Anticipated Limited Funding Opportunities

The following limited submission funding opportunities have either closed for the current funding cycle or do not yet have a set deadline. As the deadlines are amended, these funding opportunities will become available on the limited submission funding opportunities page.

The Associate Dean of Research office manages all limited submission applications and nominations submitted by BUSM.  If you do not see a competition you are interested in on this website, please bring it to our attention as soon as possible by contacting us at adrbumc@bu.edu.

Sponsor and Award Title Funding Amount Institutional Application Limits Anticipated Sponsor Deadlines Keywords
Agilent Technologies | Early Career Professor Award $50,000 per year for two years One (1) for both campuses combined December to February Life Sciences | Clinical Diagnostics | Big Data Technologies
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Sloan Research Fellowships $70,000 over two years Three (3) per department. Candidates must be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of the nomination year September Computer and Information Sciences | Economics | Physics | Mathematics | Molecular Biology | Chemical Sciences | Neuroscience | Marine and Ocean Science
American Dental Education Association (ADEA) | ADEA GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Preventive Dentistry Scholarships $2,500 Three (3) November Dentistry | Preventive Dentistry | Dental Health and Hygiene
American Diabetes Association | Pathway to Stop Diabetes $1,625,000 total over five years One (1) per campus per grant cycle for any of the three Pathway Program Award types: Initiator, Accelerator, or Visionary| How to apply August 1, 2023 ADA deadline Endocrinology | Endocrinologic Diseases | Obesity | Diabetes | Metabolic Diseases | Metabolic Biology
American Psychological Association (APA) | Dissertation Research Award $1,000 – $5,000 Three (3) students per psychology department September Psychology | Graduate Student
American Psychological Association | Graduate Student Scholarships $1,000 – $5,000 Depends on number of students enrolled in department of psychology June Psychology | Graduate Students
American Psychological Foundation (APF) | Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship $25,000 One (1) November Child Psychology | Graduate Students
American Public Health Association (APHA), Aging and Public Health Section | Archstone Award for Excellence in Program Innovation $1,000 One (1) May Public Health | Geriatrics | Gerontology | Elderly Patients | Geriatric Mental Health
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) | Hand Surgery Resident & Fellow Fast-Track Seed Grants $5,000 minimum One (1) September Orthopedics
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) ASHP Research and Educational Foundation (ASHP Foundation) | Pharmacy Residency Excellence Awards – Program Award Unspecified One (1) May Pharmacy | Pharmacology | Pharmacy Education | Pharmaceuticals
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation |Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) $600,000 4-year grant Not limited, but completed materials must be routed through the Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost to facilitate required Provost endorsement. August Letter of Intent. June Internal deadline Life Sciences | Chemical Sciences
Avon Foundation for Women | Breast Cancer Crusade $30,000-$60,000 One (1) for both campuses combined. August Health Services Delivery | Health and Safety Education | Womens Health | Older People | Health Insurance | Cancer Prevention | Community or Outreach Programs | Breast Health | Breast Cancer | Minority Health | Health of Underserved Populations | Minority Health Services
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation |Beckman Young Investigators (BYI) $600,000 4-year grant Not limited, but completed materials must be routed through the Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost to facilitate required Provost endorsement. August 3, 2020 Letter of Intent deadline Life Sciences | Chemical Sciences
Association of American Medical Colleges | Herbert W. Nickens Junior Faculty Fellowship $25,000 One (1) March internal deadline | April 5, 2024 Medical | Medical – Basic Science | Medical – Clinical Science | Medical – Translational
Brain Research Foundation (BRF) | Scientific Innovations Award (SIA) $150,000 two-year grans One (1) April-June Brain Development | Brain Disorders | Neuroscience
Brain Research Foundation (BRF) | Seed Grant Program $80,000 two-year grant One (1) for both campuses combined October-November Neuroendocrinology | Neuropathology | Neuroanatomy | Neurotoxicology | Neuroimmunology | Neurobiology | Neurology | Neuroscience | Neurochemistry | Neurophysiology
Breast Cancer Alliance | Exceptional Project Grants $100,000 for one year Two (2) per institution | How to apply March Internal application | March 31 Letter of Intent Medical Treatment | Cancer Prevention | Oncology | Breast Cancer | Cancer or Carcinogenesis
Breast Cancer Alliance | Young Investigator Grants $125,000 for two years March Internal application | March 31 Letter of Intent March Medical Treatment | Cancer Prevention | Oncology | Breast Cancer | Cancer or Carcinogenesis
