Foundation Relations

Photos of Holger Schmidt’s lab in December 2021, at UC Santa Cruz’s Westside Research Park. (Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz)

Calls for Funding

Date sentFoundationProgramInternal Submission Due Date (limited sub)Foundation Submission Due DateLimited Submission/
Open Call
4/1/25The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsArts Writers GrantsN/A5/7/25Open Call
4/1/25Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchEmerging Leader Awards 2025N/A5/5/25Open Call
4/1/25Cancer Research UK and National Cancer InstituteCancer Grand ChallengesN/A6/18/25Open Call
3/31/25Brain Research FoundationScientific Innovations Awards (2026)5/6/256/3/25Limited Submission
3/26/25National Geographic SocietySpatial Thinking: Inspiring Action through Place-Based SolutionsN/A5/5/25Open Call
3/20/25Schmidt SciencesAI safety for inference-time compute modelsN/A4/30/25Open Call
3/19/25Monterey Peninsula FoundationProgram Awards 2025-264/16/255/30/25Limited Submission
3/19/25Whitehall FoundationResearch Grants and Grants in AidN/A4/15/25Open Call
3/18/25Capitola Aptos Rotary ClubPiatt Fellowship 2025-20264/21/255/20/25Limited Submission
3/18/25ARCS FoundationARCS Scholars 2025-20264/21/255/20/25Limited Submission
3/12/25Schmidt SciencesHumanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI)N/A4/4/25Open Call
3/11/25Alfred P. Sloan FoundationMetascience and AI postdoctoral fellowshipN/A4/10/25Open Call
3/11/25Simons FoundationPivot FellowshipN/A5/15/25Open Call
3/6/25Pediatric Cancer Research FoundationPCRF Grants 2025N/A4/1/25Open Call
3/6/25The John Templeton FoundationGlobal Philosophy of Religion ProjectN/A3/31/25Open Call
3/4/25CureSearch for Children’s CancerYoung Investigator AwardsN/A4/14/25Open Call
2/26/25American Council of Learned SocietiesLuce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China StudiesN/A4/1/25Open Call
2/25/25Elsa U. Pardee FoundationInnovative Cancer Research GrantsN/A4/30/25Open Call
2/24/25Spencer FoundationSmall Research Grants on EducationN/A4/16/25Open Call
2/20/25United States – Japan Foundation2025 GrantsN/A3/28/25Open Call
2/20/25Breast Cancer AllianceExceptional Project Grants & Young Investigator Grants 20253/5/253/31/25Limited Submission
2/20/25Schmidt SciencesSchmidt Science Fellows 20264/13/255/19/25Limited Submission
2/18/25WT Grant FoundationWT Grant Scholars Program 20254/16/257/1/25Limited Submission
2/12/25Creative Capital2026 Creative Capital Awards and State of the Art PrizeN/A4/3/25Open Call
2/6/25Schmidt SciencesThe Decarbonization and Energy ProgramN/A2/14/25Open Call
2/5/25Alfred P. Sloan FoundationInterdisciplinary Social Science Research on Energy System InteractionsN/A3/25/25Open Call
2/5/25Brain and Behavior Research Foundation2025 BBRF Young Investigator GrantN/A3/12/25Open Call
2/4/25 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering3/2/254/20/25Limited Submission
2/3/25Frankenthaler Climate Initiative2025 GrantsN/A3/28/25Open Call
1/30/25Rose FoundationCalifornia Watershed Protection FundN/A3/25/25Open Call
1/22/25The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationS4A: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic RacismN/A6/4/25Open Call
1/22/25The Mark Foundation for Cancer ResearchEarly Detection AwardN/A3/10/25Open Call
1/21/25The Dana FoundationPilot Projects in Neuroscience and SocietyN/A1/31/25Open Call
1/21/25Russell Sage FoundationResearch Grants (Core Programs and Special Initiatives)N/A3/11/25Open Call
1/15/25Sontag FoundationDistinguished Scientist AwardN/A3/12/25Open Call
1/13/25Warhol Foundation of the Visual ArtsWarhol Foundation GrantsN/A3/1/25Open Call
1/8/25Foundation for Food and Agriculture ResearchFFAR – 2025 New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award1/24/252/19/25Limited Submission
1/8/25Graham FoundationGrants to OrganizationsN/A2/25/25Open Call
1/8/25Open PhilanthropyPrograms And Events on Global Catastrophic Risk, Effective Altruism, and Other TopicsN/ARollingOpen Call
1/7/25Open PhilanthropyAI Governance GrantsN/ARollingOpen Call
1/7/25Wallace FoundationWallace Foundation – Research-Practice PartnershipsN/A1/20/25Open Call
12/17/24Renaissance PhilanthropyAI for Math FundN/A1/10/25Open Call
12/17/24Klingenstein PhilanthropiesKlingenstein Fellowship Awards in NeuroscienceN/A2/1/25Open Call
12/16/24FFAR DINAFFAR/DINA – Sustainable Food Systems Initiative: Focus on FoodN/A2/14/25Open Call
12/12/24FFAR OCPDisruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship ProgramN/A1/29/25Open Call
12/12/24W.M.Keck FoundationW.M.Keck Research Program – 20251/13/255/1/25Limited Submission
