March
The Private Funding Opportunities searchable and sortable database table below is listed by disease and/or field in alphabetical order. Please type inside the search table below the disease, the specific grant name, name of agency or any other keywords to find more information about any biomedical research grants or educational grants available with deadlines in March.
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| Disease/Field | Funding Agency | Name of Grant / Description | Eligibility / Amount | Deadlines |
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| AIDS/HIV | amfAR The Foundation for AIDS Research | Target Grants | $100,000-$400,000 1-2 years. | March 14, 2023 |
| Alport Syndrome | Alport Syndrome Foundation, Inc. | ASF Research Grant program to find novel treatments and a cure to prevent kidney failure and hearing loss in all patients with Alport Syndrome. | $100,000 for 1-2 Years | First quarter of each year (January to March) |
| Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias | BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (BU ADRC) | Pilot grants and feasibility studies or initiatives for biomedical, epidemiological behavioral or initiatives for biomedical, epidemiological behavioral, legal, ethical, health systems or other research in Alzheimer’s disease | $25,000 | March 7, 2024 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALS Association) | Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral fellowship grant program supports the development of new scientists in the field of ALS by funding junior postdoctoral fellows doing research of high scientific merit and relevance to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). | $150,000 over 2 years. | March 8, 2022 proposal. |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALS Association) | Barnett Drug Development grant program supports preclinical drug discovery and development of new or repurposed treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). | $500,000 (not more than $250,000 per year, inclusive of both direct and indirect costs). | March 30, 2022. |
| Autoimmune Disease | Merck Company | Investigator Studies Program (MISP): Immunology | Funds to be determined according to fair market value. | First Cycle March 31, 2022. Second Cycle August 31, 2022 |
| Ataxia | National Ataxia Foundation (NFA) | Diverse Scientists in Ataxia Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship | $50,000 one-year grant | March 14, 2022 application. |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) | Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) | SFARI Pilot Awards program encourages applications that propose research to link genetic or other ASD risk factors to the molecular, cellular, circuit, or behavioral mechanisms and set the stage for developing novel interventions. | $300,000 or less, including 20 percent in indirect costs, over a period of up to two years | March 17 application. |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD). | Autism Speaks | Adult Transition Research Grants aim of establishing evidence-based scalable practices leading to improved postsecondary employment, education, community living and other key outcomes relevant to adolescents and young adults with ASD. | Three year grants, up to $250,000/yr up to $750,000 (inclusive of 10% indirects) | March 13 LOI. May 23 application. |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD). | Autism Speaks | Datasets Analysis Grants to increase our basic understanding of autism — from genetics to behavior — by analyzing important databases generated by Autism Speaks: the Autism Genetics Research Exchange (AGRE) and/or MSSNG (a whole genome sequencing resource). Co-analysis of Autism Speaks datasets with other data is encouraged, along with proposals from early career investigators or investigators new to the field. | One year grants, up to $100,000 (inclusive of 10% indirects) | March 6 LOI. April 10 application. |
| Autism | Organization for Autism Research (OAR) | Applied Research Competition is the most competitive line of funding to support autism pilot studies. | Researchers can apply for 1-2 year grants of up to $40,000. | March 21, 2022 pre-proposal. August 15 2022 full proposal. |
| Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults | Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) | Pilot or Developmental projects that involve multiple NIA-sponsored research centers to foster new research in the area of Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults including change in the behaviors of older adults, care givers, health care providers, health care delivery systems or neighborhoods. | $80,000 for 2 projects | March 4 |
| Biological | Biomedical Sciences | Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) | HHMI HHMI Investigator program | $9 million in direct support over a renewable seven-year term. | March. The next Investigator competition will launch in 2025. |
| Bleeding Disorder | National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) | NHF Bridge Grants are intended to help sustain recipients’ research and contribute to their retention in bleeding disorders investigation. | $125,000 for 1 year | 2022 Cycle to be announced. August 16, 2021 |
