Division of Research & Innovation

NEA, NEH, NIH, and Russell Sage Foundation

Learn more about recently published funding opportunities and notices from various agencies/organizations. 

 

Below is a new installment of the Division of Research & Innovation’s unique funding opportunities overview.

If you are interested in pursuing any of these funding opportunities, please contact Research & Innovation so we can leverage our resources to support your proposal development and submission. If you would like for certain types of funding opportunities and/or specific funding agencies to be included in upcoming Research & Innovation Newsletters, do let us know at researchdev@memphis.edu.

Agency

FOA title

Parent FOA Link(s)

Application Due Date(s)

NEA

NEA Grants for Arts Projects 2, FY 2026

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359688

July 17, 2025

NEA

Celebrating America250: Arts Projects Honoring the National Garden of American Heroes

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359710

July 14, 2025

NEH

Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359731

Sep. 4, 2025

NIH

Research Education Projects

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359703

Estimated May 25, 2026

NIH

Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-415.html

Sep. 29, 2025

May 27, 2026

Sep. 28, 2026

NIH

Expanding the Target Landscape by Drugging the Undruggable (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-442.html

Oct. 17, 2025

May 15, 2026

Feb. 17, 2027

NIH - NIA

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359654

Estimated Oct. 15, 2025

NIH - NIAID

NIAID Investigator Initiated Program Project Applications

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359732

Estimated Jan. 25, 2026

NIH - NIMH

Pilot Effectiveness Trials of Peer Support Services for Suicide Prevention

https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359203

Estimated Oct. 28, 2025

Russell Sage Foundation

Social, Political, and Economic Inequality program

https://www.russellsage.org/research/funding/social-inequality

LOI due July 16, 2025

Full application due Oct. 27, 2025