Similar to Federal Agencies, Foundations may publish funding opportunity announcements. Please review these carefully and note the sponsor submission deadline date. If an opportunity is not available or open, in some instances Foundations may accept unsolicited proposals.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Funds research in science and technology, standards of living and economic performance, education and careers in science and technology, and selected national issues.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Offers grants in higher education, scholarly communication, museums and art conservation, performing arts, information technology, and the environment.
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Supports research in global development and health, and education in the United States.
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David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Offers grants in conservation and science, population, children, families and communities.
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Ford Foundation
Supports programs that strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
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James S. McDonnell Foundation
Supports scientific research in mind/brain/behavior, complex systems, and brain cancer.
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Funds research through four programs: global security and sustainability, human and community development, public interest media, and the MacArthur Fellows program.
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Programs fund research into the prevention and treatment of birth defects and prematurity, including genetics, development, and social, behavioral, and environmental hazards.
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Provost Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC)
The Provost's Fund for Interfaculty Collaboration (PFIC) was developed to promote faculty collaboration across multiple Harvard Schools. This fund can be used to support a variety of projects, including but not limited to cross-School interdisciplinary course support, research working groups, and small-scale conferences.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Supports education, training and research aimed at improving health and health care in the United States.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Funds research in agriculture, arts and culture, health, employment, housing, education, and globalization in eastern and southern Africa, southeast Asia, and North America.
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Smith Richardson Foundation
Funds research in international security, foreign policy, and domestic public policy.
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Supports programs in education, environment, global development, performing arts, philanthropy, and population.
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Russell Sage Foundation
The Foundation's awards are restricted to support for basic social science research within our announced programs. Our website, biennial reports, and other publications provide descriptions of each of these programs and examples of the research we have supported in the past. We provide support primarily for analyzing data and writing up results, but we occasionally consider larger awards for projects that are highly relevant to the Foundation's program goals.
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Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
The Foundation, in line with its mission and guiding principles, focuses to four priority giving areas: Constitutional Order, Free Markets, Civil Society, and Informed Citizens.
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Economic Policy Institute
EPI is an independent, nonprofit think tank that researches the impact of economic trends and policies on working people in the United States. EPI’s research helps policymakers, opinion leaders, advocates, journalists, and the public understand the bread-and-butter issues affecting ordinary Americans.
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The Starr Foundation
The Foundation makes grants on a national and international basis and solicits specific organizations to submit proposals for funding.
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Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
The INET award is aimed at finding solutions for the world’s most pressing economic problems.
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The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
CIFAR brings together these unique individuals to focus on important questions with the potential to improve human health and the environment, transform technology, build strong societies, understand human culture and even chart the universe.
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U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF)
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) promotes scientific relations between the U.S. and Israel by supporting collaborative research projects in a wide area of basic and applied scientific fields, for peaceful and non-profit purposes.
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The Tobin Project
The Tobin Project is a catalyst for transformative research in the social sciences. The mission of the Tobin Project is to mobilize, motivate, and support a community of scholars across the social sciences and allied fields seeking to deepen our understanding of significant challenges facing the nation over the long term.
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Microsoft PhD Fellowship
The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship has supported hundreds of fellows over the last two decades, many of whom have gone on to work within the Microsoft Research organization.
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