Hanover is monitoring the evolving landscape of federal and foundation grants in light of the presidential administration's priorities. Before applying to any federal program, be sure to check with your institution's grants office as well as the relevant program officer.
Below is a recap of research funding opportunitiesthat were recently announced, nationwide. While these alerts are intended to provide you with a broad-reaching overview of the opportunities available, we certainly want to hear if thereare specific opportunities that you would like to pursue. Please let your Content Director know if you have any questions or are interested in learning more.
Our Grant Alerts dashboard profiles relevant previously announced national-level funding opportunities, which can be sorted by type, agency/funder, and date. Also, your dedicated Content Director and Relationship Director are ready to help with custom research solutions to the challenges you are facing.
Quick Links to Opportunities
These links will take you directly to the websites of the grant opportunities.
This program aims to strengthen research training environments and develop a pool of well-trained students who complete their baccalaureate degrees in biomedically-related fields, and transition into and complete biomedical, research-focused higher degree programs. Specifically, this funding announcement provides support to eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to biomedical undergraduate training and mentoring to help build a strong biomedical research workforce for the nation.
Eligibility:
Applicant organizations must enroll undergraduate students and have received NIH Research Project Grant funding averaging less than $50 million in total costs per year over the last three fiscal years.
Through this program, five new grants will be awarded. Grantees will receive three annual increments of funding totaling $33 million and will operate from 2026 to 2030, to establish and operate a university transportation center to advance transportation expertise and technology, provide for a critical multimodal transportation knowledge base out of the Department of Transportation, and address critical workforce needs and educate the next generation of transportation leaders.
DARPA seeks innovative proposals for exploring and implementing mechanisms that amplify and increase the rates of nuclear fusion reactions in solids at and near room temperature. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research primarily resulting in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
The Foundation invites applications for its Research Grant program. Grants of up to $300,000 over up to three years will be awarded in support of high quality, independent research which contributes significantly and directly to the knowledge and evidence base of massage therapy and/or its application. Basic, applied, and translational research studies which investigate massage therapy as a wellness, medical, or health/mental health treatment and/or prevention intervention are supported.
The AACR-Torrey Coast Foundation Transpacific Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Research Partnership Grant is intended to support a multi-institutional team with PIs from at least one institution in the United States and one in Asia. The focus is on collaborative research in gastric or esophageal cancer, specifically in areas such as resistance, metastasis, innovative treatment strategies (including identifying and characterizing novel targets), and cellular and immunotherapies. Proposals must include plans indicating how the work will be translated into the clinic, including an estimated timeline.
This program supports early and mid-career investigators proposing innovative research that aligns with the organization’s mission. Novel basic, clinical, and/or population health proposals are invited in the following three priority areas of research: sudden cardiac arrest/resuscitation science, cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome, stroke and/or vascular dementia.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions beyond career stage.
The Foundation has issued a request for applications for the Drug Discovery Initiative (DDI) program, which aims to stimulate NF drug discovery by funding researchers proposing to investigate novel therapies or repurpose therapies for NF or to validate new NF targets. Proposals are expected to be short and concentrated on obtaining key preliminary data needed to quickly advance to the next step of drug discovery.
The Spencer Foundation invites applications for its Large Research Grants on Education program, which supports education research projects with the potential to contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived. The program aims to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education.
Eligibility:
There are no eligibility restrictions.
Dates:
Pre-proposals are due by February 24, 2026.
Questions?
We'll be happy to help you find the right grants opportunity for your organization.
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