Foundations

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Sponsor
Area

Full Proposal Deadline

(unless otherwise indicated)
Grant Information
Funding Amount
Alternatives Research & Development Foundation

Methods to Replace/ Reduce Animal Use in Research

TBD

https://www.ardf-online.org/ardf-grants.html 

 $40,000

American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation 

Sleep Research

 LOI must be submitted to be considered

https://foundation.aasm.org/award-programs/
community awards

 Awards vary
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (ASFP)

Understanding and Prevention

 TBD

https://afsp.org/research-grant-information
#grant-cycle-2020---2021 

TBD
Barth Syndrome Foundation, Inc. (BSF)

Barth Syndrome research

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.barthsyndrome.org/research/
barth-syndrome-grant-program-call-for-
applications.html

 $50,000 to $100,000
Bi-National Agricultural Research & Development (BARD) Fund

US and Israel Collaborative Agricultural Research 

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.bard-isus.com/Sectoritems?id=2

 Awards vary
Bi-National Industrial Research & Development (BIRD) Foundation

US and Israel Collaborative Industrial Research 

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.birdf.com/bird_programs/bird-4?

 Various award amounts
Bi-National Science Foundation (BSF)

US and Israel Collaborative Science Research 

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.bsf.org.il/funding-opportunities/bsf-
research-grants/about/ 

 $250,000
maximum

Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging

 Older Adults Quality of Life Enhancement

2022 grant cycle TBD

www.borchardclas.org 

 $20,000
Brady Education Foundation Closing Achievement Gaps Associated with Race and Family Income Three Stage 1 proposals due: 4.1.2021 / 8.1.2021 / 12.1.2021

https://bradyeducationfoundation.org/
application-guidelines 
$50,000

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)

 Neurobiological and Behavioral Research  Various call periods

www.bbrfoundation.org/grants-prizes/grants 

 Awards vary
California Community Foundation Improving Immigrant Health Access, Behavioral Health, Health Policy and Advocacy Open

https://www.calfund.org/ 

 Up to $150,000
California Table Grape Commission Health Benefits

2020 TBD

https://www.grapesfromcalifornia.com/
grapes-health/health-
research-grants/ 

 TBD
Carnegie Corporation of NY Education; Democracy; International Peace and Security; Higher Education and Research in Africa; Andrew Carnegie Fellows LOIs accepted via rolling basis

https://www.carnegie.org/grants/

 Awards vary
Christensen Fund (TCF) Biocultural diversity in Kenya, Kysrgyzstan, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Tajikstan, Vanuatu and California 2021 opportunities TBD

https://www.christensenfund.org/funding/ 

 Awards vary
Clay Mathematics Institute Research Mathematics 2022 TBD
visit website

https://www.claymath.org/programs/
fellowship-nominations

 Awards vary
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Humanities, Creative Arts, Research Library

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://delmas.org/grants/general-
application-guidelines/ 

 Awards vary
Camile and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Chemical Sciences and Engineering various deadlines December 3, 2020, February 4, 2021, April 8, 2021

https://www.dreyfus.org/dreyfus-prize/ 

 Awards vary
Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship Humanities and urban landscape December 1, 2020

https://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-
and-awards/mellonfellowships

 Awards vary
Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) Solid waste research

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://erefdn.org/research-grants-projects/
how-to-apply-for-grant/

 Awards vary
Fats & Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF) Rendering animal products and processes

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://fprf.org/wp-content/uploads/
2015/08/RFP-2016.pdf

 $45,000
MJ Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Parkinson's research Webinars for researchers

https://www.michaeljfox.org/funding-opportunities

 Awards vary
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation COVID-19 Diagnostics/Preclinical; Malaria Eradification in Africa; Gender equality; Polio Eradication in Pakistan

2022 grant cycle TBD

submit.gatesfoundation.org

 Awards vary

Getty Foundation

Museum Collections; Global Discipline of Art History; Conservation Practice Advancement

 2022 to 2023 grant cycle TBD

getty.edu/foundation/apply/

 Awards vary
William T. Grant Foundation Partnerships in Youth-Serving Areas to Reduce Inequality in outcomes TBD

https://wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/institutional-challenge-grant

 Awards vary
Grass Foundation Summer Fellowships in Neuroscience; Marine Biology December 5, 2020

https://grassfoundation.org/fellowship-overview 

 Awards vary
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation Equine Reserach

2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.grayson-jockeyclub.org/default.asp?section=2&area=APPLY&menu=2

