Current Grants and Funding Opportunities
The College of Applied Arts Research Office (CAARO) assists faculty with finding internal and external funding opportunities. This page is dedicated to the latest funding solicitations geared towards public institutions of higher education. The links below direct you to current funding announcements from federal sponsors and foundations. Please contact Alyssa M. Livernois in CAARO at 512-245-9126 or alyssalivernois@txstate.edu prior to submitting a proposal to help navigate the required university procedures.
*February 2025 Notice for All Current Grants and Funding Opportunities - Check Directly on Sponsor Websites if Solicitations are Under Review*
National Science Foundation
- Search Page - NSF Funding
- Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) - Submission Window February 1st 2025 - March 3rd, 2025
- Social Psychology - Target Date July 15th, 2025
- Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - Deadline July 23rd, 2025
- Developmental Sciences - Deadline July 30th, 2025
- Law & Science - Target Date August 1st, 2025
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - Deadline August 20th, 2025
- Hispanic Serving Institutions: Equitable Transformation in STEM Education - Deadline August 27th, 2025
- EDU Core Research (ECR:Core) - Deadline October 2nd, 2025
- Advancing Informal STEM Learning - Deadline Date January 14th, 2026
- Build and Broaden: Enhancing Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Research and Capacity at Minority-Serving Institutions - Deadline January 15th, 2026
- Ethical and Responsible Research - Target Date January 22, 2026
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences (HSI:ELPSE) - Deadline February 11th, 2026
- EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research - Deadline February 27th, 2026
- Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology Postdoctoral Research Program
- Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) - Full Proposal Accepted Anytime
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Search Page - NIH Grants & Funding
- Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works - Adults (FRAMEWorks) - Estimated Due Date May 1st, 2025
- NIMH Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Expiration Date May 26th, 2025
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) - Next Deadline June 5th, 2025
- NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required) - Next Due Date June 5th, 2025
- NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Project Grant (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Next Deadline June 16th, 2025
- Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Next Deadline June 25th, 2025
- Bidirectional Influences Between Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) - Closes October 20th, 2025
- NIAID Research Education Program Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce - Closing September 7th, 2026
- NIH Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Expires January 8th, 2027
- NIH Support for Research Excellence - First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Expiration Date January 8th, 2027
- Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - Solicitation Expires 2027
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- February 2025 - All USDA Solicitations are currently under review. Please check USDA Grants page for more information.
- Search Page - USDA RFAs
- Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture Program - Closing November 15, 2024
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development - Last Deadline December 5th, 2024
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science Program - Applications Due December 31st, 2024
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Defense
- Search Page - Grants.gov - Refine your search to specify DOD and institution eligibility
- Air Force Defense Research Sciences Conference and Workshop Support - Open Until Superseded
- Class of 2025 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) - Closing March 14th, 2025
- Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) - Closing Jul 31, 2029
- Funding Opportunity Announcement ONR STEM Program - Closing April 4th, 2025
- FY25 Department of the Navy (DoN) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program - Closing August 29, 2025
American Psychological Association
- Search Page - APA Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
- BEA Grant for Innovation in Career and Professional Skill Development for Psychology Graduate Students, Interns, and Postdoctoral Trainees/Scholars - Deadline April 2nd, 2025
- Division 20 Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Awards - Deadline April 1st, 2025
- Interdivisional Grant Program - September 15th, 2025
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Teaching Grants - Deadline February 15th, 2026