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The Research on Research Security Program

Per-recipient award not stated for business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "additional information on eligibility", closing Not stated.

Official page
BusinessIndividualNonprofitOther Legal EntityPublic AgencyTribal GovernmentUnrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

The Research on Research Security Program does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$2,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Estimated funding of $2,000,000 with an expected 8 awards, suggesting an average of approximately $250,000 per award, though individual award amounts are not specified.
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Not stated
Deadline type
unknown
Opens
Apr 16, 2025
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Tribal Government · Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$2,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “Estimated funding of $2,000,000 with an expected 8 awards, suggesting an average of approximately $250,000 per award, though individual award amounts are not specified.”

Who can apply?

entity
industry
use

Conferences and Workshops, Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), Planning Grants, Research projects on research security topics including nature and pervasiveness of research security threats, methods for identifying and mitigating risks, strengthening research security protocols, human behavior and research security policies, implications of research security policies, organizational change, discipline-specific research security, and international dimensions of research security

Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Applicant types are unrestricted, subject to any clarifications in additional eligibility information.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

No deadline date is stated on the page.

What can the money be used for?

Conferences and WorkshopsPlanning GrantsEarly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)Research projects on research security topics including nature and pervasiveness of research security threats, methods for identifying and mitigating risks, strengthening research security protocols, human behavior and research security policies, implications of research security policies, organizational change, discipline-specific research security, and international dimensions of research security

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No
Cost sharing is listed as false.

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

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How much funding is available in total?
$2,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?
Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".
What can the funding be used for?
Conferences and Workshops, Planning Grants, Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), Research projects on research security topics including nature and pervasiveness of research security threats, methods for identifying and mitigating risks, strengthening research security protocols, human behavior and research security policies, implications of research security policies, organizational change, discipline-specific research security, and international dimensions of research security, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is listed as false.
Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-01
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.