STEM, Education, Training

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Only one application per institution (normally identified by having a unique entity identifier (UEI)) is allowed.

Funding Opportunity Description
The purpose of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Institutional Training Program in Biomedical Informatics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to support pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training for research careers in fields which jointly advance information sciences and data-driven discovery. As the scale and complexity of biomedical and health data continue to grow, there is an increasing national need for a highly skilled workforce capable of developing innovative computational, statistical, and information science approaches to accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health. Graduates of NLM-supported T15 programs are expected to conduct original basic or applied research at the intersection of computer, statistical, and information sciences and one or more biomedical application domains, preparing them for research- and development-oriented roles in academic institutions, not-for-profit research institutes, governmental and public health agencies, biomedical and technology companies, and health care organizations.

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Z. Yan (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

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Only two nominations are allowed per institution.

Program Description
Our commitment to enriching the research skills and professional growth of young faculty members at ORAU member institutions is embodied in the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards Program. These competitive research awards provide seed money for junior faculty members that often result in additional funding from other sources. The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant’s institution is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This grant has a duration of one year, running from July 1 to June 30, with award notifications issued in early June.

Eligibility for the Powe Awards is open to full-time assistant professors at ORAU member institutions within two years of their tenure track appointment at the time of application. If there is a question about eligibility, your ORAU Councilor makes the final determination. Only two nominations are allowed per institution.

Research must fall within on of these seven diciplines:

• Engineering and Applied Science
• Life Sciences
• Mathematics/Computer Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Policy, Management, or Education
• Critical Mineral Constraints on SMR Deployment Capacity in the U.S.
• Responsible AI in STEM Education Policy

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K. Limesand (Graduate College)

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Applicant institutions are limited to no more than one letter of intent or application as the lead institution.

Executive Summary
American scientists and engineers will power the super intelligence (SI) revolution in science and innovation through the Genesis Mission. DOE SC hereby invites applications from United States (U.S.) Institutions of Higher Education and domestic doctoral-granting institutions to develop and demonstrate the effectiveness of novel four-year doctoral training pilots with dual competency in SI and another scientific discipline. Two high-impact research experiences are required as part of the pilot, one at a DOE National Laboratory or SC user facility and one in industry. The purpose of this pilot is to lay the foundation for the first cohort of Genesis Mission Graduate Fellows, representing a new generation of Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers with exceptional training in SI and scientific disciplines along with practical research experiences. All graduate fellowships supported by this NOFO must support research activities related to SC-relevant Genesis Mission National Science and Technology Challenges as detailed in the Request for Applications (RFA), DE-FOA-0003612.

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An applicant may only submit one application in response to this NOFO. That application can apply to only one category of the NOFO. An entity may be proposed as a subrecipient in more than one application.

Applications under which  two  or more  entities (project  partners) would  carry out  the  federal  award  will  be  considered.  However,  only  one  entity may be  the  applicant  for the  NOFO;  any others must  be  proposed  as subrecipients. See  the  Application  Resource  Guide  for additional  information  on  subawards.  

Purpose of the Funding
The  Office  of  Justice  Programs (OJP)  is committed  to  advancing  work that  furthers the  U.S.  Department  of  Justice’s (DOJ)  mission  to  keep  our country safe  and  secure  and uphold  the  rule  of  law  and  protect  the  rights of  American  citizens.  OJP  provides federal  leadership,  funding,  and  other critical  resources to  directly support  law  enforcement,  combat  violent  crime,  protect  American  children,  provide  services to  American  crime  victims,  and  address public safety challenges,  including  human  trafficking  and  the  opioid  crisis.  

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Prevention (STOP) School Violence Program. This opportunity supports programs to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams and/or intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like anonymous reporting tools, or applying other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. The Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act) describes the following allowable uses of funding for school safety projects: 

• Training to prevent student violence against others and self, including training for local law enforcement officers, school personnel, and students. 
• The development and operation of technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, and internet websites. 
• The development and deployment of: 
  • School threat assessment and intervention teams that include coordination with law enforcement agencies and school personnel or 
  • Specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises. 

BJA’s STOP School Violence Program improves school safety and security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. Activities that go beyond the allowable uses of funding as described above will not be funded. This NOFO has two categories: 

• Category 1: States and Institutions of Higher Education 
• Category 2: Localities, Federally Recognized Tribal Governments, Nonprofits, and School Districts

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Standard Grant Type
S. Grutzmacher (Competitive Renewal, Cooperative Extension)
K. Zeiders (Human Ecology)

Collaboration Grant Type
K.  Bonine (Natural Resources and the Environment)
W. Moore (Entomology)
B. Brenes Mayorga (University of Arizona - Yuma) 

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For FY 2026, there is a five application limit on the number of Regular/Standard or Collaboration applications that can be submitted by an institution. Per clarification from NIFA, the bridge grant is a subset of the standard/regular grant and thus are also part of the 5 application limit.

Executive Summary
The HSI Education Grants Program, under assistance listing number 10.223, will promote and strengthen the ability HSIs to carry out education, applied research, and related community development programs. This program encourages innovative teaching, education, or related community development proposals with the potential to impact and become models for other institutions at the regional or national level. Applications may propose, as part of a formal education and teaching program, that students gain experience with an applied research and community outreach activity. While HSIs are the only eligible entities to apply for this NOFO, funded projects should benefit the entire population at the institution, not solely the Hispanic population.

The program page is linked here.

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Submissions of duplicate (other than revisions) or predominantly overlapping applications are not allowed. An eligible applicant may submit up to two applications whereas they are not essentially duplications of the same project or portions of the same project to multiple programs. NIFA will disqualify both applications if an applicant submits duplicate submissions. For additional information or clarification, please contact the NIFA point of contact (POC) listed in this NOFO.

