Listed below are selected grant competitions sponsored by foundations and other private sources—in order of deadline. They are in addition to the limited-submission RFPs periodically announced by the university's Research Projects Administration. The JHU Corporate and Foundation Relations staff is dedicated to helping faculty achieve their research and academic goals by maximizing support from private foundations and corporations. Please bookmark this Web page, which is updated frequently.
If you have questions or need more information about the following funding opportunities, please phone (410-516-8181), or email Joan Wisner-Carlson (jwisner2@jhu.edu) or Margaret Hindman (mhindman@jhu.edu). Click the links below to view details of the competitions.
Alzheimer's Association and Intel Corp. - Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care |
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| Special Note: | See the Alzheimer's Association Web site for other upcoming funding opportunities. |
| Deadline: | 12/1/09 by 5 p.m. (Letters of intent) 1/7/10 by 5 p.m. (Applications) |
| Funding: | Up to $200,000 over three years (includes 10% indirect costs). |
| Purpose: | To fund technological developments in personalized diagnostics, preventive tools, and interventions for adults coping with the spectrum of cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease. |
| Eligibility: | Not specified. |
| Additional Info: | The ETAC program aims to support new groundbreaking studies on emerging information and communication technologies, as well as their clinical and social implications. Novel innovative ideas rather than more evolutionary incremental research are sought. Originality of the study is more important than extensive evidence for why it is a logical next step in a research program. Exploratory multidisciplinary research that would not typically be funded by national health and science granting foundations is of greatest interest.
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| To Apply: | http://www.alz.org/downloads/grants2010/Part%2013%20ETAC.pdf |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Gerber Foundation - Grants Program |
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| Deadline: | 12/1/09 (Letter of inquiry) |
| Funding: | Up to $1-million over three years. |
| Purpose: | Research on pediatric health, pediatric nutrition, and the effects of environmental hazards on children from before birth to age 3. |
| Eligibility: | Faculty at any level; must have institutional endorsement |
| Additional Info: | If accepted, full proposals are due February 15. Additional information is available on the foundation's Web site. |
| To Apply: | http://www.gerberfoundation.org |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
American Foundation for Aging Research - Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust |
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| Deadline: | 12/1/09 (Letter of Intent) |
| Funding: | Up to $250,000 over two years. |
| Purpose: | To support exploratory and developmental AD research projects that have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research by providing support for the early and conceptual plans of those projects. |
| Eligibility: | Full-time faculty at any level. |
| Additional Info: | A maximum of 15 finalists will be notified in mid-January 2010. They will be sent a full application form which must be completed and returned by February 17, 2010. |
| To Apply: | http://www.afar.org/CART.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Medical Foundation - Lymphatic Research Foundation Awards Program |
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| Deadline: | 12/1/09 |
| Funding: | Up to $95,000 over two years. |
| Purpose: | Purpose: To support young investigators in the field of lymphatic research. |
| Eligibility: | Applicant must hold a Ph.D. or M.D. and have completed no more than three years of postdoctoral research by July 1, 2010. |
| Additional Info: | LRF is committed to promoting and supporting basic science and translational research, and to fostering an interdisciplinary field of research that will improve understanding and advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lymphatic diseases, lymphedema, and related disorders. Projects in lymphoma or leukemia are currently outside the scope of this program. |
| To Apply: | http://www.tmfnet.org/grantmake.html#lymphatic |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
University of Notre Dame / John Templeton Foundation - Science of Generosity Project |
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| Deadline: | 12/1/09 by 5 p.m. (Letter of Intent) NOTE: Up to 15 projects will be selected for full proposals in February 2010. |
| Funding: | Up to $150,000 over 20 months |
| Purpose: | To stimulate a field of generosity research focused on its genesis, manifestations, and benefits. The cumulative knowledge generated from the grant awardees' research will begin to answer such questions as:
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| Eligibility: | Scholars and teams of scholars are invited to participate from the fields of anthropology, behavioral economics, business and finance, communications, cultural studies, economics, education, family and developmental studies, geography, law, political science, psychology, social psychology, sociobiology, and sociology. |
| Additional Info: | For purposes of this project, generosity is defined as "the disposition toward and practice of giving good things to others freely and abundantly." Generosity may involve the giving of money, possessions, time, attention, aid, encouragement, emotional investment, and more. As a research topic, generosity is related to but not identical with the areas of charitable financial giving, volunteering, altruism, philanthropy, informal helping, corporate giving, voluntary service, bequests and estates, relational commitment, love, and social exchange. |
