Grant opportunity
Science Events and Gatherings 2026
Heising-Simons is accepting proposals for scientific events and gatherings that advance collaboration, knowledge exchange, and field-building in eligible science areas.
- Funder
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- Proposal deadline
- Proposal deadline: Jul 10, 2026
- Award
- Grant support for eligible science events and gatherings
- Applicant
- Scientific meeting and workshop organisers
- Discipline
- All Disciplines
- Region
- United States
- Posted
- May 22, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The request for proposals supports scientific meetings, workshops, and gatherings that strengthen research communities and advance shared scientific work.
Who can apply
- Applicants should be organisers of eligible science events or gatherings that fit the foundation's programme guidance.
- The official RFP should be used to confirm field fit, organisation requirements, event timing, and budget rules.
What it supports
- Scientific convenings, workshops, meetings, collaboration, field-building, and knowledge exchange.
- Events should serve a clear scientific purpose and align with the foundation's RFP priorities.
Funding and duration
Support follows the grant parameters and eligible costs described in the official 2026 RFP.
Proposal deadline
Proposal deadline: Jul 10, 2026
How to apply
Use the official Heising-Simons RFP page and submit by 10 July 2026.
Call details
About the opportunity
The request for proposals supports scientific meetings, workshops, and gatherings that strengthen research communities and advance shared scientific work.
Heising-Simons Foundation lists this opportunity for Scientific meeting and workshop organisers, All Disciplines, United States.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for All Disciplines grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in United States contexts.
Eligibility
Applicants should be organisers of eligible science events or gatherings that fit the foundation's programme guidance.
The official RFP should be used to confirm field fit, organisation requirements, event timing, and budget rules.
Funding and benefits
Support follows the grant parameters and eligible costs described in the official 2026 RFP.
Themes and supported activities
Scientific convenings, workshops, meetings, collaboration, field-building, and knowledge exchange.
Events should serve a clear scientific purpose and align with the foundation's RFP priorities.
Deadline and timeline
Proposal deadline: Proposal deadline: Jul 10, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official Heising-Simons RFP page and submit by 10 July 2026.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.