Basic-Research
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Carlsberg Foundation Autumn Call 2026: Nine Open-Competition Instruments From DKK 300,000 Equipment Grants to DKK 25 Million Semper Ardens Advance Projects, All Closing 1 September 2026
The Carlsberg Foundation's Autumn Call 2026 opened on 29 May 2026 and closes at 16:00 on 1 September 2026, funding basic research in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities at Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese institutions through nine themeless instruments including Semper Ardens Advance (DKK 15–25 million over five years), Semper Ardens Accelerate (up to DKK 7 million), Monograph and Reintegration Fellowships, research infrastructure, field trips and science communication.
FWF–ISF Austrian–Israeli Joint Projects 2026: Uncapped 36- to 48-Month Bilateral Research Funding Decided by a Single FWF Lead-Agency Review, Closing 10 December 2026
The Austrian Science Fund and the Israel Science Foundation are jointly inviting bilateral research proposals in all scientific disciplines, with one integrated 20-page proposal reviewed by the FWF as acting Lead Agency for 2026, due to the FWF by 10 December 2026 at 2:00 pm Vienna time and to the ISF by 13 December 2026 at 1:00 pm Jerusalem time.
HRZZ German–Croatian Bilateral Projects (IPDE-2026-12): €60,000–€200,000 for the Croatian Half of a Weave Project Judged by the DFG, Closing 31 December 2026
The Croatian Science Foundation will co-fund the Croatian side of German–Croatian bilateral basic research projects with EUR 60,000 to EUR 200,000 over up to three years, using a single DFG evaluation in which only proposals ranked in the top 20% are recommended for funding, with the Croatian submission due by 31 December 2026 at 17:00 CET.
NCN DAINA 4: PLN 26 Million for Joint Polish–Lithuanian Basic Research Projects, With Up to PLN 1.3 Million per Polish Team and €200,000 per Lithuanian Team, Joint Proposals Closing 15 September 2026
Poland's National Science Centre and the Research Council of Lithuania have opened the fourth DAINA call, funding 36-month joint Polish–Lithuanian basic research projects in all 26 NCN panels, with the joint proposal due to the Lithuanian side by 15 September 2026 and the Polish national proposal due in OSF by 22 September 2026 at 2 pm.
NCN MAESTRO 18: A PLN 30 Million Call for Pioneering Basic Research Led by Poland's Most Established Scientists, Closing 15 September 2026
Poland's National Science Centre has opened MAESTRO 18, a PLN 30 million call for basic research projects of 36, 48 or 60 months led by well-established and outstanding researchers, with proposals due through the OSF system by 15 September 2026 at 2 pm CEST.
NIH HEAL PAR-25-154: Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain Targets in the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R03)
Historical reference for NIH HEAL's expired PAR-25-154 R03 NOFO, which supported one-year pilot projects on eligible understudied proteins related to pain and pain management.
Villum Investigator 2026: Up to DKK 30 Million Over Six Years From a DKK 300 Million Call for Denmark's Most Established Technical and Natural Scientists, Closing 20 August 2026 at 14:00
The Villum Foundation's 2026 Villum Investigator call opened on 26 February 2026 and closes at 14:00 on 20 August 2026, allocating DKK 300 million in total and up to DKK 30 million per applicant for a six-year appointment at a Danish university or GEUS, for experienced technical and natural science researchers with at least ten years of excellent track record.
VolkswagenStiftung NEXT 'Dual Use' of Ideas and Concepts from the Humanities and Social Sciences: Up to €650,000 for a Two-Year Team Project on How Academic Theory Gets Repurposed, Closing 6 October 2026
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding two-year exploratory research teams of two or three principal investigators at German institutions, with up to €450,000 for two PIs or €650,000 for three, to study how concepts from the humanities and social sciences are stripped from their original context and used for anti-liberal, anti-scientific and anti-democratic purposes.
VolkswagenStiftung Pioneering Research — Exploring the Unknown Unknown 2026: Up to €1.3 Million Over Three to Five Years for Deliberately Risky Basic Research, Ranked First by Fellow Applicants Through Distributed Peer Review
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding radically exploratory basic research in any discipline with up to €1.3 million over three to five years, with anonymous short proposals due 27 August 2026 and a first review round in which applicants score each other's submissions.
Whitehall Foundation Research Grants: Up to $100,000 a Year for Three Years of Basic Neurobiology by US Assistant Professors, With Letters of Intent Closing 1 October 2026
The Whitehall Foundation funds basic vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology in the United States, awarding research grants of up to $100,000 per year for two or three years and one-year Grants-in-Aid of up to $30,000, restricted exclusively to independent Assistant Professors with no more than $200,000 a year in extramural direct funding.