HWCOM Research Opportunities – As of July. 2015 Search Engines American Association for Cancer Research http://www.aacr.org/funding/Pages/funding-listing.aspx#.VaAnuRjD_cs FIU Office of Research and Economic Development Weekly Funding Announcements http://research.fiu.edu/funding/ Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html ProposalCENTRALnon-profits and private organizations - multiple programs and deadlines https://proposalcentral.altum.com/opportunities.asp Siteman Cancer Center – Funding Opportunties in Cancer Research http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/contentpage.aspx?id=3226 Stanford School of Medicine Calendar of Funding Opportunities http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/funding/fundinglist.html Trialect Need to establish login in account (free). Posted Opportunities http://www.trialect.com/ Monthly Listings January American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/research/researchprogramsfunding/fundingopportunities/indexofgrants/index Multiple opportunities for all levels of investigators – each have separate LOI and application date: RESEARCH GRANTS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS MENTORED TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROFESSORS NEW INITIATIVES AND REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Application due April 1 Damon Runyon Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Fellowship Award Application Guidelines Pediatric Cancer http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/pediatric_fellowship_award_overview Candidates must apply for the fellowship under the guidance of a Sponsor Basic and physician-scientists must have received their degrees no more than one year prior to the FAC meeting at which their applications are to be considered Application due March 17 February Breast Cancer Research Foundation http://www.bcrfcure.org/action_grantguidelines.html Invited proposal in late Spring March March of Dimes http://www.marchofdimes.org/research/research-grants.aspx On-line process by April 30 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation http://www.ocrf.org/ http://www.ocrf.org/for-grantseekers/application-process LOI May Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges - opens in Mar and Nov deadline May www.grandchallenges.org/explorations Worldwide Cancer Research (formerly known as AICR- Association for International Cancer Research) www.aicr.org.uk http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/funding/what-to-consider-before-applying Spring application due April 14 April Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Target Advancement Program - Pre-proposal due May 27 https://www.michaeljfox.org/research/grant-detail.php?id=27 May Susan G. Komen for the Cure http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/FundingOpportunities.html Requests for Applications open early May- Pre-application mid-June Damon Runyon Innovation Award Overview Application due July 1 http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/innovation_award_overview Applicants must belong to one of the following categories: o Tenure-track Assistant Professors within the first four years of obtaining their initial Assistant Professor position. (Cut-off date: July 1, 2011.) o Clinical Instructors and Senior Clinical Fellows (in the final year of their sub-specialty training) holding an MD who are pursuing a period of independent research before taking a tenure-track faculty position. Such individuals must have an exceptional record of research accomplishment, dedicated laboratory space and the support of their institution. o Distinguished Fellows with an exceptional record of research accomplishment identified by their institution to pursue an independent research program and who have dedicated laboratory space. These candidates are markedly distinct from traditional postdoctoral fellows. Examples: Whitehead Fellows, UCSF Fellows, Cold Spring Harbor Fellows. [Research Assistant Professors, Research Associate Professors, Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows are not eligible June James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program LOI DUE JULY 29 http://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity.html James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program supports biomedical, biotechnological, and social scientific research and development for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of diseases related to tobacco use Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program purpose is to advance progress toward cures for cancer through grants that support biomedical, biotechnological, and social scientific research and development Discovery Science $1.5 Million 3 year Research Infrastructure $1.5 Million 3 year Clinical Research $2 Million 5 year Bridge Grant, $100K 6 months Burroughs Wellcome Fund http://www.bwfund.org/programs-offered Start checking in June due in July/August American Association for Cancer Research http://www.aacr.org/FUNDING/PAGES/DEFAULT.ASPX#.VaAn8RjD_cs Several research funding opportunities MD and PhD candidates deadlines July 22 July Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program: LOI DUE Aug 5 To stimulate research relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that