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 along with other 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.
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
Keck Foundation Grant Program December Cycle 2024
Description: The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two specific areas (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field.
Limitation: eight concept papers (4 in Medical Research and 4 in Science and Engineering Research) per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 3:30pm
HRSA: Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program
Description: The purpose of this program is to train doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and postdoctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program will prepare trainees to provide behavioral health services, including trauma informed care and substance use disorder prevention and treatment, in community-based primary care settings in high need and high demand areas. Developing health service psychology faculty is also a key aspect of this program.
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
NIH: Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (T32)
Description: The goal of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained clinician-scientist leaders available to address the nation’s biomedical research needs. Specifically, this funding announcement provides support to eligible, domestic organizations to develop and implement effective, evidence-informed approaches to dual-degree training and mentoring that will keep pace with the rapid evolution of the biomedical research enterprise and lead to the completion of both a clinical degree (for example, M.D., D.O., D.V.M., D.D.S., Pharm.D., etc.) and a research doctorate degree (Ph.D.).
Limitation: one application per institution
Internal Submission Deadline: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Sponsor Deadline: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
NOTE: Proposal must not overlap with current MSTP training program and NIGMS will support only one training program in each training area per institution.