| Bleeding Disorders | National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) | NHF Innovative Investigator Award funds innovative research studies in the area of bleeding disorders. | $60,000 for 12-18 months. | 2022 Cycle to be announced. August 16, 2021 |
| Brain Cancer | Sontag Foundation | Distinguished Scientist Awards to provide career and research support to early career scientists in the field of brain cancer research. | $750,000; $150,000 per year for a five-year period | March 15, 2023 |
| Brain and Behavior Disorders | Brain and Behavior Research Foundation | NARSAD Young Investigator Grant provides support for young scientists in neurobiological basic and/or clinical investigators research. | MD/PhD / $35,000 to $70,000 for 2 years | February-March |
| Cancer Disparities | Conquer Cancer Foundation & American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Gateway Discovery Grant to Address Cancer Disparities in Clinical Trials is designed to provide funding to catalyze innovative clinical research with a strong potential impact on mitigating cancer health disparities and improving equitable access to cancer clinical trials. | up to $1.5 million in funding for the direct costs of the research over a three- to five-year project period. | March 15, 2021 LOI. August 16, 2021 Full Application |
| Cancer | Worldwide Cancer Research | Cancer Research Grant to support fundamental or translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of cancer. | The maximum budget allowed is £275,000, but it should be noted that most of the three-year grants we award have a budget of around £200,000. | March 31, 2023 |
| Cancer | Mark Foundation for Cancer Research | Emerging Leaders Awards program provides support to early-career investigators engaged in high-impact, high-risk cancer research. | $750,000 over 3 years | March 23, 2022 letter of Intent |
| Cancer | The Hope Foundation | Dr. Charles A. Coltman, Jr., Fellowship Program to ensure protected time for new investigators from SWOG-affiliated institutions to pursue mentored clinical research initiatives | $100,000 over 2 years | March 1 |
| Cancer | The Hope Foundation | Career Engagement Award. | $50,000 per year for 2 years | March 1 |
| Cancer Immunology | Cancer Research Institute (CRI) | CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology. | $186,000 over three years to cover the cost of salary, other research related expenses. | March 1 and September 1 |
| Cancer | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon Fellowship Award. | MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM./ $54,000-$62,000 per year for 4 years | March 15, 2022 and August 15, 2022 |
| Cancer | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award provides funding to basic scientists with the potential to impact the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of pediatric cancers. | MD, PhD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM./ $54,000-$62,000 per year for 4 years | March 15, 2021 |
| Cancer Cell | Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy | Investigators Award to Principal Investigators conducting translational research that will move cell and gene therapies from the laboratory towards clinical trials. | $250,000 – $500,000 over 3-5 years | Spring and Fall |
| Cancer Cell | Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy | Clinical Translation Research supporting both discovery and translational research, we stimulate innovation and progress. | $250,000 – $500,000 over 3-5 years | Spring and Fall |
| Cancer Screening | Maine Cancer Foundation | Cancer screening tests increase the chance of finding cancer early, when treatment is likely to work best. With some cancers, including colorectal and cervical, screening can even prevent the occurrence of cancers. |
$100,000 over 2 years | March 25, 2022 |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders | American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) | AACAP Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents who have an interest in beginning a career in child and adolescent mental health research. | psychiatry junior faculty/ $15,000 | March 30 |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders | American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) | AACAP Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders for Child Psychiatry Residents and Junior Faculty in child and adolescent mental health research. | psychiatry junior faculty/ $15,000 | March 30 |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders | American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) | AACAP Pilot Research Award for General Psychiatry Residents, supported for general psychiatry residents who have an interest in beginning a career in child and adolescent mental health research. | psychiatry junior faculty/ $15,000 | March 30 |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders | American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) | AACAP Junior Investigator Award to facilitate innovative research, basic or clinical relevant to treatment and prevention of child and adolescent mental health disorders. | psychiatry junior faculty / $60,000 over 2 years | March 15 |
