Calendar of Funding Opportunities




Alphabetical List by Sponsor

Calendar
Internal Stanford funding opportunities
Special Announcements
Special Announcements from the NIH
Upcoming Limited Funding Opportunities-Internal Selection Process Require

Funding Opportunity Email Announcements:

All Stanford University faculty and staff: please send a message to Jeanne Heschele  jheschele@stanford.edu to be added to the funding opportunity email distribution list.


Upcoming Limited Funding Opportunites
Internal Selection Process
Required


National Institute of Health (NIH)
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Core Centers for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (P30)
Deadline: May 12, 2008
Submission Guidelines

Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars Program
Postdoctoral Training in Molecular Imaging of Cancer
Deadline: May 12, 2008
Submission Guidelines

Stanford Cancer Center
Developmental Research Awards (DCRA)
in Translational and Populations Sciences
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Submission Guidelines

Department of Energy
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC)
Deadline: May 20, 2008
Submission Guidelines

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
Tools and Technologies Awards
Deadline: May 27, 2008
Submission Guidelines

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Stanford University
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in K-12 education Initiative called WGLN III
Deadline: May 30, 2008
Submission Guidelines

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Sponsor deadline: June 1, 2008
Unlimited numbers of applicants are permitted for this Innovation Award. Stanford eligibility guidelines for this RFA.

In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC)
Developmental Projects
Deadline: June 13, 2008
Submission Guidelines



**Special Announcements** Unlimited # of applicants permitted:


The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Grand Challenges Exploration
Pre-registration deadline: May 15, 2008
Grant proposal deadline: May 30, 2008

Department of Defense (DOD)/
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

DoD/CDMRP website containing a list of all of the programs,
Autism Research Program
links to download program announcements , amount of funding, and deadlines
Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP)
Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP)
Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) (funding for 21 research topics)
Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP)

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Funding Opportunities: Alphabetical List by Sponsor

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  
This list contains links to external sponsor websites for limited and
unlimited funding opportunity links as well as internal Stanford funding opportunites.


A
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2) March TBA
ACGT--Alliance for Gene Therapy, Inc. Foundation
Investigator RFA (posted in Jan. for March deadline)
Young Investigator Award (posted late June for Aug deadline;
ALS Association Research Grant Call for abstracts (bi-annual): Jan. 18, 2008 & TBA
Alliance for Lupus Research
Target Identification in Lupus ( Letter of intent: May 15, 2007 [non-binding] Application due: July 16, 2007); Pilot Program (Oct. 1, 2007)
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Misc. Funding opportunities
American Cancer Society    (April 1, 2008 & Oct. 15, 2008)
The American Cancer Society-Mary Hendrickson-Johnson
Melanoma Professorship
($400K) Letter of intent: Dec. 15, 2007
American Diabetes Association      (Jan.15, 2008 and July 15, 2008) 
American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Miscellaneous funding mechanisms (Dec. 2007 TBA)
American Foundation for AIDS Research amfAR Targeted RFP: "Optimizing the Treatment of HIV Infection" Letter of intent: March 1, 2007
American Gastroenterological Association Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (various programs)
American Heart Association
    National Center Program (Jan. 15, 2008 and July 1, 2008)
     Western States (next deadline Jan. 2009)
American Lung Association (Sept. TBA)
American Philosophical Society Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation (Sept. 1, 2007)
American Society of Clinical Oncology 
Translational Research Professorship Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept.18, 2007; Application: Oct. 16, 2007; Young Investigator Award & Career Development Award: Nov. 7, 2007

American Society of Hematology
     Junior Faculty and Fellow Scholar Awards
     (Mandatory letter of intent: May 2, 2008; Application: June 2, 2008)
American Society of Nephrology (Feb. 1, 2008)
American Urological Association
Foundation (Aug. TBA)
Arthritis Foundation (RFPs to be announced in early Nov. 2007.
The Northern California chapter program was integrated with the National Arthritis Foundation grants program a few years ago.)
Arthritis National Research Foundation (Jan. 16, 2008)
Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative Sept TBA (to be announced in July 2008)

