FAU Office of Research Development - Selected Monthly Funding Opportunities - May 2026

Grant Funding Opportunities

May 17, 2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Research Connections: A Networking Event Focused on Cancer Research Programs - Join fellow Florida Atlantic researchers and scholars with an interest in Florida Department of Health Cancer Research Programs from 12 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 24, in the Board of Trustees room, Administration Bldg., 305. Enjoy lunch as you connect, share ideas, and spark new collaborations. Register here.

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Each month the FAU Office of Research Development (ORD) selects recently-posted funding opportunities that may be of interest to FAU researchers and scholars - see list below. This list of opportunities is sent to FAU Associate Deans for Research and Institute Directors through GrantForward. Please forward the opportunities below to your units.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Arts and Humanities

Scholarly Editions and Translations, Sponsored by: National Endowment for the Humanities; Division of Research Programs

Archival Projects, Sponsored by: National Archives and Records Administration

FY2025 ABPP - Battlefield Interpretation Grant, Sponsored by: U.S. Department of the Interior; National Park Service

Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary (APS 2025), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of State; U.S. Embassy and Consulates in France

Education

Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2 more sponsors

Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

Research on Innovative Technologies for Enhanced Learning (RITEL), Sponsored by: Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Directorate for Engineering; 9 more sponsors

NSF STEM K-12 (STEM K-12), Sponsored by: Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (U.S); National Science Foundation; 1 more sponsor

Health

Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Human Required), Sponsored by: National Cancer Institute; National Eye Institute; 14 more sponsors

Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Project Grant (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Cancer Institute; National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; 23 more sponsors

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blueprint for Neuroscience: Coordination Center for Interoception Research (BPCCIR) (U24, Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Eye Institute; National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; 11 more sponsors

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) (R38 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Eye Institute; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; 4 more sponsors

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory (P30 Clinical Trial Optional), Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Aging Mammalian Tissues In Vitro (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Mucosal Immunology Studies Team (MIST) (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

Influenza Transmission Research Consortium (P01 Clinical Trial Optional), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

Partnerships for Development of Vaccines to Prevent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and/or Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

Pilot Innovation Grants, Sponsored by: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

McKnight Scholar Awards, Sponsored by: McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience; McKnight Foundation

National Institute on Aging (NIA) Expanding Research in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) AD/ADRD (ERA) Summer Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

National Institute on Aging (NIA) Expanding Research in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) (ERA) Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (R25 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Aging; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Experimental Physics Investigators, Sponsored by: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF), Sponsored by: Directorate for Engineering; Division of Engineering Education and Centers (United States); 1 more sponsor

Sea Turtle License Plate - Sea Turtle Grants Program, Sponsored by: Sea Turtle License Plate

Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Sponsored by: Directorate for Biological Sciences; Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; 21 more sponsors

Foundations for Operating the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource: the NAIRR Operations Center (NAIRR-OC), Sponsored by: Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; National Science Foundation; 1 more sponsor

F25AS00282 National Fish Passage Program FY25, Sponsored by: U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Social Sciences

Alcohol Research-Related Resource Award (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Accelerating Solutions to Improve Access and Quality of Empirically-Supported Practices for Youth Mental Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional), Sponsored by: National Institute of Mental Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Laboratories to Optimize Digital Health (R01 Clinical Trial Required), Sponsored by: National Institute of Mental Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 1 more sponsor

Advancing Learning Health Care Research in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Optional), Sponsored by: National Institute of Mental Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2 more sponsors

Development of Interventions to Prevent and Treat Substance Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

OJJDP FY25 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program, Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Justice; Office of Justice Programs (United States); 1 more sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; 1 more sponsor

National Center on Child Maltreatment Fatality Data Practices and Reporting, Sponsored by: Administration on Children, Youth and Families

For questions or assistance with the opportunities listed above, please contact the FAU Office of Research Development at proposaldevelopment@fau.edu.

The items listed above are a sampling of current funding opportunities. You may wish to conduct tailored searches at Grants.Gov, GrantForward, or funding agency websites. You may access these opportunities via GrantForward; to set up an account, please visit this webpage. PIs are reminded to route their proposals internally through FAU (see the Office of Sponsored Programs timeline here) and to reserve time for uploading proposal documents to the granting agency. For limited submissions, click here to view guidelines for submitting internal applications.

If you choose to pursue a grant from a private or corporate foundation, we encourage you to consult with the Office of Foundation Relations for opportunity guidance and related application procedures.

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