Research funding
Physics
200+ open programsCatalog updated
Physics funding in the private sector is thinner than in the life sciences, and it concentrates in society prizes, travel support and education programs rather than research grants.
The American Geophysical Union runs the largest block here, followed by the American Association of Physics Teachers. That pairing tells you where the non-federal money is: earth and space science, and physics education. The American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society and its High Energy Astrophysics Division, the IEEE Photonics Society and the Planetary Society make up most of the rest.
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General awards and prizes are about half the hub. The median award is $3,000, and a named prize with no money attached is common enough to expect rather than be surprised by. Those prizes still matter for promotion files and for later applications.
Undergraduates and postdocs are eligible for more of these programs than faculty. Astronomy, astrophysics, geophysics and earth and space science are all included here.
Open programs 200+
BoRSF Research & Development — Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS)
The Board of Regents Support Fund (BoRSF) Research & Development Program provides competitive grants through three subprograms: the Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS) to build fundamental research capacity, the Industrial Ties Research Subprogram (ITRS) with a Proof‑of‑Concept/Prototyping Initiative to advance commercialization, and the ATLAS subprogram to support major scholarly and artistic projects.
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- Not listed
SPS-AAPT-ALPhA Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Laboratory Development
The Society of Physics Students (SPS), American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), and Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA) offer this award to recognize undergraduate students or teams that develop an advanced laboratory experiment for physics courses beyond the first year.
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- Amount
- $2,500
SPS-AAPT-ALPhA Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Laboratory Development
The American Association of Physics Teachers, Association of Laboratories for the Physical Sciences, and Society of Physics Students offer the SPS-AAPT-ALPhA Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Laboratory Development to recognize undergraduate students or teams that create or substantially improve advanced physics laboratory experiments.
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- Amount
- $2,500
These are the soonest deadlines of 200+ open programs. FundFit holds every one, screens it against the researchers at your institution, and names who should apply.
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