Research News Funding Opportunities

Please be aware that any grant that brings in less than 20% in indirect costs (IDC) will need to be supplemented up to the 20% equivalent by existing investigator or departmental sundry funds. Resolution of this issue must occur prior to submitting a proposal. Training fellowships from foundations, public charity, and non-profit organizations are excluded from this minimum IDC requirement.

For MGH investigators selected through a competitive process as the institutional nominee for any limited submission funding opportunities, in situations in which the grant will bring in less than 20% indirect cost (IDC), ECOR will cover the IDC gap up to a maximum of $50,000 per year. In order to optimize the distribution of limited ECOR funds across the MGH research community, it is expected that PIs and departments will work together to cover the remaining IDC shortfall.

This policy is only effective for those limited submission opportunities in which MGH is invited to submit its own nominee(s). This policy does not apply for those limited submission opportunities in which the MGH investigator must apply through HMS.

For further questions, please contact ECOR at ecor@mgh.harvard.edu

We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.

Process

Submit a one- to two-page Letter of Intent (LOI) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) via email to ecor@mgh.harvard.edu.  In addition to your LOI, please include an NIH Biosketch.

The letter of intent should include:

1. Name of the Principal Investigator with appropriate contact information
2. A descriptive title of the potential application
3. Brief description of the project
4. Brief description of why you specifically should be selected to receive institutional nomination for this award

In the event that there is more than one MGH investigator interested in applying for a limited submission award, the LOIs will be used to assess candidates and a review and selection process will take place.

If there is a limited submission funding opportunity you do not see listed below or you have any additional questions, please let us know at ecor@mgh.harvard.edu.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) – NEW!

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from eligible academic and research institutions to apply for funding to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. Applications will be accepted from public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education as well as from non-profit research organizations. Applications from both research-intensive institutions and Institutions of Emerging Excellence (IEE) in biomedical research, both highly resourced and low-resourced institutions, from all geographic regions in the nation are strongly encouraged.

NIH recognizes the importance of all institutions of higher learning in contributing to the nation’s research capacity. The goal of this NOFO is to modernize biomedical research infrastructure to strengthen biomedical research programs. Each project is expected to provide long-term improvements to the institutional research infrastructure. Intended projects are the construction or modernization of core facilities and the development of other shared research infrastructure serving an institution-wide research community with broad impact on biomedical research.

  MGH LOI Deadline: 11/14/23

  Sponsor LOI Deadline: 12/15/23

Sponsor Application Deadline: 1/25/24

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• Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Institutionally-Focused Research Education Award to Promote Diversity (UE5 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The NIH Research Education Program supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this ARC UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, for example those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences (see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity ), to pursue further studies or careers in research. The overarching goal of this UE5 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, for example those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences (see Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity), to pursue further studies or careers in research.

To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this NOFO will support educational activities with a primary focus on:

• Courses for Skills Development
• Mentoring Activities

Applications are encouraged from organizations that have:

• Experience enhancing scientific communication and networking among early-career biomedical researchers;
• An established record of providing professional development and networking activities for future biomedical researchers; and
• A demonstrated commitment to enhancing the diversity of the biomedical research workforce.

The program provides support for well-designed courses for skills development and mentoring activities to prepare cohorts of ARC predoctoral F99 fellows and K00 postdoctoral scholars to transition into and succeed in mentored postdoctoral research, positioning them to advance in impactful careers in the biomedical research workforce that typically require postdoctoral training (e.g., academic research and teaching at a range of institution types, industry or government research).  

Recipient organizations must provide career development and mentoring activities aligned with and appropriate for the disciplinary backgrounds and career goals of scholars supported through the ARC F99/K00 program.

  MGH LOI Deadline: 11/29/23

Sponsor Application Deadline: 1/29/24

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Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.

Please be aware that any grant that brings in less than 20% in indirect costs (IDC) will need to be supplemented up to the 20% equivalent by existing investigator or departmental sundry funds. Resolution of this issue must occur prior to submitting a proposal.  Training fellowships from foundations, public charity, and non-profit organizations are excluded from this minimum IDC requirement.

See Research Navigator for the IDC Floor Exemption List. It will be updated monthly.  If you do not see your particular solicitation on either list, please reach out to your Pre Award GA for further guidance and assistance.