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B

Beckman Young Investigators Program (Internal selectiom porcess required; internal deadline: Aug. TBA; Sponsor: Sept TBA)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation--Grand Challenges Exploration (applications accepted March 31- May 30, 2008. Pre-registration required by May 15, 2008).
Brain Tumor Society  Research Grants (LOI: Jan. 16, 2008; invitations to submit full application March 7, 2008), Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (LGG) Feb. 15, 2008

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
(limited programs-internal selection required*)
Career Awards in the Scientific Interface (postdocs)
Internal SoM deadline: Jan. 31, 2008;  sponsor: April 15, 2008
Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research
Internal TBA, sponsor Oct, 1, 2008
Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) (postdocs AND instructors)
Internal deadline: July TBA ; sponsor:  Oct. 1, 2008
Institutional Program Unifying Population and Laboratory Based Sciences
Letter of intent deadline (BWF): March 3, 2008
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Internal Sept. TBA; sponsor: Nov.3, 2008

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C
California Breast Cancer Program (University of California)
Translational Research Award (LOI-- Oct. 15, 2007 required; Full application, with approval: Jan. 9, 2008);
Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship: Jan. 9, 2008
Joining Forces Conference Award: LOI required, Full appl: April 30, 2008
Californa Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
     Tools and Technologies Awards (Internal: May 27, 2008; LOI: June 11, 2008)
California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) (Nov. 2008 -TBA in Aug. 2008)   
Charlotte Geyer Foundation (cancer research) (3 deadlines: March15, July 15, and Nov. 15, 2008)
Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science (sponsored by Partnerships for Cures)  According to the sponsor, this program is currently on hold.
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Foundation  (June 16, 2008)


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D
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Clinical Investigator Award (limited--internal selection required)  Internal deadline: Feb. 5, 2008,    Sponsor:   March 3, 2008
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award (June 2, 2008)
Fellowships for Basic and Physician-Scientists (Aug. 15, 2008)
Dana Foundation The Neuroimmunology of Brain Infections and Cancers
   (limited-internal selection required) Internal deadline: March 10, 2008; sponsor: April    1, 2008)
The Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging
Using Brain and Immune Imaging Innovations to Improve Human Health
(limited funding opportunity-internal deadline: May 5, 2008 (2pm); Sponsor: May 20, 2008)

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for
Science and Engineering
(limited-internal selection required)
Internal deadline: Feb. 19, 2008, 12 noon; Sponsor April 21, 2008

Department of Defense (DOD)/
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

DoD/CDMRP website containing a list of all of their programs, including links to download program announcements , amount of funding, and deadlines
 --Electronic submissions via grants.gov required--
   Autism Research Program (ARP)
   Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
   Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP)
   Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP)
   Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) (funding for 21 research    topics) 
   Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)
   Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award (DCSA) for Excellence in "Bench to Bedside" Research    (Internal deadline: Nov. 13, 2007, sponsor: Dec. 19, 2007)
Clinical Scientist Development Award  (Internal selection process required: Oct. 29, 2007;Sponsor: Nov. 14, 2007 online nominations; proposals due: Jan. 8, 2008)
 
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E
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Junior Faculty Grant (Limited funding opportunity-internal selection process required: Internal Deadline: April 14, 2008, Sponsor: May 1, 2008) Also-another internal selection process: Internal deadline TBA for Aug. 1, 2008 sponsor deadline.
Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging   
(limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Dec. 10, 2007,
sponsor: Feb. 29, 2008) Note: The Ellison Foundation includes the years spent as an "Instructor" towards the number of years spent as a faculty member, even though the Stanford "Instructor" position at Stanford is a "regular staff position".
Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholars Program in Aging (March 7, 2008)
The Ellison Medical Foundation and American Federation for Aging Research
2008 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
(Dec. 17, 2007)


F
Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN)
American Gastroenterological Association
Bridging Grants (Feb. 14, June 14, Oct. 14)
Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer (Sept. 20, 2008)
Research Scholar Award in Geriatric Gastroenterology (Sept. 15, 2007)