| To Apply: | http://generosityresearch.nd.edu/request-for-proposals |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience - Technological Innovations Awards |
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| Deadline: | 12/1/09 (Letter of Intent) |
| Funding: | $200,000 over two years. |
| Purpose: | To advance and enlarge the range of technologies available to the neurosciences to monitor, manipulate, analyze, or model brain function at any level, from the molecular to the entire organism. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who are in tenure-track faculty positions. See more detailed eligibility criteria at the URL below. |
| Additional Info: | The selection committee will invite a few applicants to submit detailed proposals, which are due by May 1, 2010. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the creativity, the potential benefit of the new approach, and the significance of the problems to be addressed. Up to three awards will be made in 2010. Funding begins August 1, 2010. No overhead costs will be paid. |
| To Apply: | http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/news/news_detail.aspx?itemID=3185&catID=85&typeID=2 |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Ellison Medical Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research - Postdoctoral Fellows in Aging Research Program |
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| Deadline: | 12/15/09 |
| Funding: | Up to $59,402. |
| Purpose: | To support postdoctoral fellows with outstanding promise in the basic biological and biomedical sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. |
| Eligibility: | The applicant must be a postdoctoral fellow (MD and/or PhD degree) by July 1, 2010. Individuals who are employees in the NIH Intramural program are not eligible, nor are those who hold any concurrent foundation or not-for-profit funding. |
| Additional Info: | Projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging will be considered. Projects investigating age-related diseases are also supported, if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to these outcomes. In addition, projects concerning mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders are also of interest. Projects that deal strictly with clinical problems such as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, health outcomes, or the social context of aging are not eligible.
Up to 15 one-year grants will be awarded in 2010, ranging from $45,218 for a first-year fellow to up to $59,402 for a fellow with more than 7 years of training. Of the award, up to $7,850 may be requested for expenses such as research supplies, equipment, health insurance and travel to scientific meetings. |
| To Apply: | http://www.afar.org/ellisonpostdoc.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters - Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience |
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| Deadline: | 12/15/09 |
| Funding: | Up to $1 million. |
| Purpose: | To award outstanding achievement in:
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| Eligibility: | Unspecified. |
| Additional Info: | Self-nominations will not be accepted. Each prize can be awarded to a single person or shared for closely related fundamental contributions. Candidates for the Kavli Prizes will be reviewed by committees consisting of leading international scientists. |
| To Apply: | http://www.kavliprize.no/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27289 |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
American Federation for Aging Research - Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research |
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| Deadline: | 12/15/09 |
| Funding: | $500,000 over four years. |
| Purpose: | To support outstanding mid-career scientists who propose novel directions of high importance to biological gerontology. |
| Eligibility: | The applicant must be an associate professor who achieved tenured status after December 1, 2006. Individuals who are employees in the NIH Intramural program are not eligible. |
| Additional Info: | Proposals in areas where NIH awards or other traditional sources are unlikely because the research is high risk, are particularly encouraged if they have the potential for leading to major new advances in our understanding of basic mechanisms of aging.
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| To Apply: | http://www.afar.org/Ellison%20Mid-Career.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Glenn/American Federation for Aging Research - Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards |
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| Deadline: | 12/15/09 |
| Funding: | $200,000 over two years. |
| Purpose: | To support pilot research programs that may be of relatively high risk but which offer significant promise of yielding transforming discoveries in the fundamental biology of aging. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be at a rank of assistant professor or higher with a strong record of independent publication beyond the postdoctoral level. Applications from researchers not previously engaging in aging research are particularly encouraged, if proposals show promise of leading to important new discoveries in biological gerontology. |
| Additional Info: | AFAR plans to award two grants, of which up to 8 percent may be used for institutional overhead. It seeks projects that will lead to major new insights into the molecular factors that coordinate aging in multiple cells and tissues, and the ways in which the aging process is differentially timed in long-lived species.