The MGB Proposal Deadline Policy establishes internal deadlines for sponsored research proposals to ensure that submissions meet sponsor criteria and institutional/regulatory requirements. Deadlines are:

● The complete Administrative Components are due to Research Management (RM) on or before the 8th Business Day by 5 PM. 

● The Final (Science) Components are due to RM on or before the 3rd Business Day. 

FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPS FOR ECOR NEWSLETTER: AUGUST 18, 2023

For all open foundation funding announcements, see the MGB Innovation External Funding Database

Table of Contents

1. Single Ventricle Research Fund (SVRF), Additional Ventures. $600,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: February 1
2. Research Professor Grants, American Cancer Society (ACS). $400,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: February 1
3. John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in Children, American Psychological Foundation (APF)/American Psychological Association (APA). $22,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: April 24 (extended from original April 15)
4. NEW! Distinguished Investigator Grant Program, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF). $100,000 (8% IDC). Application Deadline: December 5
5. Career Development Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA). $307,500 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: November 16
6. Research Fellowship Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA). $210,000 (No IDC). LOI Deadline: November 16
7. Senior Research Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA). $390,000 (10% IDC). LOI Deadline: November 16
8. Clinical Trial Grants, FRAXA Research Foundation. Unspecified Amount (No IDC). Application Deadline: Continuous
9. FRAXA Fellowships, FRAXA Research Foundation. $100,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: February 1
10. Career Development Award, Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB). $375,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: February 1
11. Pilot Project Medical Research Grants, Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test. $40,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: February 1
12. IMS Career Development Award, International Myeloma Society (IMS). $75,000 (8% IDC). Application Deadline: January 31
13. IMS and Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation Translational Research Award, International Myeloma Society (IMS). $250,000 (8% IDC). Application Deadline: January 31
14. Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (JCC Fund). $216,000 (No IDC). Includes yearly dependent child stipend. Application Deadline: February 1
15. LEO Foundation Awards for Early Career Skin Disease Research, Leo Foundation. $100,000 (5% IDC). Application Deadline: January 9
16. Research Grants, National Pancreas Foundation (NPF). $50,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: February 15
17. OTA Member Full Research Grant (multiple opps), Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). $80,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: December 23
18. OTA Resident Research Grants, Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). $20,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: December 23
19. Pichichero Family Foundation Vaccines for Children Initiative Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). $100,000 (8% IDC). Application Deadline: January 15
20. Misophonia Research Fund (MRF) (multiple career stages), REAM Foundation. $500,000 (15% IDC). LOI Deadline: December 8
21. Resident/Fellow Research Award (multiple funding levels), RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation/Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). $75,000 (No IDC). Nomination Deadline: January 19 (brought forward from original February 2)
22. Mitzi & William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). $25,000 (No IDC). Application Deadline: January 2

1. Single Ventricle Research Fund (SVRF), Additional Ventures

Through the SVRF program, Additional Ventures aims to accelerate research that will lead to both improved care and novel treatments based on a mechanistic understanding of SV. We have developed a Research Roadmap in partnership with investigators across disciplines that identifies strategic solutions to address these gaps and challenges, which is intended to guide a decade’s worth of research efforts and serve as a framework for coordinating global resources to advance SV research and clinical care.

The SVRF welcomes research efforts relevant to SV heart disease and aligned with any specific focus areas and strategic topics in the Roadmap, listed below. If your team has a compelling topic to propose that is not currently represented in the Roadmap, we encourage you to contact our team and submit an LOI.

• Understand Single Ventricle Origins
  • Deep Phenotype-Genotype Analysis
  • Biological Mechanisms Underlying SV
  • Environmental & Risk Factors of SV
• Define Biological Mechanisms of Outcomes
  • Etiology of Outcome
  • Factors Leading to Resilience
  • Risk Factors of Outcomes: Modifiable & Non-Genetic
• Establish Predictive and Preventative Care
  • Biomarkers of End-Organ Function
  • Therapeutics for Sequelae
  • Non-Invasive Interventions
• Introduce Functional Cures
  • Bionic & Mechanical Approaches
  • In Utero Interventions
  • Transplant Availability & Decision Making

