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When you find a funding source that fits your project, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) for assistance with your proposals and grant applications.
Note: OSP requires 10 business days for review and approval of all proposal submissions. This timeline provides at minimum five (5) business days to assist in creating the internal business-related elements and five (5) business days for internal routing and approvals. Read more about this timeline.
Nebraska EPSCoR FIRST Award
This opportunity provides up to $40,000 (with a 25% match required) and expert external reviews to an assistant professor to support his/her research and strengthen the researchers’ results to be more competitive for an NSF CAREER proposal. Submission to the NSF CAREER program is a requirement of the successful awardees. You can also visit the website for the RFP.
STEM Opportunities
⇒ NSF 26-503: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Education Innovation and Scholarship for Service - Scholarship Track
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitting organization's local time):
July 21, 2026
Third Tuesday in July, Annually Thereafter
Scholarship Track
Full Proposal Target Date(s):
April 03, 2026
Scholarship Track
Note: In 2026, there are two Scholarship Track competitions: Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 competition with a target date of April 3, 2026; and FY 2027 competition with a deadline date of July 21, 2026. Proposals submitted after the target date will still be accepted, although if they miss FY 2026 panel dates, they will be considered for FY 2027 funding. Proposals submitted after July 21 will not be accepted.
Synopsis of Program: Government and the nation face a talent shortfall in artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. The CyberAICorps Scholarship for Service (CyberAI SFS) program welcomes proposals that address AI and cybersecurity education and workforce development. CyberAI refers to using AI in cybersecurity as well as providing security and resilience for AI systems.
The Scholarship Track provides funding to establish, or to continue, scholarship for service programs with integrated AI and cybersecurity components (CyberAI). Scholarship recipients must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents and work after graduation in the AI or cybersecurity mission of a government organization for a period of at least the length of the scholarship. The Scholarship Track funds academic institutions to award scholarships to students. In return students agree to work in the AI or cybersecurity mission of a government agency. This post-graduation work period must be at least as long as the scholarship. All scholarship recipients must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
Proposals submitted to this track must clearly specify one of two focus areas in the proposal summary:
Focus Area–Cyber: prepares cyber experts to use AI in cybersecurity operations. The scholars must complete a formal cybersecurity program (major, minor, concentration, track, certificate, etc.) with at least four cybersecurity courses and a minimum of two AI courses.
Focus Area–AI: prepares AI professionals to protect the security of AI systems and infrastructure. The scholars must complete a formal AI program (major, minor, concentration, track, certificate, etc.) with at least four AI courses and a minimum of two cybersecurity courses. All proposals must include meaningful opportunities for scholars to engage in informal learning experiences (competitions, service learning, etc.), mentored research, and applied projects in AI and cybersecurity.
Proposals may address the security of emerging domains such as quantum computing, aerospace, energy, or other high-impact sectors where AI and cybersecurity are converging.
Click here to view the solicitation
⇒ 2026 Google PhD Fellowship Applications open through April 30
The Google PhD Fellowship directly supports graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in computer science and related fields as they pursue their PhD. Fellowships also provide a unique gateway to connect with Google researchers and a global community of peers, enabling long-term partnerships that catalyze scientific advancement.
For the 2026 cycle, we are accepting applications in the following research areas:
- Algorithms and Optimization
- Computer Architecture
- Health Research
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Machine Learning and ML Foundations
- Machine Perception
- Natural Language Processing
- Privacy, Safety, and Security
- Quantum Computing
- Software Engineering and Programming Languages
- Systems, Networking, and Cloud Computing
Applications will close on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at 11:59:59 PM AoE (UTC-12). Please note that PhD students must be nominated by a university official during the application window. We strongly encourage you to begin identifying potential nominees early. Universities in North America may nominate up to four eligible students.
For program details including eligibility and application information, please visit: goo.gle/phdfellowship.
We encourage you to share this opportunity with your eligible students and begin the nomination process. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Have questions? Please review the FAQs on our site and feel free to reach out at phdfellowship@google.com if your question remains unanswered.
⇒ CoNDA Center Funding Opportunity: Request for Core Usage
Cognitive Neuroscience of Development & Aging (CoNDA) Center
Request for Applications: CoNDA Core Usage Voucher Program
Application Deadline: 5:00PM on Monday, June 1, 2026
Program Summary: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development & Aging (CoNDA) Center, a NIH/NIGMS funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), offers research vouchers to pay for services provided by CoNDA Research Cores, with the goal of supporting data collection for research proposals and stimulating new research directions within the Center’s theme. Successful applicants will receive services from CoNDA Center Cores for up to $5,000 (in $1,000 increments) to be utilized in 1 year. This program is targeted towards investigators in a faculty position at CoNDA participating institutions (UNMC, UNO, & Creighton). Applications proposing the study of animal models or human subjects will be considered.
