The RDO provides diverse avenues for researchers to access internal and external funding. This encompasses internal seed grants fueling novel research, streamlined management of limited submissions to funding agencies, and tools such as Pivot to pinpoint potential funding sources.
Internal Funding Opportunities
Research Administrators can add their unit's Internal Funding Opportunities into Pivot, allowing users to find both internal funding and external funding opportunities, all in the same tool. View the open internal opportunities below. Please email vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu to inquire about posting internal funding.
Pivot Curated Searches
The list below includes links to sponsor-specific funding opportunities within the Pivot-RP database. These lists update automatically as new opportunities are added or archived. Note: By default, only this week's results are shown. To see more opportunities, click “All” under the gray box near the top of the screen.
Curated Searches by Federal Agency:
- Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Saving Searches
Complete the steps below to save your searches and receive a weekly email of funding opportunities.
- Click the link(s) above.
Note: By default, only this week's results are shown. To see more opportunities, click “All” under the gray box. - Click "sign in to save your query" (light grey box near the top)
- In the pop up Click "Access via my Institution Login"
- Find and select "University of Iowa."
- Log in using your HawkID and password.
- Near the top of the page (light grey box), click "Save Search."
- Name your search (e.g., "NIH").
- Ensure the box is checked to receive weekly email updates.
- Click "Save."
Learn More About Pivot
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Upcoming Limited Submission Opportunities
Funding Focus is a weekly email alerting faculty and staff researchers and scholars about limited submission funding opportunities available to the University of Iowa. See the most recent issue of this email, view past issues, or access all current limited submissions via InfoReady below.
Note: for past issues of Funding Focus, limited submission opportunities may have reached their internal submission deadline.
Featured Limited Submission Opportunities
NSF: EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement-Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (RII-FEC)
Description: The RII-FEC program (formerly known as "EPSCoR Track-2 program") builds inter-jurisdictional collaborative teams of EPSCoR investigators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) focus areas consistent with the current National Science Foundation Strategic Plan. Projects are investigator-driven and must include researchers from at least two EPSCoR eligible jurisdictions with complementary expertise and resources necessary to address challenges, which neither party could address as well or as rapidly independently.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Sponsor LOI Deadline: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
NIH: Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is designed to support highly integrated research teams of three to six Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) to address ambitious and challenging research questions that are within the mission of NIGMS. Project goals should not be achievable with a collection of individual efforts or projects. Collaborative program teams are expected to accomplish goals that require considerable synergy and managed team interactions. Teams are encouraged to consider far-reaching objectives that will produce major advances in their fields.This FOA is not intended for applications that are mainly focused on the creation, expansion, and/or maintenance of community resources, creation of new technologies, or infrastructure development.
Limitation: two applications per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Dr. Scholl Foundation Grants 2026
Description: The Dr. Scholl Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance to organizations committed to improving our world. Solutions to the problems of today's world still lie in the values of innovation, practicality, hard work and compassion. Applications for grants are considered in the following areas: 1) Education, 2) Social Service, 3) Healthcare, 4) Civic and Cultural, and 5) Environmental.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2026