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Eligible PIs include independent investigators of all levels (including those with Instructor or Assistant Professor status). Early career investigators may be eligible for additional non-monetary support as outlined within this document.
• For purposes of this RFP, an “early career investigator” is an individual that has had an independent lab or clinical research position for no longer than seven (7) years past their post-doctoral position or medical fellow position.
• If an investigator has achieved independence directly following graduate school, an “early career investigator” is considered one who has had an independent research position for ten (10) years or less.
  • Exceptions to this timeline include, and are not limited to: 1) childbirth or adoption (one (1) year automatic extension), 2) extenuating circumstances related to child, elder, or family care, 3) periods of part-time work or leave,) period of time after receipt of terminal degree requirements when the investigator was not conducting research(including required clinical training/activities, or time away due to medical issues, military service, natural disasters, or family care), and 4) significant change in field of study.
• Up to five (5) co-investigators may be added to each project, and each must meet the same eligibility requirements as the principal investigator.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $600,000 paid over 3 years

Indirect Costs: None

LOI Deadline: February 1

MGB Research Management Deadline: April 22

(Invited) Proposal Deadline: May 1

Website: https://www.additionalventures.org/funding/single-ventricle-research-fund/

2. Research Professor Grants, American Cancer Society (ACS)

The American Cancer Society offers a limited number of grants to investigators with the rank of full professor and who have made seminal contributions that have changed the direction of basic cancer research.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

Applicants must have obtained the rank of full professor.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $400,000 paid over 5 years

Indirect Costs: None

LOI Deadline: February 1

MGB Research Management Deadline: March 21

Application Deadline: April 1

Website: https://www.cancer.org/research/we-fund-cancer-research/apply-research-grant/grant-types/research-professor-grants.html

3. John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant for Psychologists Investigating Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in Children, American Psychological Foundation (APF)/American Psychological Association (APA)

The John and Polly Sparks Early Career Grant supports early career psychologists conducting research in the area of early intervention and treatment for serious emotional disturbance in children.

The John and Polly Sparks Foundation partnered with APF to empower early career psychologists to produce scientifically-based research and programs that could provide models for broad-based applications across the country.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• APF encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds with respect to age, race, color, religion, creed, nationality, ability, sexual orientation, gender, and geography.
• Applicants must be early career psychologists (no more than 10 years postdoctoral with a degree from an accredited university)

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $22,000

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: April 15

Application Deadline: April 24 (extended from original April 15)

Website: https://apf.apa.org/funding/sparks/

4. Distinguished Investigator Grant Program, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) NEW!

BBRF awards research grants to develop improved treatments, cures, and methods of prevention for mental illness. The Foundation’s Distinguished Investigator Grant Program is intended for established scientists who maintain peer reviewed competitively funded scientific programs.

BBRF funds the most innovative ideas in neuroscience and psychiatry to better understand the causes and develop new ways to effectively treat brain and behavior disorders. These illnesses include addiction, ADHD, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, as well as research in suicide prevention. BBRF’s Distinguished Investigator Grant program supports basic and/or clinical investigators and is designed to stimulate the development of key personnel and resources, to facilitate the rapid initiation of research in innovative areas, and to enable investigators to create unique scientific opportunities.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Applicants must be a full professor (or equivalent), and maintain peer reviewed competitively funded scientific programs.
• Applicants may not receive the award for a second time.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $100,000 for 1 year

Indirect Costs: 8%

MGB Research Management Deadline: November 24

Application Deadline: December 5

Website: https://www.bbrfoundation.org/grants-prizes/grants

5. Career Development Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA)

The objective of the Career Development Awards are mentored awards intended to facilitate the development of individuals with research potential to prepare for a career of independent basic and/or clinical investigation in the area of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Proposal MUST be relevant to IBD (Crohn’s disease and/or ulcerative colitis) and must contain a career development plan detailing a training plan, mentorship plan, and describe how receiving this award will facilitate the transition to independence. Only one application is allowed per applicant per submission date. Simultaneous submission of a Senior Research Award and Training Award is not permitted.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Candidates holding MD degrees must have five years of experience after receiving their terminal degree—two years of which must be documented research experience relevant to IBD.
• Applicants holding PhDs must have at least two years of documented post-doctoral research relevant to IBD.
• Generally, candidates should not be in excess of ten years beyond the attainment of their doctoral degree.
• Applicants who have taken leave from their career (e.g., parenting of a child, childbirth, long-term care of a parent/spouse/child/dependent, personal health issues), or have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that puts them outside of the eligibility time frame, should feel free to reach out to Foundation staff ahead of their application submission. We aim to be flexible and adjust these time frames if necessary and appropriate. This can be captured in the applicant’s cover letter.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $102,500–$307,500 paid over 1-3 years

