Corporate and Foundation Relations staff circulate a monthly list of grant opportunities for faculty and staff. By making this information available, we encourage you to consider seeking corporate and foundation grant support. Subscribe to receive monthly emails.

To learn more about these opportunities or discuss foundations or corporations that do not have active RFPs, please contact Jared Mouro, Foundation Relations Specialist: ag4956@wayne.edu.

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Foundation: Home Depot Foundation (THDF)
Topic: Engineering
Program Name: Veteran Housing Grants
Deadline: 7/7/2024
Award Amount: $100,000- $500,000
The Foundation's Veteran Housing Grants Program awards grants to nonprofit organizations for the new construction or rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for veterans.

Eligible Projects:

• THDF supports new construction or rehabilitation of multifamily, permanent supportive housing for veterans
• Only physical construction of housing for veterans (hard costs) is covered. THDF does not provide funding for furnishings, rental subsidies, tenant services, etc.
• THDF’s grant funding must be comprised of less than 50% of the total development cost of the project/program
• The target population of honorably discharged veterans must be at or below 80% AMI
• 75% of the development/program’s funding sources must be identified at the time of proposal submission
• Project must commence within 12 months of proposal submission
• At least 20% of the housing units must be reserved for veterans
• Proposals must provide evidence of a third-party binding agreement that ensures the units are occupied by veterans for a minimum of 15 years. I.e. project-based HUDVASH, other funder requirements, deed restrictions, zoning requirements, etc.
• Supportive services must be provided

Online Application: https://corporate.homedepot.com/grants/veteran-housing-grants

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Foundation: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Topic: Engineering
Program: Technology
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $1,500,000
Grant-seekers with a relevant research project or meeting idea should submit a Letter of Inquiry of no more than two pages to Program Director Joshua M. Greenberg at greenberg@sloan.org. When Alfred P. Sloan Jr. created this foundation in 1934, he envisioned it would serve as a vehicle for the creation and dissemination of scientific and economic knowledge. Few technological advances have revolutionized those activities more than the development of modern computing and the subsequent explosion in our ability to collect, manipulate, store, analyze, and transmit data. Sloan's programs in Digital Technology explore how the internet and computing technology are creating new opportunities to empower the scientific enterprise and expand the public's access to knowledge.

• Data & Computational Research: The program goal is to accelerate scientific discovery by helping researchers fully exploit the opportunities created by recent advances in our ability to collect, transmit, analyze, store, and manipulate data.
• Scholarly Communication: The program goal is to empower researchers by supporting the development and adoption of new resources for managing the increasingly diverse array of digital communication channels, enabling scientists to more effectively locate relevant research, network with other researchers, and disseminate their work to the scientific community and the public.
• Better Software for Science: The program goal is to develop practices, norms and institutions that can better promote the development and adoption of discovery-enhancing software.
• Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology: The program goal is to identify areas at the intersection of research and technology where a strategic investment of Foundation resources might be leveraged to empower scholarship.

Emailed application: https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology

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HEALTH

Foundation: ViiV Healthcare US
Topic: Health
Program Name: Positive Action for Women: Risk to Reasons Initiative
Deadline: 5/10/2024
Award Amount: $250,000
ViiV Healthcare was established to take an innovative approach to the challenge of HIV—and we do. It’s who we are. An innovative approach means we go beyond developing new medicines—we know it takes more to end the epidemic. Through a combination of community-focused approaches that include deep listening, grantmaking, community engagement, shared learning, and cultural arts programs, we ensure that the voices of the HIV community inform everything we do.

ViiV Healthcare is expanding our longstanding Positive Action for Women program with Risk to Reasons, a new initiative dedicated to reframing and refocusing HIV prevention and care for Black women. For too long, women have been overlooked and ignored when it comes to HIV, with Black women bearing the greatest burden. Risk to Reasons sets out to increase awareness and action around HIV prevention for Black women of cis and trans experience. Guided by advocates across the country, the initiative will create content, fund community action and connect advocates to change the impact of HIV in Black communities and get more Black women connected to prevention and care. At the heart of Risk to Reasons is shifting the dominant framework of “risk” that has characterized HIV prevention and care and promoting a new focus on “reasons for HIV prevention.” For many, “risk” is unspecific, stigmatizing, and causes people to disassociate, rather than prioritize their personal prevention needs. Instead, the Risk to Reasons initiative seeks to frame HIV prevention around the reasons that motivate and empower women to address their sexual health. Moving from “risk” to “reasons” offers an opportunity to rethink and redefine the relationship between Black women and HIV.

Risk to Reasons funding is available for projects that:

• Engage Black women to increase awareness and access to prevention.
• Train Organizations and Providers to serve Black women, with a focus on service providers at the critical intersections of HIV and social determinants of health.
• Change the Narrative around HIV and Women building on the framework of Risk to Reasons

Online Application: https://us.viivhealthcare.com/positive-action-for-women.aspx

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Foundation: ViiV Healthcare US
Topic: Health
Program Name: Positive Action Southern Initiative
Deadline: 5/10/2024
Award Amount: $250,000- $350,000
All Positive Action Southern Initiative projects must be focused on reaching more people in their community who are out-of-care and connecting them to care. PASI projects should identify, link/re-link and engage PLWHA who are out-of-care through the following strategies:

• Expanding outreach and navigation capacity to focus on people who are out-of-care and provide high-touch support for people navigating health care systems
• Partnering with other health and community services to build infrastructure that can help better reach and serve people who are not in care
• Connecting people with strong social and emotional supportive services to address barriers to care and build networks of support
• PASI is seeking proposals that expand outreach, partnerships and navigation services to reach individuals that are out-of-care.

