Highlights From This Newsletter:

• New Internal Funding Program
• Vice President for Research (VPR) Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work
• Internal Funding Opportunities
• National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Research Reminders

New Internal Funding Program

Supporting Preliminary and Applied Research in Core Facilities (SPARC)
This program provides limited financial assistance to faculty investigators who wish to utilize University core facility instruments or services but do not currently have access to startup funds, discretionary accounts or active external grants to fund usage costs. This program is designed to reduce barriers to instrument access and to enable faculty to generate the preliminary data necessary to compete for external funding.
Deadline: Rolling

VPR Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work

Applications are being accepted for the VPR Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Award recipients will receive $750 in research/professional development funds and present their research at the annual Postdoctoral Appreciation Dinner in September. Postdoctoral scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Friday, July 17

Limited Submission Opportunities

The following opportunities are active internal competitions. Competitions marked “Letter of Intent” require a short form only; please apply as soon as you know you are interested rather than waiting for the deadline.

NEW! 2026 NSF Tech Accelerators
Internal Proposal Due Date: Tuesday, June 30
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
NSF Tech Accelerators are new or existing organizations comprising a range of stakeholders that invest in teams to advance their deep-technology ideas from the lab to the market.

NEW! Fall 2026 Central New York Community Foundation Community Grant Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, July 15
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
The fall round seeks to fund innovative projects in the areas of health, human services and economic development.

NEW! 2027 Searle Scholars Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, July 22
Number of Internal Nominees: 1
This program supports the independent research of outstanding early-career scientists who have been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment on or after May 1, 2025.

November 2026 NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
Internal Proposal Due Date: Friday, August 14 (extended)
Number of Internal Nominees: 4
This program serves to increase access to multi-user scientific and engineering instrumentation for research and research training in our nation’s institutions of higher education and not-for-profit scientific/engineering research organizations. We strongly encourage faculty to talk to their NSF program officer first to determine if the NSF Division will be receptive to an instrument request.

W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program – June 2027 Grant Cycle
Internal Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, Sept. 16 (extended)
Number of Internal Nominees: 3
This program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting basic science research projects that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm or have the potential to break open new territory in their field.

For more information about limited submissions and to view all opportunities, visit the Office of Research webpage.

Internal Funding Opportunities

Writing and Publishing (WRAP) Funding
This internal grant opportunity is designed to support faculty in “wrapping up” their single-authored or co-authored book projects and will help offset costs associated with the final stages of publication/production, when a book will soon appear in print or on digital platforms.
Deadline: Friday, July 31

Team Building for Large, Collaborative Grants
These awards, intended for researchers with a track record of securing sponsored funding, aim to facilitate the development of collaborative research teams and support planning activities that enable the submission of a competitive research proposal to an external sponsor.
Deadline: Rolling

Faculty Bridge Funding Program
This program allows a minimal level of activity while a proven principal investigator awaits expected federal funding, e.g., to prevent loss of key postdoctoral researchers, research faculty/staff or senior graduate students or loss of research materials in the interim period.
Deadline: Rolling 

External Funding Opportunities

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
The program welcomes applications proposing innovative work that confronts pressing social, scientific and policy issues and seeks to engage audiences beyond academia for this full academic year fellowship.
Deadline: Thursday, Sept. 10 (humanities, social sciences, creative arts and nonfiction and journalism); Thursday, Oct. 1 (science, engineering and mathematics) 

NIH Food is Medicine (FIM)
FIM is an NIH highlighted topic for investigator-initiated applications. NIH is seeking innovative research ideas that advance the knowledge base of FIM interventions through high-quality rigorous research focused on the measurement of clinical and health outcomes within well-designed programs.
Deadline: June 3, 2028

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Broad Agency Announcement
AFOSR is soliciting basic proposals with a focus on research areas that offer significant and comprehensive benefits to national warfighting and peacekeeping capabilities.
Deadline: Open until superseded

Reminders

NIH Reminders

• Effective May 25, 2026, NIH implemented an updated format for Data Management and Sharing Plans (DMSPs; NOT-OD-26-046). Guidelines are on the Office of Research website.
• SciENcv is mandatory for all applicants and awardees. The NIH SciENcv biosketch guide (.docx) for SU researchers has been developed to provide support.
• Effective May 25, 2026, researchers must complete SU’s Research Security Training program before submitting an NIH proposal.
• NIH is ending Continuous Submission for researchers who serve on review or advisory groups. Continuous Submission applications will be accepted through Monday, Aug. 10.  

NSF Reminders

• The Research.gov tool referred to in the DMSP section of the NSF PAPPG Supplement 2 Policy Notice has been released.

Office of Research Reminders

• Researchers can use the Core Facilities webpage to browse the University’s collection of shared research infrastructure. Complete a brief survey to provide feedback that will guide future expansion and ensure the cores meet evolving research needs across campus.