Research grant deadlines in December 2026
161 open calls due in December 2026, grouped by funder. Updated October 26, 2026.
EU grant deadlines December 2026
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European slate developmentEUNot specified
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AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructureEU€50,000,000 – €70,000,000
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AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructureEU€500,000 – €1,000,000
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Resource assessment for deep sedimentary and basement reservoirsEUUp to €4,500,000
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Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)EUUp to €7,500,000
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The European Prize for Women InnovatorsEU€50,000 – €100,000
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Rising Innovators categoryEU€20,000 – €50,000
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Women Leadership CategoryEU€20,000 – €50,000
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Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spacesEUUp to €4,500,000
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Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoodsEUUp to €5,000,000
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Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildingsEUUp to €5,000,000
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Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical spaceEUUp to €5,000,000
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International collaboration EU and Japan on semiconductorsEU€3,000,000 – €5,000,000
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Digital InvestigationsEUNot specified
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StandardisationEUNot specified
UKRI grant deadlines December 2026
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Long-term cultural and sporting events legacyUKRI£1,100,000 – £1,320,000
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Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sitesUKRI£1,100,000 – £1,320,000
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UKRI Enabling AI adoption across science and engineeringUKRIUp to £250,000
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Commercialising Knowledge Assets Fund (CKAF) winterUKRIUp to £250,000
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Germany Bilateral Collaborative R&D: round 5UKRIUp to £2,400,000
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Battery innovation: feasibility studies round threeUKRIUp to £25,000,000
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Battery innovation: concept development round threeUKRIUp to £25,000,000
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Doctoral focal award: chip design and verificationUKRIUp to £6,000,000
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Engineering Biology Investor Partnerships round 1UKRIUp to £8,000,000
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Full ADOPT grant: round 10UKRIUp to £5,000,000
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Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D round 2UKRIUp to £7,000,000
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Growth Cohorts: next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry round 2UKRINot specified
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UK Obesity Research Institute: full applicationUKRIUp to £72,000,000
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UKRI: Integration of AI/HPC with quantum computingUKRIUp to £3,750,000
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Gambling harms research grantsUKRIUp to £2,000,000
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BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for assurance and complianceUKRIUp to £5,000,000
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BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for operational systemsUKRIUp to £5,000,000
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BridgeAI Deployment Catalyst: AI for decision critical systemsUKRIUp to £5,000,000
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Manufacturing Scale-up Research and Innovation: Automotive and AerospaceUKRIUp to £600,000
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Manufacturing Scale-up Network PlusUKRIUp to £5,625,000
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Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026BUKRI£5,000 – £20,000
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What Works Centre for a climate resilient UKUKRIUp to £21,100,000
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UK-Singapore CRD 2026UKRIUp to £3,000,000
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Physical sciences NRF portfolio refresh (invite only)UKRI£25,000 – £400,000
CDC grant deadlines December 2026
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National Center for Construction Safety and Health Research and Translation (U54)CDC$3,000,000 – $5,750,000
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Improving Linkage to Care for People with Opioid Use Disorder (U01)CDCUp to $550,000
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National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCDC$500,000 – $1,250,000
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State Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program (U60)CDC$150,000 – $685,000
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Expanded Surveillance for Pediatric Infectious DiseasesCDC$850,000 – $1,140,000
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Improving Protection against Influenza and Other Respiratory Pathogens: the US Flu VE NetworkCDC$1,350,000 – $3,550,000
NIH grant deadlines December 2026
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Restoring Joint Health and Function to Reduce Pain (RE-JOIN) 2.0NIHNot specified
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IGVF Data and Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical trials Not Allowed)NIHUp to $4,000,000
USDA grant deadlines December 2026
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Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2026USDA$2,300,000 – $3,450,000
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants ProgramUSDA$25,000 – $1,200,000
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Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026USDA$250,000 – $1,000,000
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MPPEP Phase 3 Invasive Wild-Caught CatfishUSDA$50,000 – $2,000,000
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Tribal Colleges Research Grants ProgramUSDA$150,000 – $2,500,000
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Solid Waste Management Grant ProgramUSDAUp to $1,000,000
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Technical Assistance and Training Grant ProgramUSDANot specified
NSF grant deadlines December 2026
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Computational MathematicsNSF$1 – $1,200,000
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Archaeometry (AMTRY)NSFNot specified
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Archaeology Program Senior Research AwardsNSFNot specified
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)NSFNot specified
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IUSE: Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (ITYC)NSFUp to $600,000
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StatisticsNSFNot specified
Department of Defense grant deadlines December 2026
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The Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship for Service Program Cooperative AgreementDepartment of DefenseUp to $1,300,000,000
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Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Young Investigator Program (YIP)Department of Defense$150,000 – $450,000
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) ProgramDepartment of Defense$450,000 – $525,000
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Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)Department of DefenseNot specified
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TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA 2025Department of DefenseNot specified
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NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied ResearchDepartment of DefenseNot specified
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FY25 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and TechnologyDepartment of DefenseNot specified
NWO grant deadlines December 2026
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FAIR Research OutputsNWONot specified