 $15,000
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Humanities and Creative Studies 2022 grant cycle TBD

https://ww.gf,org/applicants/resources/

 Awards vary
John Randolph Haynes Foundation Social Sciences with focus on Los Angeles Various deadlines for various grant opportunities

https://haynesfoundation.org/how-to-apply/program/

 Awards vary
Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Social Sciences/Policy  December 1, 2020

https://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant-info

 $7,500
George A & Eliza Howard Foundation Independent projects, topics vary yearly 2022-2023 
grant cycle TBD

https://www.brown.edu/howard-foundation/how-apply

 $35,000
Hubert H Humphrey Fellowships Fullbright Exchange Program Democratic Institution Building 2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/how-apply-
humphreyfellowship-program

 Awards vary

Henry M Jackon Foundation

Military Medicine Focus

Various deadlines for various grant opportunities

https://www.hif.org/funding-opportunties

 Awards vary
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Research and Initiatives Various deadlines for various opportunities

https://www.rwjf.org/content/rwjf/en/how-we-work/
grants-explorers/funding-opportunitites.html

 Awards vary
J M Kaplan Fund JMK Innovation TBD

https://www.jmkfund.org/innovation-prize-2019/

 Award varies
W M Keck Foundation Engineering, Science, Medical Research, Education, Cultural Enrichment November 1, 2020
May 1, 2021

https://www.wmkeck.org/grant-abstracts-final 

 Awards vary
W K Kellog Foundation Transformational Change for Children Various deadlines for various opportunities

wkkf.org/grantseekers 

 Awards vary
Kornfield Foundation Grants 2021-2022 TBD

https://fdnweb.org/kornfield/application-procedures/

 Awards vary
Samuel H Kress Foundation (SIF) History of Art Conservation December 15, 2020

https://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/how_to_apply/

 Awards vary
Lemelson Foundation Invention-based Businesses By invitation only

https://lemelson.org/what-we-fund/

 TBD
Longview Foundation for Education in World Affairs & International Understanding
K-12 Education in the U.S.
January 15, 2021


http://longviewfdn.smappy.io/prog/winter_2020
$15,000 to $25,000
Henry and Clare Booth Luce Foundation Women in STEM; Higher Education; Luce Fellowships TBD

https://www.hluce.org/grants/applying-grant/

 Awards vary
Lumina Foundation for Education Quality Learning; Racial Equity; Affordable Learning TBD

https://www.luminafoundation.org/resources/
grants/letter-of-inquiry/

 TBD
John D & Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Climate Solutions; Criminal Justice; Nuclear Challenges;  TBD

https://www.macfound.org/our-work/

 Awards vary
Robert R McCormick Foundation Communitites; Democracy; Education; Veterans TBD

donate.mccormickfoundation.org/approach-
to-grantmaking

 TBD
Mazda Foundation Education & Literacy; Environmental Conservation; Cross-cultural Understanding; Social Welfare July 1 2021

https://www.mazdafoundation.org/grant-guidelines/

 TBD 
Andrew W  Mellon Foundation Arts & Culture Continuous Application

https://mellon.org/programs/arts-and-culture/

 TBD
Andrew W Mellon Foundation Higher Learning Continuous Application

https://mellon/org/programs/higher-learning/

 TBD
Andrew W Mellon Foundation Humanities in Place Continuous Application

https://mellon/org/programs/humanities-place/

 TBD

Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF)

Empowering Youth who have Disabilities

Yearly dates:
July 15 proposals open
 October 15 due date
March 15 decision
April 1 funding


us.mitsubishielectric.com/en/about/local/csr/
meaf/grant/guidelines/index.html 

Awards vary

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Civil Society; Education; Environment

LOI required to review proposed project

https://www.mott.org/work/grantseekers/

 $130,000

National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities
Ntional Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Education. Preservation & Access; Public Programs; Reseach Programs; Challenge Program; Digital Humanities
Various grants with
various deadlines


https://www.neh.gov/grants/listing
Awards vary

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

 Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research  2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.neh.gov/program/archaeological-
and-ethnographic-field-research

 Up to $150,000

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Dynamic Language Infrastructure Fellowship

 2022 grant cycle TBD

https://www.neh.gov/program/dli-del-fellowships

 $5,000 monthly

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

 Summer Stipend September 21, 2021
for 2022

https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/
summer-stipends 

 $6,000 maximum
National Operating Committee for Standards in Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) Sports Injuries Mechanisms
Protective Equipment		 Postponed due to coronavirus;
Check link for updates

https://nocsae.org/research-grant-research-
program/apply-for-funding/ 

 Awards vary
Craig H Neilson Foundation Spinal Cord Injury;
Services to Families; Creating Oppotunity; Psychological Research; SCI Research; Transnational Spectrum		 Various grants
and grant deadlines

https://chnfoundation.org/how-to-apply/

 Awards vary

Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship

 Poetry Scholarship 2021 TBD

https://www.amylowell.org/applicationinstruct.html 

 Varies

Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)

