Research opportunities
Subscribe to updatesCompetitions, grants, fellowships, calls for papers, conferences and workshops for undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and early-career researchers. Every entry links to the official announcement — use “Team up” to find collaborators for it.
- Community submitted · NSF
Grant · NSF Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP)
Supports research on plant genomes and the genome-to-phenome connection, including tools, data and training that advance plant biology and crop improvement.
Eligible for: Faculty / Postdoc
- Community submitted · NSF America's Seed Fund
Grant · NSF SBIR/STTR (America's Seed Fund)
Non-dilutive funding for small businesses turning deep-tech and science-based ideas into products, with academic partnerships possible through STTR.
Eligible for: Independent researcher / Industry / Faculty
- Community submitted · NVIDIA
Grant · NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
Compute grants (GPU time or hardware) for academic researchers working on AI and accelerated-computing projects.
Eligible for: Faculty / Postdoc
- Community submitted · NVIDIA
Fellowship/position · NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program
Research funding and mentorship for PhD students working on topics relevant to accelerated computing, AI and scientific computing.
Eligible for: PhD student
- Official source · Kaggle
Competition · Predicting Soil Grain Size Distributions from Images
Predict cumulative soil grain-size distributions from photographs of soil surfaces.
Eligible for: Master's student / PhD student / Postdoc / Faculty / Independent researcher / Industry
- Community submitted · Schmidt Science Fellows
Fellowship/position · Schmidt Science Fellows
Postdoctoral fellowship for recent PhDs to move into a new field, with a global community and interdisciplinary training.
Eligible for: Postdoc
- Community submitted · Y Combinator
Grant · Y Combinator Accelerator
Startup accelerator providing funding, mentorship and a founder network; accepts technical and scientific founders, including solo applicants looking for co-founders.
Eligible for: Independent researcher / Industry