Indirect Costs: None

LOI Deadline: November 16

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 17

Application Deadline: January 26

Website: http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/science-and-professionals/research/grants-fellowships/career-development-awards.html

6. Research Fellowship Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA)

Research Fellowship Awards are intended to support individuals in the post-doctoral phase of their career, to develop skills related to basic and/or clinical investigation in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), or Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

Proposals MUST be relevant to IBD (Crohn’s Disease or ulcerative colitis) and must include a training and a mentoring plan. Awardees must devote a minimum of 80% of his/her professional time directly to the project.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• MD applicants in excess of seven years and PhD applicants in excess of five years of receiving their terminal degree should explain how additional support in the post-doctoral phase would benefit their development beyond their current training.
• Applicants must hold an MD and/or PhD (or equivalent degree). Candidates holding MD degrees must have two years of experience after receiving their terminal degree — one year of which must be documented research experience relevant to IBD. Applicants holding PhDs must have at least one year of documented post-doctoral research relevant to IBD.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $70,000–$210,000 paid over 1-3 years

Indirect Costs: None

LOI Deadline: November 16

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 17

Application Deadline: January 26

Website: http://www.ccfa.org/science-and-professionals/research/grants-fellowships/research-fellowship-awards.html

7. Senior Research Awards, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA)

The Objective is to provide established researchers with funds to generate sufficient preliminary data to become competitive for funds from other sources such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Proposal must be relevant to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) or Crohn’s disease and/or ulcerative colitis. Only one application is allowed per applicant per submission date. Simultaneous submission of a Senior Research Award and a Training Award is not permitted.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $130,000-$390,000 paid over 1-3 years

Indirect Costs: 10%

LOI Deadline: November 16

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 17

Application Deadline: January 26

Website: http://www.ccfa.org/science-and-professionals/research/grants-fellowships/senior-research-awards.html

8. Clinical Trial Grants, FRAXA Research Foundation

Our #1 priority is to fund clinical trials, while still continuing to support worthwhile translational research and other early-stage work. These grants are strictly for clinical research with human subjects who have Fragile X.

• Flexible in amount, structure, and duration, but may be subject to some negotiation.
• Emphasis will be placed on clinical trials of potentially disease-modifying agents which have been previously validated in Fragile X animal models. Other types of clinical research will also be considered, such as biomarker studies in Fragile X patients, or trials of symptomatic therapies.
• No limit to structure of grant (can fund PI, postdoc, grad student, technician, supplies, etc.) or time-frame (though all grants over one year still need yearly renewal)

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: Unspecified

Indirect Costs: None

Application Deadline: Continuous

Website: https://www.fraxa.org/apply/

9. FRAXA Fellowships, FRAXA Research Foundation

FRAXA Research Foundation focuses on research which is likely to lead to new and improved treatments — and ultimately a cure — for Fragile X syndrome, with an emphasis on disease-modifying therapeutics based on understanding of Fragile X disease mechanisms.

Our goal has always been to accelerate the pace of research by eliminating “bottlenecks” in this long and complex process.

FRAXA has developed new methods of validating promising drug treatment strategies in a standardized manner, with vastly greater efficiency. We are now less likely to fund academic labs for years on end to test one particular drug strategy — this approach, though appropriate in the past, is too inefficient for the task moving forward. With the bottleneck at the preclinical validation stage of development essentially resolved, the new bottleneck down the road is now clinical trials.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $100,000 for 2 years

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 23

Application Deadline: February 1

Website: https://www.fraxa.org/apply/

10. Career Development Award, Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB)

CDA’s goal is to help advance junior clinical research scientists in their professional endeavors to cure retinal degenerative disease by: (1) facilitating advances in laboratory and clinical research; (2) elucidating the mechanism for the cause and pathogenesis of retinal degenerative diseases; (3) developing innovative strategies to prevent, treat and cure these diseases.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

