Limited Submission Funding Announcements

The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation awards fellowship grants annually to outstanding postdoctoral or junior faculty candidates who are investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD or depression, especially those from low-income families and under-resourced communities, or other minoritized populations that may have limited supports and resources. The Fellowship supports two-year research projects that could lead to federal funding and other national research awards.

The Foundation supports research that produces direct and tangible benefits to children and their families, while also supporting promising, early career scientists. It particularly encourages postdoctoral or junior faculty candidates from underrepresented and minoritized groups and/or with lived experience applicable to their work to apply.

FUNDING INFORMATION
$50,000 per year over a two-year period ($100,000 total). Payment in the second year is contingent on sufficient progress during the first year. The program prefers to avoid indirect costs, if possible, but also understands that an institution waiving this request signals their support of the proposal. As such, the program aims to limit indirect costs to no more than 10% without penalty, but this amount will be deducted from the awarded funding.

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible, candidates must:

• Hold a PhD or MD and have completed all clinical training in their field.
• Currently be in a department of psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, developmental pediatrics, social work, or public health or education.
• Be at the postdoctoral or junior faculty level on a trajectory for attaining faculty status.
• Be nominated by their department chair.
• Have a primary mentor for the project.

The Foundation also considers applicants who:

• Have or have applied for K awards.
• Are in T32 or other research training programs.
• Have not yet applied for a K award and hope to use a KTGF fellowship as a steppingstone to K or other awards.

Investigators are not eligible if they have already received major research awards (e.g. NIH R01 or equivalent level of funding) or who have applied for a Transformation of Mental Health Care grant in the same year.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS
For this opportunity, all medical campus investigators, regardless of their Home Institution (BU vs BMC), should submit an application through InfoReady Review as outlined below.

BU may forward one investigator for each of the two fellowship areas – ADHD and depression – per department. Faculty and investigators interested in being nominated should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by September 17, 2026.

• Primary Organization/Affiliation
• Medical campus investigators: please use the Home Institution Finder to identify this information
• Research Abstract (1 page max) describing the proposed project and written for a scientific audience outside of the specific field and containing the following sections: aims/hypotheses, design, methods, and anticipated outcomes. References may be included on 1 additional page
• Department Chair contact information
• Primary Mentor(s) contact information
• List of current and pending funding

As necessary, the relevant Department Chair will review applicants from their department and recommend institutional nominee(s).

If your primary appointment is BU-CAMED and you have questions about this process or your application, please reach out to Julia Huntsman (jhunts@bu.edu) or Gahyun Yoo (gyoo0818@bu.edu) in the Proposal Development Office. If you are a BMC investigator and you have questions about this process or your application, please contact Carolina Giudice (carolina.giudice@bmc.org).

DEADLINES

• Internal Materials Due: Thursday, September 17, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET
• Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
• External Materials Due: Friday, November 20, 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

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NOTE: MLSC has not yet announced all anticipated grant programs for 2026. The internal call for interest is announced in anticipation to allow prospective applicants sufficient time to prepare their materials. All information in this announcement is subject to change.

MLSC is accepting applications for its 2027 funding programs to support innovation, research, and health equity in the life sciences ecosystem.
Currently Open

• Accelerating Research through Collaboration (ARC) Awards: supports partnerships between MA research institutions and life sciences companies and provides funding to a newly hired postdoctoral researcher. Combines Bits to Bytes, Novel Therapeutics Delivery, and Women’s Health Collaboration programs into a single funding opportunity. ARC Awards: ~$750,000
• Research Infrastructure: Grants for capital projects that catalyze the life sciences ecosystem by accelerating life sciences research and development in the Commonwealth. The MLSC has the Research Equipment Database (R.E.D.), which catalogs infrastructure awards made since the program’s inception. Research Infrastructure: $1.5M –$5M

Yet To Be Announced/Renewed

Women’s Health Initiative: Supports projects in women’s health in the area of pregnancy-induced hypertension and perimenopause/menopause. Women’s Health Initiative: $500,000

MLSC Information Sessions

Friday, September 18 at 2-3pm
Monday, September 28 at 10-11am
Monday, October 19 at 2-3pm

Additional Support

The ARC Awards program requires an industry partner. Applicants interested in these programs will be connected with the Office of Corporate Research & Contracting for support identifying an industry partner.

All proposals must be submitted to Sponsored Programs per their proposal submission policy and well in advance of the submission deadline date.
Internal Selection Process

There are no limits on the number of applications BU can submit. However, MLSC discourages overlapping proposals. This internal call is to identify any areas of overlap and connect applicants with units who can support their submission.

Interested applicants should submit a short form via InfoReady Review by September 23, 2026. Identify which grant program you intend to apply for.

For the Research Infrastructure and Equipment Grant: provide an abstract (250 words max) describing their intended equipment purchase

Deadlines

• Internal Expression of Interest Due: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 by 11:59 pm ET
• Anticipated Notification Date: Monday, September 28, 2026
• External Materials Due: Friday, November 6, 2026

The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHSCC) Program aims to foster understanding of human health effects of exposure to environmental agents. An EHSCC is expected to support innovation and be on the cutting edge of science. As such, research activities should cross a variety of disciplines to bring multiple perspectives and approaches to bear on significant environmental health research questions and health impacts. The overall goal of an EHSCC is to identify and capitalize on emerging issues that advance improving the understanding of the relationships among environmental exposures, human biology, and disease.

As intellectual hubs for environmental health science research, the EHSCC are expected to be the thought leaders for the field and advance the goals of the 2025-2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan. The Core Centers provide critical research infrastructure, shared facilities, services and/or resources, to groups of investigators conducting environmental health sciences research. Ultimately the EHSCC should create a flexible structure that allows center members with different expertise to come together to answer complex and/or emerging questions, capitalize on the latest scientific trends, and accelerate the translation of research.

Additionally, community engagement and multi-directional communication should play an essential role to advance the goals and relevance of an EHSCC. Therefore, the structure of the Center should facilitate multi-directional interaction with communities (broadly defined) and EHSCC members through the required Community Engagement Core (CEC).

FUNDING INFORMATION: Up to $850,000 in direct costs per year for up to four years ($3.4M total).

ELIGIBILITY:

Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.

INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS: BU may submit one proposal. Interested medical campus applicants should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by October 13, 2026.

• Proposal Summary (two pages max) describing the central theme of the center and its relevance to environmental health, the goals and directions for the planned projects and the significance of the research for environmental health sciences. References/citations may be included on one additional page.
• List of proposed collaborators

As necessary, a faculty committee will review internal applications and select an institutional proposal.

DEADLINES

• Internal Materials Due: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. ET
• Anticipated Notification Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
• External Materials Due: Tuesday, April 20, 2027

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

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