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RFA-HL-26-012: NIH StARR (R38) 2026-2027 Funding for Residency Research Programs
NIH StARR (R38) supports residency programs that give postdoctoral-level clinicians mentored research time and a path toward clinician-investigator careers.
NSF 24-598: Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-scale RI-1) 2026-2027 Cycle
NSF Mid-scale RI-1 funds design or implementation of mid-scale research infrastructure, with preliminary proposals due in 2026 and invited full proposals in 2027.
RFA-MH-26-120: BRAIN Initiative Reagent Resources for Brain Cell Type-Specific Access (U24)
NIH’s BRAIN Initiative cooperative agreement funds facilities that produce and distribute brain cell type-specific access and manipulation reagents for neuroscience users.
MRC Equip 2026: Up to £1 Million for Mid-Range Biomedical Research Equipment in UKRI-Eligible Labs
UKRI’s MRC Equip pre-announcement offers up to £1 million FEC for a single piece of capital equipment that supports biomedical research in eligible UK organisations.
NSF 26-017: Empowering and Educating Children to Thrive in a Digital Era
NSF 26-017 is a Dear Colleague Letter inviting U.S. proposals on child digital safety, literacy, and educational well-being through advanced technologies, including AI, with applications routed through linked NSF funding programs.
LIFE-2026-CET INDUSTRY: Supporting the clean energy transition of European industry and businesses
The LIFE 2026 Clean Energy Transition Industry topic is an open EU call for multi-country consortiums to develop and scale-ready clean-energy solutions for industrial sectors and encourage industrial energy cooperation, with a single September 2026 deadline.
HORIZON-MISS-2027-03-OCEAN-04: Towards community-driven business models: coastal and freshwaters sustainable tourism
A forthcoming Horizon Europe mission topic to develop community-led coastal and freshwater tourism models that combine local entrepreneurship, conservation outcomes, job creation, and scalable replication across multiple sea basins.
RFA-OD-27-004: INCLUDE Project Transformative Research Awards for Down syndrome (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The NIH INCLUDE Project Transformative Research Awards program supports unusually innovative R01 applications focused on Down syndrome biology and co-occurring conditions with high-risk, high-reward approaches.
Supplements, Facts First: A Digital Adventure for Every Age Challenge
NIH's ODS-led challenge runs in three phases and awards up to $869,000 in prizes to teams that redesign dietary supplement fact-sheet content into multi-modal digital experiences.
PA-25-423: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
NIH NRSA Parent F32 supports U.S. and permanent resident postdoctoral researchers with stipend, tuition/fees, and institutional allowance support for mentored research training.
NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PA-25-302)
The NIH R03 parent small research grant supports limited-scope, high-impact projects with direct costs up to $50,000 per year and a project period of up to two years, with multiple NIH ICs reviewing proposals.
RFA-HL-26-003: NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) (R35, Clinical Trial Optional)
NIH’s NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (R35, clinical trial optional) supports established HLBS investigators with at least two NHLBI R01-equivalent grants for up to seven years of flexible, program-level funding, with the next listed due date on 19 February 2027.
DEP Call 10: Accelerating Best Use of Technologies (DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10)
HaDEA listing for DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10, a Digital Europe open call with two topics: health-data interoperability under EHDS and broader safer internet coverage, with a single-stage deadline on 1 October 2026.
Transport Phenomena (PD 26-366Y): NSF 2026 Open Grant Window for Multiscale Fluid and Energy Transport Research
The NSF Transport Phenomena program supports fundamental research in mass, momentum, energy, and species transport with a continuously open full-proposal route through the NSF 24-1 framework.
NIH Oligonucleotide Toxicity (OligoTox) Open Data Challenge
A two-phase NIH prize challenge to generate open in vitro human-system datasets for improving predictive models of oligonucleotide therapeutic toxicity, with Phase 2 submissions open until December 31, 2026.
NIMHD Loan Repayment Program (LRP): 2027 Application Cycle
Application period for the NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs through NIMHD opens in Sept 2026 for FY 2027, with annual support up to $50,000 per year for eligible educational debt repayment in exchange for NIH mission-relevant research time.
NIH Quantum Computing Challenge
A two-stage NIH Qu-BIT prize competition for teams developing biomedical use cases in quantum computing, with up to US$1,300,000 in cash awards across stages.
RFA-HL-26-020: Catalyze: Product Definition Medical Device Prototype Optimization (R33)
NHLBI Catalyze RFA-HL-26-020 funds late-stage prototype optimization for medical devices, diagnostics, and research tools for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders via R33 awards.
Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program - Phase 4 (MPPEP)
USDA Rural Development FY26 MPPEP-4 provides matching grants to U.S. meat and poultry facilities to expand capacity, diversify processing, and strengthen supply-chain resiliency in underserved rural and regional markets.
Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership: Rolling Transnational Access Call to Research Infrastructures 2026-2028
A rolling Horizon Europe Partnership access call (2026-2028) where selected teams can access marine and maritime Research Infrastructures for free access costs, while project budgets are paid by the applicant team.
Royal Society Industry Fellowship 2027 Round 1: Up to £168,000 for UK Academia–Industry Secondments
The Royal Society Industry Fellowship 2027 Round 1 supports UK-based researchers moving between academia and industry to build structured, long-term collaboration through funded secondments.
RFA-NS-25-021: BRAIN Initiative Next-Generation Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (UG3/UH3)
NIH BRAIN Initiative cooperative agreement to accelerate translational development of recording and modulation devices for CNS disorders through milestone-driven UG3/UH3 funding and small clinical studies requiring FDA IDE pathways.
RFA-DA-26-034: Chemical Countermeasures Research Program (CCRP) Initiative: Basic Research on the Deleterious Effects of Acute Exposure to Ultra-Potent Synthetic Opioids
NIH Trans-NIH RFA supports basic and applied research on acute exposure effects and delayed effects of ultra-potent synthetic opioids, with recurring R01 due dates in 2026 and 2027.
NIH RFA-OD-24-011: NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50)
NIH’s Research Software Engineer Award (RFA-OD-24-011) funds up to $300,000 in direct costs over up to three years for full-time, non-tenure-track software engineers who support NIH-funded biomedical research through reproducible software development.
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