Clinician-scientists possessing an MD, DO, OD or recognized equivalent foreign degree and who are in their first, second, or third year of a junior faculty appointment are eligible to apply for a CDA.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $375,000 paid over 5 years

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 23

Application Deadline: February 1

Website: https://www.fightingblindness.org/grants-and-award-programs

11. Pilot Project Medical Research Grants, Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test

We are accepting applications for pilot projects that focus on new methods to improve detection of early breast cancer and are especially interested in the development of new techniques in the areas of biological or immunologic methods of early detection. It is our hope that pilot projects will provide preliminary data that leads to applications for more substantial peer-reviewed funding.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

Applications are accepted from both established investigators who have funding but want to embark on research in a new area, as well as those less experienced.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $40,000 paid over 1-3 years

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 23

Application Deadline: February 1

Website: https://earlier.org/prospective-researchers/

12. IMS Career Development Award, International Myeloma Society (IMS)

The International Myeloma Society is proud to announce the fourth annual “IMS Career Development Award”. The IMS anticipates funding grants for young investigators focused on research in the field of plasma cell dyscrasias.

The goal is to promote the development of the next generation of leaders in the field of plasma cell disorders. This award will also encourage interaction between institutions to enhance collaborative research.

Research projects in all areas of plasma-cell dyscrasia are eligible for this proposal.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Applicants should have an MD or PhD and should focus their research on plasma cell dyscrasias. Applicants in the process of obtaining a PhD in plasma cell dyscrasias will also be considered.
• Applicants should not yet be independent researchers and must plan to have a career in the field of plasma cell dyscrasias. Applicants should not yet have received NIH funding or its international equivalent.
• Women and underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Applicants should not have an existing employment agreement with their host laboratory.
• The proposed research should be in a different laboratory than the home institution and either the PI of the home or host institution should be an IMS member.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $75,000 for 1 year

Indirect Costs: 8%

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 22

Application Deadline: January 31

Website: https://www.myelomasociety.org/grants/ims-career-development-award/

13. IMS and Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation Translational Research Award, International Myeloma Society (IMS)

The award supports translational research in the field of plasma cell dyscrasias.

The goal is to foster and support state-of-the-art investigator-initiated translational research that will contribute to improved prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of plasma cell disorder. Although focused on finding a cure for multiple myeloma, the areas of research for this program are broad. This award will also encourage interaction between institutions to enhance collaborative research.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Applicant must be a faculty member or a scientist with an MD, and/or PhD, who is established as a researcher.
• Applicants with research experience outside of the field of plasma cell malignancies, who wishes now to apply their knowledge to developing translational research efforts focused on myeloma are encouraged.
• Women and underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.
• The PI or Co-I should be an IMS member.
• Previous awardees will be eligible to reapply for an additional year if adequate progress is demonstrated, and a need for additional resources is clearly defined to reach the translational potential.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $175,000-$250,000

Indirect Costs: 8%

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 22

Application Deadline: January 31

Website: https://www.myelomasociety.org/grants/international-myeloma-society-ims-and-paula-and-rodger-riney-foundation-translational-research-grant/

14. Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (JCC Fund)

The Fund was established in 1937 for the purpose of supporting research into the causes and treatment of cancer. The Fund has taken a broad approach to the study of cell growth and development, emphasizing the study of the basic biology and chemistry of the underlying processes. The Fund has increasingly focused its resources on the funding of postdoctoral Fellowships, supporting Fellows selected by its Board of Scientific Advisers from among the best young scientists at what is often a critical stage in their careers.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Postdoctoral applicants should have no more than one year of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the deadline for submitting applications.
• PhD degree must not have been conferred more than 18 months prior to the deadline date.
• MD degree should not have been conferred more than three years before deadline date of application.
• PhD candidates that do not have their degree at time of application deadline are eligible to apply. If awarded, the applicant’s PhD degree must be conferred prior to the start of the Fellowship.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $216,000 paid over 3 years

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: 1/23/23

Application Deadline: February 1

Website: https://www.jccfund.org/eligibilty-criteria/

15. LEO Foundation Awards for Early Career Skin Disease Research, Leo Foundation

LEO Foundation Awards recognize outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.

