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• USDA AFRI New Investigator Webinar Series

All of Us Research Program - Health Research Data

The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. We welcome participants from all backgrounds. Researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This may one day help them find ways to treat and prevent disease.

• Workbench Factsheet
• NIH All of Us Research Program Promotion With Researcher Registration Information
• Researcher Workbench By the Numbers

The East Texas A&M University Chief Research Officer

Dr. Brent Donham   Brent.Donham@etamuc.edu  903.886.5964 

Funding Opportunities

Federal Grants

(DARPA) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

 

(DHHS) Department of Health and Human Services

D-START: Data Science Track Award for Research Transition (D/START) (R03-Clinical Trial Optional) Deadline 9/7/2027

(DOC) Department of Commerce 

(DOD) Department of Defense  

RESEARCH INITIATIVES AT THE NAVAL POST GRADUATE SCHOOL Deadline 1/13/2026

ARMY APPLICATIONS LAB BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE APPLICATIONS  Deadline: OPEN

Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Deadline: OPEN

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement Deadline 3/31/2027

Foundations of Trusted Systems Deadline: OPEN (Exp: 12/4/2028

Air Dominance Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Deadline: OPEN

Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Deadline: OPEN (Exp: 9/30/2034)

(DOE) Department of Energy 

Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) Ready Deadline: OPEN

(DOI) Department of the Interior

(ED) Department of Education

(EPA) Environmental Protection Agency

(HHS) Department of Health and Human Services 

(NASA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2025 Deadline Pending

 

(NIH) National Institutes of Health

Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline 1/7/2028

Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Deadline 1/7/2028

(NEH) National Endowment for the Humanities 

(DOT) Department of Transportation 

(NEA) National Endowment for the Arts

(NSF) National Science Foundation 

NSF Grant Opportunities spreadsheet as of May 6, 2025

(USDA) Department of Agriculture

AFRI Foundational and Applied Science Program Deadline Multi-Date

State

(TEA) Texas Education Agency

(TWC) Texas Workforce Commission

Private / Foundations