- National MS Society Therapeutics for Nervous System Repair in MS New Commercial Research RFA
Pre-application Deadline: Jan 5, 2023
This RFA invites applications to establish partnerships with the Society’s commercial research program, Fast Forward, LLC, to accelerate and support development of therapeutic strategies and biomarkers relevant to the Roadmap priority of Nervous System Repair in MS. - American Brain Tumor Association’s Jack and Fay Netchin Medical Student Summer Fellowships
LOI Deadline: Jan 18, 2023
$3,000 grants awarded to medical students who intend to spend a summer conducting brain tumor research with esteemed scientist mentors. The program’s intent is to inspire talented medical students to pursue a career in neuro-oncology research. - National MS Society Accelerating Functional Recovery of Multiple Sclerosis Funding Opportunity
Pre-application Deadline: Jan 25, 2023
This RFA supports studies that advance our understanding of remyelination and neural protection that synergize with advances in non-pharmacologic interventions that accelerate functional recovery for people with MS. - Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) 2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity
Deadline: Jan 26, 2023
TRISH recently announced a fellowship opportunity for postdoctoral scientists tackling the health challenges of deep space exploration. - AHA Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science
Application Deadline: Feb 1, 2023
Under the mentorship of current AHA awardees, this mechanism supports research experiences for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in science. - Pfizer: Management of Uterine Fibroids
Deadline: Feb 13, 2023
Projects that will be considered for support will focus on improving the care of patients by addressing knowledge gaps of Uterine Fibroids. - NSF-BSF Enabling Discovery through Genomics (IOS-EDGE)
Application Deadline: U.S. partner to the NSF is February 16, 2023, Israeli partner to the BSF is February 22, 2023
Through the Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) program, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH) support research to advance understanding of comparative and functional genomics. - Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation – IBD Plexus Academic Request for Proposals
Rolling Submission
The goal of IBD Plexus is to accelerate research in high impact areas. The Foundation seeks research proposals that would utilize IBD Plexus biosamples and / or data to drive progress towards precision medicine and / or leverage real world data to produce real world evidence. - NSF-BSF Program in Computer Networks and Systems
Rolling Submission
The U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) is accepting applications in a joint funding program with the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS), in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). - NSF-BSF PROGRAM IN Foundational Research in Robotics
Rolling Submission
The U.S. – Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) is accepting applications in joint funding programs in Foundational Research in Robotics, with the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Engineering (ENG) Directorates of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). - Tourettes Association: Research Consortia and Collaborative Research Projects
Rolling Submission
TAA has historically provided critical seed funding to research consortia working on large issues relevant to TS, including the TAA genetics consortium, neuroimaging consortium, behavioral sciences consortium, deep brain stimulation registry and Treating Tourette Together summit. TAA aims to continue supporting research efforts like these, that crossover different scientific and medical disciplines and that encourage collaboration among researchers and institutions.
Development Office’s Corporate and Foundation (C&F)
The Development Office’s Corporate and Foundation (C&F) Team identified the below funding opportunities. To apply, please contact DevCorpFound@mountsinai.org. The C&F team will help plan, write, and submit your application.
- Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation: mentored research training grants
Deadline: LOIs due January 1, 2023
Amount: $300,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Anesthesiologist faculty member who is within 10 years of their first faculty appointment.
About: aims to help anesthesiologists develop the skills and preliminary data they need to become independent investigators in the field of anesthesia patient safety. - McKnight Foundation: Neuroscience Scholar Awards
Deadline: January 1, 2023
Amount: $225,000 over 3 years
Eligibility: hold a faculty position as an assistant professor. They must have served at that rank for less than four years at the application deadline
About: The McKnight Scholar Awards are given to exceptional young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career. The intent of the program is to foster the commitment by these scientists to research careers that will have an important impact on the study of the brain. The program seeks to support scientists committed to mentoring neuroscientists from underrepresented groups at all levels of training. Applicants for the McKnight Scholar Award must demonstrate their ability to solve significant problems in neuroscience, which may include the translation of basic research to clinical practice. They should demonstrate a commitment to an equitable and inclusive lab environment. - Children’s Tumor Foundation: Young Investigator Award
Deadline: LOIs due January 2, 2023
Amount: $133,500-174,000 over 3 years (amounts vary depending on training level)
Eligibility: A postdoctoral fellow (MD, Ph.D., or equivalent) with no more than 7 years past completion of their first doctoral degree at start of award. Applicant must be affiliated with the laboratory of a senior researcher who is the applicant’s research sponsor.