The LEO Foundation Award was born out of the aim of advancing the understanding and treatment of skin diseases and strengthening the pipeline of excellent dermatology researchers. It recognizes promising young talents and hopefully provides a boost to their future careers.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Is able to demonstrate scientific merits in the form of at least 5 peer-reviewed first author or co-first author publications within skin-related research.
• Is between 30 and 40 years of age at the time of being selected as awardee. Natural and reasonable career breaks such as paternity/maternity leave, military service or the like may be deducted
• Agree to become a ‘LEO Foundation Alumni’ with accompanying obligations, if selected as awardee.

• Should not be an earlier recipient of another prize or award (personal or for research) exceeding a value of $50,000. Regular research grants are exempt from this condition.
• Have commercial or cosmetic/aesthetic research as his/her primary focus
• Have personal or financial ties to LEO Pharma, including involvement in, e.g., sponsored studies or clinical trials at PI level

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $100,000 for 1 year

Indirect Costs: 5%

MGB Research Management Deadline: December 26

Application Deadline: January 9

Website: https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards/leo-foundation-awards/

16. Research Grants, National Pancreas Foundation (NPF)

The research must be in the field of pancreatic diseases. Studies intended to advance knowledge in the areas of pancreatic carcinoma, and all forms of pancreatitis would be the closest to the areas of interest of the NPF.

Grant research proposals should directly address questions in basic, experimental or translational pancreas disease research, including, but not limited to acute, chronic, & pediatric pancreatitis, pancreatic cysts, pancreatic insufficiency, early detection and pancreatic cancer. Investigators should be in the early stages of their career. Studies more closely related to diabetes will not be accepted.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• They must hold an advanced degree (MD, DO, PhD or international equivalent) and be early-stage faculty within 5 years of their first faculty or staff appointment.
• Postdoctoral fellows may apply if they will hold a faculty position at the time the grant starts.
• An exception to the 5-year window may be granted for interruptions of work experience due to extenuating circumstances and clinical training.
• Applicants whose time on faculty exceeds the 5-year window and who believe they may be eligible should contact the NPF to confirm eligibility before submitting the application.
• Applicants are required to include a mentor or senior scientist collaborator on the project. The mentor/collaborator’s Biosketch and Other Support should be provided.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $50,000 for 1 year

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: February 6

Application Deadline: February 15

Website: http://pancreasfoundation.org/research/grants-and-awards/

17. OTA Member Full Research Grant (multiple opps), Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA)

The following grants are available for any research issue related to musculoskeletal trauma (excluding product development):

• Clinical Research Grants
• Basic Research Grants

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount:

• Basic Research Grants: $50,000 paid over 2 years
• Clinical Research Grants: $80,000 paid over 2 years

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: December 14

Application Deadline: December 23

Website: https://ota.org/research/grants/ota-member-full-research-grant

18. OTA Resident Research Grants, Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA)

Among the highest of priorities for the OTA is orthopaedic trauma research funding. The OTA funds trauma-related research projects to advance the treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal injury.

Residents can apply for funding for clinical or basic research projects. OTA Resident Research Grants will not be awarded to subsidize larger on-going research projects.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• 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).

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $20,000

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: December 14

Application Deadline: December 23

Website: https://ota.org/research/grants/ota-resident-research-grant

19. Pichichero Family Foundation Vaccines for Children Initiative Award, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)

The award is intended to support translational and clinical research involving vaccine development and/or pathogenesis or host-pathogen interaction moves the field towards the development of new vaccines and therapeutics. Studies of new uses of existing vaccines (e.g., use in a special population) may also be considered; however, preference will be made for studies that advance new knowledge, new insights into vaccine and immunotherapeutic development, pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. Research proposals that focus principally on disease surveillance or vaccine attitudes/hesitancy are unlikely to be funded.

There are two pathways for submission.