Pre-Evaluation from CoNDA Core Directors: Applicants must consult with the Core Directors to ensure feasibility of the proposed project and budget. Use of one or more Core is permitted. Core Director(s) will need to review and sign applications prior to final submission.
Translational Imaging & Behavioral Assessment (TIBA) Core:
- In-Vivo Imaging Core:Padmashri Ragunathan, PhD (ragunathan@unmc.edu)
- Animal Behavior Core:Mystera Samuelson, PhD (samuelson@unmc.edu)
- Small Animal MRI Core:Yutong Liu, PhD (yutongliu@unmc.edu)
Neuroimaging Acquisition & Analysis (NA2) Core:
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI):David Warren, PhD (warren@unmc.edu)
- Magnetoencephalography (MEG):Valentina Gumenyuk, PhD (vgumenyuk@unmc.edu)
Voucher Application and Submission Information: Utilize the CoNDA Core Usage Voucher Program Application 2026 packet (attached to this RFA; download also available through CoNDA website) to generate your project proposal. Provide a 1-page description of the study design and the need for core usage. Voucher applications must describe how the results generated will be utilized to support new research proposals. Email completed and signed application with your NIH Biosketch to kpanas@unmc.edu by 5PM CST on June 1, 2026. Anticipated voucher start date is July 1st, 2026, and funding must be used by June 30, 2027. Please note that extensions past this date are not possible, and the CoNDA Center reserves the right to reclaim any unused voucher funds after that date. If no award funds have been spent by April 1, 2027, the CoNDA Center may reclaim the award to reassign the funds to other investigators. Carryovers and extensions of these funds are not possible.
Contacts:
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Anna Dunaevsky, PhD CoNDA Director 402-559-1071
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Kendall Panas CoNDA Project Administrator 402-552-3588 |
Instructions and voucher application also available at:
CoNDA 2026 Request for Applications: Core Usage Voucher Program
⇒ NSF launches trainee track to help prepare graduate students to enter STEM careers
The new track will expand the NSF Research Traineeship Program in key technology areas
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new track of the NSF Research Traineeship program (NRT) designed to help graduate students at non-R1 institutions of higher education (IHEs) – institutions without high research activity – develop the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to pursue a range of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The NSF Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) will catalyze a new partnership approach, bringing industry to the table to in turn enable students to receive industry-relevant experience in key technology areas as outlined in the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022."
The NRT program has long been dedicated to shaping and supporting effective training of students at the graduate level. The program focuses on high-priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas using comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. NRT-IPP advances these goals with further emphases on industry and specific focus areas within STEM.
The program invites proposals to test, develop and implement innovative and effective STEM graduate education models leading to industry-relevant graduate programs at non-R1 institutions. These institutions will collaborate with industry partners and partners at IHEs who have successfully implemented or are implementing NRT projects in the chosen focus area(s) identified for this new track.
⇒ Information Management Prototype for Clinical and Translational Research (IMPACT-CTR)
Dear Translational Team Leaders:
I invite you to participate in a study I’m conducting to understand how funded translational research teams manage their information. This study, Information Management Prototype for Clinical and Translational Research (IMPACT-CTR), is funded by an R01 from the National Library of Medicine and aims to understand the tools and strategies teams use in seeking, using, creating, sharing, storing, and retrieving information while conducting collaborative clinical and translational research. We will use what we learn to create training materials to help teams develop evidence-based information strategies that can make CTR - and all scientific work - more efficient and effective.
To participate in this study, please complete the interest form, and a member of the research team will reach out to schedule a brief informational call!
Betsy Rolland, Ph.D. MLIS MPH
Principal Investigator, IMPACT-CTR
Associate Director, Team Science
Sage Bionetworks
Email: betsy.rolland@sagebase.org
Arts and Humanities Opportunities
⇒ Humanities Nebraska 2025 Grant Opportunities
Various opportunities are open
⇒ Nebraska Arts Council 2025 Grant Opportunities
Arts Learning Projects Grants
This grant program supports initiatives with a strong educational emphasis in preK-12 schools or in community settings. Community-based projects must incorporate educational learning outcomes in the arts. School-based projects must incorporate local or national educational learning standards in the arts and may also be aligned with standards in other disciplines.