State Programs

Idaho State Board of Education

1. Research Center Grants

Funds are to support the creation of research centers at Idaho’s universities.

• Competitions are generally held every 3 years for projects that are 3 years in duration.
• Competitions are announced by ISU’s Office for Research.

2. Idaho Technology Incentive Grant Program

Funds are provided to promote creation and use of alternative methods of instruction through the use of technology.

• This competition is coordinated through the Office of Academic Affairs at ISU.

Other State of Idaho Opportunities

• Rural Health Care Access Program
• NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium- This program is administered by the University of Idaho.
• Links to agencies of the State of Idaho- many of these agencies provide support for research and public service activities.
• Idaho eProcurement System, IPRO

Other Sources Including Foundations, Businesses/ Industry Resources

Corporate Grant Makers

• AT&T Foundation
• Corning Inc. Foundation
• Eddie Bauer
• Disney
• Micron Foundation
• Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
• Target Community Giving
• Toshiba America Foundation
• Toyota
• Union Pacific Foundation

Private Foundations

• Idaho Commission on the Arts
• Idaho Humanities Council
• American Council of Learned Societies
• American Heart Association
• American Historical Association
• American Library Association
• Bullitt Foundation
• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Charles A. Dana Foundation
• EDS – Electronic Data Systems
• FMC Foundation
• The Gas Technology Institute
• Global Fund for Women
• John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Japan Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
• James S. McDonnell Foundation
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
• Pew Charitable Trusts
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Russell Sage Foundation
• Smarter Kids Foundation
• Social Science Research Council
• Wells Fargo Charitable Contributions
• The Whitaker Foundation
• The World Health Organization

Click here for more foundations via the Foundation Center site.

• Unique: General Services Administration- Computer giveaway from the Federal government to educational non-profits.

International funding opportunities

8 graduate fellowships for international students in the US

Fogarty International Center predoctoral and graduate researcher funding opportunities, includes US-based and international opportunities

Fogarty International Center postdoctoral funding opportunities, includes US-based and international opportunities 

Fogarty International Center faculty funding opportunities, includes US-based and international opportunities 

Fogarty International Center travel awards, includes US-based and international opportunities 

ECR Central list of  funding for international postdoctoral fellows  

NPA funding for international postdocs

NWO (Dutch Research Council) Incentive Grants for Women in STEM (deadline 31 Dec 2020 or when funding is exhausted), about this mechanism

Sanger Prize for undergraduates who live and study in low or middle income countries to work at Sanger Institute (UK) for 3 months fully funded

Travel funding for fellows

Wellcome Trust international funding for Master’s students 

US/Canada funding opportunities:

Burroughs Wellcome Fellows Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (for URM postdocs in US or Canada, $60,000 over 3 years)

Wellcome Trust overview of funding schemes scientists at the graduate level and above

Undergraduate level

JHU Undergraduate Funding Opportunities (downloadable .xlsx file, updated frequently)

NIH Research training and career awards for all: undergraduates thru investigator, very comprehensive

NIH OITE vetted funding opportunities for IRTA fellows (PDF format)

NSF undergraduate funding opportunities

PhRMA Foundation awards for predocs, postdocs, and research starters in Drug Discovery (2021 cycle, must attend a US intuition in the US)

Graduate level

Ben Barres Fellowship for professional development for trans, intersex, and nonbinary graduate students/postdocs in STEM ($2000-$5000)

Burroughs Wellcome Fellows Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program must be URM biomedical Ph.D. candidate at a school in North Carolina ($5000 over 2 years, deadline Jun 2021)

JHU Grad Student Funding Opportunities (downloadable .xlsx file, updated frequently)

JHU URM and Low-Income Grad Student Funding Opportunities (downloadable .xlsx file, updated frequently)

  NC State University database competitive graduate fellowships

NIH F30 (2020 posting): Individual predoctoral NRSA for dual-degree students 

PA- 20-248: NIH-funded dual-degree (e.g MD/PhD) fellowships 

PA-20-245: non-NIH-funded MD/PhD fellowships 

NIH F31 (2020 posting): PA-20-246 Predoctoral fellowship award

NIH F31 (2020 posting): PA-20-251 Predoctoral fellowship award (Diversity)  

NIH F99/K00 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award

NIH DP5 Early Independence Award (PhD to PI)Submission DL: 3 Sept 2021. Must complete doctoral degree or clinical training between June 1, 2020 and September 30, 2022

NIH Research training and career awards for all: undergraduates thru investigator, very comprehensive

NSF graduate student funding opportunities

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) home page, log in

PhRMA Foundation awards for predocs, postdocs, and research starters in Drug Discovery (2021 cycle, must attend a US intuition in the US)

University of Colorado Graduate School list of funding

Postdoc level

Ben Barres Fellowship for professional development for trans, intersex, and nonbinary graduate students/postdocs in STEM ($2000-$5000)

Worldwide funding opportunities for postdocs

JHU Postdoc Funding Opportunities (downloadable .xlsx file, updated frequently)

Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship (3 year, open to US/non-US working in the US within 5 years of PhD), DEADLINE IS 1 OCTOBER, 2020

NIH F32 (2020 posting): PA-20-242 Postdoctoral fellowship award

NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 (announcement PA-19-343) MOSAIC = Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific & Academic Independent Careers to promote diversity. About this mechanism. FAQ. Applicaticant Video (YouTube). 2020 participating ICs: NIGMS, NHLBI, NLM, NIMH, NCCIH 

NIH DP2 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for Early Stage Investigators

NIH Research training and career awards for all: undergraduates thru investigator, very comprehensive

NIH Individual Fellowships F-kiosk

NIH Research Career Development Awards K-kiosk

NIH OITE page for funding opportunities available to fellows 

NSF Active funding biological sciences and programs for biological sciences 

NSF postdoctoral fellow funding opportunities

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (update notices)

PhRMA Foundation awards for predocs, postdocs, and research starters in Drug Discovery (2021 cycle, must attend a US intuition in the US)

Travel opportunities (US and international)

Investigator level

Burroughs Wellcome Fellows Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (For Assistant Professors, “focus on interplay between humans and microbial biology”, $500,000 over 5 years, Nov 2020 deadline this cycle)

JHU Early Career Funding Opportunities (downloadable .xlsx file, updated frequently)

JHU Limited Submission Funding Opportunities 

Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM (WiSTEM2D) Award for Asst/Assoc Prof (3yr, $50,000 per year, mentorship from J&J) Deadline: Oct 15, 2020

NIH Research training and career awards for all: undergraduates thru investigator, very comprehensive

NIH DP1 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for exceptionally creative scientists proposing pioneering approaches

NIH R01 PA-20-185 2020 posting

NIH R01 PAR-21-038 Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (No Clinical Trial Allowed) 2020 announcement (about Stephen Katz award for ESIs)

NIH R01 PAR-21-039 Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) 2020 announcement (about Stephen Katz award for ESIs)

NIH R21 PA-20-195 2020 posting

NIH R35 MIRA for ESI’s (NIGMS) R01-style grant PAR-20-117 Applications due in October (only 1 cycle/yr). Informational video (YouTube) NIGMS mission

NWO (Dutch Research Council) Incentive Grants for Women in STEM (deadline 31 Dec 2020 or when funding is exhausted), about this mechanism

NSF Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

PhRMA Foundation awards for predocs, postdocs, and research starters in Drug Discovery (2021 cycle, must attend a US intuition in the US)

Wellcome Trust Early Career Funding opportunities