Funding Opportunities
Princeton Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship - 10/15/26 Deadline
Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life. This full-time visiting program is open to scholars in all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. We welcome applications from scholars from a variety of disciplines.
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Russell Sage Sheldon Danziger Pipeline - 10/21/26 Deadline
Launched in 2020, the Pipeline Grants, initially co-funded with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, supports early-career scholars (Assistant Professors, Lecturers, and Adjunct Professors). They were renamed the Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grants in 2025. The Pipeline Grants consider investigator-initiated projects across all RSF research priorities.
Pipeline grants provide up to $65,000 for assistant professors, lecturers, and adjunct professors for salary support and research expenses in accordance with the Pipeline grant budget guidelines. Pipeline grantees are paired with mentors who offer advice on their projects and career development.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
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Russell Sage Core Research Grant - 10/28/26 Deadline
Core Research Grants provide up to $200,000 for PhD holders to conduct research projects aligned with RSF's research priorities and special initiatives. Funds can be used for salary support and research expenses in accordance with RSF budget guidelines. Grants over $75,000 include 15 percent in indirect costs.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
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Lincoln Institute Geospatial Perspectives on Land Financialization - 11/15/26 Deadline
The Lincoln Institute is seeking proposals for projects that provide use cases for applying landownership classifications to illuminate the implications of corporate landownership on land policy.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
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Russell Sage Foundation Mary Olivia Sage Grants - 12/1/26 Deadline
The Russell Sage Foundation's Margaret Olivia Sage (MOS) Grants support research by multi- or inter-disciplinary teams on social, economic, and political challenges with generational consequences for social and living conditions in the United States. Such challenges are typically national in scope, involve both systemic and individual factors, and the questions they raise are as urgent for policymakers and communities as they are for researchers. Exemplifying the scope and ambition of MOS projects, we have identified four current priority areas for support: (1) democracy, (2) the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, (3) inequality and affordability, and (4) data infrastructure for social science research.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
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HUD Research Partnerships - 6/9/27 Deadline
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through its Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), has announced a new funding opportunity offering up to $2 million for unsolicited research proposals that address one or more of HUD’s current research priorities. The authority to accept Unsolicited Research Proposals has long been used by PD&R to support timely and policy-relevant research that advances HUD’s mission.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
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Smith Richardson Foundation - Rolling LOI Deadline
Funding is available for junior faculty. Award amounts range from $50,000-$600,000.
International Security and Foreign Policy Program is to assist the U.S. policy community in developing effective national security strategies and foreign policies. The Foundation is committed to supporting projects that help the policy community face the fundamental challenge of ensuring the security of the United States, protecting and promoting American interests and values abroad, and enhancing international order.
Domestic Public Policy Program supports projects that will help the public and policy makers understand and address critical challenges facing the United States. To that end, the Foundation supports research on and evaluation of existing public policies and programs, as well as projects that inject new ideas into public debates.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
Arnold Ventures - Rolling LOI Deadline
Arnold Ventures' Criminal Justice Initiative seeks to generate new evidence to inform policies that will make communities safer and make the criminal justice system more fair and effective. This Request for Proposals (RFP) from the Criminal Justice Initiative (CJI) seeks letters of interest to conduct causal research projects of policies, practices, and interventions related to community safety and the criminal justice system. Award amount is $500,000 over 3-4 years.
To be eligible to submit through this funding opportunity, research projects must adhere to the following criteria:
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Propose a strong causal research design, which can reliably and validly isolate the treatment effect of a policy, practice, or intervention. Examples of such research designs include difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variable, and randomization.
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The policy, practice, or intervention being tested is in the United States.
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Outcomes include measures of real-world behaviors (such as crime rates or criminal justice involvement), as opposed to measures collected in a controlled lab setting or measures of perceptions.
Mental Research Institute - Rolling LOI Deadline
The Mental Research Institute provides grants to fund research projects that use an interactional approach to facilitate healthy relationships.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
Commonwealth Fund - Rolling LOI Deadline
The Commonwealth Fund funds research on health care issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. They also fund international research that can provide insights to spur change in U.S. health care.
If interested, please contact Heather Frey (hfrey@nd.edu).
Summary of Deadlines
Princeton Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship • Oct 15, 2026
RSF Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grants • Oct 21, 2026
RSF Core Research Grants • Oct 28, 2026
Lincoln Institute Geospatial Perspectives • Nov 15, 2026
RSF MOS Grants • Dec 1, 2026
HUD Research Partnerships • June 9, 2027
Smith Richardson Foundation • Rolling LOI
Arnold Ventures • Rolling LOI
Mental Research Institute • Rolling LOI
Commonwealth Fund • Rolling LOI
2026-2027 Internal Funding Opportunities