Limited Submission Funding Announcements

These research funding opportunities have a submission limit, meaning only a certain number of applications can be submitted. Faculty interested in applying must submit a preliminary proposal for review by an internal selection committee. Below are the available funding opportunities along with their respective internal submission deadlines.

Boston Scientific Foundation Grant Funds for Health │ May 19

The Boston Scientific Foundation supports research related to non-communicable cancer, diabetes, respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal or urologic diseases and disorders. Grant funds must be used to primarily target services to economically disadvantaged populations in one of the following geographic areas:

California (Valencia)
Indiana (Spencer)
Massachusetts (Cambridge, Marlborough or Quincy)
Minnesota (Arden Hills, Maple Grove, Minnetonka or Rochester)
Puerto Rico (Dorado or San Juan)

FUNDING INFORMATION: Between $10,000-$30,000 for one year program beginning early November 2025. Grant amounts vary depending on the number of participants to be served, expected measurable impact and competition from other strong applicants during any given grant cycle.

ELIGIBILITY: Organizations may submit one application per region each calendar year.

The Boston Scientific foundation does not support:

Grant requests where funds would not be used to primarily serve economically disadvantaged participants; applicants will be required to state how this is determined
Requests for event or team sponsorships, including robotics teams
Stipends as payment or reimbursement for program participation
Programs for dental health, eye health, mental health, legal support/advocacy for healthcare coverage, care for the caregivers or homeopathic care
Capital campaigns or general fundraising
Political campaigns to support and/or oppose candidates for public office
Evangelizing activities of religious organizations
Organizations that discriminate in who they hire based on race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other class protected by federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below via InfoReady Review by Monday, May 19, 2025. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space or your research mentor is a BMC investigator and you wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth Jessica Howard, at Jessica.howard@bmc.org, by Wednesday, May 6, 2025.

Short questions outlined in InfoReady Review
One-page Proposal Summary describing the proposed health research project that uses evidence-based approaches and a clear identification of the target audience
Up-to-date CV

As necessary, a faculty committee will review the internal applications and select the nominees.

DEADLINES:

Internal Deadline: Monday, May 19, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, June 6, 2025
Application Deadline: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

In requesting to be considered for this limited submission funding opportunity, you are making a commitment, if selected, to submit your proposal to the sponsor in a timely manner and to Sponsored Programs in accordance with the Proposal Submission Policy.

American Diabetes Association - Pathway to Stop Diabetes │ May 28

The American Diabetes Association’s bold transformational initiative, Pathway to Stop Diabetes, aims to inspire a new generation of diabetes researchers. Pathway provides crucial support to individuals focusing on innovative ideas and transformational approaches that will lead to ground-breaking discoveries in diabetes prevention, management and cures.

This call for nominations prioritizes translational applications that move knowledge and discovery gained from basic research to its eventual translation into patient and population benefit. The Foundation’s ideal applicant will propose innovative research that will be an important step towards improving the lives of people at risk of diabetes or living with the disease and the pathway to this impact is clear.

FUNDING INFORMATION: Up to $1,625,000 with different foci depending on the type of award, as listed below.

Initiator Award: Up to seven years – up to two years in Phase I and up to five years in Phase II
- Phase I: Up to $100,000 per year with up to 10% of direct costs
- Phase II: Up to $325,000 per year with up to 30% of direct costs
Accelerator Award: Up to five years. Up to $325,000 per year with up to 30% of direct costs.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must have US work authorization.

Initiator Award applicants must currently be in research training positions (post-doctoral fellow, research fellowship) and have no more than seven years of research training following terminal doctoral degree. Applicants cannot concurrently hold an NIH K99/R00 grant.

Accelerator Award applicants should be early-career investigators holding faculty positions and having demonstrated independent productivity in diabetes research. Applicants may currently hold independent NIH funding (K, U or R awards, including an initial R01/U01) but must not have applied for (regardless of outcome), or received, an R01/U01 renewal or a second R01/U01 award.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: BU may forward up to two nominations: one nomination spanning basic through preclinical research and one nomination spanning clinical through public health research. Please see page one of this information document for information about each category.

Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below via InfoReady Review by Wednesday, May 28, 2025. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space or your research mentor is a BMC investigator and you wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth Jessica Howard, at Jessica.howard@bmc.org, by Monday, May 19, 2025.

Short questions outlined in InfoReady Review.
Two-page research strategy summary describing your scientific question(s), the strategies and approaches used to address the question(s), significance, and potential risks and challenges. References may be listed on a third page.
Up-to-date CV or biosketch.

As necessary, a faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review the applications and select the institutional nominees.

