Funding Opportunities
Access the following databases to identify funding opportunities in your areas of expertise:
- Community of Science
- Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program (Dept of Defense)
- Grants.gov (find and download applications)
- Funding Opportunities and Notices (search the NIH Guide)
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- proposalCENTRAL
On line help and instructions are available in each database.
Boston-area Opportunities
CIMIT: Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology is a non-profit consortium of Boston teaching hospitals and engineering schools of which both Boston University and VABoston Healthcare System are members. CIMIT fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among world-class experts in medicine, science and engineering, in concert with industry and government, to rapidly improve patient care. Its Science Grants and Clinical Systems Innovation Grants are accepting pre-proposals from now through Feb 15, 2009.
Internal BUMC Funding Opportunities
Alzheimer’s Disease Pilot Grants
In Boston University’s Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, pilot study proposals are solicited. New proposals or initiatives for biomedical, epidemiological, behavioral, legal, ethical, health systems or other research in Alzheimer’s disease are encouraged. Of particular note, proposals using the ADC’s resources or data, and those that support new investigators, or experienced investigators from other fields, or feasibility testing of innovative drug therapy approaches, are encouraged. Two awards of $25,000 each, direct costs, are made for one-year nonrenewable studies. Submit a PDF of the NIH’s PHS398 by Feb. 15, 2009 (five-page maximum, use the Nov 2007 version) by email to Beverly M. Young, bmyoung@bu.edu or contact Richard E. Fine, Ph.D., Associate Administrative Core Director, BU ADC, for more information, rfine@bu.edu. Proposals are reviewed by April 15. This program has been offered for 13 years, and has been successful in leading to NIH grant funding and research publications.
Department of Medicine Bridge Funding
Up to $50,000 is available in the Department of Medicine for bridge funding. Applications are reviewed four times per year by a research advisory subcommittee; deadlines are June 1, Sept. 1, Dec. 1, and March 1. The program got underway quickly with the first two rounds (June and September 2007) attracting six applicants of whom five received funds. Priority is given to applicants whose previously-submitted grant application received a score high enough that bridge funding is likely to help obtain a fundable score on the next try. Submit for evaluation your most recent proposal score and status; pink sheets; statement of how to use the bridge funding to improve the score (not intended for salary); application science component and biosketch. Send all to Maria LoSurdo, Administrator, Department of Medicine, BUSM, 650 Albany St., X-808, Boston, MA 02118, 617-638-6957.
