With federal agencies posting funding opportunities to Grants.gov, there are a range of research grants for you to consider applying for.
Close Date: July 15, 2018
Agency: DOD – Department of the Army
Purpose: To support research projects that are designed to expand fundamental knowledge and discover general principles in the behavioral and social sciences.
This research will contribute to the improvement of Army readiness and performance via research advances and applications of the behavioral and social sciences that address personnel, organization, training, and leader development issues.
Close Date: See FOA—varies by activity code
Agency: HHS – National Institutes of Health
Opportunity: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
Purpose: To enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training, including short-term research training, and help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda.
Research training programs will incorporate didactic, research, and career development elements to prepare individuals for careers that will have a significant impact on the health-related research needs of the Nation.
Close Date: November 1, 2018
Agency: NSF
Opportunity: Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs
Purpose: To advance fundamental understanding of materials, materials discovery, design, synthesis, characterization, properties, and materials-related phenomena.
This solicitation applies to the following six DMR Topical Materials Research Programs that fund research and educational projects by individual investigators or small groups: Biomaterials (BMAT), Condensed Matter Physics (CMP), Electronic and Photonic Materials (EPM), Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (MMN), Polymers (POL), and Solid-State and Materials Chemistry (SSMC)
Close Date: November 11, 2019
Agency: HHS – Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Opportunity: AHRQ Mentored Research Scientist Research Career Development Award (K01)
Purpose: To prepare qualified individuals for careers that have a significant impact on the quality, safety, efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
This program represents an AHRQ program to provide support and protected time to individuals with a research doctoral degree for an intensive, supervised research career development experience in health services research.
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