• Original applications
• Repurposed Applications: Alternatively, investigators who have submitted a research proposal to NIH (e.g., K08, K23, R03, R21, R01) or CDC that has been discussed and scored although outside the funding range may submit the following materials for consideration

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Pediatric infectious diseases physicians and scientists (MD and PhD) are encouraged to apply.
• All applicants must be members of PIDS.
• Established investigators should provide evidence for how the proposed work represents a new direction that is not currently or previously funded.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $50,000–$100,000 paid over 1-2 years

Indirect Costs: 8%

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 4

Application Deadline: January 15

Website: https://pidsfoundation.org/pichichero-family-foundation-research-award/

20. Misophonia Research Fund (MRF) (multiple career stages), REAM Foundation

The Misophonia Research Fund (MRF) is dedicated to advancing a world where misophonia is scientifically understood and effective treatments are available to help anyone who is suffering. The MRF is a program of The REAM Foundation, a private, US-based family foundation established to help people reach their full potential through support for health and wellness, education, and arts initiatives. For its fifth cycle, the MRF is now accepting applications for research projects that seek to better understand misophonia, characterize symptomatology and associated impairments, and assess interventional strategies to treat those with the disorder.

The scientific focus of proposals shall address one or more of the following three prioritized focus areas in human, animal, or relevant research models. Proposals can focus on a specific area or may address several of the following areas:

• Characterization of misophonia.
• Development or validation of objective methods.
• Clinical and/or animal model study of interventional approaches.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount:

• Faculty Researchers: $500,000 paid over 2 years
• Postdoctoral Researchers: $200,000 paid over 2 years

Indirect Costs: 15%

LOI Deadline: December 8

MGB Research Management Deadline: February 29

(Invited) Application Deadline: March 9

Website: https://misophoniaresearchfund.org/scientific-funding/

21. Resident/Fellow Research Award (multiple funding levels), RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation/Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

This R&E Foundation grant gives young radiologists the chance to gain insight and experience in scientific investigation while they’re still in training. Our funding supports them as they learn research techniques and methods early, and sets recipients up for careers in academic radiologic science.

Any area of research in the radiologic sciences is eligible for funding. However, this grant is not intended to support those who are simply trying to gain practical experience in clinical radiology or fund PhD post-doc projects.

Qualifying areas of research may include the following:

• Hypothesis-driven basic science
• Clinical investigation
• Drug, device or therapy development
• Comparative effectiveness
• Evidence-based radiology
• Ethics and professionalism
• Quality improvement
• Clinical practice efficiency
• Imaging informatics

Please note, though any of the above topics are accepted, projects focused on advancing imaging science, developing or evaluating medical imaging technology, or making innovative use of imaging science to answer important biologic or clinical questions are encouraged.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

North American applicants

• You must be a resident or fellow in a department of radiology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine or medical physics.
• Resident grant: If you’re a radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine resident, you must complete your internship year and at least six months of specialty training in radiologic sciences. If you’re a medical physics resident, you must have completed at least six months of residency training.
• Fellow grant: You must be in the last year of, or have completed, residency training and you must be in a fellowship position while you’re being funded.
• You must be certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or on track for certification.

International applicants

• You must already be accepted into a one or two year fellowship position at a North American education institution at the time of application.
• You must be in the last year of, or have completed, residency training.
• You must be certified by the radiology board in your home country, or on track for certification.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount:

• Residents: $50,000
• Fellows: $75,000

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: January 9

Nomination Deadline: January 19 (brought forward from original February 2)

Website: https://www.rsna.org/research/funding-opportunities/research-grants/resident-fellow-research-grant

22. Mitzi & William Blahd, MD Pilot Research Grant, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)

The pilot research grant is designed to help a basic or clinical scientist in the early stages of their career conduct research that may lead to further funding. This grant may be used for salary support of the principal investigator, as well as direct costs of supplies and equipment.

Eligibility requirements (partial list):

• Basic or clinical scientists with an advanced degree, such as MD, PhD, or equivalent.
• Applicant must be no more than five years post training (most recent training; training includes residency, MD/PhD training, professional school, graduate school, post doc, or fellowship).
• Applicant must not have served as the principal investigator of a peer-reviewed grant for more than $50,000 in a single calendar year.

Citizenship: Unrestricted

Award Amount: $25,000

Indirect Costs: None

MGB Research Management Deadline: December 20

Application Deadline: January 2

Website: https://www.snmmi.org/AboutSNMMI/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=24692