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Graduate and Research Awards and Funding Opportunities
 
College-Level Faculty Funding and Awards
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Strategic Networks and Initiatives Program (SNIP)
SNIP provides support for faculty-driven, interdisciplinary initiatives at the vanguard of agricultural and natural resources research. At all levels, funding will be awarded to collaborative interdisciplinary teams seeking to investigate focused research problems in pursuit of large-scale extramural grant opportunities. Concept notes are encouraged for Level I proposals and required for Levels II and III. Note the opportunities for cross-college collaborations in the RFP!
Concept Notes will be accepted on a rolling basis until July 15, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: August 16, 2021
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Science to Practice Grant Program (S2P)
The College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) Office for Research and Graduate Education and Penn State Extension invite proposals to the Science-to-Practice (S2P) Grant Program for new and renewal projects that integrate research and extension. The S2P program provides funding to support the formation and development of teams proposing to explore innovative methods, structures, and projects that foster the translation of research into outputs for dissemination and implementation. Awards up to $10,000.
Full Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2021
University-Level Funding and Awards
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ICDS Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence Faculty Cohort
Application Deadline: June 30, 2021
Inviting applications from departments across all colleges and campuses for four co-funded faculty positions focused on the development of novel methods or advanced applications in Data Science. 
External Research Funding Opportunities 
Regular Funding Opportunities
If you are planning to submit a proposal for external funding, please complete the Office of Grants and Contracts Notice of Intent at least 3 weeks prior to the sponsor deadline. A proposal preparation and deadline timeline was developed with a team of faculty, the Associate Dean for Research and the OGC. Please prepare your grant in concert with your OGC research administrator and in accordance with the proposal submission timeline so that we may meet PSU standards and sponsor deadlines in a timely manner, and submit a competitive and compliant grant proposal.
Penn State Limited Submission Program
The Penn State Limited Submission Program manages the response to research funding opportunities for which a limited number of submissions are permitted from Penn State. Opportunities of this kind include an earlier submission deadline for an internal submission and downselect process.
   Faculty Research Funding Opportunities
   Graduate Student & Postdoc Funding Opportunities
Regular Funding Opportunities
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Human Vaccines Project-Michelson Prizes
Internal Submission Deadline: June 11, 2021
Holberg Prize
Nomination Deadline: June 15, 2021
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Science & Engineering/Medical Research - Fall 2021
Internal Submission Deadline: June 16, 2021
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Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Grants
Internal OGC Notice of Intent: June 18,2021
Full Proposal Deadline: July 9, 2021
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Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) FOA-ETA-21-08
Internal Submission Deadline: June 21, 2021
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AACR-MPM Oncology Charitable Foundation Transformative Cancer Research Grants
Internal Submission Deadline: June 22, 2021
AFRI Tactical Sciences for Agricultural Biosecurity
Full Proposal Deadline: June 22, 2021
AFRI Small and Medium-Sized Farms
Full Proposal Deadline: June 24, 2021
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Microsoft Ph.D. Fellowship Program
Internal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2021
FY 2021 Energizing Insular Communities Grant Program
Full Proposal Deadline: June 30, 2021
AFRI Bioprocessing and Bioengineering
Full Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2021
AFRI Education and Workforce Development: FY 2021 Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates
Full Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2021
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2021 Cochran Fellowship Program
Full Proposal Deadline: July 2, 2021
Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program [D43 Clinical Trial Optional]
Notice of Intent Deadline: July 3, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: August 3, 2021
Exploratory studies to investigate mechanisms of HIV infection, replication, latency, and/or pathogenesis in the context of substance use disorders (R61/R33 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 7, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: July 14, 2021
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Burroughs Wellcome Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH)
Internal Submission Deadline: July 9, 2021
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Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program 2021
Internal Submission Deadline: July 14, 2021
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WT Grant Institutional Challenge 2021
Internal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2021
Research on Bat Immunology (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Full Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2021
Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
Application Deadline: July 15, 2021
AFRI Economic and Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies
Full Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2021
AFRI Economics, Markets and Trade
Full Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2021
AFRI Engineering for Agricultural Production Systems
Full Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2021
AFRI Inter-Disciplinary Engagement in Animal Systems (IDEAS)
Full Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2021
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Russell Sage Foundation: Immigration and Immigrant Integration
Internal Submission Deadline: July 16, 2021
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Russell Sage Foundation: Program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality
Internal Submission Deadline: July 16, 2021
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Russell Sage Foundation: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Internal Submission Deadline: July 16, 2021