About: The Young Investigator Award (YIA), CTF’s longest-running competitive award program from the mid 1980s, has traditionally provided two years of funding to early-career NF researchers. The goal is to enable these trainees to become established independent investigators in NF-related fields. The YIA program provides seed funding to attract researchers to the field and to produce data to secure larger grants, such as from the NIH and CDMRP NFRP. Several former YIAs are now leaders in the NF research and clinical communities. In fact, CTF’s ‘seeding’ of the NF field with new talent has been hailed as one of the key reasons for rapid advancements in NF research in recent years. - Progeria Research Foundation: Research Grant
Deadline: LOIs due January 2, 2023
Amount: $150,000 over 2 years
About: PRF’s research focus is highly translational. Topics must fall within the following research priorities: 1. Projects that are likely to lead to clinical treatment trials within 5 years. This includes the discovery and/or testing of candidate treatment compounds in cellbased or animal models of HGPS. Only proposals that test compounds in a progerin-producing animal or cell model will normally be considered. Analyses in non progerin-producing models are acceptable, but only as a comparison to progerin-producing models and with strong justification. 2. Development of gene-, biomolecule-, drug-, and cell-based therapies to treat Progeria 3. Assessment of natural history of disease that may be important to developing outcome measures in treatment trials (preclinical or clinical) - Greenwall Foundation: Making a Difference in Real-World Bioethics Dilemmas
Deadline: LOIs due January 3, 2022
Amount: no max listed
About: The foundation invites all innovative proposals that will have a real-world impact but are particularly interested in proposals that address the ethical and policy issues raised by the following priority topics: bias and discrimination against patients or clinicians, which may be based on a broad range of characteristics, and which may involve institutional and systemic contributors to bias and racism as well as health disparities or social determinants of health; trust in science, medicine, and public health; public health crises (such as the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid epidemic, and others), including their impact on mental health; and healthcare access, costs, and resource allocation. Projects may be empirical, conceptual, or normative. We encourage applications that align with the Foundation’s strategic priorities: (1) shaping and supporting a broad, inclusive bioethics and (2) increasing bioethics’ impact on policymaking. Successful teams commonly involve a bioethics scholar and persons with on-the-ground experience with the bioethics dilemma, for example, in clinical care; biomedical research; biotechnology, pharmaceutical, big data, and artificial intelligence companies; or public service. - Pfizer: Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloid (ATTR) Fellowship
Deadline: January 5, 2023
Amount: $125,000
About: The goal of this program is to train physicians to recognize and diagnose cardiac ATTR amyloidosis. Unlike previous Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloid (ATTR) fellowships, the 2023-2024 fellowships will be structured to support experienced amyloidosis centers in hosting fellows from regions around the globe where a high level of expertise in cardiac amyloidosis is lacking. Fellows are expected to return to their home institutions to provide expertise and mentoring on cardiac ATTR amyloidosis in their regions. - American Association for Cancer Research: Career Development Awards in Lung Cancer Research
Deadline: January 5, 2023
Amount: $250,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree. At the start of the grant term on July 1, 2023, applicants must: Hold a faculty position with the title of assistant professor, instructor, research assistant professor, or the equivalent; Have completed their most recent doctoral degree within the past 11 years (i.e., degree cannot have been conferred before July 1, 2012; the formal date of receipt of doctoral degree is the date the degree was conferred as indicated on their diploma and/or transcript); Have independent laboratory space as confirmed by their institution.
About: The AACR Career Development Awards in Lung Cancer Research have been established to encourage and support early-career investigators to conduct lung cancer research and establish successful careers in this field. The proposed project may be basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological in nature and must have direct applicability and relevance to lung cancer. - Global Cachexia ASPIRE
Deadline: January 5, 2023
Amount: $250,000
Eligibility: Both early career and experienced investigators are encouraged to apply
About: In-scope research includes: Evidence generation in Understanding Cachexia/Unintentional Weight Loss in Cancer or Heart Failure; Role of GDF-15/GFRAL Pathway in Disease; GDF-15/GFRAL Biology; or Natural History (longitudinal) studies specifically related to cachexia/weight loss and/or heart failure. - New York Stem Cell Foundation: Druckenmiller Fellowship
Deadline: January 5, 2023
Amount: $183,000 over 3 years
Eligibility: Early Postdoctoral Fellowship: Designed to attract promising candidates who are generally within the first four years of postdoctoral experience and looking for up to three years of postdoctoral support. OR Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship: Designed to encourage accomplished candidates aiming to transition from postdoctoral research to an independent faculty position, awarded one year of postdoctoral support.