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G
Goldhirsch Foundation-National Brain Tumor Research Awards
    (Letter of intent: Jan. 16, 2008)
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Nov. 12, 2007 (Dean of Research Office); sponsor: Dec. 3, 2007.
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) Aug. 2008 TBA
        
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Early Career Scientist Competion
Letter of intent: April 30, 2008
Complete application deadline (between May 1, 2008 and June 1, 2008)

I
International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) Aug. TBA



J
James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative Research Awards (Funding for brain cancer research and studying complex systems) (March 12, 2008) Scholar Awards (Understanding Human Cognition) (April 7, 2008)
The Jefferson Science Fellow Program (The National Academies)
    (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Oct. TBA)
The John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation (The French Foundation) Distinguished Research Scholar Award  (Internal Deadline: Oct. 29, 2007; sponsor: Nov. 30, 2007)
The John Merck Fund Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Nov.28, 2007; sponsor: Jan. 16, 2008)
Jose Carreras International Leukemia Foundation E.D. Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Sept. 7, 2007; sponsor: Nov. 2, 2007
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation   (Misc. funding opportunities) Jan. 15 & July 18, 2008

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K
Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research
(Jan. 10, 2008)
Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences (Dec. 7, 2007)
 
L
Lance Armstrong Foundation Research Grant Program (Letter of intent deadline: March 14, 2008; Invitation to apply: April 16, 2008; Appl. due: June 13, 2008)
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Jan. 18, 2007) Research areas: Diabetes Mellitus metabolism; and Age-related chronic or degenerative disorders of the brain or vision including such studies of healthy aging processes.)
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Career development funding mechanisms (Sept. 17, 2007-mandatory letter of intent; Full application: Oct. 1, 2007)
Specialized Center of Research Program (Preliminary application: Nov. 1, 2007)
Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Research Grants (Feb. 16, 2007)
Limb Preservation Foundation Pilot Grants (Stanford eligibility: faculty and instructors with mentors and postdocs with mentors with PI waivers) May 15, 2008
Lupus Foundation of America: Adult Stem Cell Lupus Research,Michael Jon Barlin Pediatric Lupus Research, Neuropsychiatric Lupus Research, Novel Pilot Projects in Lupus Research (Binding LOI: April 21, 2008; appl: May 19, 2008)
Lupus Research Institute Grant (May 16, 2008)

        
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M

Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Cancer Research Grant Program (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Jan. TBA: Sponsor: Feb. TBA
March of Dimes Research Grants
    Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research
    Prematurity Research Initiative (PRI) (Online letter of intent: April 15, 2008)
    Biomedical Research Program (Online letter of intent: April 30, 2008)  
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of California Research Grants (PDF) (Oct. TBA)
Melanoma Research Foundation

     Junior Research Award,Diana Ashby Memorial Research Award (Aug. 1, 2007)
Mc Knight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award (LOI deadline: April 1, 2008 )
The McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards (Dec. TBA)
The McKnight Scholars Awards (Jan. 2, 2008)
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc. Aug. TBA
Micheal J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF)
  Clinical Intervention Awards 2008 (April 14, 2008)
  Developing and Validating Web-Based Clinical Assessments for Parkinson's Disease   (Letter of intent: May 14, 2008
  Improving Delivery of Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics to the Brain
  (Required Pre-proposal Deadline: May 15, 2008)
  Rapid Response Innovation Awards 2008 (No deadline-applications accepted   throughout the year)
Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program (Limited program-internal selection process required: Internal deadline:    Oct TBA )
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
    Senior Research Award (Feb. 1, 2008) Fellows Award (March 1, 2008)
Muscular Dystrophy Association Research & Developmental Grants (July 15, 2008)

