Upcoming foundation and corporation funding opportunities

February 11, 2020

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Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

Graduate/Postdoctoral

*Please see Dartmouth's procedures for limited-application opportunities.

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlinesBMEidea competition

VentureWell $10,000 Cash awards and development resources for teams of graduate and/or undergraduate students that have developed a device, product, or technology to solve a clinical biomedical problem. Multidisciplinary teams encouraged, but must include at least one engineering student. Requires sponsorship by the project faculty advisor and the department chair. Awards are disbursed to the team's department to be allocated at the discretion of the advisor. VentureWell takes no financial or ownership interest in submitted projects.

LIMITED SUBMISSION -- INTERNAL APPLICATION REQUIREDDartmouth may submit up to three applications, with no more than one from any department. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project; name of advisor; current CVs of team members. Use "VentureWell - BMEidea" as the email subject line.

Internal deadline:2/24/2020

Externaldeadline:4/1/2020

Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship

Association of American Medical Colleges

$25,000 For a junior faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in medical education and health care. Grant is for a project to support racial and ethnic minorities. Eligibility: assistant professor appointed no earlier than July 1, 2017.

LIMITED SUBMISSION -- INTERNAL APPLICATION REQUIREDGeisel may nominate one faculty member. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Nickens Faculty Fellowship" as the email subject line.

Internal deadline:2/24/2020

Externaldeadline:4/3/2020

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlinesExceptional Project Grants

Breast Cancer Alliance

$100,000 For clinical doctors and research scientists whose primary focus is breast cancer.

LIMITED APPLICATION -- INTERNAL SUBMISSION REQUIREDDartmouth may submit two letters of inquiry. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Breast Cancer Alliance - Exceptional Project" as the email subject line.

Internal deadline:2/24/2020

Externaldeadline:4/5/2020

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineThe Alice Award J.M. Kaplan Fund $25,000 For a richly illustrated book that makes a valuable contribution to its field and

demonstrates high standards of production. Short-listed books each receive $5,000. Fields considered include the fine arts and the natural and built environments and related public issues. The organization submitting the book must be a 501(c)3 and have acted as a partner in the book’s production. Organizations may submit up to two books annually. Eligibility: published in the calendar year prior and up to the submission deadline.

4/1/2020

Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize

Brandeis University

$25,000 For outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations. No self-nominations.

4/1/2020

Proposals for Program Evaluations

Brady Education Foundation

not specified Funding for up to three years to evaluate the effectiveness of programs designed to promote positive cognitive and/or achievement outcomes for children (birth through 18 years) from underserved groups and/or low-resourced communities (minority ethnic groups, low-income families)

4/1/2020

Breakthrough Prizes in fundamental physics, life sciences, mathematics.

Breakthrough Prizes

$3,000,000 For important, primarily recent, achievements in the categories of Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics.- Fundamental Physics: open to all physicists—theoretical, mathematical, experimental; - Life Sciences: understanding living systems and extending human life; - Mathematics: significant discoveries in all branches. No self-nominations.

4/1/2020

Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Program

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation

$20,000 Major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities in the United States and/or Canada

4/1/2020

Cross-cutting/Multi-disciplinary

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineProfessorships Alexander von

Humboldt Foundation

$138,000 For research in Germany by academics of all disciplines from abroad who are internationally recognized as leaders in their field, and who are expected to contribute to enhancing Germany's sustained international competitiveness as a research location. Must be nominated by a German university.

Up to 30 additional Alexander von Humboldt Professorships in the field of Artificial Intelligence are to be filled through 2024. In addition to researchers in technical disciplines, researchers who address the socio-economic, ethical or legal aspects of artificial intelligence may be nominated for the new Alexander von Humboldt Professorships in Artificial Intelligence.

4/15/2020

Grawemeyer Award in Education

University of Louisville

$100,000 For ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment. No self-nominations.

4/15/2020

Exploration Grants National Geographic Society

$30,000 For experienced project leaders in the areas of conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology. The applicant and his or her team members are expected to demonstrate successful completion of similar projects with measurable and/or tangible results. Applications accepted quarterly.