| Childhood Brain Tumor | Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation | Research Grant applications may be submitted from researchers that have not received funding from the NIH for the proposed study. | $60,000 2-year grant ($30,000 for 1 year) | March 15,2022 next submission date |
| Childhood Cancer | CURE Childhood Cancer | RCURE invites research proposals aimed at finding cures and effective treatments with lower toxicity for childhood cancers. | $150,000 per up to 2 years ($150,000 for 1 year) | March 8,2022 next submission date |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. | $30,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Critical Care Medicine | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care Medicine is expected to complete an investigative project that has significant impact on critically ill patients. | $150,000 3-year grant | March 31 |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery | American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-Research Foundation | Career Development Grant to provide young staff support for the development of academic careers in the field of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. | $75,000/year for two years | March 15 |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery | American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-Research Foundation | Limited Project Grants | $25,000 | March 15 |
| Colon and Rectal Surgery | American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons-Research Foundation | Anastomotic Leak Grant, Special Limited Project Grant Criteria to provide investigators the opportunity to pursue research interest, specifically germane to the incidence and severity of anastomotic leaks as relevant to the field of colon and rectal surgery. | $67,500 | March 1 |
| Complex Lymphatic Anomalies (CLAs) ⃒ Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly (GLA)/Lymphangiomatosis ⃒ Gorham-Stout Disease (GSD) ⃒ Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis (KLA) ⃒ Central Conducting Lymphatic Anomaly (CCLA) | Lymphatic Malformation Institute (LMI) | Pilot grant is intended to encourage exploratory research, to develop and test exciting new hypotheses or research approaches that have the potential to significantly advance our understanding and/or treatment of CCLA, GLA, GSD, or KLA. | $75,000 1 year | March 8, 2024 Letter of Intent. May 24, 2024 Grant Proposal |
| COVID-19, Coronavirus | Harvard Medical School (HMS), Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness Evergrande COVID-19 Response Fund Awards Request | The GBCPR Evergrande COVID-19 Response Fund RFP has announced is accepting applications for the Evergrande COVID-19 Response Fund Awards, available through the Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (GBCPR). | Total cost budget (i.e., a total cost budget over the entire funding period) of $50,000 to $500,000 per project for two- year project | March 24 |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award is intended to support a project involving human subjects or samples that will develop and test new hypotheses and/or new methods in research areas relevant to cystic fibrosis. | $80,000 annually (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) for up to two years. | March 19 2021 LOI. August 18, 2021 Full application |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Clinical Research Award offers competitive awards to support clinical research projects directly related to cystic fibrosis treatment and care. | $150,000 per year (plus 12 percent indirect costs) for a maximum of three years may be requested for single-center clinical research awards. For multi-center clinical research, the potential award is up to $350,000 per year (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) for a maximum of 3years. |
March 19 2021 LOI. August 18, 2021 Full application |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Clinical Fellowship Awards for years one and two of fellowship training are primarily intended to support clinical training. | Awards are $62,000 (first year) and $69,500 (second year) for stipend (indirect costs are not allowed) | March 3, 2021 |
| Atopic Dermatitis │ Dermatology | American Skin Association | ASA Sanofi Investigative Scientist Award in Atopic Dermatitis supports the career development of a young investigator working for the furtherance of knowledge concerning atopic dermatitis | $100,000 | March 15, 2024 |
| Psoriasis│ Dermatology | American Skin Association | ASA Bristol Myers Squibb Investigative Scientist Award in Psoriasis & Related Biology supports the career development of a young investigator working for the furtherance of knowledge concerning psoriasis & related biology | $100,000 | March 15, 2024 |
| Dermatology | American Skin Association | ASA Sun Pharma Investigative Scientist Award supports the career development of a young investigator working for the furtherance of knowledge in the field of dermatology | $100,000 | March 15, 2024 |
