Upcoming Deadlines for all Scholar Awards
Recent Updates . . .
Please check back frequently to assure that you have both the correct internal deadline date and agency deadline date. Internal application dates and agency deadline dates and program information are each subject to change. Internal Competition Procedures are available at: http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/internal-competition.html Please note: (1) letter of recommendation instructions are specific to each award announcement (2) on the face page for your internal application, list the individuals you will ask to write letters of recommendation on your behalf if you are selected as a nominee. |
| Internal Deadline | Agency Name / Program Title | Program Information |
| May 15, 2012 | Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award in Neuroscience |
$150,000 over 1 or 2 years. ($150,000) For professors and associate professors working in the area of studies of brain function in health and disease. Funding will support a unique project for senior investigators who are encouraged to stretch their imagination into areas that can substantially change an area of research. Includes molecular and clinical neuroscience as well as studies of neural, sensory, motor, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning in health and disease. Agency letter of intent deadline: July 2, 2012. |
| May 21, 2012 | William T. Grant Foundation 2012-2013 William T. Grant Scholars Program |
$70,000 per year for 5 years. ($350,000) For junior scholars, not yet tenured, whose research is focused on youth development; programs, policies, and institutions affecting young people ages 8-25. No citizenship restrictions. Agency deadline: July 3, 2012. |
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Jun 6, 2012 |
Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research | $300,000 to be used over a period of 3 years.
($300,000) Awards support promising young scientists engaged in new and innovative basic research in all areas of biomedical science. Candidates must be full-time independent investigators who have completed not more than 2 years of an independent junior faculty appointment and will have been appointed between July 1, 2010 and December 1, 2012. Agency deadline: September 8, 2012. |
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Jun 6, 2012 |
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences | $60,000 per year for 4 years. ($240,000) For individuals who will hold a full-time appointment at the rank of assistant professor by November 1, 2012, but who will not have been in such an appointment form more than 3 years as of July 1, 2013. Support is for basic and clinical investigations relevant to the advancement of human health. Strong preference for innovative approaches; risk-taking is encouraged. Agency deadline: November 1, 2012. |
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Jun 6, 2012 |
Searle Scholars Program | $100,000 per year for 3 years. ($300,000) Assistant professors who began their first appointment on or after July 1, 2011. Applicants must be pursuing independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, or related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Anticipated agency deadline: September 28, 2012. |
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Jun 6, 2012 |
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research Medical Research Grants |
$75,000 per year for 3 years. ($225,000) For junior faculty with the MD or PhD to conduct innovative and insightful medical research on the hematologic malignancies. Funds are provided for clinical or basic science research that will lead to novel therapeutic approaches that could replace, or be used in combination with existing effective therapies for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, and related cancers. Such therapeutic approaches could include alternative or complementary medicine. Anticipated agency deadline: August 31, 2012. |
| deadline passed Aug 30, 2011 |
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists |
$700,000 over 5 years. ($700,000) For physician-scientists who will have completed at least 2 years, but not more than 10 years of postdoctoral research training by October 3, 2011. Awards provide bridging support for 1-2 years of advanced postdoctoral training and the initial 3-4 years as faculty. Agency deadline: October 3, 2011. |
| deadline passed Sep 7, 2011 |
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease |
$100,000 per year for 5 years. ($500,000) To provide new opportunities for accomplished investigators still early in their careers to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the intersection of human and pathogen biology. Candidates must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada at the time of application. Agency deadline: November 1, 2011. |
| deadline passed Sep 14, 2011 |
The Hartwell Foundation 2011 Individual Biomedical Research Award |
$100,000 per year for 3 years. ($300,000) For faculty members at any level who hold U.S. citizenship. Support is for early-stage projects which are innovative, high risk, highly promising and have potential to be transformative if successful. They should not be part of currently funded work. Projects should be collaborative in nature and must be relevant to advancing childhood health in the United States. Proposals should be from appropriate areas of the basic and applied life sciences, across a broad range of biomedically-related disciplines. The Foundation will not consider research in the social sciences, public health, or anthropology. Agency deadline: November 1, 2011. |
