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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 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

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.


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