| Desmoid Tumor | Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation, Inc. (DTRF) | Research Grant to advance the current scientific knowledge about desmoid tumors toward the development of new treatment options to our ultimate goal of a cure. | $65,000 per year for one to three years | March 14, 2023 LOI. April 25, 2023 application. |
| Desmoid Tumor | Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation, Inc. (DTRF) | Early-Career Investigator Program grant program is designed to help researchers gather preliminary data to enable them to apply for funding to support a more fully developed line of research in the future. |
$30,000 per year for one to three years | March 14, 2023 LOI. April 25, 2023 application. |
| Desmoid Tumor | Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation, Inc. (DTRF) | Pilot funding for a grant term of one year. This is limited to those who may not have an established line of research in the desmoid tumor research space or who have an innovative pilot project idea to collect preliminary data in advance of future grant applications. | $30,000 one year | March 14, 2023 LOI. April 25, 2023 application. |
| Digestive diseases | Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract ( SSAT) | SSAT Career Development Award for for young faculty members is to assist in the establishment of investigators, basic or clinical, in digestive diseases. | $75,000 per year for 2 years | March 15, 2024 |
| Down and Fragile X Syndrome | Jerome Lejeune Foundation | Research grant for project aiming at deciphering the pathophysiology of the cognitive deficits of patients, especially those with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome). | $20,000 per year for 2 years | March |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society (AES) | AES Infrastructure Grants facilitate the creation of national or international multicenter research programs.Each grant will provide financial support for organizational planning sessions, infrastructure development, and/or pilot projects to enable the research program to compete for subsequent investment by other organizations. | $50,000 | March 21, 2022 |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society (AES) | AES Seed Grants offer funds to help enable established investigators to pursue new and innovative lines of research, collaborations, and/or research methods. | $20,000 | March 21, 2022 |
| Glaucoma | The Glaucoma Foundation | TGF’s Grant Research program are focused on Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliation Glaucoma, Pressure Independent Mechanisms of Glaucoma, Neuroprotection, and Genetics of Glaucomas that affect people under the age of 40 years. | $75,000 for one year; a grantee is permitted to apply for a grant renewal of up to $75,000 | March 1, 2024 |
| Hematologic Malignancies, Hematology, Oncology | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Research Scholars Program in Hematology/Oncology is to support innovative scientific research that will advance knowledge in the field of hematology/oncology, and provide support for research career development. | $130,000 over 2 years | March 15, 2022 |
| Hemophilia Disease | Pfizer | Pfizer’s Competitive Grants Program: 2022 Global Hemophilia ASPIRE. |
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| Hematology | American Society of Hematology | ASH-AMFDP: The goal of the partnership is to increase the number of underrepresented minority scholars from the field of hematology with academic and research appointments. | Annual stipend of up to $75,000 and an annual grant of $30,000 toward the support of research activities for 4 years | Mid-March |
| Hemostatis and Thrombosis | Hemostatis Thrombosis Research Society (HTRS) | HTRS Mid-Career Research Award (MCRA) Program provides financial support for mid-career investigators pursuing clinical, translational, or basic science research projects in hemostasis and/or thrombosis. | $216,000 over two (2) years. | March 19, 2021 LOI. July 26, 2021 application |
| HIV/AIDS | amFAR | Target Grants to generate vital data relevant to a cure for HIV. |
Type 1: Up to $400,000 direct costs, plus up to 20% indirect costs. Up to two years duration starting July 1, 2024 Type 2: up to $100,000 direct costs, plus up to 20% indirect costs. One-year duration starting July 1, 2024 |
March 5, 2024 |
| HIV/AIDS | Kent Richard Hofmann Foundation | Grants will be awarded to community-based organizations working in the areas of HIV/AIDS care and direct services, education, and research in support of developing or established programs, with an emphasis on direct benefit to clients or target audiences. | Grant amounts are determined on a project-by-project basis. | Grants are made semi-annually to non-profit organizations in Spring and Fall. |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) | Kenneth Rainin Foundation | Innovator Award funding basic, translational and clinical science to the best approach to accelerating our understanding of IBD and improving patient care. | $200,000 for 1 year | March 15 LOI. Full proposal by invitation only. |
