Federal Funding Landscapes
Research initiatives within funding agencies evolve over time and lead to hot-topic fields that are rich with funding resources. Below is a list of major federal initiatives and budget information that can assist with developing a strategic and diverse research funding strategy.
National Strategy, Policy, and Budget Reports
- White House Advisory Committees
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
The OSTP works to advance a wide range of initiatives, programs, projects, and activities that unleash the power of science, technology, and innovation for the benefit of Americans and people around the world.
- President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
PCAST is an advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers who directly advise the President and the Executive Office of the President through policy recommendations in the many areas of science, technology, and innovation.
- National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
The NSTC prepares research and development strategies that are coordinated across Federal agencies to form investment packages aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals. The work of the NSTC is organized under five primary committees: Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability; Homeland and National Security; STEM Education; Science; and Technology.
- National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
The NCSES is the nation’s leading provider of statistical data on the U.S. science and engineering enterprise. Explore data on research and development, the science and engineering workforce, the condition and progress of STEM education, and U.S. competitiveness in science, engineering, technology, and R&D.
- Federal Science Budget Tracker
The Federal Science Budget Tracker provides up-to-date information on the status of fiscal year budgets and appropriations relevant to the physical sciences.
Research Initiatives and Strategic Plans
Request for Information (RFI) Announcements
Open Announcements
Recently Closed Announcements
- DoE Quantum Information Science Centers (7/05/19)
- Dear Colleague Letter: Request for Information on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator (6/24/19)
- NIH Incorporating Development and Environment into the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Matrix (6/21/19)
- DoE Energy Efficient Integrated Photonic Networking Technologies (6/14/19)
- NIST Artificial Intelligence Standards (5/31/19)
- NIH Seeking Stakeholder Input on the Need for an NIH Administrative Data Enclave (5/30/19)
- DoEd Proposed Priorities for the Institute of Education Sciences (5/28/19)
- NIH Institutional Accountability to Promote Inclusive Excellence (5/16/19)
- NIH Updating the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Plan (5/15/19)
- IARPA Camera Network Research Data Collection (5/10/19)
- NIH Assays and Approaches for Evaluating Chemical Effects on Cancer Pathways (4/22/19)
- NIH Input on In-depth Stem Cell Characterization (4/15/19)
- NIH Review of the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Priorities and Guidelines for Determining AIDS Funding Document (4/13/19)
- DARPA Manufacturing Capabilities for High-Temperature Capable Electronics Request for Information (4/12/19)
- DARPA High-Temperature Sensing: Applications and System Impact Request for Information (4/12/19)
- NIH Guidance for Opportunities to Examine the Long-Term and Cross-Over Effects of Preventive Interventions on Reducing Risk for Suicide Ideation and Behaviors (4/08/19)
- DoE Waves to Water Prize (3/15/19)
- NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Request for Information on Integration Institutes for Cross-cutting Biology (3/01/19)
- NIH Input on Revised Definition of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (2/22/19)
- NIH NICHD Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2020-2024 (2/15/19)
- NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Seeking Community Input for International Research Experiences for Graduate Students (1/31/19)
- NIH Inviting Comments on the NIDA Strategic plan for Research at the Intersection of HIV/AIDS and Substance Use, Misuse and Addiction (1/25/19)
- NSF National Strategic Overview for Quantum Information Science (1/25/19)
- NIH Understanding the Health of Women and the Role of Sex/Gender in Mechanisms of Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases and Disorders (1/25/19)
- IARPA Securing the SCIF of the Future (12/31/18)
- IARPA Future Computing Systems (12/14/18)
- NIH Proposed Provisions for a Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy for NIH Funded or Supported Research (12/10/18)
- DoE Transformational Sensing Capabilities for Monitoring the Subsurface (12/03/18)
- MTEC Request for Project Information (RPI) (11/30/18)
- NIH Proposed Funding Priorities for Neuroscience Research, Input on Cross-Cutting Opportunities (NIH Neuroscience Blueprint) (11/26/18)
- DARPA THEIA Planar Optics Demonstration (11/19/18)
- DoC Request for Comments on the Cross-Agency Priority Goal: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset: Phase 2 (11/16/18)
- NIH Registration and Results Reporting Standards for Prospective Basic Science Studies Involving Human Participants (11/12/18)
- NASA Inputs to SMD Strategic Plan for Scientific Data and Computing (11/02/18)
- NSF Update to the 2016 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan(10/26/18)
