Below are internal funding opportunities that have been submitted from centers and institutes across Johns Hopkins University. Please note that this may not be an all-inclusive list of internal opportunities. If you have an opportunity you would like us to publicize here and in the monthly digest email, please fill out this form by the last Wednesday of each month for inclusion in the following digest.
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INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OCTOBER 1, 2025 |
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| Funding Sponsor | Program Title | Max Amount of Award | Due Date | Notification Date |
| Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute | AI-Informed Discovery and Inquiry Seed Grants | $25,000 (direct costs only) | October 6, 2025 | November 5, 2025 |
| The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute is pleased to announce the continuation of programmatic support in the area of AI-informed discovery and inquiry for FY 2026. This program will provide funding for data science- or AI-driven proposals led by Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) faculty. Eligibility: All tenure-track and research faculty in KSAS can serve as principal investigators or co-investigators and are eligible to apply. If the proposal involves multiple investigators, one of the investigators must be identified as the principal investigator, with the rest being co-investigators. Principal investigators must have their primary home in KSAS. Co-investigators can be from any school at JHU. MS/PhD students, undergraduates, and teaching faculty are ineligible to apply for this funding, and proposals from such individuals will be considered non-responsive. Principal investigators can submit no more than one proposal as lead PI. Seed grant awardees from the last funding cycle are not eligible for funding in this cycle.
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| Johns Hopkins Alumni Association | Student Grants Program | $1,500 | October 15, 2025 | TBD |
| The Alumni Association’s Student Grants Program provides funding opportunities for student groups and programs that enhance student experiences. The grant program aims to enhance student life and foster positive relationships between the university and the local community by encouraging students to create volunteer community service projects or to design ventures within existing organizations. Eligibility: The submitting group must be an Organized Student Group, that is, it must have a faculty/staff member willing to serve as a project monitor. Each registered student organization can apply for multiple grants for different projects. Only the first 150 applicants will be accepted for review. The student group’s proposed project must be a volunteer activity. A project that is a required part of the curriculum and/or is receiving academic credit is NOT eligible for funding. Likewise, a project for which participating students will receive wages, salaries, or a stipend is NOT eligible for funding.
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| Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical & Translational Research | Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente Collaboration Pilot Awards | $75,000 | Letter of Intent: October 20, 2025 Full Application: December 5, 2025 |
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| Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente Research Collaboration Pilot Awards highlight the effective synergy of the Johns Hopkins Medicine and Kaiser Permanente collaboration in tackling the complex and intriguing questions vexing both health systems. Research projects within this program should best represent initial research that leverages the unique capabilities of Johns Hopkins and Kaiser Permanente as learning health systems. Projects are generally pilot projects that may expand into more complex research inquiries and proposals in the future. Eligibility: Funded projects will be managed by two co-Principal Investigators (PIs); one from Johns Hopkins and one from Kaiser Permanente. If an investigator has an idea for a project but does not know a potential research collaborator/colleague, the leaders at both institutions will endeavor to make introductions on their behalf.
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| Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Swim Across America (SAA) Translational Cancer Research Awards | $150,000 | November 20, 2025 | End of December |
| SAA Awards will fund translational cancer research projects. The expectation is that SAA Awards will spark synergistic interactions among investigators and catalyze scientific achievements of the highest quality and impact. Applications are sought focused on translational research that aims to translate findings in fundamental research into medical practice and meaningful health outcomes. Applications are similarly free to focus on specific organ sites or on issues that span multiple cancer types. Research projects that help address cancer healthcare disparities are encouraged. Applications will be evaluated by reviewers from the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC) and review will be based on their potential to influence our scientific understanding of cancer and our clinical, operational, and financial management of the disease. Eligibility: Each proposal must include a SKCCC Member as principal investigator (PI) or co-principal investigator (Co-PI). A SKCCC Member may only participate in one application as PI or Co-PI. The proposal cannot be duplicative with other funding, at the time of the award. Overlap will be assessed by SKCCC staff on a Just-In-Time model. Applications including multiple researchers will be favorably received, as will applications that have the potential to bring new approaches and expertise to bear on important problems in cancer research.
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| The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions | Early Stage Investigator Pilot Grant Awards | $25,000 | December 1, 2025 | TBD |
| The overarching goal of the Center’s Investigator Development Core (IDC) is to prepare the next generation of researchers from marginalized backgrounds to conduct research focused on place-based determinants of health disparities and minority health. This research is critically important and has potential to bridge research from discovery to implementation. The IDC of the HCHDS is soliciting proposals for pilot projects that have potential to advance the scientific understanding of place-based determinants as it relates to health disparities or minority health in one of the five focus issues of the Initiative (i.e., addiction and overdose, environmental challenges, food systems for health, risks to adolescent health, and violence). Place-based is defined broadly as the physical/built environment, sociocultural environment, policy/regulatory environment, and the healthcare system. The Pilot Grant Program will support Early Stage Investigators (ESI) who are interested in developing as place-based disparities researchers with a subject matter interest in one of the five focus issues of the Initiative. Proposals from ESI with no previous work in place-based determinants of health disparities or minority health will be considered if the projects are intended to establish the ESI credentials as potential place-based researchers. Pilot grants should conceptualize their research project using the NIMHD research framework. Successful projects will provide evidence that will inform policy and practice, and provide preliminary studies to support the recipients’ pursuits of federal and/or foundation funding to support a larger follow up project. Dissemination of the research findings is encouraged and plans to share the research results should be described. Eligibility: Applicants must be a post-doctoral fellow, junior faculty (Assistant Professor, Assistant Research Professor, Assistant Scientist, Research Associate or equivalent), or other ESI as defined by NIH. Applicants must be based at the Johns Hopkins University (Homewood campus, Carey School of Business, Applied Physics Laboratory) or JHMI campus (Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Nursing or School of Medicine). Applicants from all populations are encouraged to apply.
