A monthly publication of the UGA Office of Research with the latest funding opportunities and announcements in support of our research community. |
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Grant Opportunities
- Humanities & Arts Opportunities
- Foundation Opportunities
- Limited Submissions
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Recent Notable Awards
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- External Honors & Awards
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NSF: Law & Science Program Amount: Unspecified Deadline: Aug. 1 Supports social scientific studies of connections between law and law-like systems of rules, law, and human behavior, and of applications of science and technology in legal contexts. NSF: Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Amount: Up to $750,000 Deadline: Aug. 4
Supports historical, philosophical, and social scientific studies of the intellectual, material, and social aspects of STEM—including ethics, equity, governance, and policy issues relating to scientific theory and practice.
John Templeton Foundation Grants Amount: Unspecified
Deadline: Aug. 15 Funds interdisciplinary research in character virtue development, individual freedom and free markets, life sciences, mathematical and physical sciences, and religion, science, and society. NSF Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI)
Amount: Unspecified Deadline: Sept. 9 Supports research focused on the social science of scientific discovery. NSF-NIH: Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science (SCH) Amount: $1.2 million Deadline: Oct. 3
Advances computer and information science, engineering, mathematics, statistics, and behavioral and cognitive research to address pressing questions in biomedical and public health. |
Humanities & Arts Opportunities |
NEH: Celebrate America! Amount: Up to $25,000 matching
Deadline: Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Funds projects focusing on the founding of the United States, key historical figures, and milestones that reflect its achievements.
NEH: Public Impact Projects Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Amount: Up to $200,000
Deadline: July 9 Funds projects that focus on public interpretation of the Founding Era and the lasting impact of people and events that propelled the American Revolution. NEH: Public Scholars Amount: $5,000 per month Deadline: Aug. 6 Supports projects promoting a deeper understanding of our nation’s heritage. |
Bank of America Charitable Foundation: Stable Housing and Empowering Communities Grant Amount: $25,000-$50,000 Deadline: June 30
Promotes social mobility and economic opportunity in Bank of America markets by funding affordable housing, homeownership, and community empowerment through inclusive development, neighborhood revitalization, environmental efforts, and preservation of arts and culture.
Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement: Cottrell Scholar Award Amount: $120,000
Deadline: July 1 Develops outstanding teacher-scholars recognized by their scientific communities for innovative research programs and academic leadership skills.
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation: Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award Amount: $800,000
Deadline: July 1 Funds early-career researchers with bold ideas that could transform cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment. |
Holistic Study of Nearby Young Moving Group Funder: NASA
Amount: $470,416 PI: Inseok Song, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Assessing the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Carriage State Funder: NEH
Amount: $335,193 PI: Fred Quinn, College of Veterinary Medicine
Multi-Model Forecasting of Influenza Seasonal Dynamics to Increase National and Global Forecasting Accuracy and Capacity
Funder: Council of State & Territorial EPI Amount: $300,000 PI: Spencer Fox, College of Public Health Historical Analysis of Salmonella Using Pre-Existing Data: Trends in Outbreaks, Genomics, and Geographic Factors Funder: Meat & Poultry Research & Education Amount: $122,630
PI: Nikki Shariat, College of Veterinary Medicine
Can More Wealth-Conscious Financial Aid Policy Narrow Racial Inequality in Student Borrowing? Funder: Wiliam T. Grant Foundation Amount: $50,000 PI: Christian Smith, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education |
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The Office of Research maintains a list of external honors and awards to encourage faculty applications. |
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Reminder: Research scientist promotion dossiers due Nov. 7
All research scientist promotion dossiers must reach the Office of Research by Friday, Nov. 7. Units should verify internal submission procedures and earlier deadlines. Required materials are outlined in the official guidelines. Submit via InfoReady and follow hard-copy form instructions. Direct questions to research‑personnel@uga.edu. Protect your online survey data
UGA’s Human Research Protection Program has observed a rise in bot and fraudulent responses in online surveys. Researchers are urged to implement security features, manage incentives carefully, and clean data before analysis. For guidance on protecting your survey integrity, contact the HRPP office. |
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Pictured is a closeup of an epileptic seizure detection device created by biomedical engineering Ph.D. student Ashley Galanti. Her startup, AMG Detection, is developing a wearable smart wristband with a semiconductor chip that can detect nine pre-seizure compounds released as gases from the skin. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker). Read more.
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