12/10/24McKnight FoundationMcKnight Scholar Awards 2025N/A1/13/25Open Call
12/5/24Simons FoundationSimons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and EvolutionN/A1/23/25Open Call
12/4/24Meridian PrimeMeridian Institute AI Safety Fund AwardsN/A1/20/25Open Call
12/3/24Simons FoundationFellows-to-Faculty AwardN/A1/14/25Open Call
11/25/24Spencer FoundationVision GrantsN/A2/11/25Open Call
11/18/24Spencer FoundationLarge GrantsN/A1/14/25Open Call
11/20/24WT Grant FoundationResearch Grants on Reducing Inequality/Improving the Use of Research Evidence (2-in-1 call)N/A1/8/25Open Call
10/17/24Howard Hughes Medical Institute | HHMIGilliam FellowsN/A12/5/24Open Call
10/1/24New York Academy of Sciences and Blavatnik Family FoundationBlavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists10/21/2412/5/24Limited Submission
10/16/24Spencer FoundationSmall GrantsN/A12/4/24Open Call
10/21/24CZIScience Diversity Leadership AwardN/A12/3/24Open Call
9/9/24ACLSDigital Justice GrantsN/A12/3/24Open Call
10/28/24Japan FoundationMultiple Grants and FellowshipsN/A12/1/24Open Call
10/21/24Wenner-Gren FoundationAnthropology Conference and Workshop GrantsN/A12/1/24Open Call
10/17/24Brady Education FoundationProposals for Program EvaluationsN/A12/1/24Open Call
8/28/24Mellon FoundationSawyer Seminars10/6/2411/20/24Limited Submission
9/19/24Brain Research FoundationSeed Grants10/20/2411/19/24Limited Submission
10/4/24PhRMA FoundationFaculty Starter GrantN/A11/15/24Open Call
9/27/24Moore Foundation Moore Inventor Fellows10/27/2411/15/24Limited Submission
9/10/24ACLSLuce/ACLS Program in China StudiesN/A11/14/24Open Call
10/14/24Mark Foundation for Cancer Research Drug Discovery AwardN/A11/11/24Open Call
10/7/24Schmidt SciencesSAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AIN/A11/8/24Open Call
8/13/24Carnegie Corporation of New YorkCarnegie Fellows9/5/2411/8/24Limited Submission
10/14/24McKnight FoundationNeurobiology of Brain Disorders AwardN/A11/4/24Open Call
10/9/24Hertz FoundationHertz FellowshipN/A11/1/24Open Call
10/3/24Simons FoundationCollaborations in Mathematics and the Physical SciencesN/A10/31/24Open Call
9/11/24Japan FoundationInstitutional Project Support Grants for Japanese StudiesN/A10/31/24Open Call
9/23/24Russell Sage FoundationResearch Grants (Core Programs and Special Initiatives), Fall 2024 DeadlineN/A10/29/24Open Call
9/23/24Russell Sage FoundationPipeline GrantsN/A10/22/24Open Call
9/16/24Moore FoundationExperimental Physics InvestigatorsN/A10/17/24Open Call
9/11/24Simons FoundationTargeted Grants to InstitutesN/A10/3/24Open Call
9/10/24Simons FoundationSimons Fellows in MathematicsN/A10/2/24Open Call
9/5/24Whitehall FoundationResearch GrantsN/A10/1/24Open Call
9/9/24Kenneth Rainin FoundationInnovator Awards in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseN/A9/30/24Open Call
8/28/24Simons FoundationSolar Radiation ManagementN/A9/30/24Open Call
7/24/24American Council of Learned SocietiesACLS FellowshipsN/A9/25/24Open Call
8/12/24Mathers FoundationResearch Grants9/8/249/20/24Limited Submission
8/17/24Graham FoundationGrants to Individuals for Architecture and Designed Environment ProjectsN/A9/15/24Open Call
8/14/24Spencer FoundationResearch-Practice PartnershipsN/A9/13/24Open Call
8/30/24Brain & Behavior Research FoundationBBRF Distinguished Investigator GrantsN/A9/12/24Open Call
8/27/24Simons FoundationSFARI The Linking Early Neurodevelopment to Neural Circuit OutcomesN/A9/12/24Open Call
7/14/24Spencer FoundationSmall Research GrantsN/A9/11/24Open Call
8/5/24Burroughs Wellcome FundCareer Awards at the Scientific InterfaceN/A9/4/24Open Call
7/18/24Rita Allen FoundationRita Allen Scholars8/16/249/4/24Limited Submission
8/2/24Kress FoundationHistory of Art, Conservation, or Digital Art History GrantsN/A9/1/24Open Call
7/22/24Warhol FoundationVarious grantsN/A9/1/24Open Call
8/12/24Elsa U. Pardee FoundationCancer Research GrantsN/A8/31/24Open Call
7/25/24Takahashi FoundationJapanese-American Culture and History ProjectsN/A8/31/24Open Call
8/1/24Windward FundEnvironmental Justice Data FundN/A8/30/24Open Call
7/3/24Heising-Simons FoundationScience Events and GatheringsN/A8/30/24Open Call
7/23/24Burroughs Wellcome FundClimate and Health Interdisciplinary AwardN/A8/29/24Open Call
7/18/24Alzheimer’s AssociationAPOE Biology in Alzheimer’s (ABA) research grantN/A8/19/24Open Call
7/17/24McKnight Brain Research FoundationInnovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory LossN/A8/12/24Open Call
7/19/24Internet Society Foundation2024 BOLT ProgramN/A8/6/24Open Call
Last modified: Nov 26, 2024