About: NYSCF invites applications from postdoctoral fellows at institutions within New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for awards to support translational stem cell research. The main goal of this initiative is to foster research that will advance the application of stem cells for the understanding and treatment of human disease. Responsive translational and/or preclinical studies in stem cell research may include technology development, disease modeling, drug discovery, and/or therapeutics. - Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Research Grant
Deadline: January 9, 2023
Amount: $20,000
Eligibility: The principal investigator must be an orthopaedic resident (the co-principal investigator does NOT have to be a resident). Either the principal investigator, or co-principal investigator, must be an OTA member (in good standing).
About: support of basic or clinical trauma research with the potential to advance the treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal injury - Milken Institute: Basic Science in Sarcoidosis
Deadline: January 10, 2023
Amount: $575,000 over 2 years
About: focused on understanding the underlying biology of sarcoidosis, an immune dysregulation condition. - William T. Grant Foundation: Research Grant on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Deadline: LOIs due January 11, 2023
Amount: $100,000 to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years
About: This program funds research studies that advance theory and build empirical knowledge on ways to improve the use of research evidence by policymakers, agency leaders, organizational managers, intermediaries, and other decision-makers that shape youth-serving systems in the United States. Proposed studies must pursue one of the following aims: Building, identifying, or testing ways to improve the use of existing research evidence. Building, identifying, or testing ways to facilitate the production of new research evidence that responds to decision-makers’ needs. Testing whether and under what conditions using research evidence improves decision-making and youth outcomes. - William T. Grant Foundation: research to reduce inequality
Deadline: LOIs due January 11, 2023
Amount: $600,000 over 3 years
About: This program funds research studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States, along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins. We fund: Descriptive studies that describe, explore, or explain how programs, practices, or policies reduce inequality Intervention studies that provide causal evidence on the effectiveness of programs or policies for reducing inequality Measurement development studies that can enhance the work of researchers, practitioners, or policymakers to reduce inequality. - American Epilepsy Society: postdoctoral research
Deadline: January 12, 2023
Amount: $50,000
About: AES Postdoctoral Research Fellowships support postdoctoral trainees conducting research into the causes, treatment, and consequences of epilepsy under the guidance of a mentor with expertise in epilepsy research. Proposals are welcomed across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical epilepsy research. - Burroughs Wellcome Fund: climate change and human health seed grants
Deadline: January 12, 2023
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: small, early-stage grants
About: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. - Simons Foundation: Winter Pilot Award
Deadline: January 12, 2023
Amount: $300,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: All applicants and key collaborators must hold a Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent degree and have a faculty position or the equivalent at a college, university, medical school or other research facility.
About: The goal of the Pilot Award is to provide early support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this mechanism include those considered higher risk but with the potential for transformative results. Projects that represent continuations of ongoing work (whether funded by SFARI or other funders) are not appropriate for this mechanism. This funding mechanism is particularly suitable for investigators who are new to the autism field, though we encourage those new to the field to consult with experts in autism research to ensure their projects are relevant to the human condition. In particular, we encourage applications that propose research to link genetic or other ASD risk factors to molecular, cellular, circuit or behavioral mechanisms and set the stage for development of novel interventions. - Doris Duke Foundation: Physician Scientist Fellowship
Deadline: January 13, 2023
Amount: $220,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Have a clinical subspecialty fellowship with a completion date that falls between June 30, 2022, and July 1, 2024. Experiments that use animals or tissues derived from animals, including cell lines, are not supported by this program. Applicants must have received an M.D., M.D./Ph.D. (or a foreign equivalent) or a D.O. from an accredited institution to apply for this award.
About: The Doris Duke Physician Scientist Fellowship program provides grants to physician scientists at the subspecialty fellowship level who are seeking to conduct additional years of research beyond their subspecialty requirement. The goal is to aid in the transition into a research faculty appointment. - Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation: addressing the transformation of mental health care
Deadline: January 13, 2023
Amount: $100,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Investigators can be at any stage in their career but must have collected enough pilot data to inform the development of the proposed research project and must be well enough established to lead an effort such as this. For investigators who are early in their career, we strongly recommend mentoring from a more senior academic researcher who has expertise in program development and dissemination.
