF Probability
• Due 9/18: NSF/NIGMS Initiative to Support Biological and Mathematical Sciences
• Due 9/23: NSF Foundations (Mathematics)
• Due 10/2: Simons Targeted Grants to Institutes
  • Note: If interested, email IFR's Andrew Chiacchierini.

Events

• 7/11, 7/16, 8/6: Funding Strategies in a New Federal Landscape: Tools & Tips
• 7/21, 7/23: Fall Fellowships Peer Writing/Editing Program: 30-min Virtual Launch
• 7/10: NCFDD The Art of Saying No
• 7/24–25: DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Spark Tank (Aurora)
• 8/1, 8/8, 8/15 (Register by 7/25): Venture Partners Starting Blocks Customer Discovery Workshop
• 8/13 (Abstracts due 7/18): CU-CSU CCTSI Summit: Chronic Disease Causes and Treatment
• 9/26: a2ru Creating Knowledge in Common, Together: A Round Table
• 10/20–24: UNM 18th Mentoring Conference 

Awards & Fellowships

• Due 9/15: Dedalus Senior Fellowships (History of Painting, Sculpture, Arts)
• Due 9/22: Society for the Humanities Fellowship (Survival)
• Due 9/29 (Optional Draft): NEH Scholarly Editions and Translations Grants
• Due 10/1: Kavli Prize (Astrophysics, Nanoscience, Neuroscience)  
• Due 10/2: National Humanities Center (NHC) Fellowship
• Due 10/13: Institute for Ethics and the Common Good: Love Ethic Fellowship; Faith and AI Fellowship
• Due 10/15: Institute of Advanced Study: Historical Studies Fellowships; Social Science Fellowships (Migration and Displacement) 

News You Need

• NSF RFI: Key Technology Focus Areas for Directorate for Technology, Innovation, Partnerships (due 7/21)
• DOE RFI: Energy Critical Materials Assessment (due 7/25)
• Elevating Colorado Voices: RIO Public Scholarship Workshop (apply by 8/1)
• Showcase your community-engaged work and impact by contributing to CU Boulder’s Outreach and Engagement Collaboratory