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deadline passed Sep 19, 2011 |
Jose Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation E.D. Thomas Fellowship |
$50,000 per year for 3 years. ($150,000) For investigators with the MD or PhD who have completed at least 3 years of postdoctoral training and are less than 10 years beyond receipt of the first doctoral degree at commencement of the award period. Proposed research must be conducted under the sponsorship of a leading senior scientist. No citizenship restrictions. Agency deadline: November 2, 2011. |
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deadline passed Sep 19, 2011 |
The Brookdale Foundation Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program 2012 |
Up to $125,000 per year for 2 years. (up to $250,000) To foster the career development of emerging leaders in aging. For junior academics in a broad range of disciplines, including, but not limited to: medical, biological, and basic sciences, nursing, social sciences, the arts and humanities. Recipients must devote at least 75% of professional time to a project that will help establish the candidate in an area of aging research and enhance leadership skills. Program suspended for 2011 application period. Deadline is usually November 1, annually. |
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deadline passed Sep 19, 2011 |
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics |
Awards provide 50% salary support and
benefits for 3 years. This career development award enables outstanding
junior faculty members to carry out original research that will help resolve
important policy and clinical dilemmas at the intersection of ethics and
the life sciences. This research will also put Faculty Scholars in a position
to help set public policy and standards of clinical practice. Priority
will be given to applicants who are below the rank of associate professor,
who have not received a comparable career development award, and whose
work will have an impact on public policy or clinical practice. Agency deadline for preliminary applications: November 1, 2011 |
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deadline passed Sep 19, 2011 |
Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program |
Cash award, unspecified over a period of 2 years. For faculty in the first, second, or third year of the first tenure-track faculty appointment to conduct research involving novel approaches with "computing at the heart of the research." Agency deadline: October 19, 2011. |
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deadline passed Nov 7, 2011 |
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award |
$150,000 per year for three years ($450,000) For assistant professors with the MD or MD/PhD working in ANY disease area as they begin their careers as independent clinical researchers. Candidates must be have been appointed to their first full-time faculty level position between January 1, 2007 and January 1, 2012. At least 75% of professional time must be devoted to research, overall. (Not open to candidates who have served as PIs on an R01, P01 or P50 research projects, or U01 cooperative agreements.) Note: Experiments that utilize animals or primary tissues derived from animals will not be supported. Agency deadline for formal applications: December 21, 2011. |
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deadline passed Dec 9, 2011 |
Rita Allen Foundation Rita Allen Foundation Scholars |
$100,000 per year for up to 5 years. ($500,000) For junior faculty who are fully independent and show extraordinary promise in basic or translational research in cancer, immunology, neuroscience, and pain. Agency deadline: February 1, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 9, 2011 |
Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging 2011 |
$100,000 per year for 4 years. ($400,000) For support of new investigators of outstanding promise in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The Foundation supports biomedical research (including basic biology, basic biomedicine, and epidemiology) on aging. Agency deadline: March 1, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 9, 2011 |
The Mary Kay Foundation (formerly known as the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation) Innovative/Translational Cancer Research |
$100,000 over 2 years. ($100,000) For junior and senior faculty conducting innovative translational research in ovarian, uterine, breast or cervical cancer. Translational research is broadly defined as research that will provide a scientific link between laboratory research and the clinic. Ultimately, such research would lead to improvement in diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment of the cancer. U.S. citizenship/permanent resident status is not required. Time required to be devoted to research: Not restricted. Agency deadline: February 3, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 9, 2011 |
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award |
$450,000 over 3 years + up to $100,000