About: We are soliciting applications for academic investigators conducting research to demonstrate the benefits of novel ways to access or deliver mental health care or prevention approaches that can be implemented at scale. This RFP is specifically for high quality research that builds upon promising pilot work and will lead to a larger demonstration project. Requests for service projects and applications that primarily focus on expanding services will not be reviewed. In particular, KTGF is interested in improving access to high quality mental health care and prevention for children and adolescents through the use of novel models or promising approaches, including expanding the number of professional and paraprofessional treatment personnel who are trained to deliver mental health services, delivering care in non-psychiatric settings (e.g., primary care, schools, home, or other novel settings), digital technology (e.g., the internet, apps for cell phones), and approaches that help parents access care for their children. - National Psoriasis Foundation: research fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2023
Amount: $50,000
Eligibility: Fellowships are primarily intended for those who already hold an M.D., however applications to support exceptionally promising medical students will be accepted. The fellow cannot be a faculty member, or in a residency program, during the project period.
About: The goal of this award is to provide support to eligible institutions to develop and enhance the opportunities for physicians training for research careers in dermatology, rheumatology, pediatric dermatology, and pediatric rheumatology. Priority consideration will be given to applications that advance psoriatic disease research. - National Psoriasis Foundation: mental health research
Deadline: January 15, 2023
Amount: $100,000
Eligibility: applicants must hold a PhD, MD, DO, or equivalent degree and be personally and actively responsible for the conduct of the proposed research
About: researchers interested in conducting projects focused on mental health in psoriatic disease. The goal of this award is to support this area of unmet need in the psoriatic disease community by funding research focused on, but not limited to, investigation of psoriatic disease on mental health, as well as interventions for addressing this comorbidity, inflammatory processes, stigma, psychosocial impact of psoriasis, barriers to care, financial burden of chronic disease, or other related areas - Whitehall Foundation: bioscience research projects – Research Grants
Deadline: LOIs due January 15, 2023
Amount: $200,000-300,000 over 2-3 years
Eligibility: Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages
About: assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation’s policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. The Foundation is currently interested in 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. - Whitehall Foundations: Grants-in-Aid
Deadline: LOIs due January 15, 2023
Amount: $30,000
Eligibility: designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established
About: assists scholarly research in the life sciences. It is the Foundation’s policy to assist those dynamic areas of basic biological research that are not heavily supported by Federal Agencies or other foundations with specialized missions. The Foundation is currently interested in 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. - Pfizer: Managing Obesity and COVID-19
Deadline: January 18, 2023
Amount: $200,000
About: Through this RFP it is our intent to support educational programs for both HCPs and patients that address knowledge gaps in identifying obesity as a high-risk factor for developing severe COVID-19 outcomes, including hospitalization or death, and are designed to help achieve the following goals: Increase awareness of the impact obesity has on the severity and complications of COVID-19; Increase understanding of the association between metabolic syndrome and severe COVID-19 outcomes All activity types will be considered and may include educational resources for HCPs, for patients, or for both. It is not our intent to support clinical research projects. Projects evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic or diagnostic agents will not be considered. - Polycystic Kidney Disease: Fellowships
Deadline: January 16, 2023
Amount: $120,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Hold an M.D. or Ph.D. or the equivalent degree at the time of the award. May not have completed the equivalent of more than four years of research training (excluding clinical training) after completion of the M.D. (or equivalent) or postdoctoral research training after the Ph.D. at the time the award begins. This does not include medical leave or FMLA. Not hold another full fellowship award although institutional supplemental support is acceptable.
About: The PKD Foundation is interested in fostering research in the areas relevant to PKD with the goal of furthering our understanding of the physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic mechanisms of this disease. This fellowship is designed to facilitate young investigators to obtain significant research experience as they initiate careers in PKD research. This program is intended to assure the continuity over time of outstanding investigators committed to the study of PKD. Under this RFA, the PKD Foundation solicits research fellowship applications in the following areas: Basic research – to enhance understanding of molecular basis of PKD and its pathobiology, Translational research – to accelerate development of predictive and therapeutic strategies for PKD, Clinical research – such as small pilot studies, Epidemiology/data analysis research – to conduct secondary data analyses utilizing existing database resources, or to develop new statistical methodologies or test hypotheses using existing data.
