Research funding
Foundation
4,200+ open programsCatalog updated
Foundation is the largest sponsor category in this catalog and the least uniform. It covers private research foundations that fund investigator-initiated science, disease foundations that fund one condition, and community foundations that fund whatever happens in one county.
That mix is worth knowing before you scan. The Community Foundation of Noble County, Stark Community Foundation and Berkshire Taconic appear near the top by volume, and their programs are geographically restricted in a way a national research foundation's are not. If you are outside their service area, skip them. The research funders sit alongside: the World Wildlife Fund, the Dermatology Foundation, the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, BrightFocus.
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The median award is $21,900 and under a quarter carry a dated deadline. Rolling applications are more common here than in any other sponsor type, which helps if your timeline does not match a federal cycle.
Foundation review is also shorter and more program-officer-driven than federal review, so a conversation before you apply changes the outcome more often than it does elsewhere.
Open programs 4,200+
Alumni Fund
The Dedalus Foundation’s Alumni Fund provides targeted, project-based support to past Dedalus fellows, awardees, scholarship winners, and interns pursuing artistic or scholarly work.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
Artist Trust Fellowship Awards
Artist Trust offers unrestricted $10,000 Fellowship Awards to recognize artistic excellence and sustained dedication among practicing professional artists in Washington State, with at least eight awards available annually across all disciplines.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
AWS Foundation Accessible Communities Fund
The Community Foundation of Noble County, in partnership with the AWS Foundation, administers the AWS Foundation Accessible Communities Fund, offering grants up to $10,000 to support inclusive programs and projects for children and adults with enduring intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities in Noble County, Indiana.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $10,000
These are the soonest deadlines of 4,200+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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