| Life Sciences Ecosystem | Massachusetts Life Science Center | The Massachusetts Next Generation Initiative (MassNextGen) is a commitment to ensure greater gender parity in the next generation of life science entrepreneurs by supporting women-led life sciences companies. | $2 million five year grant. | The application period will run from March 18 – June 14, 2024 |
| Life Sciences | Human Frontier Science Program | Young Investigators’ Grants for newly appointed investigators who will be expected to propose projects with team members having distinct expertise and coming from different areas of the life sciences. | Newly appointed investigator/$450,000 per year for 3 years. | March |
| Life Sciences | Human Frontier Science Program | Program Grants are meant to allow teams of independent researchers to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. Priority will be given to new, innovative research projects for which preliminary results might not necessarily be available. | $450,000 per year for 3 years. | March |
| Lipedema | Lipedema Foundation | Collaborative Research Award – Designed to foster collaborative research, these awards offer a longer time horizon to accomplish proposed research and requires involvement of multiple institutions or multi-disciplinary researchers. | $250,000 over two years | March 15, 2021 LOI. June 28, 2021 full application |
| Lipedema | Lipedema Foundation | Proof-of-Concept Award: One-year grant to early-stage and established investigators with research hypotheses with potential relevance to lipedema. | $125,000 1 year | March 15, 2021 LOI. June 28, 2021 full application |
| Lipedema | Lipedema Foundation | Mentored Award designed to support postdoctoral research experiences for candidates in non-independent mentored research training. Intended to support PhD (or equivalent research degrees) and clinicians engaged in mentored medical research. | Up to $70,000 for two years. During the second year, applicants may apply for a third year of funding as a renewal. | March 15, 2021 LOI. June 28, 2021 full application |
| Lung cancer | Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) | IASLC/LCRF Team Science Award (TSA) on Advancing Therapies Towards Curing Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancers | $2,500,000 in funding over four years | March 4, 2024 |
| Lung cancer | Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) | LCRF Leading Edge Research Grant Program | $150,000 2-year award | March 4, 2024 |
| Lung cancer | Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) | LCRF Minority Career Development Award (CDA) in Lung Cancer | $150,000 2-year award | March 4, 2024 |
| Lung cancer | Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) | LCRF Research Grant on Early Detection and Pre-Neoplasia in Lung Cancer | $150,000 2-year award | March 4, 2024 |
| Lung cancer | Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) | LCRF Research Grants on Understanding Resistance in Lung Cancer | $150,000 2-year award | March 4, 2024 |
| Lung Cancer | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Lung Cancer. | $60,000 to $100,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Lupus | Lupus Research Alliance | Distinguished Innovator Award provides outstanding scientists with substantial support to conduct highly innovative research into the fundamental causes of systemic lupus erythematosus and so provide new directions towards a cure. We encourage applications from investigators in diverse disciplines. | up to $1 million over 4 years. | Letters of Intent due on March 15, 2022 |
| Lupus | Lupus Research Alliance | Lupus Innovation Award provides support for pioneering, high-risk, high-reward approaches to major challenges in lupus research. | $300,000 over 2 years. | Letters of Intent due on March 1, 2022 |
| Lyme Disease | Bay Area Lyme Foundation | Emerging Leader Award (ELA) grant is offered to researchers who are currently at the post-doctoral level through assistant professor level or equivalent, including those who have not previously worked in Lyme disease research. | $150,000 | March 1, 2024 Proposal |
| Medicine or Dentistry | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program ongoing efforts to increase diversity in health and health care, the AMFDP offers four-year postdoctoral research awards to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. | $420,000 over 4 years | March 15 |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) | Career Development Awards (CDA).Researchers who are beginning a research career focused on melanoma and have not yet established strong federal funding for their research are eligible. The use of relevant genetic models and human derived tumor samples is highly encouraged. | $100,000 over 2 years | March |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) | Established Investigator Awards (EIA) to established melanoma researchers, or senior researchers working in closely related fields who wish to move into melanoma research. The use of relevant genetic models and human derived tumor samples is highly encouraged. EIA applications are encouraged, but not required, to be part of the STP mechanism listed below. | MD/PhD/ $200,000 over 2 years | March |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) | Team Awards. Teams should consist of a PI and at least one co-PI, possibly from different institutions. Teams consisting of both basic scientists and clinicians to address an unmet clinical need are encouraged, as is the inclusion of a junior scientist. | $500,000 over 2 years | March |
