Funding Opportunities
Connecting faculty and research initiatives to funding opportunities is a key goal for the Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) team. Review the links below for upcoming deadlines and a funding list for early career faculty. Please reach out to us for assistance with proposal development, consultation in developing a foundation strategy, or with any questions.
Upcoming Foundation Deadlines
Our team tracks upcoming deadlines for funding opportunities from corporations and private foundations. Please note that some opportunities are limited submissions and therefore hold additional guidelines with internal deadlines, noted where known.
Young Investigator Funding Opportunities
The Young Investigator Program was developed by UC San Diego’s office of Corporate and Foundation Relations and various campus partners to fill a vital need: to connect research faculty at the start of their UC San Diego careers with funding entities who are interested in a particular field of study, and willing to seed and support career development and innovation.
The program strives to ensure our faculty members have the tools, partners and resources needed to immediately secure private support for their work. Explore the funding opportunities found here, and reach out if you would find benefit in our expertise.
Industry Grant Programs
This page lists past and current corporate grant programs. Open programs will also appear on the Upcoming Opportunities and Foundation Deadlines page.
Faculty Prizes
The prize opportunities listed are provided as a service to the UC San Diego academic community. Please reach out to us at CFR@ucsd.edu for guidance on how to submit a nomination.
Prestige Awards
Explore competitive award competitions where UC San Diego faculty have a history of submitting successful applications.
Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities
The postdoctoral opportunities listed are provided as a service to the UC San Diego academic community. If you know of a postdoctoral program to suggest we add to this list, please share it with us at CFR@ucsd.edu.
Bridge Funding for Faculty
This page lists past and current bridge funding opportunities for faculty who have been approved for grants which have recently been canceled or paused, or whose federal funding has been otherwise interrupted. Programs will be added here as we become aware of them. If you know of a bridge funding opportunity to suggest we add to this list, please share it with us at CFR@ucsd.edu.