W. M. Keck Foundation
Grant Amount: Up to $1.3 Million
Internal Deadline: December 14, 2024, 11:59pm
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The Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking interdisciplinary and transformative project concepts for the W. M. Keck Foundation. Keck supports projects in (1) medical research and (2) science and engineering that:
- Focus on important and emerging areas of basic research;
- Have the potential to develop breakthrough technologies, instrumentation or methodologies;
- Are innovative, distinctive and interdisciplinary;
- Demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches, or by challenging the prevailing paradigm;
- Have the potential for transformative impact, such as the founding of a new field of research, the enabling of observations not previously possible, or the altered perception of a previously intractable problem;
- Do not focus on clinical, translational, or applied research;
- Fall outside the mission of public funding agencies; and
- Demonstrate that private philanthropy generally, and the W. M. Keck Foundation in particular, is essential to the project’s success.
Funding requests are traditionally $1M in direct costs over three years, however the foundation has recently permitted budgets to exceed that amount (we recommend a cap of ~$1.3M over three years).
All concept papers must be submitted HERE via InfoReady. Please submit your idea using the template provided in InfoReady. Submissions must be a single page. Please do not adjust font size, format, layout, or margins.
Please reach out to Lynn Wong with any questions or to discuss applicability of an idea.
American Lung Association: Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award
Grant Amount: $150,000 over two years
Deadline: December 6, 2024
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The American Lung Association invites applications for its Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award.
The American Lung Association and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Allergic Respiratory Diseases Research Award represents a joint effort to encourage and support applicants holding a primary faculty appointment in a clinical allergy and immunology division of an academic medical center and conducting research advancing the understanding of allergic respiratory disease. A primary goal of this collaboration is to fund researchers at important crossroads of their careers.
The award provides $75,000 per year for up to two years in support of research in academic allergy and immunology divisions in an effort to increase research that ultimately leads to improved care and outcomes for patients with allergic respiratory disease.
To be eligible, applicants must hold a doctoral degree, be in a clinical allergy and immunology division (or clinical immunology division), be undertaking a project related to allergic respiratory disease, and have completed training. At the time of application, candidates must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals holding one of the following visa immigration statuses: permanent resident (green card), exchange visitor (J-1), temporary worker in a specialty occupation (H-1B), Canadian or Mexican citizen engaging in professional activities (TN), Australians in Specialty Occupation (E-3), or temporary worker with extraordinary abilities in the sciences (0-1). At the time of application and throughout the award, an applicant must be employed by a U.S. institution.
Please contact Gwen Allouch if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.
Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust (CART) Fund: Exploratory and Developmental Alzheimer’s Research Grants
Grant Amount: Up to $500,000
Deadline: Letter of Intent Due December 6, 2024
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Founded in 1995, the CART Fund (Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust) is focused on asking Rotarians to voluntarily empty their pockets of change, or whatever amount they wanted to donate, when they attend their weekly meetings, providing a simple, painless and effective way to raise much-needed funds for Alzheimer’s research.
The fund invites proposals to encourage exploratory and developmental Alzheimer’s disease research projects within the United States by providing support for the early and conceptual plans of projects that may not yet be supported by extensive preliminary data but have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research. Proposals should be distinct from projects designed to increase knowledge in a well-established area unless it is intended to extend previous discoveries toward new directions or applications.
Applications may encompass a project period of up to two years with a combined budget for direct costs up to $500,000. No indirect costs are allowed.
To be eligible, applicants must be full-time faculty (or the equivalent status) at U.S.-based public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories.
Letters of intent are due December 6, 2024, and upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full grant application, due February 14, 2025.
Please contact Lynn Wong if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.
Rita Allen Foundation: Scholars Award in Pain
Grant Amount: $150,000 over three years
Deadline: December 11, 2024
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Since 2009, the Rita Allen Foundation has awarded the annual Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award in Pain, which recognizes early-career leaders in basic pain research whose work holds high potential for uncovering new pathways to improve the treatment of chronic pain.
Through the program, early-career investigators will be awarded $150,000 over three years in support of innovative research that focuses on basic science mechanisms of pain. Proposed research projects should be directed toward investigating the molecular biology of pain and/or basic science topics related to developing new analgesics for managing pain. The entire award is made available to projects specifically chosen by the recipient; university overhead (i.e., indirect costs) is not supported.
Applicants must have received committed start-up funds and independent laboratory space from their institution, be within three years of the start date of a tenure track position or equivalent (senior postdocs and associate professors are not eligible), and must conduct their research and be appointed at an institution in the United States or Canada.
Please contact Lynn Wong if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.