| Award Program | Anticipated Internal Deadline | Anticipated Sponsor Preproposal or Letter of Intent Deadline (if applicable) | Anticipated Sponsor Deadline | Notes |
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| American Diabetes Association Pathway to Stop Diabetes Program | Late April | | Early July | |
| Archer Foundation Award in Brain Research | Late April | Mid-May | Mid-September | |
| Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships | Early September | | Mid-September | Not a limited submission, but institutional endorsement is required. |
| Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship | Late August | | Early September | Not a limited submission, but institutional endorsement is required. A Letter of Support &Acknowledgement of Application must be signed by the applicant’s Department Chair. |
| Beckman Young Investigator Program | Mid-July | Early August | | Not a limited submission, but institutional endorsement is required. |
| Brain Research Foundation Fay/Frank Seed Grant | Late November | Early January | Late March | |
| Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award | Mid-May | Late June | Late September | |
| Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Program | Late November | | Early February | |
| Graham Foundation for the Fine Arts Production and Presentation Grants | N/A | | Late February | One nomination per department. |
| Greenwall Foundation Awards | Mid-August | Mid-September | Early January | |
| Johnson and Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program | Early September | | Early October | |
| Mallinckrodt Grants | Early June | | Early August | |
| Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Capitol Grants | Early September | Early October | Mid-November | |
| Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminars on the Comparative Study of Cultures | Early January | | Early March | |
| | | | | Award is open to applicants every 2-3 years. |
| Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship | Mid-August | | Mid-October | |
| Moore Inventor Fellows | Mid-October | | Mid-December | |
| National Endowment for the Arts "Art Works"Grants for Arts Projects | Early January | | Mid-February or Mid-July | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends | Early July | | Late September | |
| NIH Director's Early Independence Award | Mid-June | Mid-August (optional LOI) | Mid-September | |
| NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) | Early October | | Early January | |
| NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) | Early July | Mid-October | Mid-May | |
| NSF Physics Frontiers Centers | Late May | Early August | Late January | Award is only offered every 3 years (January 2020). |
| NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program | Late September | Early December | Early February | |
| NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) | December - early January | | March-April | An Institution may submit one proposal (either as a single institution or as subawardee or a member of a Collaborative Research project) from each constituent school or college that awards degrees in an S-STEM eligible discipline. |
| Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering | Late January | Mid-March (nomination only) | Mid-April | |
| Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences | Mid-March | | Mid-October | |
| Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Program | Mid-August | Mid-September | Mid-October | |
| Searle Scholars Program | Late July | | Late September | |
| Simons Foundation Investigators Program | Early September | | Late October | |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | N/A | | Mid-September | Three nominations per department. |
| Smith Family Awards for Excellence in Biomedical Research | Early July | | Early August | |
| | Late January | | Mid-March | |
| Whiting Public Engagement Programs | Mid-March | | Mid-June | |
| W.T. Grant Scholars Program | Mid-March | | Early July | |
