Have a Project?
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 $25,000 (with a $25,000 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 a faculty early career award.
University of Nebraska programs, nonprofits eligible for 2026 WIN grants
Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) is now accepting funding ideas for its 2026 grant awards. University of Nebraska programs and Nebraska nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
Grants are awarded based on the critical needs being addressed, the people the project serves and the impact made on Nebraskans. Grant seekers are asked to submit an online letter of inquiry by Feb. 5, 2026, at womeninvestinginnebraska.org/grants/letter-of-inquiry/.
Based on submissions, WIN will invite 12 to 16 grant seekers to provide formal grant proposals. Grant seekers must be a part of the University of Nebraska System or a Nebraska nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity.
“WIN is proud to partner each year with organizations that are tackling important issues that matter to Nebraskans, and we’re pleased to again request ideas for funding as we enter our 15th year of philanthropic service to the state,” WIN Grants Committee Chair Halley Kruse said.
The amount granted will be based on the total gifts received in 2026 from WIN members. WIN will announce its grant awards in fall 2026.
For more information, grant seekers may contact WIN at win@nufoundation.org.
STEM Opportunities
⇒ 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.