 Psychological Research

2020 grant cycle on pause; sign up for newletter for next cycle

https://ofrf.org/research/grant-awards/

apply-for-funding/

 TBD

David & Lucile
Packard Foundation

Conservation & Science; Children, Families & Community; Reproductive Health

Various grants & deadlines 

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

 Awards vary

Ralph M Parsons Foundation

Civic and Cultural; Education; Health; Human Services focused on Los Angeles County

Submit LOIs
throughout the year 

https://rmpf.org/grantmaking/how-to-apply/

 Awards vary

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of American Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA)

Health Outcomes; Drug Deliverty; Drug DIscovery

See website for 2021 & 2022 deadlines

https://111.phrmafoundation.org/awards/

 TBD

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of American Foundation, Inc. (PhRMA)

Health Outcomes; Drug Deliverty; Drug DIscovery

See website for 2021 deadlines for 2022 grants

https://111.phrmafoundation.org/awards/

 TBD

Procter & Gamble

Curriculum; Leadership; Creative & Innovative Learning Envornment; Diversity

Yearly cycle:
July 1 to
September 30

https://app.box.com/s/frfodaxeudp2fp703cvcinuuik6jigq1d 

Awards vary

Smith Richardson Foundation

Domestic Public Policy

2021 grant cycle 
for 2022 TBD

https://www.srf.org/programs/domestic-public-policy

TBD

Smith Richardson Foundation

International Secuirty

2021 grant cycle 
for 2022 TBD

https://wwwsrf.org/programs/international-security-foreign-policy/

TBD

Reissa Foundation

Social Services

Unsolicited proposals
not accepted

https://reissa.org/our-work/how-we-work/ 

 TBD

Rockefeller Foundation

Human well-being; other
grant opportunities

Must subcribe to access updates, grant information

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/grants/ 

Awards vary

Russell Sage Foundation

Social Science

November 11, 2020

https://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply 

Awards vary

Sanofi-Aventis US, Inc

Healthcare

TBD

https://www.sanofi.us/en/corporate-responsibility/corporate-giving-and-support

Awards vary
Simons Foundation Autism; Life & Physical Sciences; Mathematics Various grant
deadlines 

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/funding-opportunties/ 

 Awards vary
Alfred P Sloan Foundation Science; Technoogy; Engineering; Mathematics; Economics

LOI year-round

https:/sloan.org/grants/apply 

 Awards vary
Society of Family Planning Research Contraception Science 2021 TBD

https://www.societyfp.org/fellowship 

 Awards vary
Sociological Initiatives Foundation (SIF) Community Organizing and Advocacy

Short concept due
August 16, 2021

https://www.sifoundation.org/guidelines/

 $10,000 to
$20,000
Spencer Foundation Education Research:
Large Grant		 LOI: January 15, 2021
Full proposal: Feb 5, 2021

https://www.spencer.org/research-grants

 Various funding tiers
Spencer Foundation Education Research:
Small Grant		 2021 dates 
TBD

https://www.spencer.org/research-grants

 Awards vary
Stuart Foundation Public policy: Education in California TBD

https://stuartfoundtion.org/our-approach/grantmaking/ 

 Awards vary

John Templeton Foundation

Science: the pursuit of infinite discovery

TBD

https://www.templeton.org/funding-areas 

 Awards vary
Tinker Foundation,Inc Democratic Governance; Education; Sustainable Resource Management 2021 dates
TBD

https://tinker.org/institutional-grants-apply-page/ 

 Awards vary
Unilever Foundation Innovation; Healthier Lifestyles for Families Continous Submission

https://www.unilever.com/about/innovation/ 

 Awards vary
United Engineering Foundation (UEF) Engineering & Sciences Foundation 2021 Dates TDB

https://www.uefoundation.org/uef-grants-program/ 

 Awards vary
United States-Japan Foundation Pre-college Education; Communication; Public Opinion; US-Japan Policy Studies 2022-2023 Grant Cycle
TBD Fall 2021

https://www.usjlp.org/apply 

 Awards vary
Eurasia Foundation US-Russia Cross-Cultural Projects TBD

https://www.eurasia.org/news-tages/grant 

 TBD
Walmart Community Grants Cycle begins Feb 1
Ends Dec 31

https://walmart.org/how-we-give/grant-eligibility 

 

 $250 to $5,000