Executive Summary
NIFA requests applications for the STEM program for FY 2026. The approximate amount available for grants is $1,905,210. 

This notice identifies the objectives for projects, deadlines, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions. NIFA requests applications to support research, extension, and integrated activities. These activities aim to increase the number of individuals from rural areas who will pursue and complete a postsecondary degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The goal is for these individuals to join the agricultural workforce to make contributions in research, education, extension related activities, and other areas.

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G. Stickney (Center for the Retention and Recruitment of Mathematics Teachers)

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The University of Arizona Foundation may submit one proposal per cycle. 

Program Descripton
The Stocker Foundation supports programs that improve educational outcomes for children from Prekindergarten through Grade 8, with an emphasis on Literacy + STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). Funding is available for school-year and summer programs that demonstrate strong alignment with these priorities and serve students experiencing educational or economic barriers. 
 

Funding Priorities 
The Stocker Foundation considers requests that align with one of the following areas: 

• Development of foundational reading and writing skills (Programs that strengthen early literacy and reading proficiency) 
• Implementation of cross-disciplinary and project-based learning through STEAM (Programs that integrate inquiry-based learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills through STEAM approaches) 
• Safety-Net Services that remove barriers to learning and academic achievement — A very limited amount of funding is set aside for this category

The University of Arizona is permitted to submit one application per university-industry partnership, with each partnership including one or more students.  

Faculty members interested in participating who have a relationship with a potential industry partner should contact Dr. Kirsten Limesand, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College, by August 27. 
 

Internal Competition Under Peer Review // Limit: 2 // Tickets Available: 1* 

H. Haeger (Education, Competitive Resubmission)

* Please note the number of limited submissions tickets available in this internal competition is subject to change based on the review scores of proposals submitted to the March 2026 deadline. One or both prior applicants may qualify for a competitive resubmission under our limited submissions policies. As of 10/2, we are still awaiting NSF's feedback on one March 2026 proposal. 

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Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2

For a given S-STEM deadline, an institution may submit up to two proposals in which it will be directly involved in providing scholarships. Multiple proposals from an institution must not overlap with regard to S-STEM eligible disciplines. See Additional Eligibility Information below for more details (see IV. Eligibility Information).

Institutions with a current S-STEM award should wait at least until the end of the third year of execution of their current award before submitting a new Track 2 or Track 3 S-STEM proposal focused on students pursuing degrees in the same discipline(s).

Please see the table below for current and pending institutional S-STEM awards and proposals, March 2027 proposals should not overlap with diciplines listed below:

Program Overview 
The main goal of the S-STEM program is to enable academically talented, low-income students to pursue successful careers in promising STEM fields. Ultimately, the S-STEM program seeks to increase the number of academically promising low-income students who graduate with an S-STEM eligible degree and contribute to the American innovation economy with their STEM knowledge. Recognizing that financial aid alone cannot increase retention and graduation in STEM, the program provides awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs) not only to fund scholarships, but also to adapt, implement, and study evidence-based curricular and co-curricular[a] activities that have been shown to be effective in supporting recruitment, retention, transfer (if appropriate), student success, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM.

To be eligible, scholars must be domestic low-income students with academic ability, talent, or potential and demonstrated unmet financial need who are enrolled in an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in an S-STEM eligible discipline. Proposers must provide an analysis that articulates the characteristics and academic needs of the population of students they are trying to serve. NSF is particularly interested in supporting the attainment of degrees in fields identified as critical needs for the Nation. It is up to the proposer to make a compelling case that such a field serves a critical need in the United States.

[a] an activity at a school or college pursued in addition to the normal course of study.

S-STEM Eligible Degree Programs

• Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Engineering, and Associate of Applied Science
• Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Applied Science
• Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Engineering
• Doctoral (Ph.D. or other comparable doctoral degree)

S-STEM Eligible Disciplines

Disciplinary fields in which research is funded by NSF, including technology fields associated with the S-STEM-eligible disciplines (e.g., biotechnology, chemical technology, engineering technology, information technology, etc.).

The following degrees and disciplines are excluded:

• Clinical degree programs, including medical degrees, nursing, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and others not funded by NSF, are ineligible degrees.
• Programs for STEM teacher certification or licensure currently covered by the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program (NOYCE) are ineligible for S-STEM funding.
• Business school programs that lead to Bachelor of Arts or Science in Business Administration degrees (BABA/BSBA/BBA) are not eligible for S-STEM funding.
• Masters and Doctoral degrees in Business Administration are also excluded.

Proposers are strongly encouraged to contact Program Officers before submitting a proposal if they have questions concerning degree or disciplinary eligibility.

The S-STEM program particularly encourages proposals from 2-year institutions, predominately undergraduate institutions, and urban, suburban, and rural public institutions.

Full sponsor guidelines are linked here.

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Applicants may not submit multiple applications (i.e., submit applications for different projects) under this funding opportunity. Applicants that submit more than one application will have their last application submitted accepted. EPA will accept the most recent application submitted and deem the remaining application(s) ineligible.

Executive Summary 
This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities to deliver Brownfields Job Training programs that recruit, train, and place local, unemployed, and underemployed residents with the skills needed to secure full-time employment in the environmental field. 

Brownfields Job Training Grants fund training programs that strengthen local workforces by preparing program graduates for environmental jobs that support cleanup and revitalization efforts in their own communities. 

Training may include a range of brownfield-related environmental skills such as the assessment and cleanup of solid and hazardous waste; chemical risk management; stormwater management relating to site cleanup; planning and site preparation for low-impact development activities; site preparation for green infrastructure installation; and vulnerability assessment and contamination mitigation planning.