Online Application: https://www.viivhealthcare.com/en-us/positive-action-southern-initiative/

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Foundation: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Topic: Health
Program Name: Behavioral Health Initiative
Deadline: 5/10/2024
Award Amount: $50,000- $500,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Grant term can be 1-2 years; total award NTE $500,000. The Behavioral Health Initiative is interested in funding projects that address the five priority areas listed below and improve access to behavioral health treatment. Projects must incorporate at least one of these categories:

• Implementation of innovative care delivery models
• Multi-sector responses aimed at developing and strengthening local systems of care for mental health and SUD and supporting efficient entry to treatment
• Use of innovative technology to improve access to care and/or quality of care
• Implementation of team-based approaches to care, including integration at the point of care, sharing health information among providers, and increased provider consultation
• Projects that focus on behavioral health improvements for pregnant women, infants, and foster and adopted children

Online Application: https://mihealthfund.org/grantmaking/behavioral-health-initiative

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Foundation: Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
Topic: Health
Program Name: Request for Proposal: Accelerating Drug Discovery for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Deadline: 5/13/2024
Award Amount: $300,000- $350,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 7/22/2024. There are currently no FDA-approved disease-modifying treatments available for frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and symptomatic treatments only provide limited benefit for patients. Recent scientific advances have provided an increased understanding of pathogenic mechanisms underlying FTD and are driving the development of potential disease-modifying therapies. The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) seek to accelerate this progress by supporting innovative small molecule and biologic (antibodies, oligonucleotides, peptides, gene therapy, etc.) drug development programs for FTD through this request for proposals (RFP).

The RFP supports:

• Lead optimization of novel disease-modifying compounds, including medicinal chemistry refinement and in vitro ADME.
• In vivo testing of novel lead compounds, biologics, vaccines, or repurposed drug candidates in relevant animal models for pharmacokinetics, dose-range finding, target engagement, in vivo efficacy, and/or preliminary rodent tolerability studies.
• This RFP does NOT support target identification, target validation, assay development, high-throughput and high-content screening. IND-enabling work is supported through ADDF’s Drug Development RFP.

Online Application: https://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/funding-opportunities/accelerating-drug-discovery-for-ftd

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Foundation: Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
Topic: Health
Program Name: Greater Value Portfolio
Deadline: 5/16/2024
Award Amount: $400,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent, full application is by invitation only and is due 8/7/2024. Grant term NTE 2 years. In 2024, the Donaghue Foundation’s Greater Value Portfolio grant program will fund research projects for two years with a maximum amount of $400,000 per award (plus a 10% indirect cost rate) to advance promising approaches to achieving a higher-value healthcare system. This program aims to test approaches and tools that organizations can readily use to improve the value of the healthcare they provide to their patients and communities.

In the context of the GVP grant program, we prioritize the development of solutions to combat the symptoms of low-value care. Our focus is on fostering a healthcare system where quality, efficiency, and fairness are not just aspirations but achievements realized through the implementation of actionable solutions. Research projects should target and propose corrective measures for the following critical symptoms of low-value care:

• High and rising healthcare costs.
• Unwarranted pricing variations.
• Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access, costs, and outcomes.
• Excessive financial burden of care on patients and families.
• Inconsistency in the quality of care delivered.
• Lack of price and outcome transparency in healthcare services.

Online application: https://donaghue.org/greater-value-portfolio/

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Foundation: Simons Foundation
Topic: Health
Program Name: Neuroscience Collaborations Courses and Conferences Awards
Deadline: 5/23/2024
Award Amount: $50,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full proposals are by invitation only and are due 7/25/2024. Grant term NTE 3 years. For requests of $50,000, applicants must contact neurocollabs@simonsfoundation.org by May 9, 2024 before submitting their application to The Neuroscience Collaborations at the Simons Foundation is accepting applications for funding of courses or conferences in fundamental neuroscience. Courses and conferences that align with the scientific missions of our programs, the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB), with a focus on the fields of systems and computational neuroscience, and/or the Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB), with a focus on healthy cognitive aging, will be prioritized. We especially encourage applications for courses and conferences held and/or organized by people in regions of the world where opportunities for neuroscience courses or conferences have historically been less numerous.
Online Application: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/neuroscience-collaborations-courses-conference-awards/

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Foundation: Target ALS
Topic: Health
Program Name: Biomarker Consortia: Disease Stratification and Progression
Deadline: 5/29/2024
Award Amount: $500,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 8/21/2024. As new therapeutics have begun moving the needle for ALS patients, tracking disease progression and monitoring the effects of drug treatment have become even more important. Biomarkers are needed to stratify patient populations, understand response to therapeutics, and quantify disease progression. We are soliciting proposals from collaborative groups focused on the discovery and development of novel disease progression and stratification biomarkers using any modality.

Although all groups studying disease progression biomarkers are eligible to apply, Target ALS is particularly interested in supporting projects that propose the study of:

• Cryptic exons and cryptic exon-related biomarkers
• Biomarkers with utility in ongoing or upcoming therapeutic trials
• Biomarkers for patient population stratification for specific therapeutics (e.g. presence of specific cryptic exons, cognitive involvement, ALS/FTD spectrum)

Online Application: https://www.targetals.org/biomarker-consortia/

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Foundation: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
Topic: Health
Program Name: R Accelerated Award Grant
Deadline: 6/6/2024
Award Amount: $800,000
Grant term NTE 4 years. A maximum of $200,000 in total direct costs may be requested per year. The purpose of the R Accelerated Award Grant is to advance ALSF's mission to find cures and better treatments for childhood cancers by providing support to scientists focused on pediatric oncology research. Applicants must have an original project that is not currently being funded that has a clear focus on accelerating the discovery of more effective, less toxic therapies for childhood cancers. Research projects should address a testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale. Applicants must be first-time recipients of a pediatric cancer research-focused NIH R01 award or equivalent independent award. Demonstration of continued commitment to pediatric cancer investigation as well as institutional support are critical components of a successful application.
Online Application: https://www.alexslemonade.org/researchers-reviewers/applicants