4/22/2020

Equity and the Natural World

National Geographic Society

$80,000 To bring hidden stories to the surface and to understand in rich detail those who have been given far too little consideration in the environmental movement. Applicants must have strong track records as storytellers (journalists, photographers, videographers, cartographers, etc.) and demonstrated publication success.

4/22/2020

Early Career Grants National Geographic Society

$10,000 For less-experienced individuals an opportunity to lead a project. Anyone with more than five years of professional experience in the field of their project focus does not qualify for an Early Career Grant and should apply for an Exploration Grant instead.

4/22/2020

Cross-cutting/Multi-disciplinary

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineHistory of Art Grants Program

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

not specified For projects that will enhance the understanding and appreciation of European art and architecture. Funded activities include: archival projects; development and dissemination of scholarly databases; documentation projects; museum exhibitions and publications; photographic campaigns; scholarly catalogues and publications; technical and scientific studies; international exchanges; professional meetings; conferences; symposia; consultations; the presentation of research and other professional events.

3/1/2020

Conservation Grants Program

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

not specified For the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases,documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. Also for activities that permit conservator and conservation scientists to share their expertise.

3/1/2020

Digital Art History Samuel H. Kress Foundation

not specified For efforts to integrate new technologies into the practice of art history, including classroom applications and online publishing. Also supports the creation of important online resources in art history, including both textual and visual resources.

3/1/2020

Performing Arts Global Exchange

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

not specified For non-profit arts presenters to contract dance, music and theatre ensembles from the annually curated PAGE roster. The 2020-2021 touring roster will feature artists from Canada and Mexico.

3/25/2020

Arts & Humanities

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineUSArtists International

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

$15,000 For performances by U.S. artists at important cultural festivals and arts marketplaces around the globe. Provides grants to ensembles and individual performers in dance, music and theatre invited to perform at significant international festivals and performing arts markets. Three annual deadlines: April, September, November.

4/1/2020

Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese-language Courses

Japan Foundation (Los Angeles)

$30,000 To cover part of a Japanese language instructor’s salary and fringe benefits. For institutions facing temporary financial difficulties in these cases: 1) Starting up a brand new Japanese program;2) Expanding a current existing Japanese program by adding new course(s)/section(s);3) Maintaining a current existing program which is in danger of cut back or closure.Must continue to offer the Japanese language program after the grant ends.

4/10/2020

Publication grants in Armenian studies

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fund

not specified Publications focusing on Armenian studies, Armenian history and Armenian literature of the nineteenth century or earlier. Two annual deadlines: April 15 and November 15.

4/15/2020

Arts & Humanities

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlinePublic Art Learning Fund

New England Foundation for the Arts

$2,000 For professional development opportunities for New England artists to strengthen their public art practices. Priority themes:- Removing barriers to access. NEFA recognizing that some artists may experience barriers to accessing professional development opportunities due to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography.- Valuing geographic diversity within the region. The Public Art Learning Fund aims to support artists across the region from urban, suburban, and rural communities across all six states in New England.- Advancing the evolving field of public art through learning opportunities related to fostering more equitable, inclusive, and vibrant public spaces and public life throughout New England.- Specifically expanding an artist’s public art practice. NEFA will look for clarity on desired learnings (e.g. how to develop a project budget) and application to artist’s public art practice.

4/21/2020

Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography

W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund

$40,000 For a photojournalism project (possibly incorporating multi-media) that will address an issue of import and impact related to the human condition; social change; humanitarian concern; armed conflict or interpersonal, psychological, cultural, social environmental, scientific, medical and/or political significance.

4/30/2020

Academic Cross-Training Fellowship

John Templeton Foundation

$222,000 To equip recently tenured philosophers and theologians with the skills and knowledge needed to study Big Questions that require substantive and high-level engagement with empirical science. For a systematic and sustained course of study in an empirical science such as physics, psychology, biology, genetics, cognitive science, neuroscience, or sociology. Must have a faculty mentor in the cross-training discipline. Eligibility: received tenure after September 2009.