medical school loan repayment. ($450,000 +) $300,000 awardee stipend + $150,000 research allowance -- for use over 3 years, plus up to $100,000 in medical school loan repayment. U.S. citizenship or permanent legal resident status is required. Applicants must be board eligible. Applicants may apply during the final year of the subspecialty training or within the first four years of their assistant professorship appointment. Applicants must commit a minimum of 80% of professional time to the program of clinical research and research career development outlined in the application. Agency deadline: February 15, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 12, 2011 |
The Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation The Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Depression The Fellowship in Child & Adolescent ADHD |
$30,000 per year for 2 years. ($60,000) To support young clinical and basic researchers as they gather pilot data, serving as a bridge to secure financial support for potentially larger projects involving federal funding and/or other national research awards (such as a K or R01 award from NIMH). Eligibility is open to candidates who by commencement of the award are, in general, expected to be associate research scientists, instructors, or in the beginning years of an assistant professorship. This is not intended to be a postdoctoral fellowship. Agency deadline for pre-proposals: January 13, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 12, 2011 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnerships 2012 Pfizer Bioethics Research Fellowships for non-tenured junior faculty MD or PhD |
$50,000 per year for 2 years. ($100,000) For researchers to explore ethical issues that arise in the everyday practice of contemporary medicine. This includes issues such as doctor-patient confidentiality, genetic testing, stem cell research, professional boundaries, conflicts of interest, informed consent for treatment and research, and end-of-life care. Agency deadline: February 10, 2012. |
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deadline passed Dec 12, 2011 |
Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnerships 2012 Pfizer Clinical Fellowships in Amyloidosis for candidates enrolled in a clinical fellowship program |
$50,000 per year for 2 years. ($100,000) For the career development of nurses, physicians and pharmacists. Proposals should focus on patient care, patient and family education, and clinical and/or laboratory-based research related to the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of patients with amyloidosis, especially those of the hereditary/familial type. Special consideration will be given to institutions and programs that serve disadvantaged patient populations. Candidates are expected to be board eligible at the conclusion of this fellowship. Agency deadline: February 10, 2012. |
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deadlines passed Dec 19, 2011 for PhDs Dec 21, 2011 for MDs and MD/PhDs |
Yale University School of Medicine James Hudson Brown - Alexander Brown Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Medical Sciences 2012 |
$38,436 stipend plus health fee for 1 year.
Candidates should not have more than 2 years of postdoctoral research experience
as of July 1, 2012. No citizenship requirements. Non-binding letter of intent due: December 12, 2011 for PhDs and December 14, 2011 for MDs and MD/PhDs. |
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deadline passed Jan 16, 2012 |
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships in Science & Engineering |
$875,000 over 5 years. ($875,000) For faculty members in the first 3 years of their appointment who have demonstrated unusual creative ability in their research work. Candidates must be engaged in research in physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, computer science, earth science, or any branch of engineering. Funds are directed to less generously supported fields of inquiry. Anticipated agency deadline: April 20, 2012. |
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deadline passed Jan 24, 2012 |
The Dana Foundation Program in Brain & Immuno-imaging: Using Brain and Immune System Imaging Innovations to Improve Human Health |
Up to $200,000 over 3 years. ($200,000) For conventional imaging (anatomical imaging of white or gray matter and measures of physiological functioning) or cellular and molecular imaging of biochemical actions of specific brain cells, or their interactions with immune cells. Awards are for candidates without the first R01 or who have received only one R01 at time of application. Awards are designed to support pilot testing of promising but high-risk innovative ideas that have direct clinical application. No citizenship restrictions. Support is aimed at researchers at the Assistant Professor or early Associate Professor levels. Agency deadline: February 28, 2012. |
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deadline passed Mar 5, 2012 |
Breast Cancer Alliance Exceptional Project Grants 2013 |
$100,000 for one year. ($100,000) For physician scientists and research scientists whose primary focus is breast cancer. The award recognizes creative, unique, and innovative research by applicants at any stage of their careers. Areas of relevant research may include, but are not limited to: diagnosis, etiology, immunology, genetics, therapies, prevention, and clinical studies. Agency deadline for preliminary letters of intent: March 30, 2012. |
| last update: 05-10-2012 |
Please check back frequently to assure that you have both the correct internal deadline date and agency deadline date. Internal application dates and agency deadline dates and program information are each subject to change. |
