Grants for Researchers

High-Risk, High-Reward Immunology Innovation (ExCITe NOSI) is sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH). The ExCITe initiative funds exploratory projects in early discovery immunology. It is ideal for researchers investigating underexplored mechanisms of immune regulation, metastasis, or immune evasion. This would be relevant for innovative approaches in ablation immunotherapy combinations.

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase II (SBIR/STTR) is sponsored by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The USDA SBIR/STTR programs support scientific excellence and technological innovation in the private sector, including in agriculture. Small businesses can engage in research and development with the potential for commercialization. The STTR program specifically stimulates cooperative partnerships between small businesses and research institutions.

Catalyst Pilot Research Award (CPRIT) is sponsored by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). This award provides funding to initiate innovative cancer research projects or to sustain previously funded innovative lines of investigation. It is intended to generate foundational data for future peer-reviewed applications and to offer gap funding for outstanding projects or new research directions. All areas of cancer research are encouraged, with projects expected to yield significant new insights into etiology, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of cancer.

Transition to Independence Grants is sponsored by KidneyCure, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Foundation. These grants are awarded to advance the independent careers of young investigators in biomedical research, specifically within seven years of their initial faculty appointment. The program aims to equip recipients to be competitive for an NIH R01 grant or equivalent.

Additional Ventures Foundation Heart Research Grants is sponsored by Additional Ventures Foundation. This fund supports research institutions and teams conducting heart disease and cardiovascular research, specifically focusing on mechanistic, translational, or clinical studies on single ventricle heart defects. While not explicitly pediatric cardiac screening for sudden cardiac arrest prevention using AI ECG, it focuses on pediatric heart conditions and research, which could encompass relevant technological advancements.

Data for metascience sandpit 2027 is sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC). Data for metascience sandpit 2027 is sponsored by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH…

Joint National Science Foundation and United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Funding Opportunity: Supporting Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) is sponsored by NSF and USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). This is a joint NSF-USDA collaboration to advance foundational research in agricultural robotics, inviting proposals for pioneering robots with transformative potential in agricultural contexts.

Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma is sponsored by AASLD Foundation. The AASLD Foundation Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) supports innovative, hypothesis-driven HCC research projects with potential for high-impact results but limited preliminary data. The award aims to help investigators generate preliminary data for future, larger-scale funding, with additional preference given to projects focused on HCC biomarkers. Research into novel microwave ablation techniques for HCC would align with the goal of generating preliminary data for high-impact results.

ATUVIBI ConCiencia Grant 2026 for Biliary Tract Cancer Research is sponsored by Asociación de Tumores poco frecuentes de Vías Biliares (ATUVIBI). The ATUVIBI ConCiencia Grant 2026 supports basic, translational, or clinical research on biliary tract cancers, including intrahepatic, perihilar, and distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma, and tumors of the ampulla of Vater. The grant prioritizes young or emerging research groups and requires mentorship to support project development. While the grant is from a Spanish organization, the focus aligns well with the query.

Bridging Bioethics Research & Policymaking Grants is sponsored by The Greenwall Foundation. This initiative funds projects that develop novel mechanisms or adapt/improve existing ones to integrate bioethics research findings into policymaking. It supports bioethics researchers, policymakers, and others to bridge the divide between research results and policy, rather than funding bioethics research itself.

Postdoctoral Physician Scientist Fellowship is sponsored by Arthritis National Research Foundation. This grant aims to provide financial support to postdoctoral researchers interested in pursuing a career studying arthritis and/or related autoimmune disease. ANRF has spent the last 50+ years dedicating grant funding to early career researchers looking to make impacts towards cures of these disease states.

AI Safety Fund Grants is sponsored by Various, including philanthropic funders (administered by Frontier Model Forum). The AI Safety Fund supports global research projects advancing the responsible and safe development of advanced AI systems. It focuses on urgent challenges like evaluation, biosecurity, cybersecurity, and governance. The remaining funds of the AISF will be used to support narrowly-scoped research projects that target urgent bottlenecks to further progress in AI safety and security.

Early Career Investigator Grant is sponsored by Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA). OCRA offers Early Career Investigator Grants to support promising scientists in ovarian cancer research. While specific details for the 2027 grant are not yet fully released, OCRA's grant programs generally aim to fund research at all career stages to improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment of ovarian cancer.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe) is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF CISE). Supports foundational research and education projects across core computer science domains, including algorithmic foundations, communications, computer systems, cyber-physical systems, emerging technologies, human-centered computing, and software/hardware foundations.

School Mental and Behavioral Health: Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Interventions and Services is sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH). This highlighted topic encourages research focused on optimizing and testing school-based mental and behavioral health interventions and service delivery models. It emphasizes research-informed approaches that can be rapidly deployed and sustained in school and afterschool program settings using available resources and personnel. Relevant research includes validating sustainable strategies for operationalizing mental health risk, detecting students at risk, and matching students to appropriate interventions and services, including referring to specialty mental health care when needed.

High-resolution in vivo imaging of inner ear using photon-counting-detector computed tomography and artificial intelligence is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH). This R01 grant supports research in high-resolution in vivo imaging of the inner ear using photon-counting-detector CT and artificial intelligence. While specific to the inner ear, it aligns with the broader focus on advanced photon-counting CT applications in medical imaging.

The Infrastructure Capacity for Biological Research (Capacity) Program supports the implementation of, scaling of, or major improvements to research tools, products, and services that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The Capacity Program focuses on building capacity in research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to a wide range of researchers in three programmatic areas: Cyberinfrastructure, Biological Collections, and Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories. This program will also accept proposals for planning activities or workshops to facilitate coordination that may be necessary in building capacity in infrastructure that meets the needs of a research community. Areas not included in this program are instrumentation (PIs should submit to the MRI program) and, projects that develop infrastructure for a specific research project, laboratory, or institution (PIs should submitted to the relevant BIO programs that would normally support that research). Projects are expected to produce quality products, result in important science outcomes that will be achieved by the users of the resource, be openly accessible to a broad scientific and education community, and serve a community of researchers beyond a single research team. Funding Opportunity Number: 23-580. Assistance Listing: 47.074. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $25K – $1.2M per award.

The Infrastructure Innovation for Biological Research Program (Innovation) supports research to design novel or greatly improved research tools and methods that advance contemporary biology in any research area supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences at NSF. The Innovation Program focuses on research infrastructure that is broadly applicable to researchers in three programmatic areas: Bioinformatics, Instrumentation, and Research Methods. Infrastructure supported by this program is expected to advance biological understanding by improving scientists’ abilities to manipulate, control, analyze, or measure critical aspects of biological systems, which can be essential for addressing important fundamental research questions. Proposals submitted to these programmatic areas can do one of three things to advance or transform research in biology: develop novel infrastructure, significantly redesign existing infrastructure, or adapt existing infrastructure in novel ways. Projects are expected to have a significant application to one or more biological science questions and have the potential to be used by a community of researchers beyond a single research team. Please refer to the descriptions of individual programmatic areas for detailed guidance on what is supported through this solicitation (see links below). Funding Opportunity Number: 23-578. Assistance Listing: 47.074. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $300K – $800K per award.