Special consideration will be given to proposed research in the following areas: Autosomal Recessive PKD (ARPKD), ADPKD in children, Biomarker discovery and validation, Behavioral interventions (e.g., in dietary habits), PKD drug discovery, Epidemiology/ data analysis (e.g., using existing datasets).
Extra-renal manifestations of PKD, including but not limited to congenital hepatic fibrosis, polycystic liver disease and intracranial aneurysms, Clinical care disparities (e.g., race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, rural versus urban). - American Association for Cancer Research: AACR-SONTAG FOUNDATION BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: January 17, 2023
Amount: $120,000 over 2 years
Eligibility: Applicants must have a doctoral degree (including PhD, MD, MD/PhD, DO, DC, ND, DDS, DVM, ScD, DNS, PharmD, or equivalent) in a related field and not currently be a candidate for a further doctoral degree.
About: encourage and support a postdoctoral or clinical research fellow to conduct brain cancer research and to establish a successful career path in this field. The proposed project may be basic, clinical, translational, or epidemiological in nature and must have direct applicability and relevance to brain cancer. Applications from investigators with experience in other areas of cancer or biomedical research who have promising ideas or approaches that can be applied to brain cancer research are especially encouraged - Burroughs Wellcome: Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program
Deadline: January 18, 2023
Amount: $60,000 over 3 years
Eligibility: must have no more than 48 months of postdoctoral research experience (in a research laboratory) at the time of application and not be more than 5 years from his/her Ph.D.
About: support the career development activities for postdoctoral fellows within underrepresented groups at a degree-granting institution whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research. - Arthritis National Research Foundation: Research Grants
Deadline: January 20, 2023
Amount: $100,000
Eligibility: Investigators must possess either an MD and/or PhD degree or equivalent and be affiliated with a qualified, United States-based nonprofit institution. Preference will be given to senior post-doctoral investigators transitioning to independent investigator status and new assistant professors.
About: Grants funded include, but are not limited to a focus on: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Juvenile Arthritis, Lupus, Psoriatic Arthritis, Gout, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Pediatric Rheumatology, Scleroderma, Fibromyalgia, Uveitis (shown in relationship to autoimmune forms of arthritis) - AFAR, Glenn Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research
Deadline: LOIs due January 25, 2023
Amount: $75,000
Eligibility: applicants must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree or equivalent) at the start date of the award (July 1, 2023), and the proposed research must be conducted at a qualified not-for-profit setting in the United States.
About: basic aging mechanisms and/or translational findings that have direct benefits to human aging and health span. - Pfizer: Gene and Gene-modified Cell Therapies Medical Education
Deadline: January 30, 2023
Amount: $50,000
About: Projects that will be considered for support will focus on independent medical education initiatives that will result in the measurable improvement of the medical and scientific understanding of gene and gene-modified cell therapies to help prepare multidisciplinary teams for the integration of gene and gene-modified cell therapies into the treatment armamentarium of eligible patients with a Rare Disease. Proposals tailored to a specific rare disease or group of rare diseases will not be considered. - Parkinson’s Foundation: Community Grants
Deadline: January 31, 2023
Amount: $25,000
About: to support programs providing services that educate and deliver exercise programs specifically designed for people with PD, reach those who are newly diagnosed, and that address the intersection of mental health and PD. The Foundation funds programs that are impactful, sustainable, scalable and measurable. Programs may be new and existing grant-supported areas and/or pilot programs.
Sample projects include: Educate and deliver exercise programs specifically designed for people with PD, Address the intersection of mental health and PD, and Reach and support care partners of individuals with PD. - Hereditary Disease Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: LOIs due February 1, 2023
Amount: $150,000 over 2 years
About: intended to cultivate interest in Huntington’s disease research by encouraging promising early career scientists (postdoctoral fellows or up to 7 years past completion of PhD). - Hereditary Disease Foundation: Research Grants
Deadline: LOIs due February 1, 2023
Amount: $75,000 with the option to renew for another year after review of progress
About: Grants provide more experienced researchers with the seed funding to enable them to collect the preliminary data needed to obtain major, long-term funding from other organizations, including the National Institutes of Health. - Pfizer: Management of Uterine Fibroids
Deadline: February 13, 2023
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: It is not our intent to support clinical research projects. Projects evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic or diagnostic agents will not be considered.
