Current Solicitations

Here you can find a list of current grant solicitations in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Additionally, some Federal agencies have specific web pages for nanotechnology funding opportunities. You can also find a variety of Government programs on our Funding Opportunities page.

This page is updated weekly, but for a full list of all available Federal grants visit www.grants.gov. As a note, solicitations are often worded generally and the technological tools to be employed, whether micro-, nano- or macro-scale, are not specified. Looking broadly into areas of interest—for instance, toxin removal or semiconducting materials—is often the best approach.

NIH STTR Grant for Bioengineering in Diagnostics and Disease Intervention

National Institues of Health, Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative (STTR [R41/R42]).

NIH STTR Grant for Bioengineering in Diagnostics and Disease Intervention

National Institues of Health, Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative (STTR [R43/R44]).

National Cancer Institute's Reformulation of Cancer Therapeutics Using Nanotechnology (SBIR)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) requests proposals for the development of commercially-viable nanotechnology-based platforms for the reformulation of cancer therapies.

National Cancer Institute's Probing Tumor Microenvironment Using In-vivo Nanotechnology-based Sensors (SBIR)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) requests proposals for the development of commercially-viable nanotechnology-based diagnostic platforms capable of monitoring tumor microenvironment in vivo.

NSF Metals and Metallic Nanostructures

Using the combined tools of experiment, theory and computer simulations, the goals of this NSF program are to enable the advancement of fundamental understanding of metallic materials from the atomic to nano-structural to bulk length scales via imaginative and, especially, transformational research.

NSF's DMR Polymers Program

This program supports fundamental research and education on polymeric materials. The program portfolio is mainly experimental and highly diverse with components of materials science, chemistry, physics, and related disciplines.