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Deadline
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Foundation Grant or Award
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Status
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April 30, 2008
(applicants must indicate intent to apply by this deadline)
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HHMI Early Career Scientist Competition
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Area: Early career scientist award
Amount: Full salary and benefits to be paid by HHMI, plus research budget
Description: Major new award competition intended to identify the nation's best biomedical scientists at a critical early stage of their faculty careers
Eligibility: PhD; assistant professor; applicants first appointment as assistant professor must have begun no earlier than June 1, 2002 and no later than September 1, 2006. See web site for other eligibility requirements.
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Open
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May 1, 2008
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Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation
Dr. Judith Stitt Woman Faculty Scholar
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Area: Career development award for woman faculty member
Amount: $50,000 over 2 years
Description: Target areas are cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, mental illness, domestic abuse, and tobacco and alcohol use
Eligibility: Assistant professor or assistant scientist
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Open
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May 1, 2008
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Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation
Dr. Kit Allen Women's Health Research Award
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Area: Women's health
Amount: $10,000 (no indirects)
Description: Target areas are cancer, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, mental illness, domestic abuse, and tobacco and alcohol use
Eligibility: Any graduate student, faculty member or academic staff researcher
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Open
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May 1, 2008
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Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation
Markos Family Breast Cancer Research Program
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Area: Breast cancer research
Amount: $10,000 (no indirects)
Description: Priority will be given to candidates whose work is directly relevant to Wisconsin women and to those with a demonstrated ability to conduct quality peer-reviewed research or who are part of such a research program.
Eligibility: Any graduate student, faculty member or academic staff researcher
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Open
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May 2, 2008
(letter of intent deadline)
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American Society of Hematology
ASH Scholar Awards
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Area: Hematology
Amount: Varies by award
Description: Research support in the areas of basic research fellow, basic research junior faculty, clinical/translational research fellow, clinical/translational research junior faculty
Eligibility: Varies by award; only one application per clinical laboratory per award category; investigators with R01 not eligible to apply
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Open
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May 15, 2008
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Joan's Legacy Lung Cancer Foundation
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Area: Non-smoking lung cancer research
Amount: $100,000 maximum
Description: Primarily interested in the genetic basis and biology of bronchioalveolar carcinoma as well as novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of this disease; primarily seed funds for promising new work
Eligibility: Open
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Open
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May 15, 2008
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Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges Explorations
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Area: TB, HIV, infectious disease, new drugs & delivery systems to limit the emergence of resistance
Amount: $100,000 maximum Phase I
Description: Support of early-stage research projects in four specific areas
Eligibility: Open
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Open
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May 20, 2008
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Dana Foundation
Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging
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Area: Brain and immuno-imaging
Amount: $100,000 to $200,000 for Track A; $200,000 for Track B
Description: Track A - conventional imaging of anatomical or physiological brain functioning; should involve patient-oriented clinical research. Track B - cellular and molecular imaging proposals focused on biological activities of human brain cells; may involve human tissues or animal models
Eligibility: See web site; only 1 applicant from MCW allowed per track
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Only 1 applicant allowed per track; please contact msobczak for application instructions
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June 16, 2008
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Children's Cancer Research Fund
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Area: Pediatric cancer
Amount: $40,000; minimum of 3 grants to be awarded
Description: Focus is clinical pediatric cancer, with emphasis on proposals addressing prognostic factors, diagnosis, innovative clinical therapeutic trials, minimal residual disease detection and treatment, and long-term effects of therapy and disease
Eligibility: Applications by senior fellows and junior faculty encouraged
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Open
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July 1, 2008
(preliminary application deadline)
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The Aircast Foundation
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Area: Orthopaedic healthcare
Amount: $100,000 over 2 years
Description: Special focus for 2008 is translational orthopaedic research in the area of military trauma including traumatic amputation and simple and complex open fractures. Includes cellular and molecular biology, biomechanics, tissue engineering, material sciences, and clinical trials.
Eligibility: Not open to full professors; see web site for other eligibility requirements
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Open
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July 8, 2008
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RWJF Local Funding Partnerships
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Area: Vulnerable populations
Amount: Between $200,000 to $500,000 per project; up to 14 grants
Description: Intended to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable people. Projects must be nominated by a local grantmaker interested in participating as one of the funding partners. Also, local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period.
Eligibility: Open
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Open
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September 1, 2008
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Tilker Medical Research Foundation
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Area: Stem cell research in neurodegenerative diseases
Amount: Seed Funding Award ($25,000); Outstanding Investigator Award ($100,000)
Description: Focus on embryonic, adult and novel stem cell research in a wide range of conditions including MS, Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's, spinal cord injuries, and autoimmune diseases
Eligibility: Varies by award; see web site
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Open
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