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| Merkin Peripheral Neuropathy and Nerve Regeneration Center | Micro Grants | $20,000 | Rolling basis through July 1, 2026 | Within 4 weeks |
| We are requesting submissions for single-purpose projects to generate preliminary data or complete an ongoing research activity related to peripheral neuropathies and nerve regeneration. Types of projects that will be supported by this mechanism include generating omics datasets or transgenic mice, purchasing costly reagents for a specific experiment or small equipment. Eligibility: Junior faculty or senior post-doctoral fellow who finished two years of training at Johns Hopkins.
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | JHU Pivot Grants | $150,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| JHU Pivot Grants will provide short-term support to faculty members experiencing unexpected federal research funding disruptions. These funds are intended to support pivots of research program through targeted, flexible awards to be spent over the course of 12 months. Funding can be used to support research personnel (faculty, students, postdocs, staff) who had been supported by terminated federal research awards, as well as other necessary research needs including equipment, materials, or services. Eligibility: Faculty across all ranks and divisions who were PI/MPI/Co-PI on at least one terminated federal award are eligible. Those who received partial terminations are also eligible. Applications from pre-tenure faculty will receive particular consideration.
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | JHU Bridge Grants | $100,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| JHU Bridge Grants will provide short-term support to sustain research programs that have been financially affected by significant delays in federal grant awards. Departments/divisions or schools must apply on behalf of researchers facing a gap in support due to a delay in receipt of sponsored funding (e.g., delay of a notice of renewal, delayed payment after notice of award). Funding can be used to support research personnel (faculty, students, postdocs, staff), as well as other necessary research needs including equipment, materials, or services. These funds are intended to sustain research programs with a high likelihood of funding being released in the near future and where there is insufficient support from other grants, discretionary funds, or departmental/school sources in the interim. Eligibility: Department chair/vice deans of research may apply for University cost sharing of bridge funding for research programs for faculty across all ranks and divisions, provided that they were PI/MPI/Co-PI on at least one federal award that has experienced a major delay in receipt of sponsored funding (i.e., delay of a notice of renewal or non-competitive continuation, delay of payment after notice of award). Given limited availability of funds, pre-tenure faculty may be prioritized in the selection process. Awards are not intended to invest in new areas for research (see Pivot Grants).
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | PhD Thesis and Postdoc Research Completion Program | One year of support; allowable costs are the same as federal training awards | Rolling basis | TBD |
| The PhD Thesis and Postdoc Research Completion Program aims to provide financial support to PhD students who are completing their dissertations and postdoctoral fellows who had been expecting support from awarded federal research grants that were terminated. This includes terminated grants to students and postdocs themselves (such as F31s, F32s, R36s, or K awards) or institutional training awards (e.g. T32). Eligibility: Applicants must be a PhD student in good standing who has advanced to candidacy and is actively working on dissertation research, or a postdoc already employed at the university with a contract end date beyond May 1, 2025. Applicants must have had expected funding from a terminated federal research grant that was either awarded directly to the student (e.g., F31) or was awarded to a faculty PI with student/postdoc support explicitly budgeted. Applicants must have a recommendation from their program director and dissertation advisor, for PhD students, or their postdoc supervisor, for postdoctoral fellows, confirming the funding gap and lack of alternative sources of funding.
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| Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute | Strategic Consultation Grants for Baltimore City | $10,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| This Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute’s (UHI) funding opportunity is intended to advance health and health equity in Baltimore by supporting faculty working directly with the Baltimore City government. Funds will be awarded to proposals that respond to requests from the city government for specific assistance on significant projects that improve the health of the city. Examples of the types of activities that are eligible for funding include collaborating to draft a grant application on behalf of the city, conducting an evaluation of a city effort, a specific short-term research project to answer a question of interest to the city, a policy review and a memo with recommendations for a specific agency. Eligibility: Faculty from all schools of the Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply (this includes scientists, research associates, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors). All proposals require a collaborating Baltimore city (e.g., the Health Department) or quasi-city (e.g., The Family League) entity with an individual identified within that agency as the key partner on the project.
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| Novo Nordisk, Evotec, and Johns Hopkins University | Novo Nordisk and Evotec LAB eN2 – Johns Hopkins University Collaboration | $4,000,000 | Rolling basis | About two months |
| Johns Hopkins University has entered into a research collaboration with Novo Nordisk and Evotec called LAB eN2 to accelerate the translation of academic discoveries into IND-ready candidates with the potential to improve patient care in cardio-metabolic diseases and rare blood disorders. The goal of the collaboration is to fund research at Johns Hopkins University facilitating the identification of new targets, disease biology insights and novel research tools for the treatment of cardio-metabolic diseases. Ideas for a proposed project should be submitted in a Project Concept Form to be considered for a full proposal application. Research areas of interest: Diabetes, obesity, chronic diseases, rare diseases, technology platforms, modality agnostic. Eligibility: All JHU faulty (assistant, associate, and full professors) are eligible to submit a pre-proposal.
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| The Ignite Fund | The Ignite Fund | Typically $1,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| The Ignite Fund offers Hopkins student entrepreneurs access to funding throughout the academic year. The fund’s purpose is to support discrete tasks that will help move a venture forward. In focusing funding this way, we hope to provide student ventures access to capital at key moments. Applications must identify a single discrete task to be funded. Applicant(s) must clearly demonstrate how the task to be achieved by the funding will impact their venture’s next steps. All proposals will be considered, but, in light of limited funding, successful applications will emphasize how to make the most out of minor amounts. Eligibility: All ventures with at least one current Johns Hopkins University student founder. Ventures who have won Ignite Fund awards previously may apply again, but not in the same academic year.
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