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Alfred P Sloan Foundation: The Economic Research on the Returns to R&D Investment
Deadline: 4/30/2026
The Economic Research on the Returns to R&D Investment call for LOIs is seeking to support primary research that can help develop consensus estimates of the return on investments in research and development (R&D). This coordinated call aims to spur rigorous, empirical studies that can narrow the range of existing estimates and inform public and private R&D investment decisions. Funding amount: $250,000.
American Psychological Foundation (APF): APF Direct Action Visionary Grants
Deadline: 4/30/2026
The APF Direct Action Visionary Grants seek to fund innovative interventions, based on psychological knowledge, that directly address pressing needs of communities. They are particularly interested in supporting communities and populations dealing with prejudice, bias, intolerance, and all forms of bigotry including racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and misogyny. Projects should support APF’s four Visionary Priorities: Serve Marginalized Communities, End Prejudice & Stigma, Prevent Violence, and Explore Mind-Body Health Connections. Funding: Up to $60,000.
Huo Family Foundation (HFF): Early Career Fellowships: Effects of the Usage of Digital Technology on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Children and Young People
Deadline: 4/30/2026
A long-standing interest of HFF has been the effect and impact of usage of digital technology on young people. The rapid rise and use of this technology has permeated much of society and transformed the way many humans interact. There has been a broad array of research efforts that mostly have involved relatively crude measures of the amount of usage of digital technology (e.g. total screen time) and the observed effects and impact on health. Despite these efforts, the full implications – both positive and negative – on human physiology, psychology, behaviour, well-being and mental health remain unclear. We believe there is an opportunity to help advance the research and the field of knowledge in this area, both by strengthening existing as well as creating new methods and approaches to better model and unpick the complexities of this topic. Funding amount: $175,500
Deadline: 4/30/2026
A long-standing interest of HFF has been the effect and impact of usage of digital technology on young people. The rapid rise and use of this technology has permeated much of society and transformed the way many humans interact. There has been a broad array of research efforts that mostly have involved relatively crude measures of the amount of usage of digital technology (e.g. total screen time) and the observed effects and impact on health. Despite these efforts, the full implications – both positive and negative – on human physiology, psychology, behaviour, well-being and mental health remain unclear. We believe there is an opportunity to help advance the research and the field of knowledge in this area, both by strengthening existing as well as creating new methods and approaches to better model and unpick the complexities of this topic. The applicant must hold a PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant field, which may include but is not limited to neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, public health, computer science, social science, economics Funding amount: $229,500.
Arnold Ventures: Causal Research on the Impacts of Cell Phone Policies in K-12 Schools
Deadline: 5/1/2026
The Causal Research on the Impacts of Cell Phone Policies in K-12 Schools RFP seeks to support rigorous, causal research on the academic, behavioral, and mental health impacts of cell phone policies in K-12 schools in the United States. We seek studies that generate actionable insights for policymakers, as well as school and district leaders, who are deciding whether and how to implement or refine such policies. Funding amount: Unlimited: Proposals over $500,000 may require additional time for approval
RRF Foundation for Aging: Impact: Caregiving, Economic Security in Later Life, Housing, Social and Intergenerational Connectedness
Deadline: 5/1/2026
The RRF Foundation for Aging invites applications for its grantmaking program, which aims to improve the quality of life for older people. To strengthen the foundation’s impact, it has established the following priority areas: Caregiving, Economic Security in Later Life, Housing, Social and Intergenerational Connectedness. Within the priority areas, RRF will award grants involving advocacy, direct service, professional education and training, research, and organizational capacity building. Funding: Up to $400,000.
Charles Koch Foundation: Future Of Work
Deadline: N/A
Empowering people to engage in work that leads to lives of meaning and contribution. Their support focuses on identifying, exploring, and removing the barriers that keep individuals from realizing their unique potential. Funding: unrestricted.
Charles Koch Foundation: Liberalism
Deadline: N/A
The program supports faculty who ask questions, exchange knowledge, advance new theories, and teach ideas and classical liberal principles that help create conditions necessary for all people to find purpose and unlock their potential. Investments help society’s leaders learn and apply these principles to create value for themselves and others, as well as generate ideas and talent needed to solve the United States’ biggest problems while remaining committed to classical liberal convictions of human dignity, openness, and liberty. Funding: unrestricted.
Open Technology Fund Internet Freedom Fund
Deadline: N/A
OTF supports technology projects that counter online censorship and combat repressive surveillance to enable all citizens to exercise their fundamental human rights online. This fund supports innovative internet freedom projects, including technology development, research, digital security projects, and convenings. Average grants between $50K – $200K.
Open Technology Fund: Rapid Response Fund
Deadline: N/A
This fund provides emergency support to journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society organizations facing digital threats and attacks. Funding: average grant amount between $50k – $200k
Rosenberg Foundation
The foundation makes grants in four priority areas – Leading Edge Fund, Justice and Public Safety, Immigrant Rights and Immigrant Workers’ Rights, and Civil Rights and Civic Participation. The foundation works closely with social justice advocates, policy makers and other thought leaders throughout the state to identify the strategies that will best help us achieve positive impact in California within each program. As such, most of our grantee partners are identified and contacted by foundation staff first. In addition, we frequently invest in emerging initiatives and organizations, and are committed to long-term relationships with our grant partners. Funding: No amount limitations.
Teagle Foundation: Knowledge for Freedom
Deadline: N/A
The initiative supports programs that invite underserved high school students to college to study humanity’s deepest questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility. The Knowledge for Freedom initiative is designed to be adaptable enough to reflect the assets and needs of each institution and coherent enough to create a community of shared practice among programs across the nation. Funding: $100k – $300k (over 3 years).
Teagle Foundation and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations: Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts
Deadline: N/A
The program will support statewide, regional, or consortial academic partnerships between public two-year and private four-year colleges to facilitate transfer and completion of the baccalaureate in the liberal arts. Funding amount: Up to $350k (over 2 – 3 years).