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N
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIAA)  
     Sustainable Vision Grants  Deadline:  Oct. TBA
     Advanced E-Team Grants Deadline: May 9, 2008 and Dec. TBA
National Hemophilia Foundation Career Development Awards (LOI: Nov. 1, 2007; Full app: Feb. 1, 2008)
National Kidney Foundation   (Dec. 1, 2008)
National Lung Cancer Partnership (TBA)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society  Research Grants  (Feb. 1, 2007)
National Parkinson Foundation (March 17, 2008)
National Pemphigus Foundation (Sept. TBA)
NSF--- NIRT (Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams)/NER (Nanoscale Exploratory Research)
NIH and HHMI: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB): Interfaces Initiative for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training (T32)
Dean of Research Internal Deadline: April 18, 2008 (12 noon)
Submission Guidelines
NIH-NCRR High-End Instrumentation Program (LOI: Aug. 17, 2007, Sponsor: Sept. 17, 2007)
NIH-NCRR-Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (March 24, 2008)
NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) (limited program-internal selection required) Internal deadline: Nov. 27, 2007, Sponsor: Jan. 24, 2008
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P
Parker B. Francis Fellowships in Pulmonary Research (Oct. 15, 2007)
Pew Scholars Program  (limited program-internal selection required)
      Internal deadline:  Sept. 6, 2007 , sponsor: Nov. 1, 2007
Prevent Blindness America Investigator Award (March 1, 2008)  
    
   
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Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Program  (limited program-internal selection required)
      Internal deadline: Dec. 10, 2007, Sponsor: Jan.25, 2008
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Misc. RFAs
   Clinical Research Scholar Program (Feb. 29, 2008 deadline)
   Active Living Research-Round 8-Childhood Obesity (May 14,    2008)
   Health & Society Scholars Program (Oct. 3, 2008)
   Evaluating Quality Improvement Training Programs (TBA in May 08)
   Physician Faculty Scholars (TBA in June 08)
   Scholars in Health Policy Research (TBA in July 08)
Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund of California (Oct. 17, 2007)  

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S
Sandler Program for Asthma Research       (Feb. 7, 2008)
Scleroderma Foundation Research Funding Program  (Sept. 15, 2008)
Searle Scholars Program
      (limited program-internal selection required)

      Internal deadline:  July 18, 2007; Sponsor: Sept. 28, 2007
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar Award and Translational Science Awards (Dec. 5, 2007)
Stanley Medical Research Institute ( Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder)
     Research Grants (Letter of intent: Jan. 15, 2008; Full applications: March 1, 2008)
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation  (2008-09 RFAs to be released in May 08)

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T - U - V - W


University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
       Various programs (Jan. 17, 2008)

Welch Foundation Research Grants
(Chemistry) Feb. 1, 2008
Whitehall Foundation 
(non-clinical neurobiology research)
W.M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering and Medical Research Programs
Concept Paper Guidelines (Internal deadline: Nov. 28, 2007)
William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Program for Research on Children, Adolescents, and Youth   (this is a limited program--internal deadline: April 4, 2008; Sponsor: July 9, 2008)



Calendar of Funding Opportunities  

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September 
October
November
December

 
*Internal Deadline
School of Medicine
Sponsor Deadline 
Name of Sponsor
Name of Grant/Fellowship

January

 Jan. 2, 2008
Jan. 9, 2008
American Heart Association
Western States
Pre-doctoral, Postdoctoral, Grant-in-Aid, Beginning Grant in Aid
Nov. 27, 2007 (Dean of Research office) Jan. 15, 2008 National Academies The Jefferson Science Fellows Submission Guidelines
Jan. 15, 2008
American Heart Association
Letter of intent: Jan.16, 2008
Goldhirsh Foundation
  LOI: Jan. 16, 2008; Invitation to submit app. March 7, 2008 Brain Tumor Society Research Grants
Jan. 9, 2008
University of California
California Breast Cancer Program (CBCP)
Dissertation, Postdoctoral Fellowship, and IDEA Awards
  Jan. 10, 2008 Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research
  Jan. 15, 2009 Muscular Dystrophy Association Research & Development Grants (also offered in July)
Jan.15, 2008
Misc. funding opportunities
Jan.16, 2008
Jan. 15, 2008
Multiple Funding Mechanisms for post docs, new faculty and established investigators
Nov. 28, 2007
Jan. 16, 2008
The John Merck Fund
Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children
Submission guidelines
  Jan. 17, 2008 The University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
  Jan. 18, 2008 ALS Association Research Grants
Jan. 2008 TBA
Fellowships, Start-up Grants, and Network Grants
(Research areas: Diabetes Mellitus and its complications including studies of normal glucose metabolism; and Age-related chronic or degenerative disorders of the brain or vision including such studies of healthy aging processes.)
Jan. 18, 2008 Jan. 18, 2008 (extended to Feb. 5) Donald E & Delia B. Baxter Foundation Faculty Scholar Program Submission Guidelines
Nov. 13, 2007 Jan. 23, 2008 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for Excellence in "Bench to Bedside" Research Submision Guidelines
Nov. 27, 2007
Jan. 24, 2008
NSF
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)$100K to $4M
Submission requirements 
Dec. 10, 2007
Jan. 25, 2008
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award
Submission guidelines

