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 JULY 1, 2026 |
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| Funding Sponsor | Program Title | Max Amount of Award | Due Date | Notification Date |
| Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute | Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grants | $20,000 | July 1, 2026 | August 3, 2026 |
| The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute (UHI) Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grants (BHEIG) for Community-Based Research and Program Development is designed to stimulate and advance community-university collaborations around research and program development. Grants are awarded to those partnerships that most successfully demonstrate the potential for advancing health equity and the well-being of the residents of Baltimore. The funding levels for each category are: 1. Faculty–Community Research or Program Development Projects ($20,000 each). 2. Graduate/Post-Doctoral Student–Community Research or Program Development Projects ($10,000 each). 3. Undergraduate Student–Community Research or Program Development Projects ($4,000 each). Eligibility: In each category, students and faculty are required to partner with a community-based organization or agency and vice versa. For student-community projects, all undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate students at Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply. The student must remain enrolled for the duration of the project. All student awardees are required to participate in quarterly grantee Co-Lab sessions. All student applicants must submit a signed advisor checklist. For faculty projects, those eligible include scientists, assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors at all schools of Johns Hopkins University. PLEASE NOTE: An individual can only receive one UHI Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant (formerly, Small Grant) Award of each level during their career at Johns Hopkins University. All projects require at least one collaborating community-based organization (CBO) in Baltimore and an individual identified within that organization who is a partner in the project. For this opportunity, we define CBOs as non-profits and local groups or coalitions serving the community. In most cases, CBOs exclude corporations (e.g., LLCs), but grassroots businesses, co-ops, or social enterprises that fit the mold can be considered. |
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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 | Life Sciences Research Initiative – Transformational Science Team Awards | $10,000,000 | July 15, 2026 | TBD |
| Transformational Science Team Awards will provide up to four years of flagship support for cross-disciplinary teams pursuing large-scale, milestone-driven initiatives designed to transform critical fields and sustain momentum toward novel discoveries. For the next two years, we will allocate up to $40 million each year to large-scale, multi-PI research projects, with awards starting at $10 million per project. The awards will reflect our strategic research priorities and flexibly support our people and projects, as well as cutting-edge instrumentation and critical research infrastructure, such as lab space, datasets, and computational resources. Priority will be given to research projects that offer comparatively near-term opportunities to change lives and create impact through translation, commercialization, clinical trials, or other direct implementation. Eligibility: Full-time Johns Hopkins faculty. Teams must include a minimum of two faculty members. Lead PIs may submit one application per cycle. There is no limit to the number of proposals faculty may participate in as a co-PI. |
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | Life Sciences Research Initiative – High-Impact Individual Awards | $500,000 | July 15, 2026 | TBD |
| High‑Impact Individual Awards will support faculty working on emergent research projects addressing specific challenges and opportunities across the life and health sciences. For the next two years, we will allocate up to $40 million each year in individual awards. Designed for higher-risk, high-reward projects–both basic and applied–proposed by individual faculty or small teams, these awards will provide between $200,000 and $500,000 to fuel a broad pipeline of innovative research focused on the advancement of human health. Flexible use may include data needs, equipment, and staffing, and faculty recipients will receive support for financial management and research development, including the pursuit of external follow-on funding. Eligibility: Full-time Johns Hopkins faculty. Individual faculty or faculty teams may apply. Lead PIs may submit one application per cycle. There is no limit to the number of proposals faculty may participate in as a co-PI. |
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| Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund and Prostate SPORE Research Fund | Bridge Funding | $100,000 | July 20, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| The Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2026 Request for Applications (RFA) supporting multidisciplinary research in prostate cancer. Investigators seeking bridge funding to support a recently reviewed grant that scored competitively and is actively being revised for resubmission, may apply for a one-time, one-year award of up to $100,000. Proposals must include a clear justification for how the requested funds will be used to complete the work necessary for preparation of the resubmission application or submission to another sponsor. Investigators who have received bridge funding to support the same project from JHU are not eligible for these awards. These awards will be limited to a strict one-year funding period and will not be eligible for renewal or extension. Eligibility: Funding is open to all Johns Hopkins University-affiliated faculty. Faculty who were the PI of an award from the Patrick C. Walsh Fund in 2025 will not be eligible to receive an award in 2026 (with the exception of the Program Project Development mechanism which is open to 2025 awardees). Investigators who have received bridge funding to support the same project from JHU are not eligible for bridge funding awards. |