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards $100,000 grant, including $7,500 for departmental expenses associated with research and education One (1) February Chemical Engineering | Science Education | Chemical Sciences | Biochemistry | Materials Chemistry
CARB-X Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria | Social Innovation on Drug Resistance (SIDR) Postdoctoral Program salary and benefits of the postdoctoral associate for two (2) years September Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Behavioral |Social sciences
Charles A. Dana Foundation | David Mahoney Neuroimaging Program Up to $200,000 over three years One (1) February Neurotransmitters | Neuropathology | Neuroanatomy | Neurological Disorders | Neurodegenerative Diseases | Immunology | Neurons | Brain Injury | Immune System | Neuroimmunology | Neuroimaging | Neurology | Brain | Neuroscience
Conservation, Food and Health Foundation | Grants $25,000-$50,000 per year for one to two years grant One (1) per institution January 1 and July 1 two rounds Health Promotion | Agriculture or Food Studies – Developing Countries | Natural Resources Management | Environmental Sciences | Community Health | Natural Resources | Food Security | Public Health | Sustainable Agriculture | Environmental Conservation | Conservation Biology | Food Sciences | Environmental Education | Health or Nutrition Programs – Developing Countries | Reproductive Health Services | Food Distribution | Disease Prevention | Ecosystems
Curing Kids Cancer Organization | Grants Collaborative: One multi-institutional collaborative grant award of $300,000. Individual: Two individual grant awards of $150,000 each Two (2) per institution September Medical Treatment | Cancer Prevention | Oncology | Pediatric Cancer | Cancer or Carcinogenesis
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Clinical Investigator Award $200,000 per year for three (3) years ($600,000 total) Five (5) per institution February 1 Clinical Research or Studies | Outcomes Research (Medical) | Epidemiology | Oncology | Cancer Prevention | Cancer Genetics | Cancer or Carcinogenesis | Cancer Biology
Dermatology Foundation | Dermatologist Investigator Research Fellowship Award $30,000 per one year Two (2) per single academic program, including all affiliated institutions October Dermatology | Skin Diseases
Dermatology Foundation | Patient Directed Investigation Grants $20,000. Recipients may apply for a second year of funding on a competitive basis. One (1) per academic center, including affiliated institutions October Dermatology | Surgery | Patient Care Management | Skin Diseases | Pediatrics
Dermatology Foundation | Career Development Program $55,000 per year (renewable) One (1) per academic program, including all affiliated institutions. To be eligible, the department/division must not have successfully competed for funding from the Foundation during the past five years. October Dermatology | Surgery | Patient Care Management | Skin Diseases | Pediatrics
Dr. Scholl Foundation | Grants $5,000-$25,000 for one year One (1) March 1 Health Care | Civic Activities | Social Services | Education | Environmental Conservation | Cultural Activities
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | Mallinckrodt Scholar Awards $100,000 per year for four (4) years Two (2) by invitation only, done in October January 15 Medical Education | Health and Medicine | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | Mallinckrodt Grants $60,000 per year for three (3) years Two (2) per institution August 1 Medical Education | Health and Medicine | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Ellison Foundation | Research Program $100,000-$500,000 for one (1) year Three (3) by invitation only July Basic Research | Applied Research | Disease/Area of Research not Determined (Multidisciplinary)
Francis Family Foundation | Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research $50,000 for the first year | $52,000 for the second year | $54,000 for the third year. Two (2) per department annually. Each department is limited to a maximum of three active fellowships at any one time. October Cardiopulmonary Chest Medicine | Respiratory System | Medical Ethics | Bioethics | Pulmonary Diseases
G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation | Innovative Translational Research Grant Three-year Grant Universities/Institutions are limited to four applications per cycle. Applications are approved on a trimester basis. LOI due in March, October end December Life Sciences| Translational Research | Basic Science Research
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Moore Inventor Fellowship $675,000 total for three years Two (2) for both campuses combined Nominations for 2023 Moore Inventor Fellows are being solicited from eligible institutions from September 15 to November 14, 2022. Technology | Health Care | Natural Sciences | Patient Care Management | General Science and Technology Topics | Environmental Conservation | Patient Care and Education