February

Feb. 2008 TBA
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Feb. 1, 2008 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Senior Research Award
Feb. 1, 2008
Welch Foundation
  Feb. 1, 2008 American Society of Nephrology Misc. RFAs
 
Feb. 1, 2009
National Hemophilia Foundation
Feb. 7, 2008
Sandler Program for Asthma Research
  Feb. 2009 American Association for Cancer Research Various grants, fellowships
  Feb. 14, 2008 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also June 14 & Oct. 14)
  Feb. 15, 2008 Brain Tumor Society Pediatric Low-Grde Glioma (LGG) Inititative
Jan. TBA
Feb. 15, 2008
Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation
Cancer Research Grant Program
Submission Guidelines TBA
Feb.TBA
Leukemia Research Foundation
Feb. TBA (Abstract deadline)
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT)
  Feb. 29, 2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Dec. 10, 2007 Feb. 29, 2008 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging ($400,000) Submission Guidelines Note: The Ellison Foundation includes the years spent as an "Instructor" towards the number of years spent as a faculty member, even though the Stanford "Instructor" position at Stanford is a "regular staff position"

March

March 1, 2008
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Letter of intent: Jan. 15, 2008; Applic: March 1, 2008
Research Grant for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
March 1, 2008
Prevent Blindness America
Preliminary: March 1, 2008
Full application: Mar.15, 2008
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Internal deadline:
March
Stanford Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA)
March 7, 2008
(online letter of intent)
Ellison Medical Foundation
Senior Scholar Program in Aging up to $150,000/yr over four years
Feb. 5, 2008
Mar. 3, 2008
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Clinical Investigator Award
Retire up   to $100K
of medical school debt
Internal submission guidelines
  LOI: March 14, 2008; Applications (by invitation only): June 13, 2008 Lance Armstrong Foundation Research Program
Mar. 12, 2008
James S. McDonnell Foundation
21st Century Science Initiative Research Awards $450K
Funding for brain cancer research and studying complex systems
Mar. 17, 2008
Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
Online nomination:
Mar. 15, 2008
Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research
Mar. 17, 2008
Child Health Research Program (CHRP)
Pediatric Research Fund (PRF)
March 24, 2008
Shared Instrumentation Grant $100,000-$500,000
March
Stanford/ Wallenberg Global Learning
March TBA
Project Awards

April

April 1, 2008
Miscellaneous Funding Opportunities
March 10, 2008 April 1, 2008 Dana Foundation The Neuroimmunology of Brain Infections and Cancers
April 1, 2008
Stanford Center on Longevity
April 1, 2008
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
April 1, 2008
Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Services
  April 7, 2008 James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Awards (Understanding Human Cognition)
  April 14, 2008 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Clinical Intervention Awards
Online letter of intent:
April 15, 2008
March of Dimes
Jan. 31, 2008 (extended to Feb. 5) April 15, 2008 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (postdocs)
Submission guidelines

Feb. 19, 2008
April 21, 2008
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for
Science and Engineering
April 18, 2007
Stanford Office of Postdoctoral Services
April TBA
Dept. of Defense CDMRP
  April 23, 2008 Bio-X Bio-X Graduate Student Fellowships 2008/2009
Submission Guidelines
Preliminary app: March 30, 2007; Prop: 4/17/2007
Dept. of Defense CDMRP
 Online letter of intent: 4/30/08
March of Dimes