5/1/2020

Arts & Humanities

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineNeurobiology of Brain Disorders Award

McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

$300,000 For scientists working to apply the knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders. Interested in proposals that address the biology and mechansims of neurological and psychiatric disorders. This includes mechanistic insights into neurological functions at the synaptic, cellular, molecular, genetic or behavioral level across different species, including humans and vertebrate and invertebrate model organisms. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary applications are encouraged. Eligibility: full-time tenure-track. Deadline is for letter of intent.

3/2/2020

Norine Johnson, PhD, Psychotherapy Research Grant for Early Career Psychologists

American Psychological Association

$10,000 For research on psychotherapist factors that may impact treatment effectiveness and outcomes, including type of training, amount of training, professional degree or discipline of the psychotherapist, and the role or impact of psychotherapists' personal characteristics on psychotherapy treatment outcomes. Eligibility: early-career psychologists (within ten years of doctoral degree); member of APA Div. 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy).

4/1/2020

J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship

American Historical Association

$5,000 For research projects in American history that require the general and special collections of the Library of Congress. Must have received Ph.D. within the last seven years.

4/1/2020

Research Report Stipends

IBM Center for the Business of Government

$20,000 For rigorous public-management research and analytic techniques to help public sector executives and managers improve the effectiveness of government at the federal, state, local and international levels.

4/1/2020

Enduring Impacts: Archaeology of Sustainability

National Geographic Society

$80,000 For the gathering and analysis of archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and paleoclimatological data for the purposes of increasing our understanding of human-environmental interactions over time, to ultimately contribute to mitigating contemporary environmental and climatic crises.

4/22/2020

Social Sciences & Business/Entrepreneurship

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineFreedom in Practice

Rising Tide Foundation

not specified For projects that show entrepreneurial approaches to social issues that advance the freedom of individuals and society. Projects should show tangible impacts in one of the following impact areas:1. Develop private-sector solutions to societal problems.2. Offer solutions to the problems created by government and crony capitalist interventions. 3. Design and implement programs that enhance individuals’ capacities for self-determination, individual choice, and peaceful, voluntary cooperation in society.4. Discover methods to teach freedom in new ways to untapped audiences.

4/30/2020

Social Sciences & Business/Entrepreneurship

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineNew Horizons Prizes

Breakthrough Prizes

$100,000 For early-career researchers who have already produced important work in the fields of physics or mathematics. Eligibility: - Mathematics: no more than ten years past awarding of the Ph.D. as of January 1, 2020; - Physics: generally no more than twelve years past the Ph.D.; Exceptions to these limits are sometimes made, especially for experimental projects with long lead times.

4/1/2020

Awards National Academy of Engineering

$500,000 For engineering achievement and innovation: - Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering ($500,000 - awarded in even-numbered years); - Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize ($500,000 - odd-numbered years); - Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education ($500,000 - annually);- J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering ($50,000).

4/1/2020

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize

Breakthrough Prizes

$50,000 For women mathematicians who have completed their PhDs within the previous two years. The candidate’s Ph.D. thesis must be submitted. No self-nominations.

4/1/2020

Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineMachine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering

Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation

not specified For innovative projects in any area of Machine Learning (ML) consistent with the Foundation’s broad objective to advance the chemical sciences and engineering. Areas of interest:- molecular synthesis, including mechanisms, techniques, and applications;- theory, computation, physical properties of molecules or materials;- rates and mechanisms of new chemical processes;- new or improved materials and materials applications;- postdoctoral support for collaborations that combine chemical science research with ML expertise;- collaborative sabbaticals, extended visits, and meetings;- education, e.g., new courses, seminar series, MOOCs;- public libraries of chemistry and chemical engineering data for use in ML.

4/2/2020

Cottrell Scholars Research Corporation for Science Advancement

$100,000 For faculty in astronomy, chemistry or physics whose first tenure-track appointment was in calendar year 2017. Requires a research plan that includes a significant fundamental research component; and an educational plan to address a significant problem in undergraduate or graduate science education.