| Mitochondrial Disease | United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation | Accelerators Prize | $50,000 over 2 years | March 1, 2021 |
| Musculoskeletal Tissues | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) | The Junior Investigator track is a single-year granting program designed to provide support to qualified junior investigators who have not previously received a major grant award from a Federal Agency or private Foundation as a Principal Investigator. | $75,000 for 1 year. | March 15, 2022, LOI. May 16, 2022 full proposal |
| Musculoskeletal Tissues | Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) | Established Investigator track is a multi-year granting program designed to provide support to qualified experienced investigators who have previously received a major grant award from a Federal Agency or a private Foundation as a Principal Investigator. | $250,000 over 3 years | March 15, 2022, LOI. May 16, 2022 full proposal |
| Multiple Myeloma | Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) | MMRF Research Scholars Program will provide financial support for qualified Black and African American researchers and clinicians (MD or PhD) currently active, or interested in pursuing a career, in the field of multiple myeloma. | $100,000 per year for 4 years | March 31, 2023 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) | Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation (HMTF) | Pilot award provides seed money to test novel and conceptually innovative ideas that can forge new scientific directions and strategies in MDS research. | $100,000 | Letters of Inquiry (LOI) are due by March 11, 2024 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) | Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation | Established Investigator Awards for investigators who are five or more years from completion of their fellowship training or postdoctoral program, or to applicants who have previously received an Early Career Award from the foundation or an RO1 grant or its equivalent. | $250,000 per year for two (2) years | Letters of Inquiry (LOI) are due by no later than Friday, March 18, 2022 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) | Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation | Early Career Awards for investigators who are less than five years from completion of their fellowship training or postdoctoral program and/or have not previously been awarded an RO1 grant or its equivalent. | $125,000 per year for two (2) years | Letters of Inquiry (LOI) are due by no later than Friday, March 18, 2022 |
| Neuroendocrine Tumor | Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) | Accelerator Award (AA) for innovative and transformative basic, translational and clinical research to study neuroendocrine cancers. | $1,200,000 over four years | March 2022 LOI. |
| Neuroendocrine Tumor | Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) | Investigator Award (IA) for innovative and transformative basic, translational and clinical research to study neuroendocrine cancers. | $150,000 per year for two (2) years | March 2022 LOI. |
| Neuroendocrine Tumor | Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) | Pilot Award (PA) for innovative and transformative basic, translational and clinical research to study neuroendocrine cancers. | $100,000 for 1 year | March 2022 LOI. |
| Neuroendocrine Tumor | Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) | Mentored Award in neuroendocrine cancer research grants for early career investigators in post-doc, fellowship, or residency positions. | $120,000 over two years | March 2022 LOI. |
| Neurological Disorders ⃒ Developmental ⃒Metabolic Disorders ⃒ Rare Cancers | Harrington Discovery Institute | Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Scholar Award advances promising discoveries from academic labs to move them into clinical practice. | $100,000 | March 7, 2024 |
| Neuromuscular Diseases | Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) | MDA Venture Philanthropy (MVP) is the drug development program, which operates within MDA’s Translational Research program focused on funding the discovery and clinical application of treatments and cures for neuromuscular diseases. | Research and Development up to $300,000, Preclinical up to $500,000 and Early Clinical Phase I/II up to $1 million. | March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 LOI. |
| Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. | $30,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) | Innovator Awards to support research with the potential to revolutionize scientific understanding of OCD | $300,000 over 3 years | March 1, 2021 |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) | Michael Jenike Young Investigator Awards. | $50,000 1 year | March 1, 2021 |
| Optometric or Vision Science | American Academy of Optometry (AAO) | Jill and George Mertz Fellowship is designed to favor an individual who has recently completed his/her optometric or vision science training or someone in the middle of a successful career. | $30,000 | March |
