Limited Submission Opportunities Portal

Applicants may propose cancer research projects that move a novel strategy from the laboratory into a human clinical trial, or use specimens from a clinical trial to test hypotheses, develop biomarkers, or establish mechanisms. The research must apply in a direct way to human beings within 3 years of the grant’s completion.

Managing Unit: SCI (Stanford Cancer Institute)

The Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) Research Grant will support research projects that aim to unlock new knowledge about the biological mechanisms driving inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), stimulating the exploration of new ideas and areas of investigation with significant potential to improve IBC patient care and outcomes.

Managing Unit: SCI (Stanford Cancer Institute)

The foundation is interested in research that: 1) Focuses on pediatric cancers with low survival rates or high relapse rates, 2) Has strong translational potential within 36 months, and 3) Pursues underfunded or unconventional approaches that could change the status quo

Managing Unit: SCI (Stanford Cancer Institute)

The goal is to support the best young physician-scientists doing work aimed at improving the practice of cancer medicine. The Foundation will also retire up to $100,000 of any medical school debt still owed by the awardee.

Managing Unit: SCI (Stanford Cancer Institute)

The Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists recognizes exceptional research in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemical Sciences.

The award honors individuals whose work is innovative, impactful, and addresses critical challenges. Nominees must demonstrate how their research advances their field and opens new areas of exploration, supported by evidence like peer-reviewed publications and major grants.

Additionally, nominees should highlight their leadership, mentorship, and efforts to promote diversity in STEM, reflecting the program's commitment to inclusivity.

Managing Unit: VPDoR

The Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting fundamental projects in two specific areas (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering, that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field.
Applicants should have unsuccessfully attempted to secure funding from conventional sources and be able to share formal or informal feedback indicating the project's breakthrough, high-risk nature.

Managing Unit: VPDoR

The goal of this award is to develop a potentially revolutionary Light Water Reactor (LWR) Silicon Carbide (SiC) cladding material that can withstand significant accident and transient conditions. This program seeks to support research and development of SiC cladding technology, including mechanical, thermal-hydraulic, high temperature, and corrosion testing for both unirradiated and irradiated SiC cladding samples. This will provide the useful performance data to enable future commercial lead test rods (LTRs) irradiation testing. Irradiation campaigns in research reactors (e.g., INL ATR, ORNL HFIR, MITR) and Post Irradiation Evaluations (PIEs) are expected to provide irradiation performance data for fuel vendor licensing and accident analyses methods needed for NRC licensing review. Improvements in SiC/SiC composite cladding fabrication methods are expected to be made.

Managing Unit: VPDoR

The 2027 Spring Grant Cycle includes the Scholar (Career Development) Award, International Scholar Award, and the Survivorship & Supportive Care Research Grant. A university-wide internal selection process is required for each award. Funding Priorities include new discovery research, translational research and early phase clinical trials, phase III clinical trials & infrastructure support of participating institutions, and education of new pediatric oncology researchers.

Managing Unit: SCI (Stanford Cancer Institute)

The NSF Ecosystem for Low-dimensional Electronics: Growth, Assembly, Nanoelectronics, and Translation (NSF ELEGANT) is a translational program, not a research program. Every activity funded under ELEGANT must be in service of an industry-adoptable Translational Endpoint, the industry adoptable deliverable against which performers are selected and held accountable. Strong and sustained industry participation is a central program requirement. NSF will conduct two parallel competitive selection processes for: (i) the Ecosystem Coordinator; and (ii) Expert Performer Teams.

The Ecosystem Coordinator will be accountable for the effective support and coordination of the ELEGANT ecosystem, including supporting NSF oversight, facilitating collaboration among Expert Performer Teams, and ensuring progress toward meeting program objectives and Translational Endpoints throughout the period of performance.

Expert Performer Teams execute the technical translation activities of one of the following themes. Teams conduct translational R&D, deliver against program milestones, maintain technical documentation, and coordinate with NSF and the Ecosystem Coordinator on knowledge sharing, milestone tracking, and cross-theme alignment.

Theme 1: Manufacturable Materials Platform
Theme 2: Process Technology and Process Design Kit (PDK)
Theme 3: Device, Circuit and Full-Chip Demonstration
Theme 4: Manufacturing Readiness and Transition
Theme 5: AI-Enabled Acceleration

Managing Unit: VPDoR

Contact the Senior Director of Research Development, Kim Baeten, at stanford_rdo@stanford.edu if you have any questions.

NSF X-Labs represent a bold, flexible, and outcomes-driven initiative designed to build and accelerate novel platform technologies capable of unlocking entirely new sectors, including new fields of scientific inquiry. The program will support full-time research and development (R&D) teams focused on use-inspired scientific breakthroughs and foundational platform technologies that traditional university and industry labs cannot easily address. NSF X-Labs teams will benefit from ambitious R&D goals, operational autonomy, milestone-based funding, and the ability to engage across academia, industry, national laboratories, and nonprofit sectors.

Managing Unit: VPDoR

The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The award is based on an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.

Managing Unit: VPDoR

The mission of the DARPA DSO is to identify and spearhead the next generation of scientific discovery to fuel innovation in research and development (R&D) for the Department of War (DoW). DSO serves DARPA by developing and executing an aggressive and forward-leaning portfolio that expands the art of the possible across a broad set of technical areas. DSO aims to create strategic surprise advantage for the DoW by pushing technology toward its fundamental scientific limits. We work to prevent technological surprise by understanding the path commercial R&D is taking, anticipating that our adversaries will exploit available technology to develop new capabilities in the coming decades. Additionally, DSO looks for transformative trends at the global scale and their potential impact on our nation.

In support of this mission, the DSO Office-wide BAA invites proposers to submit innovative basic or applied research concepts or studies and analysis proposals. Proposals in novel areas DSO has not considered are welcome. However, if the proposal addresses one or more of the following technical thrust areas, please indicate which one(s) in your submission: (1) Materials, Manufacturing, and Energy Systems, (2) Sensing, Measuring, and Affecting, (3) Math, Computation, and Processing, and (4) Complex, Dynamic, and Intelligent Systems. Each thrust area description below (in Section B) includes a list of example research topics highlighting several (but not all) potential areas of interest. Proposals must investigate innovative research approaches that enable revolutionary advances. DSO is explicitly not interested in approaches or technologies primarily resulting in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice or are for manufacturing scale-up.

Managing Unit: VPDoR