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White-nose Syndrome Research for Conservation Grants
Full Proposal Deadline: July 20, 2021
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Internal Submission Deadline: July 23, 2021
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Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
Full Proposal Deadline: July 26, 2021
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NIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program – Artificial Intelligence for IoT Information Prize Competition
Full Proposal Deadline: July 26, 2021
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Adapting Immunotherapy and Gene Editing Based Strategies for Targeting HIV Reservoirs in the CNS: Potential Benefits and Risks (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 27, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: August 27, 2021
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Adapting Immunotherapy and Gene Editing Based Strategies for Targeting HIV Reservoirs in the CNS: Potential Benefits and Risks (R21 Clinical Trial Optional)
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 27, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: August 27, 2021
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William T. Grant Foundation Major Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
Internal Submission Deadline: July 29, 2021
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William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grants Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Internal Submission Deadline: July 29, 2021
AFRI Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS)
Full Proposal Deadline: July 29, 2021
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Stewardship Science Academic Alliances
Full Proposal Deadline: July 30, 2021
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Building Community Resilience Through the Reduction and Prevention of Nonpoint Source Pollution
Full Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2021
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Trash Free Waters – Preventing More, Picking Up Less
Full Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2021
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Improving Community Health through Microbial Source Tracking
Full Proposal Deadline: August 6, 2021
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The Early Detection Research Network: Clinical Validation Centers (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Letter of Intent Deadline: August 9, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: September 9, 2021
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The Early Detection Research Network: Data Management and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial - Not Allowed)
Letter of Intent Deadline: August 9, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: September 9, 2021
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The Early Detection Research Network: Biomarker Characterization Centers (U2C - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Letter of Intent Deadline: August 9, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: September 9, 2021
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John Templeton Foundation: Large and Small Core Area Grants
Internal Submission Deadline: August 11, 2021
NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Full Proposal Deadlines: August 12, 2021; December 12, 2021
High-throughput Discovery and Validation of Novel Signal Transducers or Small Molecules that Modulate Opioid or other Substance Use Disorder Relevant Pathways (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
Letter of Intent Deadline: August 15, 2021
Full Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2021
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Single-Use Plastics Recycling (SUPR)
Full Proposal Deadline: August 16, 2021
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Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemical Sciences or Chemical Instrumentation Award
Internal Submission Deadline: August 23, 2021
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Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI)
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: August 23, 2021
DoD Tick-Borne Disease, Career Development Award
Full Proposal Deadline: August 27, 2021
DoD Tick-Borne Disease, Idea Development Award
Full Proposal Deadline: August 27, 2021
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Kenneth Rainin 2022 Innovator Awards
Internal Submission Deadline: September 6, 2021
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American Heart Association 2020-2021 Awards: Undergraduate Student Training
Submission Deadline: September 9, 2021
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American Heart Association 2020-2021 Awards: Predoctoral Fellowship
Submission Deadline: September 14, 2021
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American Heart Association 2020-2021 Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2021
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Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
Full Proposal Deadline: September 20, 2021
Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Full Proposal Deadline: September 28, 2021
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Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I: Development Grants (PIPP Phase I)
Full Proposal Deadline: October 1, 2021
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EHR Core Research (ECR:Core)
Full Proposal Deadline: October 7, 2021
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American Heart Association 2020-2021 Awards: Career Development Award
Internal Submission Deadline: November 29, 2021
Industry Opportunities
Innovation Gateway
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Additional Funding Opportunities 
                      
 
Opportunities from USDA, NSF, NIH, and other granting agencies are regularly posted on the Grants & Contracts Funding Opportunities webpage for your convenience.

If you are looking to form a collaborative team or need assistance in developing a complex grant proposal, please feel free to reach out to the

Research Initiatives Associate
Gretta Tritch Roman gst118@psu.edu
Commonly Requested Facts
from the Grants & Contracts Office
The Commonly Requested Facts sheet is a single page document that provides the “quick and dirty” information needed to answer administration related questions for grants. It include official names, addresses, dates, rates and other commonly requested data bits. Print it out and keep it handy for quick reference.

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