Updated July 27, 2026
Research Grants Due This Month
Research funding opportunities with deadlines in the next 30 days, sorted by due date. A rolling list that updates daily as deadlines pass.
This is a rolling list of research grants with deadlines in the next 30 days, sorted with the soonest due date first. It updates automatically: as deadlines pass, those grants drop off, and newly posted opportunities with near-term deadlines appear.
Closing soonest
Updated automatically from Atom's grant databaseSmall Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs (SBIR/STTR): A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation.
NSF’s SBIR/STTR pilot funds up to $2M for startups and small businesses developing next-generation scientific instruments and technologies to advance scientific discovery and innovation in the U.S.
Medical Forensic Access Initiative
Funding projects to help states and organizations identify and address barriers to timely medical forensic exams for women and girl survivors of sexual assault.
Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers
This grant funds centers that provide shared resources to support collaborative research on digestive or liver diseases within the NIDDK’s mission.
A 30-day window is tight but workable for the right application. Foundation letters of intent, travel and conference funding, supplements, and smaller awards can absolutely be turned around in a month, and researchers with a recycled aims page or a near-miss resubmission can sometimes meet a full deadline too. Deadlines have also become less predictable in 2026, with solicitations posting later and cycles shifting, so a recurring sweep of what closes soon catches opportunities that topic-based searching misses.
Grants labeled as forecasted are announced but not yet open, with dates that may still change, so treat those as planning targets rather than commitments. For everything else on this list, the clock is real.
Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education)
Project AWARE funds the creation of lasting school-based mental health programs through partnerships among education agencies, mental health providers, communities, families, and youth.
First Responders-Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
This grant funds training for first responders and communities to use and distribute FDA-approved medications that reverse opioid overdoses.
NHLBI Program Project Applications (P01 Clinical Trials Optional)
The NHLBI Program Project Grant supports research on heart, lung, and blood-related diseases, including implementation science and health disparities, through multiple projects addressing a central theme to accelerate knowledge acquisition, encourage new scientific directions, and support emerging scientific leaders.
Countering Terrorist Recruitment Online
This grant funds law enforcement efforts to counter online recruitment by foreign terrorist organizations, including those using new technologies like AI, pending available funds.
Call for Proposals for Civil Society Partnerships for Implementation of the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme (SIARP) 2.0
UN Women funds African civil society-led projects to end violence against women and girls, advance SRHR, and transform social norms through evidence-based, multi-country interventions under SIARP 2.0.