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Rubicon 2026-3NWONot specified
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Mobility and Development ProgrammeNWONot specified
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Open Science MeetingsNWONot specified
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Take-off phase 1 – Feasibility studies WO 2026NWOUp to €60,000
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Venture Challenge Spring 2027NWONot specified
NASA grant deadlines December 2026
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ROSES25: A.14 AtmosphereNASANot specified
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ROSES 2025: D.4 Theoretical and Computational Astrophysics NetworksNASANot specified
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ROSES 2025: A.16 CryosphereNASANot specified
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ROSES 2025: A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth ScienceNASANot specified
SSHRC grant deadlines December 2026
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Canada Graduate Research Scholarship—Master’sSSHRCUp to CAD 27,000
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Indigenous Innovation and Leadership in Research Network GrantsSSHRCUp to CAD 1,750,000
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Knowledge Synthesis GrantsSSHRCCAD 10,000 – CAD 78,000
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Partnership Engage GrantsSSHRCCAD 10,000 – CAD 50,000
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant deadlines December 2026
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F26AS00104 State ANS Management Plan 2026U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$5,000 – $150,000
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F26AS00084 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$20,000 – $100,000
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F26AS00085 Aquatic Invasive Species Interjurisdictional Grants to the Great Lakes States and Tribes - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$20,000 – $923,809
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F26AS00083 Aquatic Invasive Species Grants to Great Lakes States - Fiscal Year 2026 Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$100,000 – $600,000
Foundation grant deadlines December 2026
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Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training AwardFoundationNot specified
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Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship AwardFoundationNot specified
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W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program (Science & Engineering, Medical Research)Foundation$1,000,000 – $1,300,000
NSERC grant deadlines December 2026
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Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s programNSERCUp to CAD 27,000
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Synergy Awards for InnovationNSERCUp to CAD 200,000
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Arthur B. McDonald FellowshipsNSERCUp to CAD 250,000
NOAA grant deadlines December 2026
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John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance GrantNOAA$1 – $150,000
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SEFSC Bluefin Tuna Research ProgramNOAA$25,000 – $300,000
Department of Justice grant deadlines December 2026
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OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant ProgramDepartment of JusticeUp to $5,000,000
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BJA FY 2026 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) ProgramDepartment of JusticeUp to $1,000,000
Other funders December 2026
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Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)Golden Field Office$2,000,000 – $20,000,000
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OVC FY 2026 Specialized Human Trafficking Assistance: Task Forces and Legal ServicesOffice for Victims of CrimeUp to $3,000,000
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NEA Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Program 1, FY2027 (12/26)National Endowment for the Arts$10,000 – $100,000
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Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program - Community Living and ParticipationAdministration for Community Living$245,000 – $250,000
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Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program - EmploymentAdministration for Community Living$245,000 – $250,000
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Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program - Health and FunctionAdministration for Community Living$245,000 – $250,000
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Silicon Carbide Cladding Lead Test Rod Development-Phase 1Idaho Field OfficeUp to $62,500,000
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Residential Services for Unaccompanied Alien ChildrenAdministration for Children and Families - ORR$2,000,000 – $5,600,000
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Landmarks of History and Culture and Summer InstitutesNational Endowment for the Humanities$1 – $460,000
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Institute of Education Sciences (IES): National Center on Education Research (NCER): From Seedlings to Scale, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.305JDepartment of EducationUp to $500,000
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Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Innovative Restoration GrantsEnvironmental Protection AgencyUp to $1,000,000
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Field Initiated Projects Program (Development)Administration for Community Living$245,000 – $250,000
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Field Initiated Projects Program (Research)Administration for Community Living$245,000 – $250,000
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Collections StewardshipNational Endowment for the Humanities$50,000 – $500,000
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Head Start/Early Head Grants in Multiple StatesAdministration for Children and Families - OHS$1,005,287 – $79,657,340
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Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start - Child Care Partnership Grants in Multiple StatesAdministration for Children and Families - OHS$1,232,123 – $4,964,843
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Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program (IHBG-COMP) for FY 2026Department of Housing and Urban Development$500,000 – $7,500,000
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase IAdministration for Community Living$95,000 – $100,000
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Public Humanities ProjectsNational Endowment for the Humanities$1 – $2,000,000
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The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AIOffice of Science$500,000 – $16,000,000
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Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HIC)Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $96,750
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Regional Excellence for Access to Comprehensive Care for Hemophilia Networks (REACH Networks)Health Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $450,000
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Fiscal Year 2027 Regional Nutrition HubsHealth Resources and Services AdministrationUp to $1,000,000
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Fiscal Year 2024 Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift CurrentDepartment of Homeland Security - FEMANot specified
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)Health Resources and Services Administration$1,215,700 – $19,182,000
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Fiscal Year (FY) Service Area Competition (SAC)Health Resources and Services Administration$398,400 – $22,024,900
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HIV Care Grant Program - Part B States/Territories Formula and AIDS Drug Assistance Program Formula and AIDS Drug Assistance Program Supplemental AwardsHealth Resources and Services AdministrationNot specified
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HIV Care Grant Program - Part B States/Territories Formula and AIDS Drug Assistance Program Formula and AIDS Drug Assistance Program Supplemental Awards: Pacific Islands JurisdictionsHealth Resources and Services AdministrationNot specified
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