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
CDC: Clinical and Applied Research Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Fungal DiseasesDeadline: Apr 28, 2023
Career Transition Grants for Solid Organ Transplantation Research
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
DOD: Military Health System Research
Deadline: Jun 16, 2023
Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams Challenge
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Early Career Research Award in Celiac Disease
Deadline: Jun 5, 2023
NASA Call for White Papers for In Space Production Applications
Deadline: Apr 7, 2023
NIH: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
NIH: Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Program (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research - LOI required
Deadline: Jul 28, 2023
Post-Doctoral Fellowships - Cross-Disciplinary and Long-Term - LOI Req.
Deadline: Sep 28, 2023
Pulmonary Hypertension Innovation Research Award
Deadline: May 3, 2023
RFP: Innovative Approaches to Repairing Age-Related Extracellular Damage
Deadline: Sep 1, 2023
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grants
Deadline: Jul 1, 2023
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science - applicants born outside US
Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Health Science
CDC: Clinical and Applied Research Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Fungal Diseases
Deadline: Apr 28, 2023
Career Transition Grants for Solid Organ Transplantation Research
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
DOD: Military Health System Research
Deadline: Jun 16, 2023
Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams Challenge
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Early Career Research Award in Celiac Disease
Deadline: Jun 5, 2023
NASA Call for White Papers for In Space Production Applications
Deadline: Apr 7, 2023
NIH: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
NIH: Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Program (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research - LOI required
Deadline: Jul 28, 2023
Post-Doctoral Fellowships - Cross-Disciplinary and Long-Term - LOI Req.
Deadline: Sep 28, 2023
Pulmonary Hypertension Innovation Research Award
Deadline: May 3, 2023
RFP: Innovative Approaches to Repairing Age-Related Extracellular Damage
Deadline: Sep 1, 2023
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grants
Deadline: Jul 1, 2023
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science - applicants born outside US
Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
Student Specific
CDC: Clinical and Applied Research Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Fungal Diseases
Deadline: Apr 28, 2023
Career Transition Grants for Solid Organ Transplantation Research
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
DOD: Military Health System Research
Deadline: Jun 16, 2023
Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams Challenge
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Early Career Research Award in Celiac Disease
Deadline: Jun 5, 2023
NASA Call for White Papers for In Space Production Applications
Deadline: Apr 7, 2023
NIH: Basic Instrumentation Grant (BIG) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 1, 2023
NIH: Coordination Center for the Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) Program (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: Jun 15, 2023
NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2023
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research - LOI required
Deadline: Jul 28, 2023
Post-Doctoral Fellowships - Cross-Disciplinary and Long-Term - LOI Req.
Deadline: Sep 28, 2023
Pulmonary Hypertension Innovation Research Award
Deadline: May 3, 2023
RFP: Innovative Approaches to Repairing Age-Related Extracellular Damage
Deadline: Sep 1, 2023
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation Grants
Deadline: Jul 1, 2023
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science - applicants born outside US
Deadline: Jun 12, 2023
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.