How to Find Funding
Internal Funding Opportunities
Programs Not Administered by ORSP
Open Access Agreements & APC Waivers
OhioLINK has open-access (OA) publishing agreements with a number of publishers. This allows UToledo-affiliated authors to publish open access articles without paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Faculty Professional Development Fund
This program provides financial support for conference travel and professional engagement when departmental resources are limited—helping faculty grow, connect, and lead in their fields.
External Funding Opportunities
InfoEd Global's SPINPlus
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USA.gov
An A-Z index of U.S. government departments and agencies.
Grants.gov
Search for federal announcements, retrieve guidelines and instructions, and obtain application packages. Then sign up for automated notification of postings.
Instructions for setting up a Grants.gov account and using the Workspace tool.
Research.gov
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) centralized online platform for managing research grants and related activities. It provides a secure, user-friendly environment for researchers, institutions, and the public.
Ohio Humanities
Funding available through Ohio Humanities with guidelines and sample applications.
The Ohio Grants Partnership
State of Ohio's funding opportunities.
SBIR & STTR at UToledo
An index of federal SBIR and STTR programs and how to access them.
UToledo Lib Guides
UToledo librarians have created a number of library guides (Lib Guides) to share information. The linked Lib Guide focuses on finding funding resources.
Limited Submissions
A limited submission refers to a funding opportunity that places a limitation on the number of proposal or other applications a single eligible entity can submit each cycle. The University of Toledo has an internal selection process in place to determine which application(s) will be submitted to sponsors for consideration. The Office of Research oversees this process for the institution.
Contact LimitedSubmits@UToledo.Edu with questions.
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
Internal Application Due: Second Wednesday of August
Current Funding Opportunities
NOAA - Advance Harmful Algal Bloom Toxin Detection for Seafood Safety
Seeking proposals to drive practical and cost-effective innovations for harmful algal
bloom toxin detection in seafood that promotes seafood safety, food security, and
the economic success of U.S. seafood industries and their competitiveness in global
markets.
LOI Due Date: May 14, 2026
Educational Opportunity Centers Program (EOC)
The purposes of the EOC Program are to: provide information regarding financial and
academic assistance available for qualified individuals who want to enter or continue
to pursue a program of postsecondary education; provide assistance to those individuals
in applying for admission to institutions that offer programs of postsecondary education,
and improve the financial and economic literacy of program participants.
Due Date: May 14, 2026
Public Diplomacy Commercial Partnerships and Entrepreneurship Program
Supports international entrepreneurship and workforce development programs led by
U.S. institutions of higher education.
Due Date: May 15, 2026
NSF - Fostering Interdisciplinary Networks to Develop Emergent and Responsive Solutions Foundry
Program supports collaboration among K-12 educators, technologists, and researchers to develop innovative solutions to persistent challenges in learning and workforce development. Aims to create and scale evidence-based practices, tools, and technologies that improve learning outcomes and prepare students for a digital, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven future. A key focus is early exposure to AI to build curiosity, understanding, and readiness for future careers.Due Date: May 27, 2026
DOE - Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2026
(IGNIITE 2026)
Existing energy technologies generally progress on established “learning curves” where
refinements to a technology and the economies of scale that accrue as manufacturing
and distribution develop drive improvements to the cost/performance metric in a gradual
fashion. This continual improvement of a technology is important to its increased
commercial deployment and is appropriately the focus of the private sector or the
applied technology offices within DOE. In contrast, ARPA-E supports transformative
research that has the potential to create fundamentally new learning curves.
Advancing Global Health (U.S. Department of State)
Supports large‑scale projects advancing U.S. global health priorities through international
partnerships and MOUs.
LOI/Pre-App Due Date: May 31, 2026
Sloan Foundation- Exemplary Pathways to STEM Graduate Education
seeking to invest in new and established partnerships between STEM undergraduate and graduate programs nationwide that seek to identify and remove longstanding, systemic barriers to STEM master’s and doctoral degrees with attention to programs that serve undergraduate students enrolled in nonprofit public and private four-year broad access institutions, two-year colleges, or baccalaureate and special focus institutions with strong access missions.
Due Date: June 1, 2026
Supporting Effective Educator Development Grant Program
Provides funding to increase the number of highly effective educators by supporting
the implementation of evidence-based practices that prepare, develop, or enhance the
skills of educators to improve student outcomes.
Due Date: June 1, 2026
Advancing Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Seeks research projects that drive groundbreaking innovation and advanced development
in the fields of bioinformatics, translational bioinformatics, and computational biology.
The primary goal of this initiative is to support the creation and implementation
of cutting-edge methods, tools, and approaches that can transform the landscape of
biomedical data science.
Due: June 5, 2026
FY 2026 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI)
Supports leadership and entrepreneurship training programs implemented by U.S. higher
education institutions.
Due Date: June 5, 2026
USDA - Regional Food System Partnership Fiscal Year 2026
Supports partnerships that connect public and private resources to plan and develop
local and regional food systems.
Due Date: June 5, 2026
USDA - Local Food Promotion Program
Supports the development, coordination, and expansion of local and regional food business enterprises that engage as intermediaries in indirect producer-to-consumer marketing to increase access to and availability of locally and regionally produced agricultural products.
Due Date: June 5, 2026
Renewable Resource Extension Act National Focus Fund Projects
To enhance the longevity of U.S. forest and rangeland resources and enable landowners
and managers to achieve their desired goals and objectives by making relevant scientific
results available.
Due Date: June 8, 2026
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation - Policy Research Grants
Supports innovative, solutions-oriented, investigator-initiated policy research that
builds the evidence base and has the potential to inform strategies that improve the
affordability, accessibility, and quality of health care in the US.
