DELPHI Funding Opportunities
External Funding Opportunities
Health Security Innovation Challenge
Due Date: April 16, 2025
Award: With a $200K prize pool, finalists will present their technologies at the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC) and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Consortium member meeting in Baltimore, MD, on July 23. Synopsis: The Health Security Innovation Challenge seeks innovative solutions to strengthen prevention, detection, treatment, and protection against biological, chemical, and environmental threats.
Topic Areas Include:
- Next-Gen Prevention – Vaccine platforms, mRNA-based countermeasures, antibody development
- Advanced Treatments – Small molecule therapeutics, rapid-response medical countermeasures
- Smart Diagnostics – AI-driven detection tools, microphysiological systems, synthetic binder development
- Threat Detection – Wearable bio-sensors, agent identification, sensor integration
- Integrated Protection & Response – CBRN-resistant materials, decontamination, smart isolation
- Adaptive & Autonomous Systems – Robotics, AI-powered situational awareness, real-time monitoring
Join us for an informational webinar on April 1 from 3:30–4:15 PM ET to learn about the challenge scope, application process, and finalist selection criteria. Representatives from CWMD and MCDC will provide insights into their priorities and answer questions during a live Q&A session.
USHE Talent Ready Utah, Life Science Workforce Initiative – UofU Intent-to-Apply Competition
Deadline: Intent-to-apply applications are due on April 24, 2025
Award: In 2024, the Utah Legislature appropriated $2 million in one-time funds and an additional $2 million in ongoing funds for the Life Science Workforce Initiative.
Description: The University of Utah is once again strategically collecting ideas for Utah Talent Ready/USHE’s 2025 cycle of the Life Science Workforce Initiative. The initiative aims to prepare a workforce with the skills to meet the future needs of Utah's growing Life Science industries. This initiative aims to fund the creation or expansion of Life Science certificates, apprenticeships, and degrees that will prepare students for current and future careers in high-demand Life Science occupations. The full RFP can be found HERE and should be reviewed in full before preparing an application. Learn more and submit “Intent-to-Apply” Applications via the InfoReady competition portal.
Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) Data Scholars Initiative
Deadlines: May 1, 2025 & November 1, 2025
Description: The Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) announces a new funding initiative to support the use of existing HIRN datasets and resources to explore unique and innovative hypotheses designed to accelerate breakthroughs and advances in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) Data Scholars Award (DSA) Program provides:
- Funding for data-science-centered projects submitted via a streamlined process to the HIRN Human Islet Research Enhancement Center (HIREC). Projects will use existing datasets from HIRN and related T1D partner programs and/or resources to design studies or create resources that are responsive to specific initiatives.
- Opportunities to collaborate with HIRN investigators and efficiently exchange ideas and resources to accelerate innovation in T1D research.
NSF Foundations for Digital Twins as Catalyzers of Biomedical Technological Innovation (FDT-BioTech)
Due Date: May 5, 2025
Award: Collaborative projects from multiple organizations are accepted according to standard NSF procedures. The total budget (direct and indirect cost) for a collaborative project from multiple organizations must not exceed $1,000,000.
Synopsis: The NSF FDT-BioTech program supports inherently interdisciplinary research projects that underpin the mathematical and engineering foundations behind the development and use of digital twins and synthetic data in biomedical and healthcare applications, with a particular focus on digital, in silico models used in the evaluation of medical devices and the relevance of the developed models in addressing current and emerging challenges affecting the development and assessment of biomedical technologies. The goal of the FDT-BioTech initiative is to catalyze biomedical technological innovation through new foundational development of methods and algorithms relevant to digital twins and synthetic humans.
NVIDIA’s Academic Grant Program
Deadline: June 30, 2025
Award: Compute resources
Description: NVIDIA’s Academic Grant Program has an open call for research proposals to advance work in three new interest areas: 1) Generative AI training and model development, 2) Generative AI alignment and inferencing, and 3) Simulation and modeling. The call for proposals for each interest area includes eligibility information, compute resources available to request (including DGX Spark, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, and A100 GPU hours), and submission instructions, including a required proposal template.
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation: Postdoctoral Biomedical Research Fellowship
Deadline: June 16, 2025
Award: $225,000 in stipends over three years; $4,500 research allowance
The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship provides independent postdoctoral research support to young biomedical scientists. The Foundation recognizes and encourages independent thinking, creativity, and passion for scientific discovery. The HHWF Fellowship Program has excelled at nurturing young scientists, who go on to contribute significantly to the advancement of biomedical research, in many cases with landmark discoveries recognized by major awards. Eligibility: (1) the applicant has received a Ph.D. (or D.Phil. or equivalent) degree no more than two years before the application deadline, or an M.D. (or M.D.-Ph.D.) degree no more than four years before the deadline AND (2) they have been employed in their postdoctoral laboratory for no more than one year before the application deadline. Please email Lynn Wong, JD, Senior Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, at lynn.wong@hsc.utah.edu if you plan to apply for this award.