Funding Opportunities

This is an update regarding the 2026 ONR Summer Faculty Research Program’s application. This program has extended its application deadline until December 31, 2025. This extension is designed to provide additional time to make contact with sponsoring laboratory and warfare centers.

Due: December 31, 2025

There are numerous benefits of the Summer Faculty Research Program:

1. Broaden the scope and horizon of faculty member’s research interests and provide a foundation for future research collaborations.
2. Allow access to equipment and other resources not available at their home institution.
3. Provide an understanding of the Department of the Navy research interests and the technological implications thereof, thus enhancing the abilities of
4. Fellows to pursue and obtain funding for research at their home institution.
   Foster lasting relationships between Fellows and the researchers at the Navy laboratories.

Additional Benefits

Stipend: Competitive stipends of $16,500, $19,000, and $21,500 based on award level.

Clearance: A Secret Level Clearance (at most labs)

Relocation: For those relocating greater than 50 miles from their home location, the program will provide $4,500 to cover the cost of transportation to and from their duty location, and the cost of temporary housing.

Key Dates and Details

⏳ Deadline: December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.

💻 Apply at: http://onroutreach-summer-faculty-research-sabbatical.com

📄 Eligibility: For all appointments, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident and hold a teaching or research position at a U.S. college or university. 

 If there are any questions or concerns, please contact Clarence Brown CBrown@prosource360.com, 703-300-4836.

UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute has announced a major new funding opportunity through the Southeastern Health AI Consortium, a partnership between the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UF CTSI). This initiative supports collaborative, AI-driven research designed to accelerate innovation and improve health outcomes across the Southeast.

Key Dates

• January 9, 2026 — One-page concept proposals due (via InfoReady)
• February 1, 2026 — Team collaboration meetings / matchmaking support
• April 13, 2026 — Invited full applications due
• June 1, 2026 — Awards announced
• July 1, 2026 — Earliest project start date (confirmable)

How to Apply

Access the full RFA and submit concept proposals via InfoReady.

A key focus of the design of modern computing systems is performance and scalability, particularly in light of the limits of Moore’s Law and Dennard scaling. To this end, systems are increasingly being implemented by composing heterogeneous computing components and continually changing memory systems as novel, performant hardware surfaces. Applications fueled by rapid strides in machine learning, data analysis, and extreme-scale simulation are becoming more domain-specific and highly distributed. In this scenario, traditional boundaries between hardware-oriented and software-oriented disciplines are increasingly blurred.

Due: Fourth Monday in January annually.

The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) plan to jointly support foundational mathematical and statistical research on Digital Twins in applied sciences. Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the demand and interest in applications that involve collaborative teams developing and analyzing Digital Twins to support decision making in various fields, including science, engineering, medicine, urban planning, and more. Both agencies recognize the need to promote research aiming to stimulate an interplay between mathematics/statistics/computation and practical applications in the realm of Digital Twins.  This program encourages new collaborative efforts within the realm of Digital Twins, aiming at stimulating fundamental research innovation, pushing, and expanding the boundaries of knowledge, and exploring new frontiers in mathematics and computation for Digital Twin development, and its applications.  By leveraging this synergy, the program aims to harness science, technology, and innovation to address some of our Society’s most pressing challenges.

Due: March 15th annually

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two new Dear Colleague Letters (DCL) and one program solicitation that implement key elements of the Trump administration’s executive order, “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.” The new opportunities will take decisive steps to expand resources for K-12 AI education, enhance teacher training and harness AI tools and services to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning.

“For decades, NSF has invested in research projects designed to transform STEM teaching and learning to meet emerging needs like AI. Integrating AI into education systems helps to prepare both young and adult learners to contribute to an AI-driven society,” said NSF Assistant Director for STEM Education James L. Moore III. “With these new funding mechanisms, NSF will fast-track its efforts to provide early exposure to AI, scale AI curricula, expand services that support the use of AI in education, advance teacher professional development and improve knowledge sharing in AI education to help sustain the nation’s leadership in technological innovation.”

Website: https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announces-new-funding-opportunities-advance-ai-education

The Department of Energy outlines funding initiatives, including: convergence of AI, HPC, and quantum, data centers, advanced AI hardware, AI-enabled technologies, and other areas of focus for the funding agency.

Under Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the Biomaterial Structural Analyses for Use Recognition and Understanding Synthesis (B-SAURUS) program has now been announced IARPA – B-SAURUS. This program builds on the decades of impressive synthetic biology and biomanufacturing work from SERDP, DARPA, DTRA, DEVCOM, TBRSC, and many others. With the inclusion of biomanufacturing as one of the six Critical Technology Areas as announced recently by the DoW, biomanufacturing is cemented in national security technology interests. 

Instead of developing new materials and products, B-SAURUS will develop processes and protocols to identify unique features that distinguish a biomanufactured material/molecule from those produced through conventional manufacturing processes, using these insights to better understand their production methods. B-SAURUS will establish new reverse engineering capabilities to address materials aligned with national security including energetics, illicit substances, and pharmaceuticals.

The program is being solicited through DEVCOM AvMC (DEVCOM AvMC) via their OTA ecosystem AMTC (The Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium). 

Enhanced white papers are currently due 21 January 2026.