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Foundation Grants and Awards Calendar

Contact: Margaret Sobczak, Director for Corporate and Foundation Giving, at 456-4739 or msobczak@mcw.edu.

This calendar identifies opportunities for funding from private foundations in the areas of basic biomedical research, translational research, medical education and health. Status refers to the application process:

Open - Open to all Medical College of Wisconsin investigators who meet eligibility requirements. Investigators must complete an internal application by the Medical College deadline where indicated.

Closed - No longer accepting applications

Internal application dates, RFA deadlines and program descriptions are subject to change. Please check back frequently to confirm information. In some cases, anticipated deadlines are used for planning purposes only until the RFA is available. Information may refer to previous year's RFA.

This page lists frequently applied for non-federal funding opportunities and other sources of private support that may be of interest to investigators. It is not intended to be comprehensive. Suggestions for adding funding opportunities to the list are welcome. 

Last Updated 04/19/2008  Gates Foundation (deadline for registration: May 15, 2008); Dana Foundation (deadline: May 20, 2008); Children's Cancer Research Fund (deadline: June 16, 2008)
 

Deadline

 

Foundation Grant or Award

-Link-

Description

 

Status

April 30, 2008

(applicants must indicate intent to apply by this deadline)

HHMI Early Career Scientist Competition

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.

Open

 

May 1, 2008

 

Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation

Dr. Judith Stitt Woman Faculty Scholar

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

 Open

 

May 1, 2008

 

Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation

Dr. Kit Allen Women's Health Research Award

 

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

 Open

 

May 1, 2008

 

Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation

Markos Family Breast Cancer Research Program

 

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

 Open

 

May 2, 2008

(letter of intent deadline)

American Society of Hematology

ASH Scholar Awards

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

Open

 

May 15, 2008

Joan's Legacy Lung Cancer Foundation

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

Open

 

May 15, 2008

 

Gates Foundation

Grand Challenges Explorations

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

Open

 

May 20, 2008

Dana Foundation

Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging

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

Only 1 applicant allowed per track; please contact msobczak for application instructions

 

June 16, 2008

Children's Cancer Research Fund

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

Open

 

July 1, 2008

(preliminary application deadline)

The Aircast Foundation

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

Open

 

July 8, 2008

RWJF Local Funding Partnerships

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

Open

 

September 1, 2008

Tilker Medical Research Foundation

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

Open

 

 

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