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Foundation: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
Topic: Health
Program Name: 'A' Awards
Deadline: 6/13/2024
Award Amount: $800,000
The purpose of the ‘A’ Award Grant is to advance ALSF’s mission to find cures and better treatments for childhood cancers by providing support to early-career scientists who want to establish a career in pediatric oncology research. The ideal applicant has an original project that is not currently being funded. Demonstration of a future commitment to pediatric cancer investigation as well as institutional support for the career development of the investigator are critical components of a successful application. A mentor is required, and a career development plan must be included.
Online Application: http://www.alexslemonade.org/grants/guidelines

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Foundation: Health Resources in Action (HRiA)
Topic: Health
Program Name: Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust – Catalyst Awards Program
Deadline: 6/18/2024
Award Amount: $350,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Select institutions are invited to submit up to two applications per grant cycle. WSU is a 2024 Invited Institution. This program is designed to support high-risk, high-reward projects that address critical scientific and therapeutic roadblocks. If successful, these projects will have high-impact outcomes that open new avenues for treating, curing, and improving the lives of individuals suffering from disease. The Program has three principal areas of focus:

• Identification of biological markers of disease activity and progression,
• Identification of targets for therapeutic interventions, and
• Development of therapeutic agents that will disrupt, arrest, or prevent the disease process.

Catalyst Awards provide an opportunity to conduct preliminary work on high-risk, high-reward research addressing a wide variety of clinical disease areas. The target of the Falk Catalyst’s funding is projects at the intersection of technology and clinical science, intended to move from basic science insights towards solutions, techniques, and tools that can be transferred to clinical practice in the near term. The Catalyst Research Award Program provides one to two years of seed funding to enable the planning and development of projects, teams, tools, techniques, and management infrastructure necessary to successfully compete for two- to three-year awards through the Transformational Research Award Program. The work proposed in the Catalyst submission will serve to demonstrate the scientific promise, infrastructure, methods, and preliminary data in support of further transformational research.
Online Application: https://hria.org/tmf/falkcap/

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Foundation: Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
Topic: Health
Program Name: OREF Mentored Clinician-Scientist Grant
Deadline: 6/20/2024
Award Amount: $20,000- $100,000
As a Principal Investigator, you may apply in only one category per cycle. This restriction does not apply to Co-PI status or applicants to the Mentored Clinician Scientist Grant. This grant promotes the development of new clinician-scientists who have demonstrated success as both a clinician and a researcher. Allows investigators to spend dedicated time in research for a period of up to five years to develop a long and productive career in academic surgery.
Online Application: https://www.oref.org/for-researchers/funding-opportunities

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Foundation: Wellcome Trust
Topic: Health
Program Name: Infectious Disease Award: Understanding dengue and Zika spread, immunity and clinical outcomes
Deadline: 6/25/2024
Award Amount: £5,000,000 GBP
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. This funding call will support multidisciplinary teams to generate evidence on where dengue and Zika viruses co-circulate and investigate the implications this has on host immune responses and clinical outcomes. Research funded through this award will support global efforts to understand and predict the spread of these pathogens, especially where data are limited. Funded projects will also help to design and implement future interventions to reduce dengue and Zika’s growing burden and impact on health.
Online Application: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/infectious-disease-award-understanding-dengue-and-zika-spread

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Foundation: Thrasher Research Foundation
Topic: Health
Program Name: E.W. Al Thrasher Award
Deadline: 7/16/2024
Award Amount: $100,000- $500,000
Deadline is for Concept Paper; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 10/22/2024. Grant term NTE 3 years. E.W. "Al" Thrasher Awards focus on projects that are changing pediatric clinical care. Each award is a novel approach to problems plaguing pediatrics. The award is open to applications focusing on any disease or topic within the umbrella of pediatrics, both in and outside the United States.

Ideal applications for the Thrasher Award address significant health problems, offering the potential for practical solutions to these problems. Typically, the primary outcome is a health outcome in children. Solutions should be innovative and have the potential for broad applicability with low barriers to implementation. Projects with a shorter distance to clinical applicability are given priority.​ Hypothesis-driven research is critical, exploratory, or hypothesis-generating research will not be competitive.

For projects focused on improving disease diagnosis, please ensure that there are well-researched, effective treatment options available to patients upon diagnosis.
Email LOI: https://www.thrasherresearch.org/SitePages/al-thrasher-award.aspx

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Foundation: Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Topic: Health
Program Name: Community Health Impact Initiative
Deadline: 7/18/2024
Award Amount: $150,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Deadline is for Concept Paper (not required but strongly suggested); Full Proposals are due 8/22/2024. The Community Health Impact Initiative supports health-focused, community-based organizations with bold ideas that empower communities to solve their most pressing health issues and successfully implement health-focused, community-driven interventions.

Proposals should focus on eliminating health disparities, improving health equity, building community wellness, increasing social integration for marginalized populations, bolstering community support systems, and expanding health-related community engagement efforts. Specific topics might include but are not limited to proposals to improve oral health access, health literacy, health-related transportation, or environmental health.
Online Application: https://mihealthfund.org/grantmaking/community-health-impact

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Foundation: The Commonwealth Fund
Topic: Health
Program: Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: Up to $200,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations.  Strictly LOI Submission Proposals are invitation only. Award amount based on previous grants. To promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
Online application: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-and-fellowships/applicant-resources

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Foundation: Dresner Foundation
Topic: Health
Program: Health
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $250,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The fund will facilitate the advancement of innovative basic science, translational or clinical research. Focus includes:

• Research – support for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and related research and emerging research leaders in the field.
• We look to provide researchers with the ability to focus on searching for MDS treatments and cures. The principle goal is to support cutting-edge MDS research and related programs that will lead to future standards of care and ultimately cure.
• Access – support for programs that improve the health outcomes of vulnerable people, particularly underserved, low-income individuals who don’t have adequate access to health care.
• The foundation is equally interested in efforts that have a broad and meaningful impact and focus on intervention and prevention beyond the boundaries of any one disease.