May

  May 1, 2008 Bio-X Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Program (IIP)-Round 4
Submission Guidelines
April 14, 2008 May 1, 2008 Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Junior Faculty Grant
Submission Guidelines
LOI 0: May 2, App: June 2, 2008
ASH Scholars Awards (junior faculty and fellows)

May 9, 2008
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIAA)
Grants: support invention, innovation / entrepreneurship in higher education
May 12, 2008
Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars Program
Postdoctoral Training in Molecular Imaging of Cancer
Submission guidelines
  May 14, 2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Reseach- Childhood Obesity
  May 14, 2008 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Developing and Validating Web-Based Clinical Assessments for Parkinson's Disease
  May 15, 2008 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Improving Delivery of Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics to the Brain
  May 15, 2008 Stanford Cancer Center Developmental Research Awards
  May 15, 2008 Limb Preservation Foundation Pilot Grants (Stanford eligibility: faculty and instructors with mentors and postdocs with mentors with PI waivers) 2008 Research focus: diagnosis and treatment of adult/pediatric bone malignancies.
  May 16, 2008 Lupus Research Institute Grant
  Letter of intent deadline (binding):
April 21, 2008 Application: May 19, 2008
Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Adult Stem Cell Lupus Research
Michael Jon Barlin Pediatric Lupus Research
Neuropsychiatric Lupus Research
Novel Pilot Projects in Lupus Research
May 5, 2008 May 20, 2008 Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging: Using Brain and Immune Imaging Innovations
to Improve Human Health
Submission Guidelines
  Applications accepted March 31-May 30, 2008 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration
Pre-registration required online by May 15, 2008
May 30, 2008 May 30, 2008 Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (CCNE-TR) Pilot Projects
Submission Guidelines
  May 30, 2008
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Stanford University
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in K-12 education Initiative called WGLN III Submission Guidelines

June

  June 1, 2008 American Gastroenterological Association
Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
Designated Outcomes Award in Geriatric Gastroenterology
June 2, 2008
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
  LOI deadline: May 2, 2008 (required); Application: June 2, 2008 American Society of Hematology ASH Scholar Award
  LOI: April 30, 2008
Application: May 1, 2007 to June 1, 2008
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Early Career Scientist Competion
  June 13, 2008 In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center (ICMIC)
Developmental Projects
Submission Guidelines
  June 14, 2008 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also Oct. 14 & Feb. 14)
June 16, 2008
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Dean of Research Office: April 18, 2008 June 17, 2008 NIH- HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Initiative for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Training (T32)
Submission Guidelines
 
June TBA
Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award, Research Grants, Scholar Awards
       

July

July 1, 2008
American Heart Association
April 4 , 2008
July 9, 2008
Faculty Scholars Program for Research on Children, Adolescents, and Youth
Submission guidelines
July 15, 2008
Misc. RFAs
LOI: April 30, 2008; Application:
July 15, 2008
Alliance for Lupus Research

Submission deadline:
July 15, 2008
Research Awards and Development Grants
  July 15, 2008 Charlotte Geyer Foundation (cancer) $100,000 interim funding for cancer researchers .
  July 18, 2008 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF Research and Training Awards

August

Aug. TBA
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Walter V. and Idun Y. Berry Fellowship Internal Guidelines
Aug. 15, 2008
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
  Aug. 2008 TBA Gynecologic Cancer Foundation Grants
Aug. TBA
Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative
Aug. TBA
American Urologic Association Foundation
TBA
TBA
Partnerships for Cures
Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science (Program on hold by sponsor)
Internal submission guidelines
  Aug. TBA Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, Inc.  
Aug.TBA
Sept. TBA
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Beckman Young Investigators Program Internal submission guidelines
July
Aug. TBA
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Physician Faculty Scholars Program
Internal submission guidelines
Aug. TBA
Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Education (SCCTER)

Pilot Studies in the areas of:  Improving Methods for Clinical Trials and Novel Translational Clinical Trials

  Aug. TBA International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)  

