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The ARPA-H has released four Innovative Solutions Openings (ISOs), one for each of its four Mission Offices, with Solutions Summaries due by March 3, 2025:

• Health Science Futures (HSF)
• Proactive Health Office (PHO)
• Scalable Solutions Office (SSO)
• Resilient Systems (RSO)

ARPA-H has launched fourteen standalone programs to date; topics, award information, and due dates vary. All programs are listed here.

The DEVCOM ARL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is a competitive solicitation procedure used to obtain proposals for basic and applied research that support ARL’s mission.

The calendar contains private foundation and association biomedical and bioscience funding opportunities.

The Department of Defense (DOD) programs supporting high-risk basic research in science and engineering.

The Grants.gov website provides federal funding opportunities on various types of research.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the largest grant-making agency in the US. HHS supports Research Training and Career Development programs to help prepare individuals for careers in biomedical, behavioral, social, and clinical research.

The Limited Submission Funding Opportunities are research funding opportunities where there is a limit to the number of applications that can be submitted. Faculty interested in applying are asked to provide a preliminary proposal for an internal selection committee.

The NIH Matchmaker is a powerful tool within RePORTER that helps you determine which Institute, Center, or Office (ICO) may be interested in your idea, which NIH program official you may want to contact and which study section you might suggest for application review.

The NIH Institutes’ Funding Strategies are potential research areas that individual institutes are considering for future funding. Identifying these strategies in your field is a great way to prepare ahead of the release of RFAs (Request for Applications) and PAs (Program Announcements)

The National Science Foundation offers hundreds of funding opportunities — including grants, cooperative agreements and fellowships — that support research and education across science and engineering.

The Pivot Funding Database compiles a variety of federal, non-federal, foundation, and private funding opportunities for any discipline.

The Federal Relations website provides information about trends in federal funding, as well as opportunities in specific fields. View BU Federal Relations Presentation on NIH Funding.

The Foundation Relations team helps faculty identify, apply for, secure, and steward charitable gifts and grants from private philanthropic foundations and nongovernmental organizations.

The Dimensions is an online research database platform where you can explore grants, publications, clinical trials, patents and policy documents.

The Foundation Center maintains a comprehensive database on U.S. and global grantmakers and their grants. Additionally, it offers research, education, and training programs to advance philanthropy knowledge at all levels.

The SciVal is an excellent tool for both beginners and advanced users seeking greater access to bibliometric data.