Projects that focus on genetic controls of aging and longevity, on delay of aging by pharmacological agents or dietary means, or which elucidate the mechanisms by which alterations in hormones, anti-oxidant defenses, or repair processes promote longevity are all within the intended scope of this competition. Projects that focus on specific diseases or assessment of health care strategies will receive lower priority, unless the research plan makes clear and direct connections to fundamental issues in the biology of aging. Studies of invertebrates, mice, human clinical materials or cell lines are eligible for funding. Although preliminary data are always helpful for evaluating the feasibility of the experiments proposed, the emphasis in review will be on creativity and the likelihood that the findings will merit follow-up studies. |
| To Apply: | http://www.afar.org/GlennBIG.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
American Federation for Aging Research - Research Grants |
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| Deadline: | 12/15/09 |
| Funding: | Up to $75,000 over 1-2 years. |
| Purpose: | To support the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be independent investigators with assigned independent space and must be within the first four years of a junior faculty appointment (instructor, assistant professor or equivalent) by July 1, 2010. |
| Additional Info: | AFAR plans to award about 15 grants in 2010. Applicants may propose to use the award over the course of one or two years as justified by the proposed research. Funds may not be requested for overhead or indirect costs. AFAR supports research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging. Projects investigating age-related diseases are also supported, especially if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to these outcomes. Projects concerning mechanisms underlying common geriatric functional disorders are also encouraged, as long as these include connections to fundamental problems in the biology of aging. Examples of promising areas of research include the following:
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| To Apply: | http://www.afar.org/afar99.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience - Scholar Awards |
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| Deadline: | 1/4/10 |
| Funding: | $225,000 over three years. |
| Purpose: | To provide promising young investigators in the early stages of their independent research careers the opportunity for scientific development on important problems in brain science. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who have completed their postdoctoral training but have no more than four years in a tenure-track faculty position. See more detailed eligibility criteria at the URL below. |
| Additional Info: | The Endowment Fund is particularly interested in applicants working on problems that, if solved at the basic level, would have immediate and significant impact on clinically relevant issues. The award is designed to provide sufficient financial support to establish the recipient's scholarly independence. Up to five McKnight Scholars will be named for awards beginning July 1, 2010. No overhead costs will be paid. |
| To Apply: | http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/news/news_detail.aspx?itemID=3124&catID=85&typeID=2 |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund - Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences |
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| Deadline: | 1/8/10 |
| Funding: | $150,000 over three years. |
| Purpose: | To support young investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of epilepsy. |
| Eligibility: | Independent investigator, holding a tenure track position (but not yet tenured) in a university or medical school. Holding a grant award from another foundation concurrently with a Klingenstein award requires the approval of the Advisory Committee. |
| Additional Info: | The following areas within the neurosciences are of particular interest to the fund:
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| To Apply: | http://www.klingfund.org/apply.php |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging/ Association of Specialty Professors - T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program |
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| Deadline: | 1/8/10 |
| Funding: | $150,000 over two years. |
| Purpose: | To fund und the early stages of career development for geriatrics specialists interested in another internal medicine specialty. |
| Eligibility: | Candidates must be within four years of their first faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor, have completed a fellowship in geriatrics leading to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine, be a U.S. citizen or have applied for permanent U.S. resident status, commit 75 percent of their professional effort to research, and be able to match the award with existing support from their institution. |
| Additional Info: | The Geriatrics Development Initiative of the Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) is a program to improve the care of older adults by identifying, training, and developing a new cadre of leaders specifically focused on studying the gerontological aspects of their specialty. The T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program is the cornerstone project of this initiative. Through partnerships with specialty societies, Atlantic Philanthropies Inc., and The John A. Hartford Foundation, ASP developed this research award program. ASP partners with 12 internal medicine specialty societies to offer the Williams awards in 12 specialties, including general internal medicine. |
| To Apply: | http://www.healthinaging.org/ |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Rita Allen Foundation/ American Pain Society - Award in Pain |
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| Deadline: | 1/15/10 |
| Funding: | $150,000 over up to three years. |
| Purpose: | To support research on the molecular biology of pain and/or basic science topics related to the development of new analgesics for the management of pain due to terminal illness. |
| Eligibility: | Candidates must have completed their training and provided persuasive evidence of distinguished achievement or extraordinary promise in basic science research in pain. Candidates should be in the early stages of their career with a track-track appointment at a faculty level for no more than three years. |
| Additional Info: | This is the second year that the Rita Allen Foundation and the American Pain Society have offered this grant program. Two grants will be awarded in 2010. No overhead costs will be paid. Grant awards will be announced by April 1, 2010. |
| To Apply: | http://www.connect2conferences.com/aps4/ws_member/member_login.php |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Whitehall Foundation - Research Grants |
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| Special Note: | The foundation also has a grants-in-aid program with the same deadline. Details are available at the URL below. |
| Deadline: | 1/15/10 (Letters of Intent) |
| Funding: | Up to $225,000 over three years. |
| Purpose: | To support basic research in neurobiology. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be scientists at the beginning of their careers who are assistant professors or productive senior scientists who wish to move into new fields of interest. P.I. must dedicate a minimum of 20 percent of his time to project and not have more than $200,000 of existing support. |