DEADLINES:

Internal Deadline: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. EST
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Biomedical Research Grant │ June 2

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Faculty Scholars Program │ June 2

The Macy Faculty Scholars Program, by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, supports promising early-career educators in medicine and nursing who are committed to advancing health professions education. Now focused on a more diverse group of early-career faculty, the program provides protected time, mentorship, curricular development, and a national network to accelerate their careers. The goal is to develop leaders who will drive change in health education to better serve the nation’s diverse communities.

It is required that projects address one or more of the Foundation’s above priority areas.

Full details about the program, the eligibility and selection criteria, and the application process are available on the foundation’s website.

Funding Information: Up to $125,000 annually for two years, covering 50% protected time for a mentored educational project. Tuition for one Harvard Macy Institute course is covered.

Eligibility:

Be a doctorally prepared faculty member in good standing at the sponsoring school.
Have served for three to eight years as a full-time faculty member.
Have an identified faculty mentor who will provide advice on the candidate’s project and career development.
Have an educational innovation project with the appropriate institutional support.
Have an institutional commitment to protecting at least 50% of the candidate’s time.

Internal Selection Process: BUMC interested faculty should submit the following materials listed below in a single PDF to Diana Lehman at dlehman@bu.edu by Monday, June 2, 2025. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space or your research mentor is a BMC investigator and you wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth Jessica Howard, at Jessica.howard@bmc.org, by Monday, May 19, 2025.

Statement by the candidate of career objectives and personal goals for this program, no more than one page.
Description by the candidate of the educational innovation project to be undertaken, no more than two pages.
Letter from the candidate’s department chair indicating the chair’s commitment to protecting the candidate’s time, describing the candidate’s role in the department, identifying who will be the mentor, and names of 1-2 senior faculty members who will write a letter of support.
Current curriculum vitae of the candidate and mentor.

A faculty committee drawn from the medical campus will review the internal proposals and select the nominee.

DEADLINES: Internal Deadline: June 2, 2025│Sponsor Deadline: Aug. 1, 2025

Karen Toffler Charitable Trust's Scholar Program │ June 2

The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust’s Toffler Scholar Program supports groundbreaking neurological research at its earliest stages by providing early career university-based researchers with essential funding and access to a supportive network. The Trust favors innovative projects that often face difficulty obtaining traditional funding.

ELIGIBILITY: PhD students, assistant professors, clinical fellows and postdocs may apply. Applicants whose projects have been declined by the Toffler Trust or have already received or will receive significant extramural funding (NIH, NSF, DOD, commercial entities, other foundations, etc.) will not be considered. BMC investigators are not eligible.

FOCUS: Applicants must be working in areas related to neuroscience, neurodegenerative or associated human systems that (may) affect brain development and health. Proposed research projects may be basic or translational in nature. Key focus areas are:

Biomarker research for early detection
Translational research for new science
Emerging technology tools for precision understanding
Disease mechanism research for prevention and proactive health
Population and epidemiology to understand future shocks in brain health

FUNDING INFORMATION: $40,000-$50,000 per project.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below combined into a single PDF document, via email to Diana Lehman at dlehman@bu.edu, by Monday, June 2, 2025.

A letter of recommendation from the appropriate department chair or dean
A brief statement (up to two pages) by the candidate describing their achievements and proposed project
A brief budget outline for the proposed project
Up-to-date CV or NIH biosketch

A medical campus faculty committee will review the internal proposals and select nominees. Foundation Relations will work with the nominees to develop and submit material by June 30, 2025.

INTERNAL CONTACT: David Gillerman, senior director, Foundation Relations at dgillerm@bu.edu , (617) 359-8089.

DEADLINES: Internal Materials Due: Monday, June 2, 2025 | Sponsor Deadline: Monday, June 30, 2025.

Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award │ June 4

The Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Awards (IBRA) supports innovative, early-stage biomedical research that has not qualified for funding from traditional sources and has the potential to benefit children in the U.S.. However, research does not have to be of value to the health of U.S. children exclusively.

The Foundation funds two kinds of research:

Translational research that targets an unmet medical need in areas such as diagnosis, intervention or prevention and has the potential to directly impact healthcare outcomes.
Strategic research that has the potential to resolve a complex technical problem and accelerate clinical discovery and translational research.

Preliminary data is not required, and proposals should involve significant risk. The Foundation will not fund basic research, research intended to advance a commercial venture or research that has already received or will receive significant extramural funding.

FUNDING INFORMATION: $100,000 per year for three years. No indirect costs allowed. For each IBRA BU receives, the University will be able to name the recipient a Hartwell Postdoctoral Fellowship, which provides support for two years at $50,000 direct cost per year. Hartwell Fellows are also expected to be engaged in biomedical research that could benefit children in the U.S., although the research does not have to be of value to the health of U.S. children exclusively.

ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS: This career development award is intended to have a positive effect on the career of the nominee. Mid- and late-career nominees will not be competitive. Possession of an MD is recommended but not required. If the nominee does not hold an MD, then they must have a collaborator who is a practicing physician, preferably in pediatric medicine.

All nominees must:

Hold U.S. citizenship
Maintain a full-time appointment
Have adequate committed laboratory and office space to conduct the proposed research
Agree to the Foundation’s terms and conditions

Previously funded research.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: BU may forward two nominees. Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below via InfoReady Review by June 4, 2025. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space or your research mentor is a BMC investigator and you wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth Jessica Howard, at Jessica.howard@bmc.org, by Monday, May 19, 2025.

Questions outlined in InfoReady Review application
Two-page research proposal describing how the proposed problem is early-stage, innovative, and cutting-edge as well as the potential benefits it would bring to children. A third page may be used for citations.
Up-to-date CV or biosketch

A faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review the internal proposals and the select nominees. Foundation Relations will work with the nominees to develop and submit the institutional nomination letter and applicant materials by Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.

DEADLINES:

Internal Materials Due: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. ET
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, June 27, 2025
Sponsor Deadline: Monday, Sept. 15, 2025

Mark Foundation Cancer Research Endeavor Award │ June 18

The Mark Foundation Endeavor Awards support collaborative research projects that bring together investigators with diverse areas of expertise to tackle challenges in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Awards will be made to teams of three or more investigators to generate and integrate data from diverse lines of research and transform those insights into advances for cancer patients that could not be achieved by individual efforts. Teams are encouraged to consider diversity in terms of discipline, seniority, gender, race, ethnicity and other parameters that will enhance the team’s approach with fresh perspectives.

Eligible projects fit the following criteria:

Basic, translational and clinical projects.
The project must seek to address an overarching, urgent scientific question. Any sub-projects should be designed to elucidate various aspects of the overarching question, theme or focus.
The output of the individual team members (data, samples, hypotheses, compounds, etc.) must be integrated and/or shared in a way that makes the impact of the project as a whole larger than the sum of its parts.
Proposed projects must not be supported by other sources of funding. Finalists will be asked to discuss any potential overlap with other current or pending awards.

View the 2023 Endeavor Award teams descriptions.

FUNDING INFORMATION: $3M dispersed over a three-year term including both direct and indirect costs, with indirect costs not to exceed 10% of the direct costs.

The requested funding should be divided among team members in a manner proportional to the actual cost of the work carried out by each investigator for the project.

ELIGIBILITY: There are no restrictions on citizenship or geography. Applicants must have an independent faculty appointment (tenure-track or equivalent) at a non-profit academic institution.

Teams must consist of three or more investigators at a single or multiple institutions. They are composed of one PI and between 2-8 co-PIs. The PI’s institution will be considered the host institution. Investigators may be co-PI or collaborator on more than one proposal.

Team member roles are:

PI serves as the single point of contact with MFCR during the application process and the grant period. Does not need to be the most senior member of the team.
Co-PI core member of team leadership whose lab receives at least 10% of the total grant budget.
Collaborator serves as a project consultant or advisor rather than a team leader and whose lab can provide resources, perform experiments, analyses, etc. Receives 0-10% of the budget.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: BU can put forward one submission as the host institution. Interested BUMC faculty should submit the following materials listed below via InfoReady Review by June 18, 2025. If you are a faculty who works in BMC space or your research mentor is a BMC investigator and you wish to apply, please contact the Director of Strategic Research Growth Jessica Howard, at Jessica.howard@bmc.org, by one week from today’s date.

Short Questions outlined in InfoReady Review.
Two-page Project Proposal Summary describing the project’s specific aims, unmet needs addressed, objectives, any preliminary studies and a high-level description of the experimental approach. Any references may be listed on a third page.
List of investigators involved, including all co-PIs (2-8 people) and collaborators (optional). Please include the following information for each team member: primary appointment title, primary department affiliation, institutional affiliation and a one-sentence explanation of their anticipated contributions to the team.
Up-to-date CV or biosketch for the PI.

As necessary, a faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review the applications and select the team to be nominated.

DEADLINES:

Internal Materials Due: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. ET
Anticipated Notification Date: Monday, July 14, 2025
Letter of Intent Due: Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025
Finalist teams notified in Nov. 2025

If you have any questions about these funding opportunities contact us.

View the list of annually recurring limited submission funding opportunities sorted by anticipated internal deadline.