The foundation is equally interested in efforts that have a broad and meaningful impact and focus on intervention and prevention beyond the boundaries of any one disease.
Online Application: https://www.dresnerfoundation.org/program-areas/health-research/

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Foundation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Topic: Health
Program: Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $185,000- $440,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Grant period is up to 36 months. Supports rigorous, high-impact, creative research projects to build and disseminate information for evidence-based approaches to building a Culture of Health. The program will also support efforts to assess outcomes and set priorities for action by encouraging and supporting creative, rigorous research on the impact of innovative programs, policies and partnerships on health and well-being, and on novel approaches to measuring health determinants and outcomes.
Online Application: https://anr.rwjf.org/viewCfp.do?cfpId=1224&cfpOverviewId=

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Foundation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topic: Health
Program: Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $300,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. This funding opportunity seeks proposals primed to impact health equity moving forward. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. We want to hear from scientists, anthropologists, artists, urban planners, and community leaders—anyone, anywhere who has a new or unconventional idea that could alter the trajectory of health and improve health equity and well-being for generations to come. The changes we seek require diverse perspectives and cannot be accomplished by any one person, organization, or sector.
Online Application: https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2020/pioneering-ideas-submission.html

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Foundation: Thrasher Research Foundation
Topic: Health
Program: E.W. Al Thrasher Award
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $100,000- $500,000
Awards grants two times per year, with no fixed number of awards given in each funding cycle or in each year. Funds to improve children's health through medical research, with an emphasis on projects that have the potential to translate into clinically meaningful results within a few years. Open to applications that address a variety of significant pediatric problems. Both incidence and severity are considered when determining the significance of the proposed topic.
Emailed LOI: https://www.thrasherresearch.org/SitePages/al-thrasher-award.aspx

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Foundation: Total Health Care Foundation
Topic: Health
Program: General application
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $50,000- $200,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Full applications are by invitation only and are due subsequently. THCF reviews submissions quarterly. Average grants are $50,000-200,000. Improve the health and lives of people living in high-need areas; Provide care management that addresses social determinants of health; Educate expectant mothers on the importance of prenatal and preventive care; Promote wellness for transferred and vulnerable populations; Assist with the navigation of various aspects of Medicaid; Address disparities within the Detroit market
Emailed Application: https://www.priorityhealth.com/landing/total-health-care-foundation

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MENTAL HEALTH

Foundation: American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA)
Topic: Mental Health
Program: American Psychoanalytic Foundation Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $50,000
Please send your grant proposal in digital format to Tom Newman, Executive Director, at tnewman@apsa.org. The most common grant amount is $20,000. The mission of the American Psychoanalytic Foundation (APF) is to sponsor programs that promote a better understanding of psychoanalysis and encourage effective and innovative dissemination of psychoanalytic ideas and services to the mental health community and the public. Through its grants, APF seeks to build the reputation of psychoanalysis as a powerful therapeutic and research instrument that can be applied to a wide range of individual behaviors and cultural phenomena. To ensure competitive consideration, proposed programs should:

• Use creative approaches to promote psychoanalytic ideas and services
• Feature a new program rather than a regular activity of a society or institute
• Applies to other psychoanalytic institutes, societies and centers

Emailed application: https://apsa.org/fellowships-awards/american-psychoanalytic-foundation-grants/

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RESEARCH

Foundation: Korea Foundation (KF)
Topic: Research
Program Name: Support for U.S. Next-Generation Policy Research Program
Deadline: 5/16/2024
Award Amount: $70,000
This initiative aims to finance innovative research endeavors in the United States, focusing on in-depth analyses and policy recommendations pertaining to various issues concerning Korea.

The program encourages policy-oriented research or research activities (seminars, workshops, etc.) related to Korea. Research findings should aim to impact public policy and hold policy implications within one of the following three domains:

• Issues related to the Korean Peninsula: regional security, the U.S.-ROK alliance, non-proliferation, soft power, Korea-Japan relations, etc.
• Cooperation in science and technology policy: semiconductors, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, space, etc.
• Cooperation on global issues: economic security, supply chain, human rights and democracy, climate change and the environment, energy, changing geopolitics, etc.

Online Application: https://apply.kf.or.kr/selectNoticeAndApplicationView.nkf?anucNo=A1G0000931&pageIndex=1

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Foundation: United States-Japan Foundation (USJF)
Topic: Research
Program Name: U.S.-Japan Policy Studies
Deadline: 6/28/2024
Award Amount: $100,000
Deadline is for Letter of Inquiry; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 9/30/2024. The United States-Japan Foundation supports US-Japan policy-related studies, initiatives and exchanges that help address issues of significant mutual concern to the United States and Japan. The Foundation seeks to respond to policy-relevant needs as identified by experts and practitioners in the US-Japan policy studies field and we are therefore open to innovative projects. Policy projects we fund:

• Emphasize research over dialogue
• Have lasting impact and practical relevance to US-Japan policymakers
• Encourage growth, education and interaction of younger scholars and policymakers in both countries
• Disseminate results widely
• Focus on the long term as opposed to addressing the “issue of the moment.”

 Areas of current interest are:

• National Interest / Foreign Policy
• Nationalism(s)/National Identities
• Energy and the Environment
• Managing Globalization
• Understanding Institutions
• US-Japan Trade and Economic Relations

Emailed Application: http://us-jf.org/programs/grants/us-japan-policy-studies/

SCIENCE

Foundation: Next Generation Internet
Topic: Science
Program Name: NGI Sargasso Open Call: Promoting the transatlantic cooperation for NGI technologies
Deadline: 5/15/2024
Award Amount: 100,000 EUR
NGI Sargasso aims to create a unique collaborative ecosystem to harvest EU-US or EU-Canada technology breakthroughs that aim to revolutionize the Next Generation of Internet technologies, services and standards, and contribute to the evolution of the Internet according to a human-centric approach of the internet commons.

