Funding Resources

This is a non-exhaustive list of external and internal funding opportunities for the computational science community.

Please also see the MICDE Fellowships page.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 9/30/2023

Small Projects’ deadline is rolling. Medium and OAC core projects last published deadlines were in December 2021.

The Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) supports transformative research and education projects that explore the foundations of computing and communication. The Division seeks advances in algorithm design and analysis, computing and communication theory, computing and communication models based on novel emerging technologies, and the architecture and design of computers and software. CCF-supported projects also integrate research and education activities to prepare future generations of computer science and engineering workers.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 10/2/2023

Chemical Catalysis (CAT), Chemical Structure, Dynamics and Mechanisms-A (CSDM-A), Chemical Structure Dynamics and Mechanisms-B (CSDM-B), Chemical Synthesis (SYN), Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods (CTMC)
The CDS&E program’s goal is to use novel computational infrastructure, develop algorithms and new modeling approaches for the advancement of scientific and engineering disciplines.

For: Post-Doc
Deadline: 10/16/2023

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships provide an opportunity for highly qualified, recent doctoral scientists to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 10/16/2023

Division of Material Sciences
The CDS&E program’s goal is to use novel computational infrastructure, develop algorithms and new modeling approaches for the advancement of scientific and engineering disciplines.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 10/31/2023

Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems

The CDS&E program’s goal is to use novel computational infrastructure, develop algorithms and new modeling approaches for the advancement of scientific and engineering disciplines.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 10/31/2023

Chemical Measurement and Imaging (CMI), Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP), Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS), and Macromolecular, Supramolecular and Nanochemistry (MSN).
The CDS&E program’s goal is to use novel computational infrastructure, develop algorithms and new modeling approaches for the advancement of scientific and engineering disciplines.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 11/15/2023

Limited Submission. Internal competitions are announced here: umich.infoready4.com

MRI provides support to acquire critical research instrumentation without which advances in fundamental science and engineering research may not otherwise occur. MRI also provides support to develop next-generation research instruments that open new opportunities to advance the frontiers in science and engineering research. Additionally, an MRI award is expected to enhance research training of students who will become the next generation of instrument users, designers and builders.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 11/15/2023

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants; Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation.
The CDS&E program’s goal is to use novel computational infrastructure, develop algorithms and new modeling approaches for the advancement of scientific and engineering disciplines.

For: Faculty
Deadline: 11/15/2023

The central theme of submitted projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems._

For: Students
Deadline: December 1, 2023 11:59 pm

The Horowitz Foundation’s general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project.