#FundingFriday: Scientific Research Grants Posted on Grants.gov this Week

Federal funding opportunities that support a range of scientific research were posted to Grants.gov this week. These grants from NSF, NIH, and DOD fund research in the areas of biology and statistics, modeling infectious disease agents, breast cancer, and several more listed below.

Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Purpose: “To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.” (NSF.gov)

Opportunities: Combinatorics, Foundations, Mathematical Biology, Probability, Statistics, or view all current NSF opportunities here.

Agency: HHS’ National Institutes for Health (NIH)

Purpose: “To seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.” (NIH.gov)

Opportunities: Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study, Exploratory/Developmental Clinical Research Grants in Obesity, Workshop on the Use of Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Data, or view all current NIH opportunities here.

Agency: Department of Defense (DOD)

Purpose: “To provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country.” (Defense.gov)

Opportunities: Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 1 and 2, Breast Cancer, Breakthrough Award Levels 3 and 4, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Academic Research Program, or view all current DOD opportunities here.