Proposals submitted to the NGI Sargasso Open Call must relate to at least one of the following knowledge areas: Trust, Data Sovereignty, Digital Identity, Internet Architecture and Renovation, Decentralized Technology, Interoperability and Standardization, New Internet Commons.
Online Application: https://www.ngi.eu/opencalls/#ngisargassoOpenCall3

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Foundation: Dana Foundation
Topic: Science
Program Name: Pilot Projects in Neuroscience & Society
Deadline: 5/31/2024
Grant Range: $150,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due subsequently. Grant term NTE 18 months. Neuroscience and society is the multidisciplinary study of how neuroscience informs and reflects society, and practical work to put these ideas into action. Neuroscience and society includes fields where neuroscience interfaces with the world, such as ethics, law, humanities, medicine, arts, social sciences, policy, education, journalism, and public engagement. This list is meant to be illustrative, not exhaustive. Other disciplines may fall within the purview of neuroscience and society.  While neuroscience and society is not the same as neuroethics, bioethics, or science and technology studies, there are areas of overlap.
Online Application: https://dana.org/grantmaking/

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Foundation: Project Apis m. (PAm)
Topic: Science
Program Name: Research Grants
Deadline: 6/1/2024
Grant Range: $200,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Typically, proposals are in the range from $20,000 to $40,000. Project Apis m. seeks projects that will ultimately improve honey bee health. Main areas of focus include pests and disease prevention and control, honey bee nutrition, impacts of pesticides on bees, and long-term honey bee stock improvement. PAm is looking for projects that fill the gaps in honey bee research, and benefit honey bees and agriculture in the USA and Canada. The reviewers will ask questions that ensure the commercial beekeeping community will benefit from the research and its application. For example, PAm seeks research projects that will:  Enhance the economic viability of pollination businesses. Provide practical solutions for managed colonies. Yield results that can be efficiently transferred into field practice. Provide an excellent rate of return for beekeepers and farmers.
Online Application: https://www.projectapism.org/request-funding.html

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Foundation: Clay Mathematics Institute
Topic: Science
Program Name: Enhancement and Partnership Program
Deadline: 6/1/2024
Grant Range: Amount varies.
The principal aim is to enhance activities that are already planned, particularly by funding international participation. The program is broadly defined, but subject to general principles: CMI funding will be used in accordance with the Institute's mission and its status as an operating foundation to enhance mathematical activities organized by or planned in partnership with other organizations will not be used to meet expenses that could be readily covered from local or national sources. All proposals will be judged by the CMI's Scientific Advisory Board. CMI can only support events in which it has significant involvement, and in all cases, the CMI's partnership in the event must be acknowledged by using the wording set out in the Statement of Financial Policies included with offer letters. There are several ways under the Enhancement and Partnership Program by which CMI can support directly activities that will enhance research meetings: Workshops and Small Conferences, Clay Lectures, Senior Scholars, Larger Conferences, Graduate Summer Schools and Other partnerships
Emailed Application: https://www.claymath.org/funded-programs/enhancement-and-partnership/

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Foundation: Simons Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Targeted Grants in Mathematics
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Varies
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The deadline is rolling, and an LOI can be submitted at any time. Full proposals are by invitation only. The program is intended to support high-risk theoretical mathematics, physics and computer science projects of exceptional promise and scientific importance on a case-by-case basis.
Online Application: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/targeted-grants-in-mps/

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Foundation: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Energy & Environment
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $500,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The goal of the program is to inform the societal transition toward low-carbon energy systems in the United States by investigating economic, environmental, technological, and distributional issues.
Programs:

• Energy Markets and Policy Analysis
• Net Zero Innovation and Negative Emissions Technologies
• Transportation and Mobility
• Energy and Distributional Equity
• Industrial Decarbonization
• Energy Systems and Climate Adaptation

Online application: https://sloan.org/grants/apply

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Foundation: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Matter-to-Life Program
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Varies
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Grant-seekers with a relevant research project or meeting idea should submit a Letter of Inquiry of no more than two pages to Program Director Ernie Glover at mattertolife@sloan.org. Sloan's Matter-to-Life program aims to sharpen our scientific understanding of life by supporting curiosity-driven research falling within three focus areas: Building Life, Principles of Life, and Signs of Life. These areas define a broad scientific scope for understanding the physical principles and mechanisms governing living systems, while also highlighting an openness to exploring life broadly conceived by instantiating the distinctive functions of living systems in entities built using various matter platforms. The program will also support scientific meetings that promote information exchange, the development of collaborations, and self-organizing efforts aimed at making a case to other funders for supporting matter-to-life research.
Emailed Application: https://sloan.org/programs/research/matter-to-life

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Foundation: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Technology
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $1,500,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Sloan's programs in Digital Technology explore how the internet and computing technology are creating new opportunities to empower the scientific enterprise and expand the public's access to knowledge.
Programs:

• Data & Computational Research
• Scholarly Communication
• Universal Access to Knowledge
• Better Software for Science
• Exploratory Grantmaking in Technology

Online application: https://sloan.org/grants/apply

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Foundation: David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Conservation and Science Program
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: <$47,500,000
The Conservation and Science Program invests in action and ideas that conserve and restore ecosystems while enhancing human well-being. The Foundation welcomes ideas for funding requests under the following programs:

• Climate
• Ocean
• Land
• Science
• Agriculture
• Livelihoods
• Conservation

Online Application: https://www.packard.org/grants-and-investments/for-grantseekers/

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Foundation: Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Environment Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: <$2,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. Primary Topics:

• Great Lakes: Stewardship; Agricultural Runoff.
• Environmental Health, Justice & Equitable Development: Lead; Asthma; Sustainable Development.