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| Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund and Prostate SPORE Research Fund | Program Project Development | $150,000 per year | July 20, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| The Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2026 Request for Applications (RFA) supporting multidisciplinary research in prostate cancer. A team of investigators planning a program project grant application, such as a P01, P30/50, or U01/54, may submit a proposal for up to $150,000 per year. Funded applications may be eligible for annual extensions and renewals, provided that specified deliverables are met. Eligibility: Funding is open to all Johns Hopkins University-affiliated faculty. Faculty who were the PI of an award from the Patrick C. Walsh Fund in 2025 will not be eligible to receive an award in 2026 (with the exception of the Program Project Development mechanism which is open to 2025 awardees). |
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| Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund and Prostate SPORE Research Fund | New Investigator / Pilot Project Awards | $100,000 | July 20, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| The Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund is pleased to announce the Fiscal Year 2026 Request for Applications (RFA) supporting multidisciplinary research in prostate cancer. New Investigator and Pilot Project Awards in the amount of $100,000 each will be awarded to support innovative multidisciplinary research projects focused on the understanding or treatment of prostate cancer. Funding is open to all Johns Hopkins University-affiliated faculty, although priority will be given to investigators who have not recently received support from the Research Fund. Investigators new to the field of prostate cancer are strongly encouraged to include a co-principal investigator from Urology or the Brady Urological Institute. Applications in this category will be among those most likely to be considered for one of the CEP/DRP SPORE projects. New Projects/Pilot Award applications will also be considered for the Prostate SPORE CEP/DRP program. Please indicate if you are specifically interested in this program, which will require PI commitment of at least 15% toward the project. All awards in this category may be considered for a no-cost extension at the end of the one-year project period, contingent upon submission of a progress report. SPORE CEP/DRP projects can be considered for a second year of funding through the SPORE in Prostate Cancer grant. Eligibility: Funding is open to all Johns Hopkins University-affiliated faculty. Faculty who were the PI of an award from the Patrick C. Walsh Fund in 2025 will not be eligible to receive an award in 2026 (with the exception of the Program Project Development mechanism which is open to 2025 awardees). |
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | President’s Frontier Award | $300,000 | September 1, 2026 | TBD |
| The President’s Frontier Award recognizes one Johns Hopkins faculty member each year for demonstrating significant scholarly achievement and showing exceptional promise for important future work. Please note that this award is NOT intended to serve as a lifetime achievement award, but rather an investment in future potential. Eligibility: A full-time faculty member in any division who has demonstrated exceptional scholarly achievement and for whom the award will significantly expand their prominence as an intellectual leader within their relevant fields of study. The ideal candidate will be a mid-career, full-time faculty member. Any full-time faculty member may serve as a nominator. Self-nominations are also accepted. |
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| Office of the Vice Provost for Research | Research Resilience Fund | $250,000 | Rolling basis | TBD |
| The Research Resilience Fund is designed to support research continuity, recovery, and strategic momentum across all disciplines. The program provides flexible funding to address research disruptions, funding gaps, faculty salary support needs, strategic pivots, and emerging opportunities that strengthen pathways to future external funding and long-term sustainability. The fund supports both existing research programs and new research initiatives. Proposals may seek to sustain ongoing research activities, provide temporary faculty salary support, respond to changing funding conditions, pursue emerging opportunities, or launch new lines of inquiry that demonstrate strong potential for future external support. Eligibility: PIs may be any full-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, across all divisions and disciplines. Part-time and adjunct faculty, emeriti professors, and lecturers may apply as co-PIs. Visiting professors are ineligible. Up to 25% of a faculty applicant’s salary can be included in the budget request. Proposals primarily requesting faculty salary support are limited to tenure-track and tenured faculty. Limited exceptions to the 25% salary cap may be considered when appropriately justified by the applicant. Faculty are only allowed to receive one Research Resilience Fund grant as PIs, but may be included as co-investigators on other applications as long as funding is not duplicated. |
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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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