July
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 July.
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| Disease/Field | Funding Agency | Name of Grant / Description | Eligibility / Amount | Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation | Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Research | $500,000 2-year award | July 13, 2023 LOI. |
| Alzheimer’s Disease | Charles H. Hood Foundation | Awards Program in Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Research. | Up to ten $500,000 two-year grants | July 13, 2023 Initial Proposal |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Neuro-Developmental Disorders (NDD) | BRAIN Foundation | Research Grant primary focus is catalyzing basic and interdisciplinary translational research that leads to the development of effective therapeutics to improve the functioning of individuals with Neuro-Developmental Disorders (NDD) including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). | $90,000 annually, for two consecutive years. | July 31, 2023 |
| Breast Cancer | Susan G Komen | Career Catalyst Research (CCR) grant mechanism supports outstanding research focused on two important aspects of precision medicine: the development of next generation targeted therapies and the development of interventions to eliminate breast cancer health disparities. | $450,000 combined direct and indirect costs; $150,000 per year for 3 years | July 15, 2022 LOI. Invitation to submit an application July 29, 2022 |
| Cancer & Melanoma | Prevent Cancer Foundation | Research Grant Program is to provide seed funding for innovative projects expected to lead to future funding from other peer-reviewed sources. | $100,000 over 2 years | July 11, 2023 |
| Cancer & Melanoma | Prevent Cancer Foundation | Fellowship Program is to fund innovative projects with the potential to make substantial contributions to cancer prevention or early detection and to lead to future funding from other peer-reviewed sources | $100,000 over 2 years | July 11, 2023 |
| Cancer | The Hope Foundation | SWOG/Hope Foundation Impact Award is to improve the practice of cancer medicine in preventing, detecting, and treating cancer, and to enhance the quality of life for cancer survivors, primarily through design and conduct of clinical trials. | $250,000 over 2 years | January 15 and July 1 LOI. March 15 and September 1 application |
| Cancer | The Hope Foundation | SWOG Early Exploration and Development (SEED) Fund. | $50,000 over 2 years | July 1 and December 1 |
| Cancer | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award designed to provide funding to extraordinary early career researchers who have an innovative new idea but lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. | Stage 1: $200,000 per year up to four years total for $800,000. Stage 2: support for years three and four will be granted to those awardees who demonstrate progress on their proposed research during years one and two of the award. | July 6, 2023 |
| Cancer | Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists identifies spectacular young scientists and provides funding that enables them to complete their training under the mentorship of a leading senior scientist and encourages them to follow their own bold ideas to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. | $100,000 for 1 year. Only Damon Runyon Fellows and Sohn Fellows selected in November 2018 and May 2019, and Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellows selected in February 2020 are eligible to apply. | July 14, 2023 |
| Cardiac Amyloid | Pfizer | Quality Improvement Grants to Support Development of Cardiac Amyloid Centers | Individual projects requesting up to $50,000 will be considered. | July 20, 2023 |
| Child Health Care | Charles H. Hood Foundation | Child Health Research Awards Program is to support newly independent faculty, provide the opportunity to demonstrate creativity, and assist in the transition to other sources of research funding to improve the health and quality of life for children throughout New England. | $200,000 at $100,000 per year for two years | Please check back in February for the July 2024 RFA. |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Biological Basis for Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes program funds projects that will improve our understanding of the biological basis for the development and progression of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes as well as to identify potential novel therapeutic strategies to manage and treat the disease. | $150,000 per year (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) 3-year grant | July |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Gastrointestinal Manifestations of CF: Basic Science Projects to fund projects that will improve our understanding of the biological basis for the development and progression of gastrointestinal manifestations in cystic fibrosis as well as to identify potential novel therapeutic strategies to manage and treat them | $150,000 per year (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) 3-year grant | July |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Path to a Cure Collaborative Research Grant to facilitate research that will contribute to the development of new therapies or therapeutic strategies to treat cystic fibrosis with an emphasis on advancing CFTR gene repair and replacement approaches. | May not exceed $1M per year (plus 12 percent for indirect costs) 3-year grant | July |
| Eczema | National Eczema Association (NEA) | Eczema Champion Research Grant | $100,000. | July 31, 2023 |
| Eczema | National Eczema Association (NEA) | Catalyst Research Grants provide promising early investigators with seed grants to help establish a novel and promising line of eczema research, and gather a preliminary, yet meaningful body of data to carry this area of study forward. | $50,000. | July 31, 2023 |
| Education Research | Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation | Macy Catalyst Awards support projects that impact the clinical learning environment and improve the experience of residents and fellows. | $100,000 for 18 months | July 24, 2024 |
| Education Research | Spencer Foundation | Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education. | $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. | Next application opens early June 2023. |
| Education & Research | National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) | Edward J. Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund is to provide support for research on, and development of, innovative assessment approaches that will enhance the professional development of those preparing to, or continuing to, practice medicine. | $150,000 per year up to 2 years. | July LOI. |
| Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma (FHC) | Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation(FCF) | Innovative research focused on developing immunotherapies for a rare but deadly form of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FHC). | There is no “magic number” as to a proposal budget, rather researchers are asked to present the true number needed to support their research. | January 1 and July 1 |
| Glaucoma | Glaucoma Research Foundation | Shaffer Grants support new high-impact clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research based on our strategic research goals. | $50,000 for 1 year | Preliminary Proposals July 15 annually. |
| Immunology and Neuroscience | Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group | Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions program’s purpose is to establish an Allen Discovery Center that will answer large, paradigm-shifting, and fundamental biological questions at the intersection of immunology and neuroscience. | Up to $10 million over 4 years (no indirects allowed). Please reach out to Joe Loftus in the Office of Foundation Relations for help with submitting your application | Letter of Intent July 7. Full application December 15 |
| Infectious Disease | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology, shedding light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters. | $500,000 over 5 years | Pre-proposal July. Invited full proposal by November. |
| Juvenile Myositis | Cure JM Foundation | Research Grants for advancing research to improve medical treatment, patient care, and work toward a cure for Juvenile Myositis. | $75,000 per year for up to 2 years. | July 30 full application. |
| Kennedy’s Disease | Kennedy’s Disease Association (KDA) | Research Grants to fund one or more research grants to further the understanding of the pathological mechanisms of Kennedy’s Disease. | Up to $100,000 for one year or $50,000 per year for two years. | July 3, 2023 grant proposal. |
| Kennedy’s Disease | Kennedy’s Disease Association (KDA) | Waite-Griffin SBMA Fellowship is for a junior PhD or MD interested in a career in SBMA research and/or patient care. | one-year stipend of $75,000 | July 3, 2023 grant proposal. |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | $200,000 over 2 years | July 31, 2023 Letter of intent. December 5, 2023 full application by invitation only |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | New Investigator Grant Program | $450,000 over 3 years | July 31, 2023 Letter of intent. December 5, 2023 full application by invitation only |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | Innovative Research Grants | $600,000 over 3 years | July 31, 2023 Letter of intent. December 5, 2023 full application by invitation only |
| Menopause Care, Education Internal Medicine | Pfizer | Individualized Menopause Care | Individual projects requesting up to $50,000 will be considered. | July 26, 2023 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) | funding opportunity for investigator-initiated proposals to support research focused on addressing research questions highlighted in the Pathways to MS Cures Roadmap. | $200,000 direct costs per year for up to 3 years | Pre-application deadline: July 26, 2023. Full application deadline: August 2, 2023 |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Foundation | Research Support Grants: These one-year awards are designed to further the development of experienced scientific investigators who are committed to problems related to oral and maxillofacial surgery. | Oral and maxillofacial surgeons and non-oral and maxillofacial surgeon researchers. $75,000 | August 31, 2023 |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) Foundation | Clinical Research Support Grant | $150,000 over 2 years | August 31, 2023 |
| Pain Research | American Pain Society | Future Leaders in Pain Research grant program encourage research in pain to develop pilot data that will aid in securing additional major grant funding for continued pain research. | $25,000. Must be an APS member. | July |
| Pediatric Medical Research | Thrasher Research Fund | E.W. “Al” Thrasher Award is to improve children’s health through medical research, with an emphasis on projects that have the potential to translate into clinically meaningful results within a few years. | $370,000-$550,000 award range for three year project. | 2024 Spring Cycle: July 13 concept. October 20 full proposal. |
| Rheumatology, Rheumatic Diseases | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Career Development Research Awards: Investigator Award encourage junior investigators in the period between completing post-doctoral fellowship training; while being competitive for more significant funding and establishing themselves as an independent investigators | $375,000 over three (3) years. | July 3, 2023 Letter of intent. August 1, 2023 application |
| Rheumatology, Rheumatic Diseases | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Career Development Research Awards: Scientist Development Award for Fellows, Early-Career Physicians and Health Professionals | $225,000 over two-three years. | July 3, 2023 Letter of intent. August 1, 2023 application |
| Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (SCI/D). | Paralyzed Veterans of America Research (PVA) | Basic Science Research Grant for laboratory research in the basic sciences related to spinal cord injury or disease. | $200,000 | July 5 |
| Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (SCI/D). | Paralyzed Veterans of America Research (PVA) | Clinical Applications and functional studies of the medical, psychosocial, and economic effects of spinal cord dysfunction, as well as interventions proposed to alleviate these effects. | $150,000-$200,000 | July 5 |
| Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (SCI/D). | Paralyzed Veterans of America Research (PVA) | Design and Development of new or improved rehabilitative and assistive devices for individuals with spinal cord dysfunction | $150,000-$200,000 | July 5 |
| Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (SCI/D). | Paralyzed Veterans of America Research (PVA) | Post-doctoral Fellowships for students in basic science, clinical applications, or design and development intended to encourage training and specialization in the field of spinal cord research | $150,000-$200,000 | July 5 |
| Cardiac Amyloid | Pfizer | Quality Improvement Grants to Support Development of Cardiac Amyloid Centers | Individual projects requesting up to $50,000 will be considered. | July 20, 2023 |
Updated on May 5, 2023