Online Application: https://www.erbff.org/programs/

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Foundation: The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Topic: Science
Program: Science Climate Program
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $3,000- $950,000
Supports promising work that addresses climate change by increasing access to modern energy for the world's poor; stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a low level; and improving resilience for those most vulnerable to the negative consequences of climate variability and change.
Online Application: http://ncf.org/what-we-fund/our-focus/climat

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Foundation: Needmor Fund
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: Core Grants
Deadline: 5/15/2024
Award Amount: $40,000
Deadline is for Letter of Inquiry; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 6/30/2024. While Needmor embraces the opportunity to fund emerging organizations, our commitment remains to fund strong, effective community organizing. We thus seek to support groups that:  Organize primarily low- and moderate-income people, as evidenced by demographic/ statistical data indicating social and economic distress. Have a multi-issue agenda that reflects an intersectional approach to addressing issues associated with race, economic justice, and equality. Demonstrate a commitment to long-term base building and effectively link issue work to building organizational power. Are democratically run and consist of a dues-paying membership base, with deep member engagement and a process for both developing and regenerating a strong cadre of leaders over time. Have developed a power analysis and a clearly defined plan for challenging/altering the dynamics of power within their communities. Engage in direct action and have demonstrated the ability to win concrete victories on an increasingly larger scale. Have a vision to continually build and aggregate power, enabling it to take on bigger policy issues and expand its base of allies to increase its impact over time. Are well managed, engage in strategic planning, and have a sound budget and diversified fundraising plan.
Online Application: https://www.needmorfund.org/grant-instructions

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Foundation: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?
Deadline: 5/20/2024
Award Amount: $25,000- $80,000
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. Through our grantmaking, we aim to support research that will generate actionable insights for policymakers. We are currently requesting research proposals that will equip federal policymakers with evidence of the effectiveness of the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession in generating better macroeconomic outcomes and in generating better and more equitable outcomes for working-age individuals in the United States.

We are primarily interested in research focused on policy interventions from March 2020 to March 2021, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act and the American Rescue Plan Act. The research should provide policymakers with actionable insights to inform effective policies to address future recessions.

Only economic policies are of interest. Policies aimed at addressing the pandemic are outside the scope of this request. We are primarily interested in economic outcomes—such as labor force participation, wages, job match and quality, productivity, consumption, and household finances. We will consider proposals that explore other outcomes alongside economic outcomes to the extent that they might aid or hinder people’s ability to participate in the labor market, for example. Analyses can examine impacts during the pandemic period and longer-term effects in the years following the pandemic.
Online Application: https://equitablegrowth.org/research-paper/request-for-proposals-how-effective-was-the-fiscal-response-to-the-covid-19-recession-for-workers/

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Foundation: National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: NED Grants Program
Deadline: 6/3/2024
Award Amount: $50,000
The average grant lasts 12 months and is around $50,000. Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions.  NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law Support freedom of information and independent media Strengthen democratic ideas and values Promote accountability and transparency Strengthen civil society organizations Strengthen democratic political processes and institutions Promote civic education Support democratic conflict resolution Promote freedom of association Strengthen a broad-based market economy
Emailed Application: https://www.ned.org/apply-for-grant/en/

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Foundation: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: Research on the Language and Messaging of Prevention and Responsible Gambling Programs
Deadline: 6/3/2024
Award Amount: $402,500
Applicants may request up to a total of $350,000 in direct costs and up to 15 percent in Facilities and administration costs for a period not to exceed 36 months. Total requests may not exceed $402,500. One grant will be awarded. The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for a three-year grant to study the impact of safer gambling messaging including its impact on gambling behavior and use of responsible gambling tools. The field of addictions has long recognized the power of language in treatment, public discourse and public health policy and has advocated for the removal of negative, stigmatizing messaging to people struggling with addiction. At the same time, messages promoting safer gambling must have the intended impact of reducing gambling-related harm.
Online Application: https://www.icrg.org/information/apply-for-icrg-funding

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Foundation: Herb Block Foundation
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: Encouraging Citizen Involvement
Deadline: 6/4/2024
Award Amount: $25,000
Deadline is for Letter of Intent; Full Proposals are by invitation only and are due 8/6/2024. The Herb Block Foundation seeks to help ensure a responsible, responsive democratic government through citizen involvement. Proposals may focus on citizen education and greater voter participation in the electoral process. All projects must be nonpartisan and may not involve lobbying for specific legislation or candidates. In addition to providing grants in this area, The Herb Block Foundation has initiated an annual public policy lecture program featuring prominent speakers on issues of national importance.
Online Application: http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/programs/citizen-involvement

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Foundation: International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG)
Topic: Social Science
Program Name: Research on Sex and Gender and Gambling
Deadline: 6/10/2024
Award Amount: $172,500
Applicants may request up to $75,000 per year in direct costs and up to 15 percent in Facilities; Administration costs for a period not to exceed 24. Total requests may not exceed $172,500. One grant will be awarded. The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) invites investigators to apply for a two-year Large Grant to study the relationship between sex, gender identities, gender roles and/or sexual orientation as factors in gambling and problematic gambling.  Topics of interest include but are not limited to sex, gender identities, gender roles and/or sexual orientation as factors in Game choice (including modality) and motives Vulnerability to gambling-related harms and gambling disorder Use of protective behavioral strategies, including responsible gambling tools Treatment seeking, experience and outcomes.
Online Application: https://www.icrg.org/information/apply-for-icrg-funding

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Foundation: Arnold Ventures
Topic: Social Science
Program: Demonstrating the Power of Evidence-Based Programs to “Move the Needle” on Major U.S. Social Problems
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $5,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Inquiry emailed to the Program Director; full applications are by invitation only. Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Arnold Ventures’ (AV) Moving the Needle initiative seeks to spur expanded implementation of such programs to make significant headway against U.S. social problems. Specifically, the initiative is designed to encourage state or local jurisdictions, or other entities, to:

• Adopt social programs shown in well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to produce large, sustained effects on important life outcomes (see attachment 1 for the list of eligible programs);
• Implement these programs on a sizable scale with close adherence to their key features; and
• Determine, through a replication RCT, whether the large effects found in prior research are successfully reproduced to move the needle on important social problems.