About: Projects that will be considered for support will focus on improving the care of patients by addressing knowledge gaps in following areas. Uterine Fibroids: Review recent clinical management guidelines for management of uterine fibroids, current treatment options (e.g., surgery and medical) and highlight gaps in care/management; Review treatment goals, patient preferences (e.g., to preserve fertility/uterus or avoid invasive procedures), and the need for shared decision making; Highlight the burden of uterine fibroids symptoms (e.g., heavy menstrual bleeding, bulk symptoms, pain, negative effects on quality of life, psychosocial wellbeing, etc.) and available management options; Educate on the estrogen threshold hypothesis and the role of GnRH antagonists as a treatment for uterine fibroids, including recent long-term treatment data - Pfizer: Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Endometriosis
Deadline: February 15, 2023
Amount: $200,000
Eligibility: It is not our intent to support clinical research projects. Projects evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic or diagnostic agents will not be considered.
About: Projects that will be considered for support will focus on improving the care of patients by addressing knowledge gaps in following areas. Endometriosis; Educate on how the use of imaging, patient history, and physical examination may facilitate an earlier clinical diagnosis of endometriosis and how these may be used to shift away from surgical diagnosis; Inform how delays in diagnosis can contribute to increased patient distress (including negative effects on quality of life, psychosocial wellbeing, etc.) and what long-term impact this may have on prognosis and treatment (i.e.: centralization of pain); Review the use of medical therapies early in the treatment journey and in conjunction with surgery, and how this may affect the need for repeated surgery; Highlight the estrogen threshold hypothesis and the role of GnRH antagonists as a treatment for endometriosis, with emphasis on long-term efficacy & safety results. - Pfizer: Global Migraine
Deadline: LOIs due February 15, 2023
Amount: $500,000
Eligibility: Out of scope: Head-to-head/comparative studies; Studies that overlap with ongoing clinical research activities or other ISRs
About: Research on the therapeutic application of an oral CGRP antagonist, rimegepant, in migraine, headache, and other diseases where CGRP antagonism may be of clinical benefit; The development of tools for clinicians and patients to improve the care of migraine patients; Research regarding health disparities associated with migraine - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative: Bridge to Independence Award
Deadline: pre-applications due February 16, 2023
Amount: $160,000 over 2 years then $600,000 over the following 3 years
Eligibility: aimed at scientists with a Ph.D. and/or M.D. who are currently in training positions but intend to seek tenure-track research faculty positions during the upcoming academic job cycle.
About: engages talented early-career scientists to pursue autism research by facilitating their transition to research independence and providing grant funding at the start of their faculty positions at a U.S. or international research institution. The BTI Award program welcomes applications that span the breadth of science that SFARI normally supports, including genetics, molecular mechanisms, circuits and systems, and clinical science. - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Therapeutics Development Award
Deadline: rolling
In an effort to stimulate development of new pharmaceutical products for CF patients, CFF developed the “Therapeutics Development Award” Program. The purpose of this program is to provide funds to companies that will develop commercial products to benefit individuals with CF. Structured as a matching award program, funds will be awarded only if they are matched by the recipient. - Foundation Fighting Blindness: Ted and Elaine Welp Enhanced Career Development Program Award (Enhanced CDA)
Rolling Submission
Amount/Duration: $170,000 per year for up to three years.
Eligibility: Applicants must possess an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree, hold a full-time tenure-track or equivalent appointment at the sponsoring institution with a commitment of no less than five (5) years, commit at least 80% of their work hours to the program, and have successfully completed an ophthalmology residency or equivalent training.
About: The Enhanced CDA ensures that an adequate pool of highly trained physicians/scientists are available to address current and future needs and opportunities for clinical research and therapy related to inherited orphan retinal degenerative diseases. This award supports and provides protected career development time to individuals with M.D. and M.D./Ph.D. degrees to further their independent research in retinal degenerative diseases. - Robert Wood Johnson: research to advance racial equity
Deadline: rolling
Amount: no max listed
About: This funding is focused on studies about upstream causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop at characterizing or documenting the extent of a problem. - Simons Foundation: Autism Research Initiative SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED)
Rolling Submissions
Amount/Duration: Up to $100,000 per year for up to 3 years.
About: The SFARI Supplement to Enhance Equity and Diversity (SEED) is a new program that provides supplements to existing grants for the recruitment of new lab members from American underrepresented minority groups at the postdoctoral level. The goal of this award is to increase diversity and fight inequity. SFARI Principal Investigators (PIs) are encouraged to recruit candidates for this supplement not only at their home institution but also at historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions with high minority enrollment.