Funding Opportunities
The Grant Bulletin is a comprehensive database of funding opportunities hosted by the Division of Sponsored Programs and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at the University of Iowa.
Below are a sampling of the current funding opportunities divided by category: Biological Sciences, Health Sciences and Student Opportunities.
Complete listings can be found below.
- Red = deadlines less than one week away
- Blue = deadlines less than one month away
- Black = all other deadlines
Biological Science
AOSSM: Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator GrantDeadline: Oct 1, 2022
APA: Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists
Deadline: Jul 11, 2022
Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research - nomination
Deadline: Jul 15, 2022
CDMRP: Melanoma Research Program - Preapp required - various deadlines
Deadline: Oct 5, 2022
Cancer Immunology Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Cancer Immunology: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship to Promote Racial Diversity - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Damon Runyon Fellowship Awards
Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
FASEB / NIH: DataWorks! Prize - Must register by 6/28/22
Deadline: Jul 19, 2022
Funding for Projects to Combat HIV and AIDS - LOI required
Deadline: Sep 2, 2022
JDRF: Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity
Deadline: Jun 29, 2022
Junior Faculty Seed Grants from Holden CCC
Deadline: Aug 1, 2022
MDA: Kickstart Program
Deadline: Aug 18, 2022
NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
Deadline: Sep 26, 2022
NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)
Deadline: Nov 2, 2022
PKD Foundation: Opportunities in Centers of Excellence and Patient Navigator
Deadline: Aug 29, 2022
Health Science
AOSSM: Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant
Deadline: Oct 1, 2022
APA: Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists
Deadline: Jul 11, 2022
Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research - nomination
Deadline: Jul 15, 2022
CDMRP: Melanoma Research Program - Preapp required - various deadlines
Deadline: Oct 5, 2022
Cancer Immunology Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Cancer Immunology: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship to Promote Racial Diversity - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Damon Runyon Fellowship Awards
Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
FASEB / NIH: DataWorks! Prize - Must register by 6/28/22
Deadline: Jul 19, 2022
Funding for Projects to Combat HIV and AIDS - LOI required
Deadline: Sep 2, 2022
JDRF: Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity
Deadline: Jun 29, 2022
Junior Faculty Seed Grants from Holden CCC
Deadline: Aug 1, 2022
MDA: Kickstart Program
Deadline: Aug 18, 2022
NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
Deadline: Sep 26, 2022
NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)
Deadline: Nov 2, 2022
PKD Foundation: Opportunities in Centers of Excellence and Patient Navigator
Deadline: Aug 29, 2022
Student Specific
AOSSM: Steven P. Arnoczky Young Investigator Grant
Deadline: Oct 1, 2022
APA: Achievement Award for Early Career Psychologists
Deadline: Jul 11, 2022
Barancik Prize for Innovation in MS Research - nomination
Deadline: Jul 15, 2022
CDMRP: Melanoma Research Program - Preapp required - various deadlines
Deadline: Oct 5, 2022
Cancer Immunology Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Cancer Immunology: Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship to Promote Racial Diversity - deadlines Oct. 1 and March 1
Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
Damon Runyon Fellowship Awards
Deadline: Aug 15, 2022
FASEB / NIH: DataWorks! Prize - Must register by 6/28/22
Deadline: Jul 19, 2022
Funding for Projects to Combat HIV and AIDS - LOI required
Deadline: Sep 2, 2022
JDRF: Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity
Deadline: Jun 29, 2022
Junior Faculty Seed Grants from Holden CCC
Deadline: Aug 1, 2022
MDA: Kickstart Program
Deadline: Aug 18, 2022
NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
Deadline: Sep 26, 2022
NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions (ADVANCE)
Deadline: Nov 2, 2022
PKD Foundation: Opportunities in Centers of Excellence and Patient Navigator
Deadline: Aug 29, 2022
Complete Opportunities Listing
External Funding for Research are available from a range of external sources, including federal and state government agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and corporations.
University Funding Sources are available through the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Executive Vice President and Provost, the University's eleven Colleges, and various centers, programs, and institutes across campus.
Limited Submission Competitions are tracked via the Winning Institutional Nomination System (WINS).
Advanced Funding Resources
If you are a UI faculty or staff or undergraduate student, you may contact the Division of Sponsored Programs to request individual instruction on how to search for external funding -- contacting Oliva Smith, 335-3708. Your training can be provided via email or at your office or location convenient for you. If you are University of Iowa faculty, we will also search for funding for your project if you send an abstract or paragraph describing your project to dsp-funding-searches@uiowa.edu or fill out and submit the form found here.