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.
Return to the Calendar of Funding Opportunities here.
| Disease/Field | Funding Agency | Name of Grant / Description | Eligibility / Amount | Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIDS/HIV | amfAR The Foundation for AIDS Research | Target Grants | Type 1: Up to $400,000 direct costs, plus up to 20% indirect costs. Up to two years duration starting October 1, 2024 Type 2: up to $100,000 direct costs, plus up to 20% indirect costs. One-year duration starting October 1, 2024 |
July 30, 2024 |
| 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 LOI. |
| Cancer | The Hope Foundation | SWOG Early Exploration and Development (SEED) Fund. | Projects may receive up to $50,000 in direct costs, to be used over 1 or 2 years. Indirect costs are capped at 25% | July 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 1, 2025 |
| 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. Damon Runyon Fellows are eligible to apply in the last year of their Fellowship. | July 15, 2025 |
| Climate Change’s Impact on Human Health | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Climate Change’s Impact on Human Health Seed Grants. | early-stage grants of $2,500 – $50,000 | Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through July 2026. |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Screening Improvement Program (SIP) for Optimizing Diagnosis of Infants. | $75,000 per year for 2 years (plus 12% indirect costs) | July 15, 2025 |
| 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 | One year grant of $100,000 plus direct costs only. | July 31, 2024 |
| Eczema | National Eczema Association (NEA) | Spotlight Research Grant to promote research in topic areas of special interest that relate to NEA’s advancement of our overall research priorities for eczema. | One year grant of $60,000 plus direct costs only. | July 31, 2024 |
| 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. | One year grant of $50,000 plus direct costs only. | July 31, 2024 |
| Fibrolamellar Carcinoma (FLC) | Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation (FCF) | Research grant Studies should be intended to advance knowledge relevant to the understanding, diagnosis, epidemiology, or treatment of FLC. | $49,500 for one year up to $200,000 for two years | March 1, July 1 and November 1 each year. |
| Glaucoma | Glaucoma Research Foundation | Shaffer Grants support new high-impact clinical, epidemiological and laboratory research based on our strategic research goals. | $55,000 for 1 year | Preliminary Proposals July 15 annually. |
| HIV | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Research Scholars Programs in Virology supports innovative research from emerging investigators | $180,000 that will be paid directly to the scholars institution | July 7, 2025 |
| Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome | Progeria Research Foundation | Progeria Research Foundation awards grants to applicants who seek to conduct research to find the cause, treatment, or cure for Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria, or HGPS) | 1-2 years at a maximum of $75,000/year | Round 2: July 1 LOI. October 1 |
| 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). | $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 31, 2025 full application. |
| Juvenile Myositis, Mental Health | Cure JM Foundation | Mental health into pediatric rheumatology Grant. | $45,000 per year for up to 2 years. | July 31, 2025 full application. |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | $200,000 over 2 years | Letters of intent for FY26 will open in May 2025. |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | New Investigator Grant Program | $450,000 over 3 years | Letters of intent for FY26 will open in May 2025. |
| Macular Degeneration | Bright Focus Foundation | Innovative Research Grants | $600,000 over 3 years | Letters of intent for FY26 will open in May 2025. |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | Next Steps Program-Characterization of Rare Melanoma Preclinical Models | $50,000- $250,000 (specified in each Next Step priority area announcement) with study duration of 1-2 years. | July 31, 2024 letter of intent. September 4, 2024 full proposal |
| Mucopolysaccharidoses | National MPS Society -Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) | Research Tier I Challenge Grant will target progress for individual syndromes and focus on delivering tangible clinical progress for MPS and ML II/III disorders. | $250,000-$500,000 over one to two years | March 15, July 15 and November 15 LOI |
| Mucopolysaccharidoses | National MPS Society -Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) | Research Tier I Grant will address complex or multidisciplinary questions and/or unmet needs in basic, translational, clinical, or diagnostic aspects of the MPS and ML disorders. | $100,000 over one to two years | March 15, July 15 and November 15 LOI |
| Mucopolysaccharidoses | National MPS Society -Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) | Research/Clinical Scientist Fellow-Initiated Research Grants. | $50,000 over one to two years | March 15, July 15 and November 15 LOI |
| Multiple Sclerosis | National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) | Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship In Rehabilitation Research | $200,000 direct costs per year for up to 3 years | Pre-application July/August |
| 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 for up to three years period. Indirect costs are no more than 7% of direct costs. | 2026 Spring Cycle: July 15 concept. October 30 full proposal. |
| Physical Therapy | Foundation for Physical Therapy Research | Acute Care Physical Therapy Research Grant. | $80,000 over 1-2 years | July 31, 2025 |
| Physical Therapy | Foundation for Physical Therapy Research | Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Grant | $40,000 | July 31, 2025 |
| Psychiatry and Neurology | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc (ABPN) | Faculty Innovation in Education Award supports the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists. | $120,000 total to cover salary, fringe benefits, and other costs-year award. | July 28, 2025 |
| Psychiatry and Neurology | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc (ABPN) | Education Research Award supports research projects to promote and assess the competence of psychiatrists and neurologists to provide high quality care in an equitable and inclusive manner to diverse populations. | $100,000 to cover salary, fringe benefits, and other costs for total of 2 years. | July 28, 2025 |
| Rheumatology, Rheumatic Diseases | Rheumatology Research Foundation | 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 1, 2024 Letter of intent. August 1, 2024 application |
| Rheumatology, Rheumatic Diseases | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Scientist Development Award for Fellows, Early-Career Physicians and Health Professionals | $225,000 over two-three years. | July 1, 2024 Letter of intent. August 1, 2024 application |
| Rosacea | National Rosacea Society | Research Grant in such areas as the pathogenesis, progression, mechanism of action, cell biology and potential genetic factors of this conspicuous and often life-disruptive condition. | $25,000 | July 1, 2025 |
| Skin Cancer | Skin Cancer Foundation | Skin Cancer Breakthroughs research grants to early career investigators to support pilot research projects related to prevention, detection and treatment of skin cancer. | $25,000 to $50,000 | July 12, 2025 |
| 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 for 2 or 3 years | July 1, 2025 |
| 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. | $200,000 for 2 or 3 years | July 1, 2025 |
| Spinal Cord Injury or Disease (SCI/D). | Paralyzed Veterans of America Research (PVA) | Design and Development/Assistive Technology of new or improved rehabilitative and assistive devices for individuals with spinal cord dysfunction | $200,000 for 2 or 3 years | July 1, 2025 |
| 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 for 1, 2 or 3 years | July 1, 2025 |
| Vision Research | Research to Prevent Blindness | Unrestricted Grants provide opportunities for creative planning and maximum flexibility in developing and expanding eye research programs. | $115,000 per year for up to five years | July 1 Fall cycle. January 10 Spring cycle |
| Vision Research | Research to Prevent Blindness | Challenge Grants encourage the growth of newly emerging eye research programs or recently-appointed department heads. | $300,000 over four years | July 1 Fall cycle. January 10 Spring cycle |
Last updated on April 11, 2025