LATEST BI-WEEKLY DIGEST

This page features the most recent CEPDAM Bi-Weekly Funding Digest for faculty, researchers, and research teams. Opportunities are organized by topic area to support easier review of external funding opportunities relevant to CEPDAM-related research.   Please consult the sponsor’s official announcement for complete and current information on eligibility, deadlines, submission requirements, and award details.

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Bi-Weekly Funding Digest: 2026 Week 20

Posted: May 11, 2026

This bi-weekly digest features selected opportunities in research infrastructure and centers, cybersecurity, education and fellowships, energy, power, and sustainable infrastructure, and semiconductor, quantum, and advanced materials.

Underlined titles are clickable links to the official opportunity pages.

 

New and Notable Opportunities

Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – $4,000,000
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)'.

Improving Lake Superior outflow regulation and quantifying uncertainty

  • Sponsor: Engineer Research and Development Center
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $0 – $200,000
  • Summary: Engineer Research and Development Center is offering the funding opportunity 'Improving Lake Superior outflow regulation and quantifying uncertainty'.

New Generation of Glucose Control Technologies Incorporating AI/ML Tools/Strategies (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – $500,000
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'New Generation of Glucose Control Technologies Incorporating AI/ML Tools/Strategies (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)'.

NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – none
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)'.

Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems'.

By Category

echAccess: AI-Ready America

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Artificial Intelligence / Data
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'TechAccess: AI-Ready America'.

New Generation of Glucose Control Technologies Incorporating AI/ML Tools/Strategies (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – $500,000
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'New Generation of Glucose Control Technologies Incorporating AI/ML Tools/Strategies (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)'.

Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems'.

Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)'.

Chemical Process Systems

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Chemical Process Systems'.

Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Circuits and Systems for Communications and Sensing (CSCS)'.

Intelligent and Interactive Dynamic Systems (IIDS)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Cybersecurity / Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Intelligent and Interactive Dynamic Systems (IIDS)'.
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Advanced Manufacturing, Design, and Operations (AMDO)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Manufacturing / Robotics / Applied Systems
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Advanced Manufacturing, Design, and Operations (AMDO)'.

Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Quantum / Materials
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD)'.

Engineering Environmental Resiliency

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Energy / Environment / Mapping
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Engineering Environmental Resiliency'.

Engineering for the Built Environment (EBE)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Energy / Environment / Mapping
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Engineering for the Built Environment (EBE)'.

Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (Annual Appropriations and IIJA Funds)

  • Sponsor: DOC NOAA - ERA Production
  • Subcategory: Energy / Environment / Mapping
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $0 – $25,000,000
  • Summary: DOC NOAA - ERA Production is offering the funding opportunity 'Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (Annual Appropriations and IIJA Funds)'.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative –Joint Venture Habitat Restoration and Protection

  • Sponsor: Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Subcategory: Energy / Environment / Mapping
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $25,000 – $300,000
  • Summary: Fish and Wildlife Service is offering the funding opportunity 'Great Lakes Restoration Initiative –Joint Venture Habitat Restoration and Protection'.

Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Energy / Environment / Mapping
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Energy, Power, Control, and Learning (EPCL)'.

Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Subcategory: Infrastructure / Centers
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – $4,000,000
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)'.

Improving Lake Superior outflow regulation and quantifying uncertainty

  • Sponsor: Engineer Research and Development Center
  • Subcategory: Infrastructure / Centers
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $0 – $200,000
  • Summary: Engineer Research and Development Center is offering the funding opportunity 'Improving Lake Superior outflow regulation and quantifying uncertainty'.

Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – $500,000
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)'.

Organizational Change in the Professional Formation of Engineers (ENGINEER:OC)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Organizational Change in the Professional Formation of Engineers (ENGINEER:OC)'.

Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Professional Formation of Engineers (PFE)'.

Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Focused Research Hubs in Theoretical Physics (FRHTP)'.

Advanced Physics Instrumentation (API)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: Infrastructure / Centers
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Advanced Physics Instrumentation (API)'.

Gravitational Physics (GP)

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Gravitational Physics (GP)'.

Supplemental and Alternative Crops

  • Sponsor: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $230,000 – $460,000
  • Summary: National Institute of Food and Agriculture is offering the funding opportunity 'Supplemental and Alternative Crops'.

Transport Phenomena

  • Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Subcategory: General Research Opportunity
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: TBD
  • Summary: U.S. National Science Foundation is offering the funding opportunity 'Transport Phenomena'.

NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

  • Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  • Subcategory: Education / Fellowship / Workforce
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: none – none
  • Summary: National Institutes of Health is offering the funding opportunity 'NIH Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)'.

Dworshak Natural Resource Training and Education

  • Sponsor: Walla Walla District
  • Subcategory: Education / Fellowship / Workforce
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $36,000 – $36,000
  • Summary: Walla Walla District is offering the funding opportunity 'Dworshak Natural Resource Training and Education'.

Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative

  • Sponsor: Small Business Administration
  • Subcategory: Education / Fellowship / Workforce
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $5,000,000 – $5,000,000
  • Summary: Small Business Administration is offering the funding opportunity 'Manufacturing in America E2G Grant Initiative'.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants

  • Sponsor: Rural Utilities Service
  • Subcategory: Education / Fellowship / Workforce
  • Deadline: TBD
  • Funding: $50,000 – $750,000
  • Summary: Rural Utilities Service is offering the funding opportunity 'Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants'.