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National Institutes of Health · Up to $500K

This NIH (NIAAA) R01 award funds health services research aimed at closing the treatment gap for alcohol use disorder, including improving access to and appeal of treatment and reducing disparities. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. The stated maximum award is about $500,000. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH (NIAAA) R34 award supports planning and pilot research on alcohol use disorder treatment and recovery; a clinical trial is required. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here, though R34 grants are typically smaller, planning-stage awards. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R01 award funds research into the mechanisms behind neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic targets. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 award funds exploratory research into the mechanisms behind neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, with the aim of revealing novel therapeutic targets. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R36 award funds up to two years of doctoral dissertation research on substance use and substance use disorders, aligned with NIDA funding priorities, aimed at doctoral candidates across academic disciplines. Eligible U.S. institutions include HBCUs, tribal colleges, and minority-serving institutions; foreign organizations are not eligible. The deadline is September 7, 2026.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH/National Cancer Institute R01 award supports assay development and screening to discover small-molecule chemical probes, drugs, or immunomodulators, with no clinical trials allowed. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators conducting early-stage discovery research, and lists a broad set of eligible U.S. organization types. Funding amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 award funds exploratory translational research on schizophrenia and related disorders in mid- to late-life, aiming to understand illness trajectory and identify prevention and treatment targets. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Up to $499K

This NIH/National Cancer Institute R01 award funds projects to improve the reliability and translational usefulness of mammalian cancer and tumor models, with no clinical trials allowed. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. The stated maximum award is about $499,000. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 award supports early-stage, high-risk exploratory research into the cellular, molecular, and circuit biology of risk factors for complex brain disorders, with no clinical trials allowed. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R01 award funds research on how social isolation and loneliness raise suicide risk in older adults, including mechanism studies and intervention development and testing. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. Award amounts are not specified here. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations rather than by individuals.

National Institutes of Health · Up to $500K

This NIH (NIAAA) R01 award funds treatment, pharmacotherapy, and recovery research for alcohol use disorder, including medications development, behavioral therapies, and recovery science; a clinical trial is required. It is aimed at research institutions and investigators, with a broad list of eligible U.S. organization types. The stated maximum award is about $500,000. Applications are submitted through eligible organizations.

National Institutes of Health · Amount varies

This NIH R21 funds research into how social isolation and loneliness affect suicide risk in older adults, including studies on neurobiological and environmental mechanisms, intervention testing, and service-delivery models. It's open to eligible U.S. research institutions (HBCUs and tribal colleges included). The deadline is September 7, 2026.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $2M–$3M

This NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program funds universities to develop interdisciplinary STEM graduate training models in high-priority research areas. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must be a faculty member at the submitting institution, so this is restricted to higher education. Awards range from roughly $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses are not eligible to apply directly.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $50K–$2M

This NSF program funds projects that fundamentally redesign undergraduate engineering departments and education. Only U.S. institutions of higher education may apply, and the PI must generally be an engineering department chair/head (or a dean/provost in some cases), so this is tightly restricted to higher education leadership. Awards range from about $50,000 up to $2,000,000. Individuals, nonprofits, and businesses cannot apply directly.

National Park Service · $15K–$50K

This National Park Service program provides financial assistance for natural and cultural resource protection along the U.S.-Mexico border, open to NPS units, educational institutions, nonprofits, tribes, and state and local agencies. Projects must work with and benefit a specified NPS unit and a protected area in Mexico. Foreign entities cannot receive funding directly, though recipients may subcontract to them. Awards range from about $15,000 to $50,000, making this a small-award opportunity.

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection · Amount varies

Nonprofits and California tribal governments can apply for CAL FIRE's Tribal Wildfire Resilience Grants to fund forest health, cultural/prescribed burns, Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs, and related wildfire-resilience or workforce-development projects serving California Native American tribes. This is a forecasted 2026 solicitation with no award amount or deadline published yet, and eligibility is limited to nonprofits and tribal governments rather than the general public.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $100K–$250K

This joint NSF/NIH opportunity funds science-of-science research analyzing and improving the biomedical research enterprise, drawing on social, behavioral, and economic science methods. Eligibility is stated as unrestricted (open to any eligible entity type), so check the solicitation for the specific organization categories allowed; NSF awards typically go to institutions on behalf of investigators. The stated award range is roughly $100,000 to $250,000. This is a research-focused opportunity.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency) Hearing Restoration Focused Research Award funds preclinical and clinical research to accelerate drug discovery and therapeutics for hearing restoration after military-relevant auditory injury. It cannot support clinical trials, tinnitus research, or vestibular research, and offers two funding levels including a partnering-PI option. Eligibility is stated as unrestricted, so review the program announcement for specific organization categories. Award amounts are not specified here.

U.S. National Science Foundation · $600K–$12M

This NSF CISE award funds future computing research across eleven program areas spanning algorithms, systems, networking, AI, and human-centered computing. Eligibility is limited to U.S. institutions of higher education, non-profit non-academic research organizations, and federally recognized Tribal Nations; individuals and most other entities cannot apply directly. Project budgets can range widely up to a $1,000,000 maximum over up to four years, with typical awards around $150,000 to $250,000 per year. This is a higher-education and research-organization opportunity.

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA · Amount varies

This Department of War (Defense Health Agency) Vision Research Program Mentored Clinical Research Award funds patient-oriented vision injury research by clinicians in training, paired with an established clinician or PhD scientist serving as PI and mentor. It cannot support preclinical research or clinical trials, and applicants must submit IRB/ethics approval or exemption by January 1, 2027. Eligibility is otherwise stated as unrestricted, so review the program announcement for specific organization categories. Award amounts are not specified here.