7/1/2020

Enduring Impacts: Archaeology of Sustainability

National Geographic Society

$80,000 For the gathering and analysis of archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and paleoclimatological data for the purposes of increasing our understanding of human-environmental interactions over time, to ultimately contribute to mitigating contemporary environmental and climatic crises.

1/15/2020

Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineFunding Innovative Solutions

ASHP Foundation $30,000 For projects that demonstrate the impact of optimizing health information technology and digital transformation that enhance safe and effective use of medications. Eligibility: interprofessional healthcare teams with a pharmacist as a PI.

3/3/2020

Research Grants Scoliosis Research Society

$75,000 Scoliosis research programs:- Standard Research Grant (up to $75,000) - SRS-Cotrel Foundation Basic Science Research Grant ($50,000)- New Investigator ($30,000 - 10 years or less of practice)- Exploratory Micro-Grant ($2,500)- Resident/Fellow ($10,000)Eligibility: all grants must have at least one investigator that is an SRS member.

3/15/2020

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$420,000 For physicians, dentists, and nurses who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine. Eligibility: applicants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (ethnic, financial, or educational) who are now completing or have completed formal clinical training. Preference for those who have recently completed their training or—in the case of nurses—their research doctorate.

3/18/2020

Clinician Scientist Development Grant

American Cancer Society

$729,000 Support for protected time to allow junior faculty who see patients to be mentored and participate in research training to aid their development as independent clinician scientists. Licensed clinicians within the first 6 years of initial faculty appointment.

4/1/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineEugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

$250,000 For projects that encourage active integration of patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders as integral members of the patient-centered outcomes research and clinical effectiveness research enterprises. Three programs:1) Capacity Building ($250,000): scale up or adopt meaningful engagement tools and resources with more communities, stakeholders, and patients.2) Dissemination Initiative ($250,000): disseminate PCORI-funded research evidence and published findings, systematic reviews, and evidence updates.3) Stakeholder Convening Support ($100,000).

4/1/2020

Ortho Basic Science Allograft Grant

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

$50,000 For basic science research investigating fundamental biological or biomechanical functions of meniscal or osteochondral allografts.

4/1/2020

Pilot and Exploratory Projects in Palliative Care of Cancer Patients and Their Families

American Cancer Society

$120,000 For pilot and exploratory research studies with the purpose of testing interventions, developing research methodologies, or exploring novel areas of research in palliative care for cancer patients and their families.

4/1/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineImproving Patient Outcomes

Laerdal Foundation

$450,000 Areas of interest: - Better reporting of data, as basis for improved care: Utstein Formula for Survival; - Promising hypothesis relating to updating of ILCOR guidelines for Emergency Cardiac Care and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; - International/multicenter collaborations for improved education; - Implementation of the Global Resuscitation Alliance; - Projects at or in collaboration with the SAFER simulation center in Stavanger, Norway; - Saving lives of newborn and mothers during and immediately after delivery in low resource settings.Two annual deadline: April 1 (all programs) and October 1 (Project Support; Saving Lives at Birth in Low-Resource Settings).

4/1/2020

The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to and Performance of Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment Services

American Cancer Society

$1,000,000 For research on cancer prevention, control, and treatment. Should focus on the changes in national, state, and/or local policy and the response to these changes by healthcare systems, insurers, payers, communities, practices, and patients.

4/1/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlinePilot Research Award for Learning Disabilities for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

$15,000 For child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and junior faculty interested in a career in child and adolescent mental health research. Must be board eligible/certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, or enrolled in a child psychiatry residency or fellowship. Must have a medical school faculty appointment or be in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical research or training program. No more than two years of experience post-residency/fellowship. No previous significant, individual research funding in child and adolescent mental health.

4/1/2020

Research Scholar Grants

American Cancer Society

$792,000 For investigator-initiated projects across the cancer research continuum. Must be in first 6 years of an independent research career or faculty appointment. Eligibility is extended for 8 years for clinician scientists who remain active in clinical care. Applicants typically must be within 12 years of receiving a terminal (doctorate) degree and cannot have more than one R01/R01-like grant.