- NIH Input on Development of an NCI Cancer Biomarker Data Aggregator (10/20/18)
- NIH 21st Century Cures Act Electronic Health Record Reporting Program (10/17/18)
- FDA Standard Core Clinical Outcome Assessments and Endpoints (10/15/18)
- NIH Draft Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Clinical Trials (10/11/18)
- NOAA Expressions of Interest in Conducting Collaborative Research and Development on Innovative Approaches for Exploiting Environmental Data (9/24/18)
- USAID Higher Education Partnerships (9/21/18)
- DoE Understanding Catalyst Production and Development Needs at National Laboratories(9/14/18)
- DARPA Ultra High Strength Materials Supporting Tactical Forces in Combat Zones (Rapunzel)(9/10/18)
- NASA Potential Science Partnerships with NASA on Technosignature Detection (8/24/18)
- NSF Environmental Research and Education, National Security, and Economic Competitiveness(8/20/18)
- NIST Current and Future Workforce Needs to Support a Strong Domestic Semiconductor Industry(8/15/18)
- DARPA Quantum Computing Applications with State of the Art Capabilities (8/10/18)
- NIH Evaluation of the NIH Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Centers Program (8/10/18)
- NIH Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Nuclear Organization in Space and Time (4D Nucleome) (8/06/18)
- DoE Predictive Science Academic Allance Program III (7/30/18)
- NIST Federal Technology Transfer Authorities and Processes (7/30/18)
- DoC Cross-Agency Priority Goal: Leveraging Data as a Strategic Asset (7/27/18)
- DARPA Integrated Photonics Access Request for Information (7/20/18)
- NIH Strategies for Enhancing Postdoctoral Career Transitions to Promote Faculty Diversity (7/20/18)
- NIH Development of the FY 2021-2023 Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research (6/20/18)
- USAID Nigeria Orphans and Vulnerable Children Social Services Activities (OSSA) (6/06/18)
- DoE Machine Learning for Geothermal Energy and the Geosciences (6/06/18)
- NIH Inviting Scientific Interest in Geroscience Summit III (6/01/18)
- DoE Critical Water Issues Prize Competition (5/14/18)
- NCI Input on Development of the NCI Imaging Data Commons (5/04/18)
- DARPA Urban Sensing Technologies (4/30/18)
- Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education and Outreach for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering) (4/15/18)
- Soliciting Input for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Data Science(4/02/18)
- NIH Strategically Critical Resources or Infrastructures Recommended for NHLBI Support Using the R24/U24 Grant Mechanisms (3/19/18)
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget Establish Priorities and Coordinate Research Efforts across the Federal Statistical System (3/12/18)
- OSTP National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing (3/7/18)
- BRAIN Initiative: Biology and Biophysics of Neural Stimulation (R01) (2/23/18)
- DoE Impacts From and To Quantum Information Science in High Energy Physics (2/12/18)
- NIH Well Characterized Brain Bank Resources for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) PET Ligand Development and Cryo-EM Structural Analysis of Protein Species (1/15/18)
- DARPA Gamma Request for Information (1/12/18)
- DARPA Computing Hardware for Lifelong Learning (12/22/17)
- NIH Important Considerations for Potential Creation of an Open-Access Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Data Repository (12/20/17)
- DARPA Dynamic Terrains (12/15/17)
- DARPA Foundations for Strategic Mechanism Design (11/21/17)
- DoEd Proposed Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs(11/13/17)
- NIH Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Research on Women’s Health (11/10/17)
- NIST Building the Foundations for Quantum Industry (10/10/17)
- DoE Solar Energy Technology Analysis & Data Needs (10/6/17)
- NIH Bioethics Issues in Cancer Research and Care (10/6/17)
- DARPA Living Sensors (9/20/17)
- NIH Pediatric research that All of Us may be uniquely positioned to enable (9/12/17)
- NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide Cohort Data Collection Protocol (8/30/17)
- DARPA Confidence Levels for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (8/24/17)
- NIH Strategies to Enhance Physician-Scientist Training through the NIGMS Medical Scientist (M.D.-Ph.D.) Training Program (MSTP) (8/9/17)
- NIH Rigor, Reproducibility and Statisticsl Power in Mental Health Research (8/6/17)
- DoE Photovoltaics (PV) Innovation Roadmap (7/31/17)
- DoE Clean Water Technologies (7/28/17)
- Invitation to Comment on Inclusion in Clinical Research Across the Lifespan (6/30/17)
- IARPA Creating a Classified Processing Enclave in the Public Cloud (6/19/17)
- NIH Challenges and Opportunties in Extracellular RNA Communication (6/15/17)
- DARPA Metamaterial-based Optical System Design (5/22/17)
- DARPA Application of Nanowatt Wakeup Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks (4/21/17)
- DARPA Foundations for Generalizable Representation and Automated Extraction of Knowledge (4/14/17)
- Future Needs for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science & Engineering Research (4/5/17)
- IARPA Detection of Genome Editing (3/3/17)
- DARPA Topological Excitations in Electronics (TEXITRONICS) (3/2/17)
- DARPA Rapid Screening Technologies in Organic Synthesis (3/1/17)
- DoE Fostering Energy Innovation Ecosystems (2/28/17)
- DARPA Molecular Code and Compute (1/4/17)