Science & Research Grants in Indiana

Top science & research grants in Indiana right now

• Education Focus Grants

  Richard M. Fairbanks FoundationUp to $1.5Mopen

  Education Focus Grants is sponsored by Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. Supports initiatives to increase college enrollment and career apprenticeship ...

  higher_educationworkforce_developmenteducation_researchcollege enrollmentcareer pathways

• Collaborative Research: Actin-mediated mechanical stress sensing and the control of epidermal tissue integrity

  Up to $1.2MDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  The sizes and shapes of leaves determine plant growth and function in both natural and agricultural environments. At present we do not understand how ...

• Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana

  Lilly EndowmentUp to $1.0Mopen

  Strengthening Youth Programs in Indiana is a competitive grant initiative from Lilly Endowment that funds youth-serving organizations working to advan...

  youth_developmenteducation_researchcommunity_developmentyouth programscapacity building

• Cybersecurity Program for the United States Academic Research Fleet

  Up to $994KDeadline: Mar 31, 2031open

  This project provides funding for the Cybersecurity Program for the United States Academic Research Fleet (ARFSEC), which aims to enhance the cybersec...

• Collaborative Research: Is behavior on the front-line of solving the problem of inescapable heat? Leveraging intraspecific variation in a cavity-nesting bird thriving in heat

  Up to $961KDeadline: Dec 31, 2028open

  Intensifying heatwaves and rising temperatures pose unprecedented challenges – globally and throughout the United States – generating an urgent need t...

• Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: Integrated Biochemical and Physicochemical Process to Recover Critical Metals from Municipal Solid Waste in Landfills

  Up to $915KDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  2420517 (Shah), 2420518 (Yip), and 2420519 (Soh). This project aims to develop the fundamental knowledge necessary to enable an innovative and integra...

• Research with the CMS Detector at the LHC

  Up to $880KDeadline: Aug 31, 2026open

  Particle physics seeks to describe how the basic building blocks of matter interact to form the world we observe. The particles and forces observed in...

• Collaborative Research: CIRC: ENS: Enabling Detailed, Open-Source Accelerator Modeling

  Up to $840KDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  The rapid end of Moore’s Law and Dennard’s Scaling has driven computing systems, from smartphones to supercomputers, to embrace heterogeneous architec...

• Collaborative Research: Design and Development of Integer Games to Reduce Barriers to Algebra

  Up to $788KDeadline: Feb 28, 2029open

  Elementary school students' prolonged experiences with positive numbers and operations often lead to their overgeneralizations of rules (e.g., adding ...

• Collaborative Research: MFAI: Uncovering the Mathematical, Statistical, and Contextual Mechanisms behind Memorization in Artificial Intelligence

  Up to $667KDeadline: Sep 30, 2028open

  The study of memorization in Artificial Intelligence (AI) models has become increasingly important as AI has become more widely adopted in society. Th...

• Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: AI and Cybersecurity Education for Cyberinfrastructure: A Hands-on Approach

  Up to $640KDeadline: Jun 30, 2028open

  Cyberinfrastructure (CI) plays a vital role in today's scientific landscape. Investments in CI bring significant economic benefits across various sect...

• Collaborative Research: FDT-BioTech: NOURISH: Nutritional Optimization Using Real-time Integrated Sensors and Health Digital Twins

  Up to $603KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, affect millions of people worldwide, profoundly impacting health, quality of life, and healthcare costs. However...

• III: Small: Collaborative Research: Fair Data Mining with Insights from Data and Model

  Up to $597KDeadline: May 31, 2027open

  The growing utilization of data mining and machine learning systems in critical domains has raised concerns about the potential amplification of socie...

• Collaborative Research: Semiconductor Informal Learning Initiative through Community-Oriented Networks using Tangibles and Mixed Reality

  Up to $583KDeadline: Aug 31, 2029open

  Advancing the semiconductor industry is a national priority, but a major skilled workforce gap is projected in the coming decade. Closing this gap req...

• Equipment: CC* Network-Campus: The Need for Speed - Resourcing STEM Education and Research with Network Improvements

  Up to $557KDeadline: Mar 31, 2027open

  Goshen College’s campus networking project supports faculty and student-led research, research collaborations across institutions, and science, techno...

• Collaborative Research: Unraveling secrets of Rapid Ohi'a Death resistance: assessing carbohydrates and chemical defenses in the response of Hawaiian forests to a fungal pathogen

  Up to $542KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  Invasive pathogens are an increasing threat to forests worldwide, causing tree mortality and reducing ecosystem health. To better predict the impact o...

• Collaborative Research: Unlocking New Properties of MXenes: From Optical Response to Novel Electronic Phenomena

  Up to $542KDeadline: Aug 31, 2028open

  Nontechnical Description This project will focus on developing new materials that can be customized to control how light behaves, thereby advancing o...

• NNA Research: Collaborative Research: Arctic, Climate, and Earthquakes (ACE): Seismic Resilience and Adaptation of Arctic Infrastructure and Social Systems amid Changing Climate

  Up to $539KDeadline: Dec 31, 2027open

  Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. T...

• Collaborative Research: TRTech-PGR: Digital Ideotype for Optimal Canopy Architecture

  Up to $533KDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  Maize breeders have significantly increased crop yields by optimizing plants for higher planting densities. Further improvements in crop productivity ...

• Collaborative Research: CUE-T: Hidden Curricula-Addressing Unseen Challenges within Computer Science Education

  Up to $500KDeadline: Dec 31, 2027open

  This project explores the gaps in knowledge, skills, and experiences that students may need to gain outside formal learning environments in computer s...

What counts as a science & research grant in Indiana

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Where Indiana science & research grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to Indiana-based organizations and thematically aligned with science & research.
• Indiana state portal — state-administered science & research programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in Indiana for science & research work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund science & research work in Indiana.