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AHA, DOD, DOE, NSF and Foundation Funding Opportunities

Recently published funding opportunities and notices from a variety of funding sources

 

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)

AHA

Social Impact Funds

https://www.heart.org/en/aha-ventures/social-impact-funds/what-we-fund

Applications accepted year-round

DOD- DARPA

Biological Technologies

https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/62968cf579704d7b85df1a051a97c61d/download?&token=

Sep. 18, 2025

DOE – ARPA-E

Spurring Projects to Advance Energy Research and Knowledge Swiftly (SPARKS)

https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/FileContent.aspx?FileID=9c205b7e-0e9e-4283-aed9-f9859712f4af

Concept papers accepted on a rolling basis through Sep. 30, 2029

Herman Frasch Foundation

Herman Frasch Foundation Grants

https://www.acs.org/funding/grants/herman-frasch-foundation-grant.html

Nov. 5, 2026

NSF

Particulate and Multiphase Processes

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/particulate-multiphase-processes

Proposals accepted anytime

NSF

Environmental Engineering

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/environmental-engineering

Proposals accepted anytime

NSF

DCL - Amplifying STEM Education Investments in and with Rural and Remote Areas and Communities

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/dcl-amplifying-stem-education-investments-rural-remote-areas

See letter for details and participating funding mechanisms

NSF

Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES)

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/vines-verticals-enabling-intelligent-network-systems

Track I – Aug. 25, 2025

 

Track II – September 25, 2025

RWJF

 

Exploring Equitable Futures

https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2025/exploring-equitable-futures.html

October 15, 2025

Wellcome Foundation

Wellcome's Mental Health Award: Leveraging Longitudinal Data To Transform Early Intervention in Mental Health

https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/mental-health-award-leveraging-longitudinal-data-transform-early

Optional scope check deadline – July 8, 2025

Final application deadline – July22, 2025