Current Funding Opportunities
Below is a list of current external funding opportunities. If you are interested in pursuing any of them, please submit an ORSP Proposal Intake Form and ORSP will contact you.
| Sponsor | Program Information | Amount | Proposal Due Date |
| CSU Office of the Chancellor (CSUBIOTECH) | CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM 2026 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | $15,000 | February 2, 2026 before 5:00 p.m. Pacific time |
FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEW INVESTIGATOR GRANT PROGRAM 2026 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS | $15,000 | February 2, 2026 before 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time | |
| FACULTY-STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM 2026 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Project Duration: 18 months from the project start date (approximately June 1, 2026) www.calstate.edu/csubiotech | $15,000 | February 2, 2026 before 5:00 p.m. Pacific time | |
| Medline | Financial and product support is available for educational programs and activities that promote health care provider education, enhance the quality of patient care, and align with Medline’s therapeutic and clinical interests. Education proposals that may be considered for financial support include accredited education activities, independent education activities, web-ex programs, national/regional scientific and medical congresses and symposia. Grant recipients maintain independence with respect to the content development and delivery of the funded program or activity. https://www.medline.com/about-us/sustainability/community-engagement/grant-guide/ | Varies | Quarterly: March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31 |
| Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood | The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States. The Foundation’s goal is to provide seed money to implement those imaginative proposals that exhibit the greatest chance of improving the lives of young children, on a national scale. Because of the Foundation’s limited funding capability, it seeks to maximize a grant's potential impact. The Foundation employs a two-step grant application process that includes the submission of both a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) and a Full Proposal–the latter only by those applicants requested to do so. This ensures that consideration of Full Proposals is limited to those applications that strictly comply with the Foundation’s programmatic guidelines. Applicants must submit Letters of Inquiry by clicking on the Email your Letter of Inquiry button below. Once a Letter of Inquiry is received by the Foundation, the Directors will determine if the proposed program fits the Foundation’s funding guidelines. Successful applicants will be invited via email to submit Full Proposals. | Varies | LOI Due January 31, 2026 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | NSF: Social Psychology Program Proposed research should carry strong potential for groundbreaking discoveries about the power of social dynamics to shape peoples’ attitudes, behavior, and experience. Basic research that connects to emerging and ongoing global challenges is especially encouraged. | Varies | January 15, 2026 |