| Parkinson’s Disease | American Parkinson Disease Association | Dr. George C. Cotzias Memorial Fellowship to assist promising young neurologist in establishing careers in research, teaching and patient service relevant to the problems, causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related neurological movement disorders. | MD/PhD/ $80,000 for 1 year | March |
| Parkinson’s Disease | American Parkinson Disease Association | Research Grants awarded to investigators affiliated with and performing Parkinson’s disease research at major academic institutions across the United States. | MD/PhD/ $50,000 for 1 year/renewable | March |
| Parkinson’s Disease | American Parkinson Disease Association | Post-Doctoral Fellowships awarded to support post-doctoral scientists whose research holds promise to provide new insights into the pathophysiology, etiology and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. | MD, OD, PhD, MD/PhD, OD/PhD / $35,000 | March |
| Pediatric Single Cell Diseases | The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Pediatric Networks for the Human Cell Atlas. | Because varying projects require different resourcing levels, a budget limit has not been set on a per project basis. | March 30, 2021 proposal. May 19, 2021 full application |
| Pediatric Cancer | Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | Basic Research in support of basic science and/or clinical pediatric cancer research initiatives. | $250,000 over multiple years | March 1 |
| Pediatric Brain Tumors | Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation | Pediatric Brain Tumor Grant Awards for pediatric brain tumor awards will continue as usual. We anticipate funding up to two (2) research proposals that are a maximum of two years in duration. | $60,000 per year over 2 years | Mid-March next submission date |
| Pediatric Cancer | Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | Translational Research — Grants in support of new research protocols and therapies that hold promise for improved outcomes and accelerate cures from the laboratory bench to the bedside of children and teens with high-risk cancers. | $100,000 over multiple years | March 1 |
| Pediatric Cancer | Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation | Emerging Investigator Fellowship Grant will be awarded in support of postdoctoral fellowships and clinical investigator training for emerging pediatric cancer researchers to pursue an exciting research idea. | $50,000 for one year | March 1 |
| Pediatric Medical Research | Thrasher Research Fund | Early Career Award Program, the Fund is particularly interested in applicants that show great potential to impact that field of children’s health through medical research. | Resident/Fellow/Junior Faculty/ $25,000 | 2022 Spring Cycle: March 15 concept. May 6 proposal. 2022 Fall Cycle: September 13 concept. November 4 proposal |
| Pemphigus and Pemphigoid | The International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF) | The International Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Foundation (IPPF) is pleased to announce the availability of a seed grant program to support well-defined research projects that have a specified benefit for improving the treatment, health, disease management, or diagnosis of persons with pemphigus and pemphigoid. | $25,000 – $50,000 | March LOI and May full application |
| Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis | American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) | Biologics & Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Research grant to support a clinical, translational or laboratory-based research project focused on post-traumatic osteoarthritis of the major peripheral joints (knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, elbow). | $250,000 | March 16, 2021 |
| Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) | PCF Young Investigator Awards offer career support for young, proven investigators who have already achieved faculty positions and are committed to prostate cancer research. | $75,000 per year for 3 years. Applicants with Veterans Administration (VA) appointments are highly encouraged to apply | April 12, 2021 |
| Psychiatric Brain | Behavior Disorder | Neurobiological | The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | BBRF Young Investigator Grant provides support for basic and/or clinical investigators in neurobiological research to serious brain and behavior disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders or child and adolescent mental illnesses. | Two-year awards up to $70,000, or $35,000 per year. | March. 2022 RFA not available yet |
| Psychosocial Spinal Cord Injury Research | Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Psychosocial Research (PSR) Postdoctoral Fellowship to increase an early-career professional’s interest to undertake training in psychosocial research focused on spinal cord injury. | MD. $200,000 over 2 years. | March 2, 2022 LOI. July 12, 2022 FGA. |
