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Grant opportunities powering collaborative, transdisciplinary and use-inspired research across the state

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Statewide Funding

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RI STAC Collaborative Grants

This grant funds projects that build research capacity and advance funding competitiveness of RI researchers. Proposals aimed at commercializing novel advances in marine materials and instrumentation are encouraged. Letter of Intent deadline passed

Letter of Intent - January 5, 2026

RI-NEST Seed Grants

This grant program will fund activities that support the development of use-inspired research and broadens its impact. Seed grants are intended to enable collaborations between faculty and students at any RI institution with industry, organizational, and community partners.

2025 Seed Grants Awarded

Funding @NSF EPSCoR

Be sure to contact your institution’s research (or equivalent) office for internal grant submission deadlines.

E-CORE

Supports the strengthening of jurisdiction-wide research ecosystems by fostering interconnected networks and building research infrastructure to grow research capacity and competitiveness aligned with jurisdictional priorities.

Full Proposal - July 21, 2026

E-RISE

Supports development of sustainable research infrastructure and capacity in EPSCoR states through collaborative, problem-driven research and WFD to improve competitiveness in a selected STEM field.

Full Proposal - August 11, 2026

Focused EPSCoR Collaborations

Supports inter-jurisdictional teams of EPSCoR investigators to perform research in topics that align with NSF priorities, with the goals of driving discovery and building sustainable STEM capacity.

Letter of Intent - December 16, 2025

Juwaan Douglas-Jenkins Madison Lint Salve SURF 19

EPSCoR Research Fellows

Provides awards to transform career trajectories of investigators through collaborations with investigators from the nation’s premier private, governmental, or academic research centers.

Full Proposal - April 14, 2026

Ashlynn Cunningham 2022 SURF Symposium RI CAIM

EPSCoR GRFPs

GRFP applicants who received Honorable Mention distinction no more than three years before the proposal due date may be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows and obtain financial support.

Full Proposal - June 1, 2026

EPSCoR Workshops

Supports workshops in eligible states that focus on topics of regional or national importance and which are relevant to building EPSCoR jurisdictions’ research and development capacity.

Full Proposal - Anytime

E-Core, E-RISE Planning

Invites planning proposals to support future submissions to the E-RISE and E-CORE programs, which support EPSCoR-eligible state’s research infrastructure, capacity and competitiveness.

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