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Calendar of Funding Opportunities

In an effort to make investigators at New Jersey Medical School aware of agencies and organizations other than the NIH which support biomedical research activities the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is pleased to include the following Calendar of Funding Opportunities in the ORSP website. In addition to the Sponsor Deadline, this table includes links to organization-specific websites through which investigators may obtain more detailed information (e.g. areas of research interest, applicant eligibility, etc.) about a particular funding opportunity.The Calendar will be updated periodically as deadlines and guidelines change.

January February March April May June

 

Sponsor Deadline
Name of Sponsor
Name of Grant/Fellowship Opportunity

January

 

Jan. 2, 2008

Research Grant, Investigator-Initiated Research Grant, Starter Grant and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs

(call for abstracts Dec.1; Abstract due Jan 2; full application by invitation Mar. 1)

Jan. 15, 2008

Jan. 15, 2008 (5 p.m. Central Time) -- electronic submission
Jan. 22, 2008 (5 p.m. Central Time) -- original application and three paper sets

American Heart Association

National Center Program National Scientist Development Grant National Established Investigator Award Fellow to Faculty Transition Award

Jan. 15, 2008

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Scholarship Program

Jan. 16, 2008

Goldhirsh Foundation

National Brain Tumor Research Awards

Jan. 16, 2008

American Heart Association

Founders Affiliation

Postdoctoral, Scientist Devlopment Grant, Grant-in-Aid

Jan.16, 2008

Ashoka's Changemakers

Competition to Help Young Men Succeed

Jan.15, 2008

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Misc. funding opportunities

Jan.16, 2008

Arthritis National Research Foundation

Arthritis Research Grants

Jan. 16, 2008

The John Merck Fund

Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children

Jan. 23, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation
Jan. 24, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

New Jersey Health Initiative 2008
Jan. 29, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Health Games Research

February

 

Feb. 1, 2008

Programs to Strengthen Physicians' Training in Geriatrics (RFP)

Feb. 1, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows

Feb. 1, 2008

Welch Foundation

Research Grants (Chemistry)

Letter of intent: 
Nov. 1, 2007
Application: 
Feb. 1, 2008

National Hemophilia Foundation

Career Development Award

Feb. 6, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthy Eating Research Special Solicitation Round 2

Feb. 7, 2008

Sandler Program for Asthma Research

Sandler Program for Asthma Research

Application Deadline:  February 15, 2009

(letter of intent was due October 1, 2008)

 

Whitehall Foundation

 

 

Feb. 15, 2008

Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation

Cancer Research Grant Program

Feb. 15, 2008

Leukemia Research Foundation

  New Investigator Research Grants

Feb. 29, 2008
Research Grants
Feb. 29, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars

March

 

March 1, 2008

Stanley Medical Research Institute

Research Grants for Schizophrenia & Bipolar Disorder

March 1, 2008

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Clinical Investigator Award
Retire up to $100K
of medical school debt

March 1, 2008

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

MMRF Fellows and MMRF Senior Research Awards

March 1, 2008

Prevent Blindness America

Investigator Award

March 1, 2008

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Translational Research Program

March 1, 2008

The National Academies

The Jefferson Science Fellow Program

internal selection process required

March 1, 2008

Ellison Medical Foundation

New Scholars Program in Aging 
internal selection process required

March 3, 2008

Letter of Intent

Preproposals:
March 7, 2008

Department of Defense (DoD) CDMRP

Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP)

Idea Development Award

March 2008
(online letter of intent)

Ellison Medical Foundation

Senior Scholar Program in Aging

March 10, 2008

Rita Allen Foundation

Scholar Prograrm

March 10, 2008

American Society of Nephrology

Multiple funding opportunities  

March 12, 2008

James S. McDonnell Foundation

21st Century Science Initiative Research Awards
Funding for brain cancer research and studying complex systems

(TBA)

Lupus Foundation of America

  LFA Novel Pilot Projects in Lupus Research

March 19, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

(TBA)

Dept. of Defense CDMRP

Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) Concept Award

March 24, 2008
Cancer Research and Community Grants Programs
March 26, 2008

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research
March 30, 2008
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
March 31, 2008
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

