How to Find Funding
Internal Funding Opportunities
Programs Not Administered by Office of Research
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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Grants.gov
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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.
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.
- Accelerate Small Business Supplier Development: Improve the readiness, production capability, market access, and growth of small businesses participating in strategically important supply chains.
- Address Supply Chain Constraints: Support efforts that address demonstrated supply chain bottlenecks, vulnerabilities, supplier gaps, and barriers to supplier participation and growth.
- Expand Small Business Participation: Expand participation of small businesses within strategically important supply chains.
- Deliver Measurable Results: Generate measurable improvements in small business supplier readiness, supply chain participation, and small business growth.
- Improve Industrial Coordination: Strengthen coordination among industry, workforce, technical assistance, and other partners supporting supplier growth and supply chain participation.
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Supply Chains
- Defense Industrial Base Technologies and Components
- Energy, Critical Materials, and Industrial Inputs
- Food Supply and Agricultural Systems
- Transportation, Logistics, and Industrial Infrastructure
- Supply Chain Challenge(s) and Opportunity(ies). Applicants should: • Identify the industry supply chain to be addressed by the proposal and describe the specific supply chain constraint, supplier gap, production bottleneck, or other barriers. • Provide qualitative and quantitative evidence demonstrating the significance of the challenge(s). • Explain how the challenge(s) affect small business participation, business growth, market access, production readiness, or supplier development.
- Small Business Support Programming. Applicants should: • Describe the proposed approach for addressing the identified supply chain challenge(s) and supporting small businesses operating within the selected industry supply chain. • Clearly explain the relationship between the identified challenge(s), proposed activities, and anticipated outcomes. Activities may include:
- Accelerator programming
- Customer and supplier matchmaking
- Industry engagement activities
- Manufacturing modernization support
- Market access assistance
- Supplier readiness assessments
- Technical and workforce assistance
- Technology deployment support
- Accelerators and incubators
- Industry associations and trade organizations
- Investors
- Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers
- Manufacturers
- Prime contractors
- Universities and research institutions
- Workforce development organizations
- Other organizations with relevant expertise
Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) | NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation
Internal Application Due: Second Wednesday of August
Current Funding Opportunities
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
DOE - Robotics and Automation Testbeds for Autonomous Scientific Discovery
Invest in single-faceted, computer-science-driven thrusts that integrate embodied
robotics with advanced computing, such as, edge and high-performance computing (HPC),
artificial intelligence (AI), and scientific instruments, to enable reusable, interoperable
platforms for training, evaluation, and deployment of autonomous experimental workflows.
Due: July 24, 2026
Autism Career Development Award
Supports early-career investigators in establishing independent research programs
focused on autism-related science. It provides structured mentorship and funding to
help researchers advance their training, generate preliminary data, and build a trajectory
toward sustained research in the autism field
Due: July 27, 2026
Autism Clinical Trial Award
Funding clinical trials that rapidly test promising interventions for autism, including
new therapies, technologies, or approaches to improve treatment or management of the
condition. It supports projects ranging from early feasibility studies to larger trials
evaluating effectiveness in real-world patient populations, with an emphasis on strong
community collaboration.
Due: July 27, 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: July 28, 2026
NASA - Research Initiation Awards
Funding early-stage research prjoects in space and Earth sciences that help investigators
launch new research programs aligned with NASA Science Mission Directorate priorities.
It specifically aims to expand participation by supporting researchers with limited
recent federal funding and engaging undergraduate students in cutting-edge, NASA-relevant
research activities.
Due: August 18, 2026
NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award
Supports small businesses that have completed prior SBIR/STTR Phase II projects in
advancing late-stage research and development toward commercialization.
Due: September 5, 2026
William T. Grant Foundation - Institutional Challenge Grant
Supports universities in building sustained research–practice partnerships with public
agencies or nonprofits to produce and use rigorous research that reduces inequality
in youth outcomes.
Due: September 9, 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
American Brain Foundation - 2027 Next Generation Research Grants
Grants are typically limited to investigators who are interested in an academic career in neurological research and have completed residency or a PhD no more than 5 years prior to the beginning of the award (7 years for the Richard Olney ALS grant).
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 - Limited Competition: Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program
Funds interdisciplinary research centers integrating biomedical, environmental science,
and engineering projects to study hazardous substances. It emphasizes solution-oriented
research and training to better detect, assess, and reduce humand and environmental
risks associated with toxic exposures.
Due: September 25, 2026
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
FWS - Coastal Program FY26
Supporots projects that protect, restore, and enhance coastal habitats and ecosystems,
with a focus on conserving natural resources and improving ecological resilience.
It priorities collaborative, on-the-ground conservation efforts that benefit fish
and wildlife habitats while supporting coastal communities and partners.
Due: September 30, 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: September 30, 2026
NIH - Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators
(ESI) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Supports research in an early stage investigator's laboratory that falls within the mission of NIGMS.
Due: October 2, 2026
NIH - Novel Experiential Technologies Assisting Individual Learning (NExT AI) Hubs
Supports the creation of “NExT AI Hubs” to advance high‑risk, innovative research
on how artificial intelligence affects learning and developmental outcomes in children
with or at risk for specific learning disabilities.
Due: October 3, 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: 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: 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
Advancing Research on Empirically-Supported Interventions for Older Adults Living
with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
Funding research that improves how evidence-based mental health interventions are
adapted, delivered, and sustained for older adults living with serious mental illness
(SMI). It supports studies that enhance treatment effectiveness, access to care, and
coordination across health systems to improve outcomes for aging populations.
Due: October 15, 2026