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.

Macy Faculty Scholars Program │ June 19, 2026

The Macy Faculty Scholars Program aims to identify and nurture promising early-career educators in medicine and nursing. The program will help develop the next generation of national leaders in medical and nursing education by identifying outstanding educators, physicians, nurses, and role models—individuals who represent the breadth of diversity seen in learners, patient populations, and health care settings around the country.

The program provides Scholars with protected time, mentoring, curricular activities, and a national network of colleagues with the goal of accelerating the Scholars’ careers. With an emphasis on mentorship and cultivating a professional network, the program will provide a national cohort of mentors, fellow scholars, and leaders to further enhance each new Scholar’s experience and development.

FUNDING INFORMATION: Up to $250,000 over two years as follows:

$100,000 salary support per year.
$25,000 per year to subsidize the cost of professional development activities and related project expenses.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must:

Be a benefits-eligible faculty member in a United States accredited nursing school, allopathic medical school, or osteopathic medical school.
While we do not have strict guidelines related to rank or years of service, we expect likely candidates to be at the assistant professor or early associate rank with roughly 3-8 years of experience as a faculty member.
Be a doctorally prepared faculty member in good standing at the sponsoring school (e.g., MD, PhD, DNP, EdD, etc.).
Be nominated by the dean of the nursing or medical school. There can be only one nominee per nursing or medical school.
Have an educational scholarship project with the appropriate institutional support.
Have a faculty mentor who will advise the candidate on the candidate’s educational project and career development.
Have an institutional commitment for the protection of 50% of the candidate’s time.
Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or its territories.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS

The institution may forward one candidate each from the Medical School and the Nursing School.

For this opportunity, all medical campus investigators, regardless of their Home Institution, should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by June 11, 2026.

One-page Career Objectives Statement describing personal goals for this program.
Two-page Educational Innovation Project Statement describing the project to be undertaken.
Letter of commitment from the candidate’s Department Chair indicating their willingness to protect the candidate’s time, describing the candidate’s role in the department, identifying who will be their mentor, and providing the names of 1-2 senior faculty members who will write a letter of support.
Current CV for the candidate and the intended mentor.

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

DEADLINES

Internal Materials Due: Thursday, June 19, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
External Materials Due: Thursday, July 30, 2026

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

Rita Allen Foundation Scholars (RAFS) Program │ July 9, 2026

NOTE: The foundation has not yet announced the 2027 cycle for this LSO but is expected to soon. The internal competition is announced in anticipation to allow prospective candidates sufficient time to prepare their applications. All information in this announcement is subject to change.

The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars (RAFS) Program funds basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. By investing in early-career biomedical scholars and their research, RAFS aims to advance transformative ideas and leverage them to promote breakthrough solutions.

Past Rita Allen Scholars have gone on to make fundamental contributions to their fields of study and have won recognition including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine, the Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science, and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

FUNDING INFORMATION

Up to $110,000 per year for a maximum of five years ($550,000 total).

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible, the candidate must:

Have completed their training in one of the following relevant fields: cancer, immunology, neuroscience or pain.
Be independent investigators in the early stages of their careers and research, preferably within the first three years of their tenure track appointment.
Senior postdocs and associate professors are less likely to be selected as candidates.
Must be employed at a US degree-granting or research institution; citizenship is not a requirement.

Rita Allen Foundation Scholars (RAFS) may not accept an award from the following programs that would take effect in year one of their RAFS:

Beckman Young Investigator Program
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Searle Scholars Program
Vallee Scholars Program

However, RAFS may apply for awards from the listed programs so long as they would take effect beginning in year two of the RAF award. Other sources of funding also may influence selection.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS

The internal selection process depends on whether your grants are managed by BU or Boston Medical Center (BMC). Use the steps below to determine this information:

Step 1: Open the BUMC Home Institution Finder
Step 2: Log in to search the database – search using your last name
Step 3: Follow one process:
- If you see BU or BU-CAMED, follow BU Process below
- If you see BMC, follow the BMC Process below

BU Process

BU may nominate one candidate. Interested applicants should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by July 9, 2026.

Two-page Research Statement describing the candidate’s proposed area of research and how that research represents a bold approach to basic scientific questions addressing problems of global concern significant work, achievements. References may be listed on one additional page.
Up-to-date CV.

As necessary, a faculty review committee will review internal applications and select the institutional nominee. Foundation Relations will work with the nominee to develop and submit the institutional nomination letter and applicant materials by September 3, 2026.

BMC Process

If you are a BUMC faculty member who works in BMC space or you are a fellow whose faculty advisor is a BMC investigator, please contact the Program Manager of Strategic Research Growth, Carolina Giudice (carolina.giudice@bmc.org) by Friday, June 12 to express interest in this opportunity.

DEADLINES

BMC Expression of Interest Due: Friday, June 12, 2026
Internal Materials Due: Thursday, July 9, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET
Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, July 31, 2026
**Anticipated External Materials Due: Thursday, September 3, 2026