Greenwall Foundation | Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics 50% scholar’s salary, benefits for three years up to the NIH salary cap, with 10% institutional costs for the salary and benefits, and $5,000 per year for limited project support and travel Two (2) for both campuses combined October Science Planning or Policy | Biomedical Ethics | Public Policy | Ethics | Science and Society | Clinical Medicine | Bioethics | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Hartwell Foundation | Individual Biomedical Research Awards $100,000 per year for three years Two (2) for both campuses combined| How to apply September Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Jane’s Trust (Hemenway & Barnes, LLP) | Grants in Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, and Health and Welfare Vary annually but generally range from $50,000 – $150,000 One (1) at a time. If denied at either the concept paper or full proposal stage, an organization must wait one year (12 months) to reapply. January 25 and July 15 Health Services Delivery | Education | Community Health | Arts and Culture | Community and School Relations | Public Health | Educational Administration and Policy | Environmental Conservation | Environmental Education | Health and Medicine | Animal Welfare | Community or Outreach Programs | Education | Health of Underserved Populations | Community Services | Disease Prevention | Cultural Activities
Johnson & Johnson | Women in STEM2D Scholars Program $150,000 over three years One (1) for each of the WisSTEM2D disciplines September Science | Technology | Engineering | Math | Manufacturing | Design
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation | Macy Faculty Scholars Program Up to $100,000 per year for two years One (1) for the Medical School February Medical Education | Nursing Education
Kinship Foundation| Searle Scholars Program $300,000 ($100,000 per year) Two (2) for both campuses combined | How to apply June-July internal deadline. September  sponsor’s deadline Biological Sciences | Cell Biology | Immunology | Biochemistry | Pharmacology | Chemical Sciences | Neuroscience | Genetics
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation (KTGF) | The Fellowship in Child and Adolescent ADHD, the Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Depression, and the Fellowship in Access to Care $30,000 per year for two years One (1) November Psychiatry | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | Child or Adolescent Mental Health | Depression
National Science Foundation (NSF)|Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Pathways into Geoscience (IUSE: GEOPATHS) 300,000 to $350,000 range for 36 months One (1) for both campuses combined September. Proposals Accepted Anytime Geoscience | Educational Evaluation | Science Education | Engineering Education | Educational Administration and Policy | Higher Education | Educational Improvement | Educational Research
National Science Foundation (NSF) | Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) $300,000-$500,000 for up to three years. Two (2) per campus March Graduate Studies | Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology | Employment Opportunity Program | STEM Education
National Science Foundation (NSF) | Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) $100,000-$4,000,000 total. Three (3) for both campuses combined October to November Behavioral or Social Studies | Physical Sciences Instrumentation | Economics | Mathematics | Social Sciences | Geoscience | Science Education | Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology | Earth Science Instrumentation | Human Resources | Biological Sciences | Earth Sciences | Scientific Instrumentation | Biological Instrumentation | Computer and Information Sciences | Engineering Technology | Engineering | Physical Sciences | Computer Engineering
National Science Foundation (NSF)| Research Traineeship Program (NRT) Up to $3,000,000 for up to five years Two (2) for both campuses combined February 25 and September 6 Agriculture and Food Sciences | Graduate Studies | Technology | Mathematics | Engineering | Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Technology | Research Methodology | Energy Sciences
National Science Foundation (NSF) | Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) $70,000,000-$95,000,000 One (1) from each constituent college or school that awards eligible degrees March 25, 2020. Last Wednesday in March, Annually Thereafter Technology | Science | Engineering| Mathematics Program
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation (OMSF) | Student Research Training Award Up to $12,500 One (1) April 15, 2019 Oral Disease | Dentistry
Pew Charitable Trusts | Pew Biomedical Scholars $300,000 One (1) for both campuses combined April Nomination. May application Health and Medicine | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) | Higher Education Grant Program $5,000-$10,000 Two (2) per discipline September Business | Leadership | Higher Education | Educational Improvement | Business Education
Rita Allen Foundation | Foundation Scholars Up to $110,000 per year for up to five year One (1) for both campuses combined September Letter of Intent Biomedical Research Resources | Biomedical Research Training | Neuroscience | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Cancer or Carcinogenesis | Immunology
