Upcoming Funding Opportunities

This list of funding opportunities is provided for your convenience. Please refer to the listed sources for current and up-to-date information. Please let us know if you are aware of any other opportunities you think we should list here. Thank you!

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) promotes university-industry partnerships by making project funds or fellowships/traineeships available to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages. Special interest is focused on affording the opportunity for: • Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain experience in an industrial setting; • Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and integrative skills to academe; and • Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct research projects.
Funding body:
National Science Foundation
Submission period:
Proposals may be submitted at any time
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Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad (MWN)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is working jointly with counterpart national, regional and multinational funding organizations worldwide to enhance opportunities for collaborative activities in materials research and education between US investigators and their colleagues abroad.
Funding body:
National Science Foundation
Submission period:
Proposals may be submitted at any time
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The International Space Station (CASIS)

The International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory supports investigations across a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. As manager of this research platform, CASIS regularly provides solicitation opportunities in the life, physical, materials and observational sciences. However, CASIS also welcomes unsolicited proposals for research and product development that might be suitable for the National Lab. We believe that exciting ideas for groundbreaking space-based R&D are out there, and we want to make these ideas come to life. The CASIS mission is to fully utilize the National Lab, enabling cutting-edge research on station from every corner of the country.
Funding body:
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)
Submission period:
Proposals may be submitted at any time
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DOE - Unsolicited Proposals

DOE considers proposals in all areas of energy and energy-related research and development with emphasis on long-term, high-risk, high-payoff technologies. DOE may accept an unsolicited proposal if it: Demonstrates a unique and innovative concept or a unique capability of the submitter Offers a concept or service not otherwise available to the Federal government Does not resemble the substance of a pending competitive solicitation.
Funding body:
U.S. Department of Energy
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Open Innovation and Collaboration

Open innovation is a methodology to capitalize on diverse, often non-traditional talents and insights, wherever they reside, to solve problems. Commercial industry has proven open innovation to be an effective and efficient mechanism to overcome seemingly impossible technology and/or new product barriers.
Funding body:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Proposal submission:
12/7/2019
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Study Abroad with CIEE

Today, the other side of the planet is just a click away. But nothing can replace the sights, sounds, scents, and energy of a live, personal experience. Now’s the time to go out into the world, and seize the opportunity to learn everything possible. With CIEE Study Abroad, you can. Choose from our nearly 250 study abroad programs in 62 cities and 43 countries that span more academic disciplines than any other international education organization. No matter where or what you choose to study, you’ll take part in a uniquely immersive experience that will help you discover a new culture, gain confidence by living among its people, forge lasting friendships, and learn to see the world with fresh eyes.
Funding body:
Council of International Education Exchange (CIEE)
Submission period:
Proposals may be submitted at any time
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Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)

The goals of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) are to: 1) accelerate the transformation of nanoscience to nanotechnology through the integration of simulation with experimentation; 2) engage an ever-larger and more diverse cyber community sharing novel, high-quality nanoscale computation and simulation research and educational resources; 3) develop open-access, open-source software to stimulate data sharing; and 4) inspire and educate the next-generation workforce.
Funding body:
National Science Foundation
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Electrochemical Systems

The Electrochemical Systems program is part of the Chemical Process Systems cluster, which includes also 1) Catalysis; 2) Molecular Separations; and 3) Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics.
Funding body:
National Science Foundation
Proposal submission:
Any time
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