| Psychosocial Spinal Cord Injury Research | Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Psychosocial Research (PSR)Pilot Grants to allow the PI to test the feasibility of novel methods and procedures, and/or collect new data that can lead to or enhance larger-scale studies. | MD. $300,000 over 2 years. | March 2, 2022 LOI. July 12, 2022 FGA. |
| Psychosocial Spinal Cord Injury Research | Craig H. Neilsen Foundation | Psychosocial Research (PSR) Studies and Demonstration Projects to support substantive studies that fill important gaps in the SCI field, that open new areas of SCI psychosocial research. | MD. $400,000 over 3 years. | March 2, 2022 LOI. July 12, 2022 FGA. |
| Pulmonary Hypertension | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Hypertension. | $30,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Pulmonary Disease | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. | $50,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) | American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) CHEST Foundation | CHEST Foundation Research Grant in Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF). | $50,000 1-year grant | March 31 |
| Regenerative Medicine | American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) | KY Cha Award In Stem Cell Technology to provide start-up funds to initiate an innovative research project in regenerative medicine and stem cell technology. | MD/PhD/DO/DVM $20,000 | March |
| Regenerative Medicine | American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) | ASRM and SREI Research Grant Programs is to provide funds for new investigators to establish independent research programs. | $10,000 to $50,000 | March |
| Housing, Medical Needs, Law Enforcement, Systems Affecting Youth, Immigration and Trauma and Mental Health | NoVo Foundation | Life Story Grants fund system-focused strategies that help close on-ramps into commercial sexual exploitation while building many more exit ramps. | $100,000-$600,000 a year for up to three years. Internal funding opportunity. How to apply | March 15 |
| Science Software | Biomedical Research |Technology |Basic Science | The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS) funding for software projects that are essential to biomedical research, have already demonstrated impact, can show potential for continued improvement, and expect to deliver added value to the biomedical research community through the proposed activities. | Funding between $50k and $200k total costs per year for two years (inclusive of up to 15% for indirect/overhead costs) for an overall amount requested between $100k and $400k for the two-year duration of the grant (inclusive of 15% for indirect/overhead costs). | March 30, 2021 proposal. May 19, 2021 full application |
| Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases Technologies | The University of Massachusetts’ Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies (CAPCaT) | CAPCaT Pilot Grant award solicitation focused on developing, adapting, or validating technologies that can be rapidly applied to heart, lung, blood, or sleep disorders, with additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches. | $100,000 paid over 12 months | March 1 pre-proposal |
| Technology Development, Biology | Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group | Allen Distinguished Investigator Protein Lifespan program support two tracks of technology development and Biological Discovery for Technological Innovation | $1,250,000 over three years | March 1 letter of intent. June 15 full proposal |
| Technology Development, Subcellular Research | Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group | Allen Distinguished Investigator Nutrient Sensing support of the development of technology to sense and/or visualize nutrients at the subcellular level. | $1,250,000 over three years | March 1 letter of intent. June 15 full proposal |
| Thyroid Function and Disease | American Thyroid Association (ATA) | $25,000 per year for 2 years. | March 31, 2024 | |
| Vascular Disease | Vascular Cures | Vascular Cures’ Wylie Scholar Program is building a pipeline of innovators in vascular health. | $50,000 per year for 3 years | March 1 |
| Vascular Disease | Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation | Clinical Research Seed Grant goals are encourage the interest and development of clinical investigators among the SVS membership, and provide direct support for pilot clinical projects that have potential to develop into larger studies fundable by industry or governmental sources. | $25,000 | March 1 |
| Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation | IWMF LLS Strategic Research Roadmap Initiate Program to help further knowledge in four key domains of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM) research. | $200,000 per year for 2 years | March 2, 2022 |
| Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation | IWMF Robert A. Kyle Career Development Award Program | $75,000 each year for a two (2)-year project | March 2, 2022 |
| Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation | IWMF Research Seed Money Initiative, the IWMF will confer a research grant to an investigator | $75,000 each year for a one (1) year project | March 2, 2022 |
Updated on January 22, 2024