CURIOSS — Funding Opportunities

NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award — National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

$300,000 for up to three years; no more than $200,000 for one year

Deadline: Letter of intent: 2026-05-04 · Full proposal: 2026-06-04

Salary support via the NIH Research Specialist (R50) mechanism for Research Software Engineers contributing to NIH-funded biomedical, clinical, behavioral, or health-related research software, tools, and algorithms. Targets RSEs outside a traditional independent-investigator career path.

Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) — Phase 1 — National Science Foundation (NSF)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Up to $300,000 for projects with durations up to 1 year

Deadline: Full proposal: 2026-09-01 · Full proposal: 2027-03-02

Funds scoping activities to help existing open-source research products with small user communities transition into sustainable, robust open-source ecosystems. Phase I supports early formation of managing organizations and training for teams building such ecosystems.

Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) — Phase 2 — National Science Foundation (NSF)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Up to $1,500,000 for projects with durations up to 2 years

Deadline: Full proposal: 2026-09-01 · Full proposal: 2027-03-02

Supports transition of promising open-source research products with small existing user and contributor communities into sustainable, robust open-source ecosystems. A POSE Phase I award is not required to apply to Phase II.