May 2, 2025

Top Biology and Health Research Grants for 2025

Complete Funding Guide (May-November Deadlines)

Key Research Grant Opportunities in Biology, Health Science, and Immunology for 2025

Are you a biology or health science researcher seeking funding for your next breakthrough project? This comprehensive guide covers the most valuable research grant opportunities with upcoming deadlines through November 2025, plus rolling submission options you can apply for immediately.

Grants with Deadlines in the Next Six Months

1. Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants

• Overview: The Michelson Prizes award $150,000 annually to early-career researchers for innovative, high-risk projects in human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy, aiming to advance disruptive concepts that address major global diseases and unravel the complexities of the human immune system.
• Funding Amount: $150,000
• Deadline: June 21, 2025
• Eligibility Information: Open to researchers 35 years of age and under, including early-career professors and postdocs, working on human immunology and vaccine development.

2. Discovery Boost Grants (American Cancer Society)

• Overview: These grants support high-risk, high-reward exploratory cancer research across the research continuum, enabling investigators to develop methodologies, establish feasibility, or conduct pilot studies that may lead to larger, innovative investigations.
• Funding Amount: Up to $297,000
• Deadline: June 1, 2025; next cycle December 1, 2025
• Eligibility Information: US academic institutions or eligible non-profits; applicants must have an independent faculty appointment.

Grants with Rolling Deadlines

3. Division of Environmental Biology (NSF)

• Overview: NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology funds research on ecological and evolutionary processes in natural systems, supporting projects in population, community, and ecosystem biology with flexible rolling submissions for innovative research[^3].
• Funding Amount: Up to $5,000,000
• Deadline: Rolling submissions
• Eligibility Information: US academic and research institutions.

4. Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Core Programs (NSF)

• Overview: Supports fundamental research in molecular and cellular biology, including genetic, biochemical, and structural approaches, with ongoing opportunities for high-impact research proposals[^3].
• Funding Amount: Depends on program type
• Deadline: Rolling submissions
• Eligibility Information: US academic and research institutions.

5. Electrochemical Systems (NSF)

• Overview: This NSF program funds research on fundamental aspects of electrochemical processes in biological and non-biological systems, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches with rolling submission opportunities.
• Funding Amount: Depends on program type
• Deadline: Rolling submissions
• Eligibility Information: US academic and research institutions.