September

Sept. 1, 2007
Established Investigator and Career Development Awards
Sept. 1, 2007
American Philosophical Society
Sept. TBA
Misc. RFAs  
Sept. 2008
American Gastroenterological Association
Sept. 17, 2007 LOI (required)
Oct. 17, 2007
full application
Career Development Award Program
Sept. 15, 2008
Scleroderma Foundation
Sept. 17, 2007 (also offered in March 2008)
Child Health Research Program (CHRP)
Pediatric Research Fund (PRF)
LOI: Aug. 17, 2007, Application: Sept. 17, 2007
NIH-NCRR
High-End Instrumentation Program $750,000 to $2 million
  Sept. 20, 2008 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer
July 18, 2007
Sept. 28, 2007
Searle Scholars Program
   Internal submission guidelines.
Sept. 30, 2007
The Stanford/Packard Vaccine Center
The Cooperative Center for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense Pilot Projects Internal Submission Guidelines

October

Oct. 1, 2007
Alliance for Lupus Research
TBA Oct. 1, 2008 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinicial Scientist Award in Translational Research
Submission Guidelines
July
Oct. 1, 2007
Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
 
Internal submission guidelines 
  Oct. 3, 2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program
Oct. TBA*
*Invitation to Submit Application By: August 27, 2007
Deadline for Completed Application: October 3, 2007 at 4 pm E.S.T.
Young Investigator Award
Oct. TBA pre-applications (required); Nov. full applications
Investigator Initiated Research Grants; Career Catalyst Research Grants; Postdoctoral fellowships
Oct. TBA
Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine
  Oct. 14, 2008 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also Oct. 14 & Feb. 14)
Oct. 15, TBA
Multiple RFAs
Letter of intent: Oct. TBA
Translational Research Award Full application may be submitted by Jan. 9, 2008 only if LOI approved.)
Oct. TBA
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of California
Research Grants (PDF file)
 
Oct. TBA
Francis Families Foundation
  Oct. TBA, (pre-app);
Dec. TBA (full application)
Promise Grants provide up to $1.5M annually over five years
Oct. (concept paper deadline)
California Breast Cancer Research Program
Community Research Collaboration (CRC) awards
A full application can be submitted on Feb. 28, 2007 only if the concept paper is approved.
  Oct. TBA Office of Postdoctoral Affairs Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowships

November

Sept.
Nov. TBA
PEW Scholar
PEW Scholars Program
Internal submission guidelines
  Nov. 2008 TBA California HIV/ AIDS Research Program (CHRP) 2008-2009 Research Program (tba Aug. 2008 for Nov. 2008 deadline
LOI:
Feb. full application
Career Development Award
Sept. TBA
Nov. 3, 2008
Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Submission guidelines
Sept.TBA
Nov. TBA
Jose Carreras International Leukemia Foundation
E.D. Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship
Submission Guidelines
Oct. TBA
Nov.online nominations
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Clinical Scientist Development Award
Submission Guidelines
Nov. TBA
Nov. TBA
Stanford Center for Children's Brain Tumors
  Nov. 15, 2008 Charlotte Geyer Foundation (cancer) $100,000 interim funding for cancer researchers .
Nov.TBA See submission guidelines W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering and Medical Research Programs Call for concept papers
. Submission Guidelines.
Oct. TBA Nov. TBA The John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation (The French Foundation)

Distinguished Research Scholar Award
Submission Guidelines

December

  Dec. 1, 2008 National Kidney Foundation Misc. RFAs
Dec. TBA
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
  Dec.TBA National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) E-Team Grants (also offered in May 2008)
Nov. TBA
Dec. TBA
Greenwall Foundation
Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Submission guidelines
Dec. TBA
Dec. TBA
  Dec. TBA Digestive Disease Center Pilot/Feasibility Applications
For Studies on Molecular Pathogenesis of Digestive Diseases
  Dec. 2008 TBA American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Various grants, fellowships
  Dec. TBA The Ellison Medical Foundation and American Federation for Aging Research
2008 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
Nov. 13, 2007 Dec. 19, 2007 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for for Excellence in "Bench to Bedside" Research Submission Guidelines
  Dec. 21, 2007 The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford
Environmental Venture Projects RFP