4/1/2020

Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction

National Geographic Society

$50,000 To halt further biodiversity decline by implementing conservation plans for species and groups of species. Will support priorities of IUCN SSC Species Conservation Plans as well as conservation actions that are endorsed by the relevant IUCN SSC Species Specialist Group. Not for biodiversity assessments or conservation planning activities.

4/10/2020

Prevention Beyond the Pipeline - epidemiological analyses

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

$100,000 For comparative effectiveness research, prevention clinical trials, and epidemiological studies that probe whether the use or choice of drugs alters the risk for dementia or cognitive decline.

4/10/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineDrug Development Program

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

$600,000 For building pre-clinical evidence in animal models and on advancing lead molecules to the clinical candidate selection stage. The proposed studies should have a high probability of reaching IND-enabling studies within two years. Applications accepted quarterly.

4/10/2020

Neuroimaging and CSF Biomarker Development

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

$600,000 To develop biomarkers for which there is a clear clinical need in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Specifically, this RFP focuses on:- developing novel PET ligands for clinical use;- supporting novel CSF biomarkers;- validating established MRI approaches in larger cohorts.

4/10/2020

Program to Accelerate Clinical Trials

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

$3,000,000 For innovative pharmacologic interventions tested in clinical studies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This includes novel, repurposed, and repositioned drugs as well as natural products.

4/10/2020

Grants-in-Aid Whitehall Foundation

$30,000 For basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. Eligibility: assistant professors who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established; also senior scientists. Deadline is for letter of inquiry. Applications accepted three times a year: January 15, April 15 and October 1.

4/15/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineResearch Grants Whitehall

Foundation$75,000 For basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: Invertebrate and

vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. Assistant professor or higher. Need not be tenure-track but must be an independent researcher. Not for investigators who have substantial existing or potential support.

4/15/2020

Angelman Syndrome Research Grants

Angelman Syndrome Foundation

$200,000 For pilot projects to test new ideas about pathogenesis and therapeutics of Angelman syndrome, translational research and clinical research studies. Particular interest in communication, behavioral issues, and identification of issues and treatments that impact the daily life of people with Angelman syndrome and their families.

4/15/2020

Bridge Grants National Psoriasis Foundation

$100,000 For researchers who have submitted meritorious but unfunded K-type (career development) and R-type applications to the National Institutes of Health, or similar funding body, with a focus on psoriatic disease or related comorbidities.

4/17/2020

Innovative Cancer Research

Elsa U. Pardee Foundation

not specified For research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. Eligibility: new and established cancer researchers. Three annual deadlines: April 30, August 31, December 31.

4/30/2020

Acromegaly/Growth Hormone Excess Research

Pfizer $100,000 To advance the medical knowledge of acromegaly disease, its complications and treatment with pegvisomant.

5/28/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineGrowth Hormone Research

Pfizer $100,000 To advance the medical knowledge of short stature. Projects may include:- Diagnostics, early treatment of GHD, new treatment paradigms- Clinical outcomes, quality of life, and patient reported outcomes- Pharmacoeconomics & medication adherence research- Translational or clinical research

5/28/2020

Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) including cardiomyopathy and mixed cardiomyopathy/neuropathy phenotypes

Pfizer $75,000 To improve the care of patients with ATTR-CM by improving our understanding of disease epidemiology, pathophysiology, early diagnosis, prognosis, and emerging treatment paradigms.

6/3/2020

Biological Sciences, Medicine & Engineering

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineResearch Grants Scoliosis Research

Society$75,000 Scoliosis research programs:

- Standard Research Grant (up to $75,000) - SRS-Cotrel Foundation Basic Science Research Grant ($50,000)- New Investigator ($30,000 - 10 years or less of practice)- Exploratory Micro-Grant ($2,500)- Resident/Fellow ($10,000)Eligibility: all grants must have at least one investigator that is an SRS member.

