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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.


Foundation Program Description Award Amount Deadline
Next Generation Internet NGI Sargasso Open Call: Promoting the transatlantic cooperation for NGI technologies

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

100,000 EUR 5/15/2024
Dana Foundation Pilot Projects in Neuroscience & Society

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 include 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 are not the same as neuroethics, bioethics, or science and technology studies, there are areas of overlap.

Online Application: https://dana.org/grantmaking/

$150,000 5/31/2024
Project Apis m. (PAm) Research Grants

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

$200,000 6/1/2024
Clay Mathematics Institute Enhancement and Partnership Program

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 BoardCMI 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 Other partnerships

Emailed Application: https://www.claymath.org/funded-programs/enhancement-and-partnership/

Amount varies. 6/1/2024
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Energy & Environment

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

$500,000 Rolling
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Matter-to-Life Program 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
Varies Rolling
Simons Foundation Targeted Grants in Mathematics 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/
Varies Rolling
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation Environment Grants

Letters of Intent may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Full Proposals by invitation only. Must coordinate with Foundation Relations.

Primary Topics:

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

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

<$2,000,000 Rolling