| Additional Info: | The Foundation's current focus is on invertebrate and vertebrate (excluding clinical) neurobiology, specifically investigations of neural mechanisms involved in sensory, motor, and other complex functions of the whole organism as these relate to behavior. The overall goal of the research should be to better understand behavioral output or brain mechanisms of behavior. Research should not be well supported by federal agencies or other foundations. Letters of intent must be sent by U.S. or other mail carrier (not email), and include a cover page and abstract of proposed research. |
| To Apply: | http://www.whitehall.org/applying |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Vodaphone Americas Foundation - Wireless Innovation Project |
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| Deadline: | 2/1/10 |
| Funding: | Three winners will be awarded prizes of $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000. |
| Purpose: | To identify and fund innovations using wireless-related technology to address critical social issues around the world. Proposals must demonstrate significant advancement in the field of wireless technology to benefit society. Applicants must demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach that uses an innovation in wireless-related technology to address a critical global issue in one or more of the following areas:
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| Eligibility: | The competition is open to projects from U.S. universities and non-profit organizations. Although organizations must be based in the U.S., projects may operate and help people outside of the U.S. |
| Additional Info: | The Vodafone Americas Foundation is part of Vodafone's global network of 23 foundations. It is affiliated with Vodafone, a leading mobile telecommunications company that operates in 26 countries over five continents and has significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the United States. |
| To Apply: | http://project.vodafone-us.com/about.html |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
American Asthma Foundation - Senior Investigator Awards |
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| Deadline: | 2/4/10, by 5 p.m. PST |
| Funding: | Up to $750,000 over three years. |
| Purpose: | To support highly original thinking from investigators willing to step away from their current areas of research to tackle the asthma epidemic. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants should have well-established research programs and an international reputation for their research, and hold a full-time academic appointment as Professor, Associate Professor, or the equivalent. Prior experience in asthma research is not required. |
| Additional Info: | Additional Info: The American Asthma Foundation, formerly known as the Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR), seeks to draw outstanding investigators from other fields into the study of asthma. The proposed work should be directed towards uncovering basic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of asthma. The ultimate goal is to find new approaches to prevent, treat and cure asthma. The foundation supports work from a broad range of investigative fields. Studies may involve laboratory or clinical investigation, including genetic and epidemiological studies, but the program does not sponsor therapeutic trials. |
| To Apply: | http://www.americanasthmafoundation.org/grants/ |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Thrasher Research Fund - Research Grants |
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| Special Note: | The foundation also has an early career grant program with the same deadline. Details are available at the URL below. |
| Deadline: | 2/19/10 (Concept papers) |
| Funding: | To support clinical/translational pediatric research. |
| Purpose: | Up to $400,000 over three years. |
| Eligibility: | The Principal Investigator is expected to be qualified in terms of education and experience, maintain an active role in the project, and take full responsibility for its successful completion. Students may be employed as technical support personnel but may not apply as P.I.s. There are no citizenship or visa restrictions. |
| Additional Info: | The fund's mission is to improve the health of children worldwide through high-quality research. Research projects with the potential to impact a large number of children as well as research projects that address severe problems affecting relatively few children will be considered. The Fund seeks to maintain a portfolio of grants with a balance of both domestic and international research, emphasizing projects with potential findings that would be clinically applicable in a relatively short period of time for the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of pediatric medical problems. Investigators are encouraged to discuss the suitability of specific ideas with a Research Manager prior to submitting a concept paper. |
| To Apply: | http://www.thrasherresearch.org/sites/www_thrasherresearch_org/Default.aspx?page=40 |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Ellison Medical Foundation - Senior Scholar Award in Aging |
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| Deadline: | 3/4/10 (Letter of Intent) |
| Funding: | Up to $600,000 over four years. |
| Purpose: | To support established investigators in conducting research in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be established investigators who are interested in developing new, creative research programs in aging or PIs who may not currently be conducting aging research. |
| Additional Info: | Specific areas of interest include:
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| To Apply: | http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/adsp.jsp?key=11aging_senior_about&show=100 |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |
Sontag Foundation - Distinguished Scientist Awards |
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| Deadline: | 3/24/10 by noon |
| Funding: | Up to $600,000 over four years. |
| Purpose: | To support research on the causes, cure, or treatment of brain cancer. |
| Eligibility: | Applicants must be early career scientists who hold a doctoral degree in biomedical science, medicine, or other health-related field; have been appointed an assistant professor no earlier than March 1, 2007; and propose research with the potential to generate new knowledge relating to primary brain tumors and/or brain cancer. In addition, the research proposal submitted for funding must be a primary focus of the applicant. |
| Additional Info: | The Foundation aims to identify investigators who demonstrate "the most outstanding promise of making fundamental/crucial contributions" to discoveries regarding primary brain tumors. Besides scientific merit and the theme of the proposed research, awards will be based on past performance and potential as evidenced by supporting documents. Up to three awards will be made in October 2010. |
| To Apply: | http://www.sontagfoundation.org/grant_opps/grant_opps_dsa.htm |
| All proposals must be submitted to the appropriate divisional research administration office for review and processing at least 5 days prior to the external deadline. | |