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OCRD Other Federal Agency Toolkits

The Office of Campus Research Development (OCRD) has some toolkits on myRESEARCHpath for some federal agencies other than NIH and NSF. These toolkits are updated annually or as needed to conform to both agency- and program-specific requirements. Contact OCRD if you are would like a toolkit that is not yet available for a funding opportunity of interest.

Department of Energy (DOE)

DOE Early Career Research Toolkit

DOE Early Career Research toolkit: The Early Career Research Program supports the development of the research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and the stimulation of research careers in the areas supported by the DOE Office of Science.

Upcoming deadlines:  

     Pre-Applications (required): March 24, 2026 5:00 PM ET 

     Applications (only for “encouraged” pre-applications): June 2, 2026 11:59 PM ET 

**This toolkit is updated annually.

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Toolkit

DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) toolkit (program page): The SCGSR program provides supplemental funds for graduate students currently pursuing PhDs in areas of physics, chemistry, material sciences, geosciences, biology (non-medical), mathematics, engineering, computer or computational sciences, or certain areas of environmental sciences by providing PhD thesis research opportunities at a DOE National Laboratory. 

Upcoming deadline: Deadline has passed. Awaiting for updates on program page.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

The list below of NEH funding opportunities was identified in collaboration with the Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI). Not all of these opportunities have toolkits created at this time. For the ones for which we have developed toolkits, you will see a link to the respective funding opportunity’s toolkit. The exception is the NEH Summer Stipends toolkit, which is only provided to the selected nominees annually. Over time, we anticipate developing toolkits for the rest of the NEH funding opportunities listed.
NEH Collaborative Research Toolkit

NEH Collaborative Research toolkit (program page): The Collaborative Research program supports a team of scholars (i.e., 2 or more scholars) working on a project to produce tangible, sustainable outcomes in one of two project categories: Planning International Collaboration and Manuscript Preparation. 

Upcoming deadline: Deadline has passed. Awaiting release of new opportunity.

NEH Fellowships Toolkit

NEH Fellowships toolkit (program page): The NEH Fellowships are competitive awards for projects that include research in primary and secondary materials leading to the development of books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital projects and resources, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, critical editions, or other scholarly resources. Projects are eligible at any stage of development. 

Note: The 2026 Fellowships competition will only accept projects for research in American history and culture and Western civilization. Competitive applications must focus on topics in the history, culture, and government of the United States in any period from the Colonial Era to the present, or topics in Western civilization from antiquity to the present.

Upcoming deadlines: April 22, 2026