Emailed Application: https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees 

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Foundation: Arnold Ventures
Topic: Social Science
Program: Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Social Programs Whose Delivery Will Be Funded by Government or Other Entities
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: $5,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. First step in the Application is a Letter of Inquiry emailed to the Program Director; full applications are by invitation only. Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Arnold Ventures’ (AV) Evidence-Based Policy team invites grant applications to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of social programs in any area of U.S. policy in which:

• (i) AV will fund the RCT, and the government or another entity will fund the program’s delivery; and
• (ii) The RCT meets the additional selection criteria set out below.

Our main goal in funding such RCTs is to build the body of programs rigorously shown to produce sizable, sustained effects on important life outcomes. We recognize how challenging this is: Surprisingly few programs are found to produce the hoped-for improvements in participants’ lives when evaluated in a well-conducted RCT. This Request for Proposals seeks to optimize the chances of success by prioritizing RCTs of programs with highly promising prior evidence or other compelling policy reasons for a rigorous evaluation.
Emailed Application: https://www.arnoldventures.org/grantees

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Foundation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Topic: Social Science
Program: Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity
Deadline: Rolling
Award Amount: Varies
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Evidence for Action (E4A) prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. Our focus on racial equity means we are concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other races and ethnicities), as well as the ways in which racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority. This funding is geared toward studies about “upstream” causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop at characterizing or documenting the extent of a problem.
Online Application: https://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/active-funding-opportunities/2021/evidence-for-action--innovative-research-to-advance-racial-equity.html

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VARIOUS

Foundation: The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Topic: Various
Program Name: AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Requests for Proposals
Deadline: 5/9/2024
Award Amount: $200,000
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is pleased to announce its Request for Proposals (RFPs) in the following three topics:  Micro mobility and Traffic Safety; Factors that Influence Seat Belt Use; Examining Safety Impacts of Electric Vehicle Braking Profiles and Lighting Thresholds.
Online Application: https://aaafoundation.org/about/rfp/

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Foundation: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Topic: Various
Program Name: Grants and Endowments
Deadline: 5/15/2024
Award Amount: $1,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Over the years, the Community Foundation has helped to create and fund numerous projects that improve the lives of those who live here.  Our interest areas span from arts and culture, to the environment, to health and human services.  We seek to make strategic investments in the community, and look to partner with nonprofit organizations to help create enduring solutions to complex problems. Effecting change requires both passion and measured thought, and we work hard to find proposals that encompass both.  As we do our grantmaking, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan is also committed to honoring the intentions of our many donors and creating solutions that make everlasting positive impacts.  And above all else, we are keenly interested in what inspires you. We look forward to hearing your ideas for transforming our vision for a healthy and prosperous region into reality
Online Application: https://cfsem.org/for-nonprofits/

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Foundation: Birks Family Foundation
Topic: Various
Program Name: Grants
Deadline: 5/15/2024
Award Amount: $25,000
Do not accept unsolicited proposals; submit one paragraph description of  funding needed to potentially receive an invitation to apply. The Birk Family Foundation intends to enhance the quality of life of the disadvantaged and the sick by providing funding to organizations that maintain traditional moral values in the field of education, health and human services.  AREAS OF GIVING: Education; Health; Human Services; Emergency Funding.
Emailed Application: https://birkfamilyfoundation.org/new-page-2

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Foundation: Union Pacific Foundation
Topic: Various
Program Name: Community Ties Giving Program Local Grants
Deadline: 5/31/2024
Award Amount: $25,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Grant term NTE 1 year. Throughout its existence, the success of Union Pacific's business has been inextricably linked to the economic and community well-being of cities and towns across the nation. Union Pacific has carefully aligned its Local Grant cause areas to the company's unique heritage, strengths, and assets. Specifically, it prioritizes funding for direct services and efforts that build the capacity of organizations focused on the following causes within the local operating communities. Within each focus area, Union Pacific aims to support programs and organizations working to advance the diversity, equity and inclusion of underrepresented populations within the local context and issue areas addressed. Safety Workforce Development Community Spaces Environmental Sustainability Local Needs The four giving priorities (Community Spaces, Safety, Workforce Development, and Environmental Sustainability) receive a larger share of funding than Local Needs.
Online Application: https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/foundation/local-grants/index.htm

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Foundation: William T. Grant Foundation
Topic: Various
Program Name: William T. Grant Scholars Program
Deadline: 6/3/2024
Award Amount: $350,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Deadline is for Mentor and Reference Letter; Full Application is by invitation only and is due 7/3/2024. The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas.

Focus Areas:

• Reducing Inequality In this focus area, we fund research studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.
• Research Interests Our research interests in this focus area center on studies that examine ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. We welcome descriptive studies that clarify mechanisms for reducing inequality or elucidate how or why a specific program, policy, or practice operates to reduce inequality. We also welcome intervention studies that examine attempts to reduce inequality. Finally, we welcome studies that improve the measurement of inequality in ways that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers.

Online Application: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/william-t-grant-scholars-program

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Foundation: Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation
Topic: Various
Program Name: Grants
Deadline: 6/7/2024
Award Amount: $50,000
We seek to partner with charitable organizations to accomplish common objectives for improving the lives of people and communities. Effectiveness, sustainability, strategic thinking, environmental awareness and collaboration are among the strengths we encourage in our grantees.