LOI Due Date: June 8, 2026
Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative
Provides $5 million each to organizations that deliver hands-on manufacturing training
and technical assistance to small manufacturing businesses across the United States.
Due Date: June 15, 2026
TechAccess: AI Ready America
Supports a coordinated national network of state and territorial hubs, partnerships
and pilot initiatives that expand AI literacy, workforce skills and real-world adoption
— helping communities, businesses and governments effectively use and benefit from
AI.
LOI Due: June 16, 2026
Department of Labor TQP program is explicitly designed for institutions of higher education (IHEs) working in partnership with high‑need school districts and educational agencies.
Due Date: June 23, 2026
Alzheimer’s Transforming Research Award
Opportunity supports non‑incremental, well‑designed Alzheimer’s disease and related
dementias research that advances understanding of risk factors or develops risk‑reduction
solutions, with an emphasis on transformative impact rather than incremental progress.
LOI Due: June 22, 2026
Due: September 24, 2026
This opportunity funds non‑incremental, solutions‑oriented Alzheimer’s disease research that addresses key barriers to diagnosis, disease monitoring, and prognosis (e.g., improved diagnostic approaches or meaningful biomarkers), with an emphasis on transformative impact rather than incremental advances.
LOI Due: June 22, 2026
Due: September 24, 2026
Virtual-Integrated Twin for Autonomous Lifesaving (VITAL)
Soliciting innovative approaches to address challenges in developing continuously
updating digital twin models of the cardiovascular system that combine patient data
with biological physics to simulate in real time possible interventions and to predict
their outcomes before actual intervention on a patient.
Due Date: June 25, 2026
Promotea partnerships between public agencies and groups interested in:Protecting, improving, restoring, and managing an appropriate distribution and a variety of wetland ecosystems and other habitats for wetland-associated migratory birds and other fish and wildlife in the U.S.;Maintaining and improving the current distribution of wetlands-associated migratory bird populations; andMaintaining an abundance of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans) and other populations of wetlands-associated migratory birds consistent with the objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plan, and state related plans.
Due Date: June 25, 2026
NEH - Landmarks of American History and Culture
Supports a series of one-week residential, virtual, and combined format workshops across the nation to enhance how K-12 educators and higher education faculty and humanities professionals incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.
Due Date: June 25, 2026
Supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways.
Due Date: June 25, 2026
USDA & NIFA - Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program
Seeks proposals that address the needs of rural Americans by providing individual and family health education programs.
Due Date: June 28, 2026
Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program: Phytoplankton and Chlorophyll-a Components
Seeking entities capable of analyzing phytoplankton community abundance and composition and chlorophyll-a
concentrations in water samples.
Due Date: June 30, 2026
Funds advanced telecommunications technologies to improve education and healthcare
access in rural communities.
Due Date: June 30, 2026
NSF - Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)
Supports projects in the ENGINEER program relating to future and current engineers’ training and education in many contexts, including formal classrooms, informal maker spaces, clubs and co-curricular activities, and workplaces.
SSRC-JF Next Gen Japan Study Tour GrantsGrants are designed to provide travel funds to bring undergraduate and master's degree students to Japan for immersive learning experiences.
ROSES25: F.5 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
Solicits proposals for graduate student-designed and performed research projects that contribute to the Science Mission Directorate's (SMD) science, technology, and exploration goals. The Future Investigator (FI), i.e., the student, shall have the primary initiative to define the proposed FINESST research project and must be the primary author, with input or supervision from the proposal's Principal Investigator (PI), as appropriate.
NSF - TechAccess: AI-Ready America
A national-scale initiative to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness and
adoption across the U.S. by strengthening coordination, leveraging partnerships and
resources, filling gaps, and scaling what works—so local and state priorities can
lead in shaping an AI-driven economy that benefits all Americans.
Due Date: Jul 16, 2026
Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM) Accelerator Notice of Funding Opportunity
Aims to support collaborative industry partnerships to prototype and pilot innovative
processing technologies that are currently only proven at the bench scale to address
CMM challenges in high impact areas.
Due Date: July 20, 2026
Integrated Data Systems & Services
Supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services
that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven
science and engineering research, innovation, and education.
Due Date: July 28, 2026
Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)
Supports foundational and interdisciplinary research across all aspects of computing,
communication and information science and engineering to advance the future of technology,
systems and human-centered innovation.
Due: September 10, 2026
Cyber-Physical System Foundations and Connected Communities (CPS)
Supports foundational and community-driven research that integrates computation, physical
systems and human interaction to create reliable, resilient cyber-physical systems
that enhance quality of life and community well-being.
Due: Second Thursday in September or First Thursday in February
NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This opportunity funds projects that support biomedical research education for pre‑K–12
audiences to increase understanding of biomedical science and stimulate interest in
STEM careers.
Due Date: September 25, 2026
Partners for Fish and Wildlife FY26
Helps private landowners restore and protect habitats for fish and wildlife. It offers
both technical assistance and financial support, mainly through cooperative agreements.The
PFW Program has approximately 220 staff working in all 50 states and territories.
They work together with project partners and stakeholders to find key areas for conservation
and set habitat goals.
Due Date: September 30, 2026
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Idea Award
Funds innovative, untested, high‑risk/high‑reward cancer research projects (including
basic research) that demonstrate strong scientific rationale and creative thinking.
Due Date: October 5, 2026
Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Impact Award
Funds mature cancer research projects with strong preliminary data that are expected
to have a near‑term impact on clinical cancer care, including clinical trials, within
designated DoD cancer topic areas.
Due Date: October 5, 2026
Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI)
Supports research collaborations between mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, engineers and social behavior scientists to establish innovative and principled design and analysis approaches for AI technology.
Due: October 9, 2026