3/15/2020

Fellowship Award Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

$335,000 For postdoctoral theoretical or experimental research relevant to the study of cancer and the search for cancer causes, mechanisms, therapies and prevention. Four years of support plus retirement of up to $100,000 of medical school debt.

Level 1: Basic and physician-scientists must have received their degrees no more than 18 months prior to the application deadline and must not have been in their Sponsors' labs for more than one year.

Level 2: Physician-scientist applicants (MD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM, DO or the equivalent) must have completed their residencies and clinical training and must be board eligible at the start date. Applicants may apply at any time prior to their initial assistant professorship appointment (or equivalent); postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and clinical instructors are eligible to apply.

Two annual deadlines: March 15 and August 15. For the March deadline, people may apply for either the Damon Runyon Fellowship Award or the Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award, but not both.

3/15/2020

Graduate/Postdoctoral

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineHarold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$420,000 For physicians, dentists, and nurses who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine. Eligibility: applicants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (ethnic, financial, or educational) who are now completing or have completed formal clinical training. Preference for those who have recently completed their training or—in the case of nurses—their research doctorate.

3/18/2020

Dissertation Research Grant

Microsoft $25,000 For doctoral students who are underrepresented in the field of computing. Eligibility: woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability. Must be fourth-year or beyond at time of application.

3/30/2020

Postdoctoral Fellowships

American Cancer Society

$167,500 For researchers who have received a doctoral degree to start training for an independent career in cancer research (including basic, preclinical, clinical, cancer control, psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiology, health services and health policy research).

4/1/2020

Pilot Research Award for Learning Disabilities for Junior Faculty and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

$15,000 For child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and junior faculty interested in a career in child and adolescent mental health research. Must be board eligible/certified in child and adolescent psychiatry, or enrolled in a child psychiatry residency or fellowship. Must have a medical school faculty appointment or be in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinical research or training program. No more than two years of experience post-residency/fellowship. No previous significant, individual research funding in child and adolescent mental health.

4/1/2020

Graduate/Postdoctoral

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineDoctoral Dissertation Grant Program

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation

$5,000 For dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries.

4/1/2020

Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Program

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation

$20,000 Major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities in the United States and/or Canada

4/1/2020

Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize

Breakthrough Prizes

$50,000 For women mathematicians who have completed their PhDs within the previous two years. The candidate’s Ph.D. thesis must be submitted. No self-nominations.

4/1/2020

Fellowships in Aerospace History

American Historical Association

$21,500 Stipend for six- to nine-month research fellowship in aerospace history. All aspects from the earliest human interest in flight to the present, including cultural and intellectual history, economic history, history of law and public policy, and the history of science, engineering and management. Must have Ph.D. in history or closely related field. Preference for early-career scholars.

4/1/2020

Gary S. Gilkeson Career Development Award

Lupus Foundation of America

$140,000 For basic, clinical, translational, behavioral, or epidemiological lupus research. Eligibility: fellow or no more than two years post-fellowship in an adult or childhood program in rheumatology, nephrology, or dermatology; or must have completed a doctoral degree within the past 4 years.

4/17/2020

Innovative Cancer Research

Elsa U. Pardee Foundation

not specified For research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. Eligibility: new and established cancer researchers. Three annual deadlines: April 30, August 31, December 31.

4/30/2020

Graduate/Postdoctoral

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Program Funder Amount Description DeadlineComputational & Data Science Fellowships

Association for Computing Machinery

$30,000 For female/minority graduate students in computational or data science. Must be in first half of program. Computational science: any program where computational modeling and simulation serve as the primary research methods (e.g., computational chemistry, wildfire modeling, computational hydrodynamics). Data science: relies on computational analysis of large-scale data as the basis for research (e.g., ecological informatics, financial analytics). Preference for disciplines other than computer science.

4/30/2020

Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis Fellowship

Pfizer $80,000 For both established and emerging Amyloid Centers of Excellence to support fellowship programs for cardiologists that have a strong focus on clinical practice, research, and education to further the understanding of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.

6/29/2020

Graduate/Postdoctoral

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