Funding categories:

• Arts & Culture
• Civic & Community
• Education
• Environmental
• Health & Human Services

Online Application: http://www.towsleyfoundation.org/grants/

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Foundation: GenScript
Topic: Various
Program Name: GenScript Life Science Research Grant Program
Deadline: 6/15/2024
Award Amount: $100,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. GenScript Life Science Research Grant Program is a new initiative dedicated to supporting breakthroughs in life science research areas, including but not limited to those indicated below:

• Gene and Cell Therapy Development
• Antibody Drug Discovery
• Vaccine Development
• Diagnostics
• Plant Sciences

This program is designed to empower researchers by providing grant funding earmarked explicitly for purchasing GenScript reagents and services.

GenScript provides comprehensive “one-stop” solutions for projects in the identified research areas through its advanced technologies and platforms. The Life Science Research Grant Program will leverage GenScript’s existing capabilities to accelerate projects by partnering with investigators globally on their proposed projects.
Online or Emailed Application: https://www.genscript.com/grantprogram.html?src=pullmenu#

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Foundation: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Monuments Project
Deadline: Rolling for 5 years
Award Amount: <$7,500,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Average grant for this program is $1,000,000. The Monuments Project is a five-year, $250 million commitment to reimagine and rebuild commemorative spaces and transform the way history is told in the United States. Grants made under the Monuments Project will fall under the following areas of activity: fund new monuments, memorials, or historic storytelling spaces; contextualize existing monuments or memorials through installations, research, and education; and relocate existing monuments or memorials. This is a five-year program, but Foundation Relations encourages early submissions.
Online application: https://www.mellon.org/resources

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Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Topic: Various
Program: Democracy Program
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $3,500,000
The goal of the Democracy program is to foster a pluralistic, vibrant democracy through the civic integration of immigrants, support for nonpartisan voter registration and education, and voting rights. Under this program, Carnegie has the following Focus Areas:

• Field Building: We support national nonprofit groups that educate, coordinate, and strengthen a field made up of locally based organizations dealing with challenges to democracy, immigration, voting, and related issues. These challenges result from the dearth of effective federal policies needed to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all people in the United States.
• Strategic Communications: The Democracy program's support for strategic communications is designed to promote intelligent, unbiased, nonpartisan news coverage to deepen public understanding of civic issues like voting rights, voter engagement, immigration, and the census.
• Policy Development: The Corporation funds original research on important issues, including voting rights, voter participation, immigration, citizenship, and the census, in order to improve federal and state policies regarding immigrant integration and civic engagement
• Nonpartisan Voter Engagement and Voting Rights: Engaged citizens, those who care about and work to preserve our democracy help ensure that government policies reflect the concerns of constituents. A democracy, by definition, gives eligible citizens the right to vote for their elected representatives.

Online Application: https://www.carnegie.org/programs/strengthening-democracy/

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Foundation: Ford Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Ford Foundation Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: <$25,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Makes grants in seven interconnected areas to help challenge inequality:

• Cities and States
• Civic Engagement and Government
• Creativity and Free Expression
• Future of Work(ers)
• Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
• Natural Resources and Climate Change
• Technology and Society

Online Application: http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/

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Foundation: Ford Motor Company Fund
Topic: Various
Program: Ford Motor Company Fund Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $100,000
Must coordinate with Corporate Relations. Ford Motor Company Fund supports initiatives and nonprofit organizations in three areas: education, community life and driving safely. We seek to build partnerships with organizations that have a well-defined sense of purpose, a demonstrated commitment to maximizing available resources, and a reputation for meeting objectives and delivering quality programs and services. We place priority on the support and development of organizations that promote diversity and inclusion.
Online application: https://www.fordfund.org/index.php/getting-involved

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Foundation: Glaser Progress Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $5,000,000
Based on the interests of its founder and managing board, the Foundation has chosen to create strategic initiatives in various program areas: how we measure progress; how we demonstrate the impacts of climate change on human health; how we address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic; how we ensure diversity of voices in our media; and how we treat animals. The Glaser Progress Foundation focuses on four program areas: Measuring Progress, Global Health & Climate Change Independent Media Animal Advocacy Note: The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals for the Global Health & Climate Change and Animal Advocacy program areas.
Email or Mail Application: http://www.glaserprogress.org/application/index.asp

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Foundation: Hudson Webber Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $10,000 - $2,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The Hudson-Webber Foundation invests in the success of community initiatives across our four mission areas, Community, Economic Development, Safe & Just Communities, Built Environment, and Arts & Culture.
Online application: https://hudson-webber.org/how-to-apply/

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Foundation: Oak Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $25,000- $7,000,000
In all our work, we are committed to social justice. To this end, we pursue rights-based approaches, gender equality and partnership with the organizations we fund. We seek to support innovation, visionary leaders and organizations. We seek to be inclusive, flexible and to learn from different points of view. We believe that the best grant-making reflects both careful due diligence and the willingness to take risks. We encourage our partners to work together - we believe that together we are stronger. As a whole we fund initiatives that: target the root causes of problems; are replicable either within a sector or across geographical locations; include plans for long-term sustainability, such as co-funding; strive to collaborate with like-minded organizations; demonstrate good financial and organizational management; and value the participation of people (including children) and communities.
Online application: oakfnd.org/grant-making/

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Foundation: Open Philanthropy
Topic: Various
Program: Course Development Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $50,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. This program aims to provide grant support to academics for the development of new university courses (including online courses). They are primarily looking to fund the development of new courses but are also accepting proposals from applicants who are looking for funding to turn courses they have already taught in an in-person setting into freely available online courses.
Online Application: https://www.openphilanthropy.org/open-philanthropy-course-development-grants/

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Foudation: Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
Topic: Various
Program: Grants
Deadline: Rolling
Award amount: $6,000,000
Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Our Four Key Areas of Focused Investment:

• Active Lifestyles
• Preparing for Success
• Caregivers
• Entrepreneurship & Economic Development

Online application: http://www.ralphcwilsonjrfoundation.org/how-to-apply/