is of the highest priority and potential benefit to the people of Florida http://www.floridahealth.gov/provider-and-partner-resources/research/funding-opportunity.html Standard Grant $250K 2 year Pilot Grant $100K 2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant $100K 2 year American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/research/researchprogramsfunding/fundingopportunities/indexofgrants/index Multiple opportunities for all levels of investigators – each have separate LOI and application date: RESEARCH GRANTS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS MENTORED TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROFESSORS NEW INITIATIVES AND REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Application due October 15 American Society of Clinical Oncology http://www.conquercancerfoundation.org/cancer-professionals/funding-opportunities/open-fundingopportunities Career Development Award $200K must be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) who is within the 1st to 3rd year of a full-time, primary faculty appointment in a clinical department at an academic medical institution Young Investigator Award $50K must be a physician (MD, DO, or international equivalent) who is currently within the last two years of his/her final subspecialty training at an academic medical institution ASCO members Deadline Sept 24 Women’s Cancer Network/Foundation for Women’s Cancer http://www.foundationforwomenscancer.org/research-opportunities/ Research Grant s and Awards Booklet Available July Abstracts due Aug. 12 Hope Funds for Cancer Research http://www.hope-funds.org/grants/eligibility-and-application/ Current postdoctoral scientists must not have been in their Sponsor’s lab for more than two years as of 600 word abstract due Sept 18 United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation http://www.umdf.org/site/pp.aspx?c=8qKOJ0MvF7LUG&b=7934689 $200k for 1-2 years LOI due August August Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Target Advancement Program - Pre-proposal due Oct 28 https://www.michaeljfox.org/research/grant-detail.php?id=27 Worldwide Cancer Research (formerly known as AICR- Association for International Cancer Research) www.aicr.org.uk http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/funding/what-to-consider-before-applying Fall application due Oct 30 October Avon Foundation http://www.avonfoundation.org/breast-cancer-crusade/breast-cancer-research-program-guidelines.html Breast Cancer Research start checking in early Fall LOI due in January Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation http://sites.duke.edu/broadfoundation/grants-awards/ Only issued every two years RFP in October 2015 Due February 2016 Parkinson's Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/en/grant_cycle International Research Grants Program LOI due Nov 5 $75K for 2 years November Susan G. Komen for the Cure Local Miami Dade County Chapter Deadline Jan 31 http://www.komenmiaftl.org/grants/how-to-apply-for-funding/ Mary Kay Foundation Women’s Cancer Research Grant Program Deadline Feb 2 http://www.marykayfoundation.org/Pages/CancerGrantProgram.aspx Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges - opens in Mar and Nov Deadline Jan www.grandchallenges.org/explorations Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test http://www.earlier.org/grants-and-research/for-researchers $40K pilot funding Application due Dec. 1 December American Institute for Cancer Research http://www.aicr.org/research/grant/research_funded_grant_programs.html Applications open Dec with LOI January 26 Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Cancer Affiliated with World Cancer Research Fund International (www.wcrf.org) diet/nutrition Continuously over the year American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Departments/Research-Fellowships-and-Awards/ACOG-ResearchAward-Opportunities To present all funding opportunities available for our Fellows and Junior Fellows and to allow our funders to announce educational and investigative grants throughout the year, we will be posting direct links to available grants on this page American Heart Association http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/ForScientists/ForScientists_UCM_316962_SubHomePage.jsp DoD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/ Elsa U. Pardee Foundatin Research directed toward identifying new treatments or cures for cancer. http://www.pardeefoundation.org/grants.aspx Deadlines, Feb 1, Jun 1, Oct 1 Foundation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy CurePSP http://www.psp.org/research/researchers/ NO deadline $100K for up to 3 years Grant application deadlines are quarterly 15 on January 15, April 15, July 15, October Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/grants/funding-opportunities.html Whitehall Foundation http://www.whitehall.org/dates/ The Foundation is currently interested in basic research in neurobiology, defined as follows: 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 $75K/yr for 3 years applications due January 15, April 15, Oct 15 Zero- The End of Prostate Cancer Submit abstract to medical director http://www.zerocancer.org/about/contact-us http://www.zerocancer.org/zero-research-fund? sara@zerocancer.org 888 245 9455