{"id":43370,"date":"2025-01-16T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/?page_id=43370"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T20:44:34","slug":"opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funding RI<\/h1>

Grant opportunities powering collaborative, transdisciplinary and use-inspired research across the state<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Statewide Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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RI-NEST Seed Grants<\/h2>

This grant funds activities that support the development of use-inspired research. Seed grants enable collaborations between faculty and students at any RI institution with industry, organizational, and community partners.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Application opens june 1<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Jill<\/div>

RI STAC Collaborative Grants<\/h2>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

2026 deadline passed<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Funding @NSF EPSCoR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to contact your institution’s research (or equivalent) office for internal grant submission deadlines.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E-CORE<\/h2>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Full Proposal – July 21, 2026<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Lindsay<\/div>

E-RISE<\/h2>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Full Proposal – August 11, 2026<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Focused EPSCoR Collaborations<\/h2>

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.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Letter of Intent – December 16, 2026<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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EPSCoR Research Fellows<\/h2>

Provides awards to transform career trajectories of investigators through collaborations with investigators from the nation\u2019s premier private, governmental, or academic research centers.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Deadline for 2026 passed<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"LincolnConf\"<\/div>

EPSCoR Graduate Research Fellowships Program<\/h2>

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. Institutions must apply to create program.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>

Full Proposal – June 1, 2026<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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E-CORE, E-RISE Planning<\/h2>

Invites planning proposals to support future submissions to the E-RISE and E-CORE programs, which support EPSCoR-eligible state\u2019s research infrastructure, capacity and competitiveness.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Statewide Funding Funding @NSF EPSCoR Be sure to contact your institution’s research (or equivalent) office for internal grant submission deadlines. Want to learn more, join our community and offer your unique perspective on RI NSF EPSCoR and its supported grant programs like RI-NEST?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1994,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-43370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43370"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44813,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43370\/revisions\/44813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}