April

 

April 1, 2008

American Cancer Society

Miscellaneous Funding Opportunities

April 1, 2008

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Awards

April 4, 2008

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Biomedical Engineering ( BMEidea Competition for graduate and undergraduate students)

Letter of Intent: 

April 15, 2008

Whitehall Foundation
April 15, 2008
Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship

April 15, 2008

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (Post docs) $500,000
Career Awards
at the Scientific Interfaces

 April 30, 2008 (letter of intent) Application due Sept. 15, 2008

March of Dimes

 

Research Program

 

May

 

May 1, 2008

Avon Foundation

Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative

Letter of intent required by
May 2, 2008; then application due Aug. 28, 2008

The American Society of Hematology

Scholars Award

May 9, 2008

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIAA)

Grants. To support invention, innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education

May 15, 2008

Application

Letter of Intent March 3rd

May 22, 2008

Pre-application:

Proposal June 12, 2008

 

Dept. of Defense CDMRP

 

 

Prostate Cancer Training Award (PCRP)  Idea Development Awards
New Investigator Awards  
Health Disparity Research Awards 
Health Disparity Training � Prostate Scholar Awards 
Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award
Prostate Cancer Training Award

May 2008 (TBA)

 

Dana Foundation

 

Using Brain and Immune Imaging
Innovations to Improve Human Health

 

June

 

Letter of Intent Deadline: June 1, 2008 and December 1, 2008

Submission Deadlines:  September 3, 2008 and March 5, 2009

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

 

 

 

Clinical Research Awards

 

 

 

Applications Accepted: June 2 - August 18, 2008
Junior Research Award
Diana Ashby Memorial Research Award

Online Submission: 

June 16, 2008

Hard Copy Submission:

June 17, 2008

 

 

Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation

 

 

 

Individual Research Grants Program

 

 

 

March 15, July 15, November 15, 2008

 

Charlotte Geyer Foundation (Cancer)

 

The Charlotte Gyer Foundation provides interim funding up to $100,000 to researchers who hae submitted an orignal RO1 or R21 proposal to the National Cancer Institute and have not received a fundable score.

June 15, 2008
Eppendorf International

Request application online:
June 15, 2008
Submission deadline:    July 15, 2008

 

Muscular Dystrophy Association

 

 

Research Awards

 

 

July

 

Proposal Deadline:

July 1, 2008

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

Comprehensive Programs to Strengthen Physicians' Training in Geriatrics

     Research, Clinical, Innovation   ADA-ASP Youn Investigator Nnnovation Award in Geriatric Endocrinology and Henry Becton Award:    July 1, 2008

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

 

 

Research Awards, Clinical Research Awards
Innovation Awards, Career Development Awards, Junior Faculty Awards

 

 

July 31, 2008
CSL Behring Foundation
CLS Behring Foundation - Bleeding Disorders (RFP)

August

 

Letter of intent: 
August 1, 2008
Application: 
November 1, 2008

University AIDS Research Program

 

"Collaborative Research Teams to Develop, Pilot and Evaluate an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention Addressing the Needs of a High-Risk Subpopulation of Mexican Migrants"

 

Aug. 15, 2008

 

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

 

Fellowships for Basic Scientist
and Physician-Scientists

 

August 1, 2008

February 1, 2009

 

Greenwall Foundation

 

Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics

 

September

 

  Sept. 2008

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

McKnight Scholar Awards 

Letter of Intent:

Sept. 1, 2008

Proposal & Application Deadline: 

December 15, 2008

Sturge-Weber Syndrome Foundation - Research Funding Young Investigator Awards
Letter of Intent: 

April 15, 2008  Application Deadline:  Sept. 1, 2008

 

 

Whitehall Foundation

 

 

 

Research Grants

 

 

 

Sept. 1, 2008

 

 

Clinical Scientitst Development Award

The purpose of the bridge grant is to help Dorist Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) recipients successfully transition to independent National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 Funding.