Simons Foundation | Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, and Theoretical Computer Science $100,000 per year for five years, additional $10,000 per year to the Investigator’s department, and 20% per year in indirect costs to Investigator’s institution Up to two (2) per field October Astrophysics | Mathematics | Physics | Theoretical Computer Science
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | Research Grants $100,000 for one (1) year Two (2) per institution in more than one category January 31, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Clinical Research | Cancer
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | St. Baldrick’s Scholars Career Development Award $110,000 per year for three-year minimum One (1) per institution in more than one category January 31, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Clinical Research | Cancer
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | Consortium Research Grant Award $100,000-$500,000 annually for five (5) years Two (2) per institution in more than one category January 31, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Clinical Research | Cancer
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | Fellowship Grants Total yearly maximum is $97,500 for 2 year fellowship Two (2) per institution in more than one category January 31, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary) | Clinical Research | Cancer
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | Supportive Care Research Grants $50,000 or less for one (1) year One (1) per institution in more than one category January 31, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Psychosocial | Patient-reported Outcomes | Quality of Life | Health Communication | Health Promotion | Psychosocial Support | Cancer
St. Baldrick’s Foundation | Summer Fellowships $5,000 for one (1) year One (1) per institution in more than one category January 3, 2020 Letter of Intent. March 27, 2020 Application Psychosocial | Patient-reported Outcomes | Quality of Life | Health Communication | Health Promotion | Psychosocial Support | Cancer
The New York Academy of Sciences | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists $250,000 Three (3), one in each disciplinary category of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry October Life Sciences | Physical Sciences & Engineering | Chemistry
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) | High-End Instrumentation Grant (HEI) Program (S10)
$600,000-$2,000,000 Unlimited, provided all applications are for different types of equipment | Internal submission form March Internal Deadline| June 1 Sponsor Deadline Medical or Diagnostic Imaging | Scientific Instrumentation | Medical Instrumentation | High Performance Computing | Electron Microscopy | Mass Spectrometry | Biomedical Research Resources | Medical Technology | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | Shared Instrumentation Grant (SIG) Program (S10)
$50,000-$600,000 Unlimited, provided all applications are for different types of equipment | Internal submission form March Internal Deadline| June 1 Sponsor Deadline Medical or Diagnostic Imaging | Scientific Instrumentation | Medical Instrumentation | High Performance Computing | Electron Microscopy | Mass Spectrometry | Biomedical Research Resources | Medical Technology | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) |Mental Health Research NIMH Instrumentation Program (S10) Internal Submission
$200,000 and $600,000 Unlimited, provided all applications are for different types of equipment | Internal submission form March Internal Deadline| Expires in June Sponsor Deadline Disease Model | Medical Instrumentation | Animal Models | Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)| (NIH) |(NINDS) |(NIA)| (NIDA)| (NIMH)|( NIGMS ) Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Project up to 5 years. One (1) May 25, 2024; May 25, 2025 Neurology | Neuroscience
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Up to $1.5 million direct costs per year, it is anticipated that most awards will be between $700,000-$900,000 direct costs. Two (2) January and May of each year with expiration date of January 28, 2026  Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)
Warren Alpert Foundation | Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Awards $400,000 over two years One (1) per institution Internal Proposal September | Sponsor Full proposal November 1 Neurosciences
W.M. Keck Foundation | Keck Research Program $500,000 to $5million One (1) per research area May 1 Concept paper due and November 1.| August 15 and February 15 Full proposal Medical Research | Engineering |Science | Undergraduate Education
William T. Grant Foundation | William T. Grant Scholars Program $350,000 One (1) per School/College June Poverty and the Poor | Equal Educational Opportunity | Equal Opportunity | Child Psychiatry | Behavioral or Social Studies | Child Welfare | Children (Patients) | Child or Maternal Health | Youth Development or Leadership | Social Sciences | Social Measurement and Indicators | Social Justice | Adolescents | Youth Policy | Educational Planning or Policy | Minorities and Disadvantaged | Ethnic Studies | Immigrants | Academic Achievement | Science Planning or Policy | Racism or Race Relation


Updated on May 9, 2023

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