Research Bulletin
Funding Opportunities: Gerber Foundation
The Gerber Foundation is accepting applications for its 2027 pediatric research funding opportunities, supporting projects that improve the health and well-being of infants and young children from pre-birth through age three. The Foundation offers two funding...
Funding Opportunity: Simons Foundation
The Simons Foundation is accepting applications for its Fellows-to-Faculty Program, which supports early-career researchers transitioning from postdoctoral training to independent faculty positions. The program aims to expand the community of scientists conducting...
Funding Opportunity: National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the Supplemental Funding Requests to Support Super Intelligence (SI) Innovation in the Presidential SI Challenge, a nationwide initiative encouraging K–12 students and educators to explore SI and apply emerging...
Funding Opportunities: Amazon Web Services
AWS Agentic AI Amazon Web Services (AWS; Amazon) is seeking proposals through its AWS Agentic AI program that advance research and development in agentic AI, including human-AI collaboration, AI-enhanced productivity, multi-agent systems, and responsible AI. The...
Funding Opportunities: Institute of Education Sciences
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has announced two FY 2027 grant competitions under its Accelerate, Transform, and Scale initiative. From Seedlings to Scale The Seedlings to Scale program supports the development of innovative education research initiatives...
Grants 101 Course for UF Faculty
The University of Florida launched Grants 101, a free, self-paced Canvas course designed to guide faculty through every stage of the grant development process. The course features step-by-step videos, practical resources, and real-world examples covering funding...
NCES Seeks Public Input on Strategic Redesign
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on the strategic redesign of its portfolio of education studies, administrative data collections, and cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys. The...
Funding Opportunities
To view a complete list of relevant funding opportunities, please visit OER's Funding Opportunities Database. FEATURED RESEARCH GRANTS Honda USA FoundationProgrammatic FundingFall 2026 Mitsubishi Electric America FoundationsInstitutional Challenge Grant11/01/2026...
Funding Opportunity: Autism Research Program
The Department of War's Autism Research Program (ARP) is releasing a number of autism-focused research programs, including the Career Development Award and Idea Development Award. The Career Development Award supports early-career, independent investigators and/or the...
How to Build Flexible Teams for the New Grant Environment
UF Strategic Research Development will host a panel discussion and workshop on October 27 focused on building effective grant proposal teams in an increasingly dynamic funding environment. The session will explore strategies for responding to shorter proposal...
Save the Dates: 2026-2027 OER Events
Mark your calendars for OER’s 2026–2027 event series, which includes sessions on post-tenure review, term professorships, tenure and promotion, and more. Fall 2026 All Things Post-Tenure Review October 21, 2026 – 11:00am - 12:00pm – via Zoom –...
Understanding NIH’s Unified Funding Strategy
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosted a webinar outlining its new Unified Funding Strategy, which aims to promote more transparent, consistent, and flexible funding decisions across NIH Institutes and Centers. Led by NIH leadership, the session explored how...
Lunch & Learn: Corporate Compliance & Ethics
In recognition of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week, UF and UF Health’s chief compliance officers will host a UFCE Learn over Lunch webinar on Monday, November 2, from noon to 1:00 PM. The session will feature Chelsey J. Clements, UF Chief Compliance, Ethics and...
Funding Opportunities
To view a complete list of relevant funding opportunities, please visit OER's Funding Opportunities Database. FEATURED RESEARCH GRANTS Honda USA FoundationProgrammatic FundingFall 2026 US Department of WarAutism Research Program Career Development Award10/22/2026 US...
Submitted Proposals – September 2026
Principal Investigator: Carrie Geiger (PKY) Co-PI: N/A Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education Proposal Title: Patriotic Displays Grant Requested Amount: $1,000 Principal Investigator: Jue Wu (SHDOSE) Co-PI: Vivian Wong (Design, Construction,...
Newly Funded Awards – September 2026
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Engineering) Co-PI: Jennifer Nichols (Engineering), Anthony Botelho (STL) Funding Agency: National Science Foundation Project Title: Advancing AI Learning through a Movement-Based After-School Program for Upper Elementary Youth...
New Protocol for Limited Submissions
UF Research’s Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) and Strategic Research Development (SRD) are developing a new protocol for identifying and coordinating limited submission funding opportunities. As part of this effort, faculty are encouraged to keep their...
Funding Opportunities: NSF
The National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF CISE) is encouraging proposals across the breadth of computing research and highlighting several opportunities supporting foundational research, AI-enabled scientific...
Funding Opportunity: PCORI
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is accepting Letters of Intent for its Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research (PLACER) funding opportunity, which supports large-scale, patient-centered comparative effectiveness research...
Funding Opportunities: Department of Justice
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has announced three limited funding opportunities: (1) FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program; (2) FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical...
Collaborate with the UF Institute on Aging
The UF Institute on Aging (IoA) is seeking to expand engagement and collaboration with faculty across all 16 UF colleges. Faculty whose research or scholarly interests relate to aging are invited to explore opportunities to become an IoA member or affiliate, providing...
Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) Annual Conference
The Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) Annual Conference will be held November 13-14, 2026, at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Faculty, practitioners, and students are invited to share scholarship and innovative work in teacher education,...
Funding Opportunities
To view a complete list of relevant funding opportunities, please visit OER's Funding Opportunities Database. FEATURED RESEARCH GRANTS Honda USA FoundationProgrammatic FundingFall 2026 US Department of WarAutism Research Program Career Development Award10/22/2026 US...
Funding Opportunity: UF ROSF
The University of Florida Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROSF) is accepting proposals for two-year awards of up to $100,000 to support innovative research collaborations across the University. As UF’s largest internal funding competition, the ROSF welcomes proposals...
Funding Opportunity: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is accepting applications for its Digital Justice Development Grants, which provide between $50,000 and $100,000 to support digital humanities projects that critically engage with the interests and histories of people...
