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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: Epidemiologic Cohort Study of Interstitial Cystitis
Deadline: Feb 9, 2024

Damon Runyon Scholars Program for Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK)
Deadline: Feb 2, 2024

HRSA: National AETC Support Center
Deadline: Feb 7, 2024

HRSA: National Coordinating Center on Transition
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

HRSA: Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers
Deadline: Feb 5, 2024

HRSA: Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

Mary Kay Foundation: Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant Program 2024
Deadline: Feb 1, 2024

NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2024

NIH: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32)
Deadline: Jan 29, 2024

NIH: Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: Feb 22, 2024

NIH: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
Deadline: Mar 13, 2024

NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows
Deadline: Apr 9, 2024

Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers DEIA Grant
Deadline: Jan 31, 2024

SERDP SEED Solicitation FY2025
Deadline: Mar 14, 2024

Scoliosis Research Society Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2024

Health Science


CDC: Epidemiologic Cohort Study of Interstitial Cystitis
Deadline: Feb 9, 2024

Damon Runyon Scholars Program for Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK)
Deadline: Feb 2, 2024

HRSA: National AETC Support Center
Deadline: Feb 7, 2024

HRSA: National Coordinating Center on Transition
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

HRSA: Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers
Deadline: Feb 5, 2024

HRSA: Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

Mary Kay Foundation: Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant Program 2024
Deadline: Feb 1, 2024

NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2024

NIH: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32)
Deadline: Jan 29, 2024

NIH: Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: Feb 22, 2024

NIH: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
Deadline: Mar 13, 2024

NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows
Deadline: Apr 9, 2024

Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers DEIA Grant
Deadline: Jan 31, 2024

SERDP SEED Solicitation FY2025
Deadline: Mar 14, 2024

Scoliosis Research Society Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2024

Student Specific


CDC: Epidemiologic Cohort Study of Interstitial Cystitis
Deadline: Feb 9, 2024

Damon Runyon Scholars Program for Advancing Research and Knowledge (SPARK)
Deadline: Feb 2, 2024

HRSA: National AETC Support Center
Deadline: Feb 7, 2024

HRSA: National Coordinating Center on Transition
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

HRSA: Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers
Deadline: Feb 5, 2024

HRSA: Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Projects
Deadline: Mar 11, 2024

Mary Kay Foundation: Innovative/Translational Cancer Research Grant Program 2024
Deadline: Feb 1, 2024

NIH: Diagnostic Centers of Excellence (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Deadline: May 15, 2024

NIH: Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32)
Deadline: Jan 29, 2024

NIH: Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: Feb 22, 2024

NIH: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
Deadline: Mar 13, 2024

NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: EPSCoR Research Fellows
Deadline: Apr 9, 2024

Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers DEIA Grant
Deadline: Jan 31, 2024

SERDP SEED Solicitation FY2025
Deadline: Mar 14, 2024

Scoliosis Research Society Grants
Deadline: May 15, 2024

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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