It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.
$125,000. Kimberly Petersen, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Development of Novel Insertion Reactions into 1,2-Oxazetidines to yield Interesting Heterocycles. Sponsor: American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund.
$47,152. Kelly Poole, Social Work. Addressing the Opiate Crisis through Harm Reduction 25-26. Sponsor: Cone Health Foundation.
$45,020. James Boles, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, and Tourism. Volvo Trucks: Enhancing Sales Force Effectiveness in Competitive Markets. Sponsor: Volvo Group North America, LLC.
$22,326. Bhuwan Thapa, Geography, Environment, and Sustainability. Mapping Trees in Future Climates: Integrating Knowledge, Data, and Tools to Enhance Agroforestry Adoption for Climate Resilience. Sponsor: Savanna Institute.
$15,000. Robert Cassell, Center for New North Carolinians. Refugee Youth Mentoring. Sponsor: New Arrivals Institute.
$3,100 (continuing, $492,537). Aileen Reid, Information, Library, and Research Sciences. BII-Implementation: GEMS: Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-scale Symbioses. Sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
New Funding Opportunities 11/21/2025
Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is an November 21, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Division of Research and Engagement. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox? Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.
Arts and Humanities
12/1/25, Higher Learning Open Call for Concepts 2026, Mellon Foundation.
12/3/25, Scholarly Editions and Translations, National Endowment for the Humanities.
12/15/25, History of Art Grants Program, Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1/15/26, National Digital Newspaper Program, National Endowment for the Humanities.
1/15/26, Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition, National Endowment for the Humanities.
2/2/26, General Project Funding, Federal Cultural Foundation.
3/1/26, Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund, CAS Office of Research.
Continuous, Grant Program, Ronald W. Burkle Foundation.
Continuous, Grants Program, Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Community Engagement and Social Sciences
12/1/25, Franklin Research Grants, American Philosophical Society.
12/2/25, Microsoft Research Fellowship, Microsoft.
12/15/25, Fellowship Program, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation.
12/31/25, Research Grant, American Psychoanalytic Foundation.
1/15/26, Social Psychology, National Science Foundation.
3/1/26, Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund, CAS Office of Research.
Continuous, Grants Program, McQuade Foundation.
Health and Human Sciences
12/3/25, Flash Grants, North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
1/28/26, Translational Research Grant, North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
5/7/28, Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers (P20 Clinical Trial Optional), NIH.
Science, Technology, and Mathematics
12/2/25, Microsoft Research Fellowship, Microsoft.
12/3/25, Flash Grants, North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
12/4/25, Integrated Data Systems & Services, National Science Foundation.
12/12/25, Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of the Navy (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program, Department of Defense.
12/12/25, FY 2026 Department of the Navy Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program, Department of Defense.
1/15/26, Accelerating Research Translation, National Science Foundation.
1/20/26, Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
1/28/26, Translational Research Grant, North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
3/1/26, Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund, CAS Office of Research.
3/3/26, Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, National Science Foundation.
7/31/26, Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI), Department of Defense.
8/19/26, Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation.
9/30/26, Biological Technologies, Department of Defense.
8/7/28, Defense Security Cooperation University – Research Grants, Department of Defense.
Continuous, NDEP STEM Open NFO, Department of Defense.
Continuous, NSF STEM K-12, National Science Foundation.
About the photo by Sean Norona, University Communications: Recently appointed as Interim Dean of the Lloyd International Honors College, Dr. Kimberly Petersen is known for excellent teaching and mentorship, helping translate student scientists from potential into pathways.