Sept. 5, 2008

American Lung Association

Research Grants, Clinical Research Grants, Career Investigators; Training Awards and Alliance Awards 

TBA

Arthritis Foundation

Research Program

TBA
Sept. 5, 2008

Sept. 13, 2008

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT)

Young Investigator Award

Sept. 12, 2008
Sept. 15, 2008

          Letter of Intent:          Sept. 15, 2008

Electronic Submissions:

October 1, 2008

(by 3pm)

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

 

 

Career Development Award

 

 

 

Sept. 15, 2008

(April  30, 2008 letter of intent)

Sept. 15, 2008

Scleroderma Foundation

Research Grant Funding Program

Sept. 19, 2008

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 

Project Health Design

 

Sept. 22, 2008

Sept. 28, 2008

Searle

Searle Scholars Program

October

 

October 1, 2008

(by 5pm)

October 1, 2008

Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research $750,000 for up to 5 years

Oct. 1, 2008 (check for updated announcement)

The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

The McKnight Technological Innovation in Neuroscience Awards

Letter of Intent: 

October 1, 2008  Application Deadline:  February 15, 2009

Whitehall Foundation

 

 

Oct. 1, 2008

 

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation

Oct. 1, 2008

The American Skin Association

Electronic Submissions: Oct. 1, 2008

 

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

 

Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)     
 (*Please note: Because of NIH's new K99/R00 Pathway to Independence awards , BWF will offer the CAMS Program in lieu of its former Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences program.)

Oct. 6, 2008
Oct. 9, 2008
Society of Toxicology
Oct. 11, 2008
American Health Assitance Foundation

Oct. 15, 2008

 

 

American Cancer Society

 

 

Research Scholar Grants for:Beginning Investigators,Psychosocial and Behavioral Research, Health Services and Health Policy and Outcomes Research
(see also April 1)

 

Oct. 18, 2008

 

 

Francis Families Foundation of Kansas City , Missouri

 

Parker B. Francis Fellowships in Pulmonary Research
$138,000 total over 3 years

 

November

 

Application: 
November 1, 2008

(Letter of intent: 
August 1, 2008)

 

 

University AIDS Research Program

 

 

 

"Collaborative Research Teams to Develop, Pilot and Evaluate an HIV/STI Prevention Intervention Addressing the Needs of a High-Risk Subpopulation of Mexican Migrants"

 

 

Nov. 3, 2008

 

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

TBA

 

PEW Scholar

 

PEW Scholars Program  in the Biomedical Sciences 1biomed and 1 clinically oriented candidate (internal selection process required)

 

Preliminary application:
Nov. 1, 2008

 

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

 

Specialized Center of Research Program

 

Letter of Intent: Nov. 1, 2008 Application: Feb. 1, 2009  (TBA)

 

 

The National Hemophilia Foundation

 

 

Career Development Award

 

 

 

TBA

 

Jose Carreras International Leukemia Foundation

E.D. Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship


TBA

 

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Career Development Award, Young Investigator Award

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

 

American Federation for Aging Research AFAR

 

Merck/AFAR Junior Investigator Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology

 

December

 

Request application online:
Dec. 15, 2008
Submission deadline:    Jan. 15, 2009

Muscular Dystrophy Association

 

Research Awards

 

TBA

 

Pediatric Cancer Research

 

TBA

 

Alzheimer's disease research projects

 

TBA

Dec. 1, 2008

 

National Kidney Foundation

 

Clinical Scientist Award, Research Fellowship Application, Young Investigator Grant Program

 

Dec. 1, 2008

 

National Hemophilia Foundation

 

Judith Graham Pool Postdocotral Research Fellowships

 

TBA

 

Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research

 

Kimmel Scholar and Translational Science Awards

 

TBA

 

The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc .

 

Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences

 

Dec. 1, 2008

 

W.M. Keck Foundation

 

W.M. Keck Foundation
Science and Engineering and Medical Research Programs

 

TBA

 

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

 

Operations Research on AIDS Care and Treatment in Africa (ORACTA)

 

TBA

 

American Federation for Aging Research AFAR

 

Multiple funding mechanisms