Open Call Funding

Below, find general funding opportunities of broad interest to the UT Austin research community. There are no limits to the number of proposals that may be submitted by UT Austin investigators for open call funding opportunities. 

To see funding opportunities from a specific agency posted here, or to have a specific awardee listed, please email vpr.rdt@austin.utexas.edu. 

Sponsored by:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Sponsor Deadline:
07/15/2024
Who can apply:
The PI must be an untenured Assistant Professor on the tenure track at the sponsoring U.S. university at the time of award. If the PI’s appointment is scheduled to change to Associate Professor (either tenure-track or tenured) on or before the award date, they are not eligible for an ECF award. At the time of selection, the university must provide, on behalf of a selected PI, confirmation that the PI will remain untenured in a tenure- track Assistant Professor position until at least the awar
Fields/Areas:
Topic 1 - Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion; Topic 2 - Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
07/24/2024
Who can apply:
Early-career faculty. A Principal Investigator may submit only one CAREER proposal per annual competition. 
Fields/Areas:
Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Geosciences, computer sciences, information Science, engineering,  social, economic Sciences, education
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
08/01/2024
Who can apply:
PI eligibility limit varies by the type of proposal. See Program Description in link. 
Fields/Areas:
Crime, Violence, and Policing, Cyberspace, Forensic Science, Governance and Courts, Human Rights and Comparative Law, Information Technology, Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
08/19/2024
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support. Applicants must meet the definition of an Early Stage Investigator (ESI) at the time of application submission. An ESI is a new investigator (defined as a PD/PI who has not competed successfully for a significant NIH independent resear
Fields/Areas:
bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/05/2024
Who can apply:
By the submission deadline, any PI, co-PI, or other senior project personnel must hold either: a tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position. 
Fields/Areas:
open-source technology, small community, technology transfer
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/09/2024
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support. Individuals may submit only one application as a PD/PI. Only single PD/PI applications are allowed. Applications with multiple PD(s)/PI(s) will not be accepted.
Fields/Areas:
individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose bold and highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH.
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/12/2024
Who can apply:
There are no restrictions or limits.
Fields/Areas:
education, STEM, experiential learning, manufacturing, wireless, artificial intelligence, quantum information, semiconductors, microelectronics
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/13/2024
Who can apply:
Any PI, co-PI, or other senior project personnel must hold either: a tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position. 
Fields/Areas:
environment, sustainability, computing, environmental impacts of technology
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/17/2024
Who can apply:
PIs or co-PIs must hold primary, full-time, paid appointments in research or teaching positions at US-based campuses/offices of institutions eligible to submit to this solicitation (see above). A minimum of one PI and two co-PIs must participate in each proposal. 
Fields/Areas:
chemical engineering, chemistry, bioengineering, environment, sustainability, climate change, transport systems
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline:
09/25/2024
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support
Fields/Areas:
basic, translational neuroscience, neurological health
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
09/30/2024
Who can apply:
PI, co-PI, or other senior project personnel must hold either: a tenured or tenure-track position, or a primary, full-time, paid appointment in a research or teaching position at a US-based campus of an organization eligible to submit. PI's can apply to no more than one Core Programs, Large Projects proposal. 
Fields/Areas:
computer science, computation, information science, engineering
Sponsored by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/03/2024
Who can apply:
Open to all qualified applicants.
Fields/Areas:
Invites proposals for fundamental research (basic research or use-inspired basic research) that advances knowledge in one or more of the three Research Tracks: Research on STEM Learning and Learning Environments, Research on Broadening Participation in STEM fields, and Research on STEM Workforce Development.
Sponsored by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sponsor Deadline:
10/08/2024
Who can apply:
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s))
Fields/Areas:
health disparity, health equity, alzheimer's, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, parkinson's, tuberous sclerosis, stroke,