The Spencer Foundation creates Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program to bridge the Gap caused by NSF Cancellations

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, The Spencer Foundation has developed a rapid-response bridge grant opportunity for impacted scholars, in collaboration with The Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This rapid-response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants were recently cancelled by NSF, with priority given to early-career scholars. Modest $25,000 grants are available for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, such as completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research. To be eligible for these grants, scholars must: (1) be working on STEM and education research(including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and (2) have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF.