Research Management Group (RMG)

Current Limited Funding Opportunties-external sponsored projects
Internal Selection Process Required

These must be coordinated internally because of limits placed by sponsors on the number of applications that can be submitted.

W.M. Keck Foundation
Science and Engineering and Medical Research Programs
Keck Call for Concept Papers
Internal Dean of Research Office deadline: Nov 10, 2009, 12 noon
Eligibility and Submission Guidelines

Agilent Early Career Professor Award
Internal deadline: Nov. 16, 2009, 5 p.m.
Eligibility and Submission Guidelines

Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging

Internal deadline:  Tues., Dec. 1, 2009, 5 p.m.
Eligiiblity and Submission Guidelines

Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation Grants Program
(assist. professors)
Internal deadline:  Tues., Dec. 1, 2009, 5 p.m.
Eligiiblity and Submission Guidelines


Upcoming internal Stanford funding opportunities

To view a list of upcoming internal funding opportunities (seed grants, pilot projects and training/postdoctoral scholar funding opportunities), please see the Stanford Internal Funding Opportunity webpage.

Special Announcements (unlimited applicants permitted)

California Breast Cancer Research Program  
"Core Funding" Call for Applications - Cycle 16  
 Overview, RFAs and Application forms
*Translational Research Award (Letter of intent [required] deadline: Oct. 21, 2009)
*Innovative Developmental and Exploratory Award (IDEA) (Full proposal: Jan. 14, 2010)
*IDEA-competitive renewal  (Letter of intent [required]: Jan. 14, 2010)
*Postdoctoral Fellowship (Full proposal: Jan. 14, 2010)
*Dissertation  (Full proposal: Jan. 14, 2010)
"Community-based Collaborative Research (CRC) Awards" Overview, RFAs and Application forms
CRC Pilot Award and CRC Full Research Award
Deadline for optional research plan review:  Oct. 28, 2009**
**Optional, only if the applicants wish to receive feedback prior to a full submission.
Deadline for full proposals:  Jan. 14, 2010 via proposal central


Department of Defense (DoD) CDMRP Research Program

DoD CDMRP webpage: Summary of all current funding mechanisms
Links to program announcements and deadlines for:
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), Austism, Bone Marrow Failure Research Program, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer Research Program, Multiple Sclerosis, Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (melanoma, pediatric brain tumors, genetic/environmental, and for non-invasive cancer ablation treatments including selective targeting with nanoparticles), Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex , Peer Reviewed Medical Research and Neurofibromatosis Research Programs

Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities

Calendar

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


Note: Limited funding opportunities*: an internal selection process is required for the funding opportunities which limit the number of applicants from the institution. Those funding opportunities will be listed with an "Internal deadline" and will include links to separate webpages which contain eligibility, program and internal submission guidelines.
 
Sponsor Deadline 
Name of Sponsor
Name of Grant/Fellowship
January
Jan. 4, 2010 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience McKnight Scholar Awards  MCL and UTL Stanford faculty are eligible.
Jan. TBA ALS Association Clinical Management Research Grant
Pilot projects 1-2 yrs $40,000 maximum
  Michael J. Fox Foundation Rapid Response Innovation Awards (no deadline proposals accepted any time)
Jan. 8, 2010 American Brain Tumor Association Basic Research Fellowships
Translational Research Awards
Jan. 8, 2010 Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Young Investigators (epilepsy)
Jan. 14, 2010 University of California California Breast Cancer Program (CBCP) "Core Funding" Call for Applications
Innovative Developmental and Exploratory Award (IDEA) (Full proposal)
IDEA-competitive renewal  (Letter of intent);
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Full proposal)
Dissertation  (Full proposal) and Community-based Collaborative Research (CRC) Awards Pilot and Full Research Awards
Jan. TBA National Academies The Jefferson Science Fellows Submission Guidelines
Jan. 10, 2010 & Jan. 15, 2010 Radiologic Society (RSNA) R&E Foundation Education Grants (Jan. 10) and Research Grants (Jan. 15)
Jan. 15, 2010 Tobacco Disease Related Research Program Miscellaneous programs
LOI: Dec. 15, 2008)
App: Jan. 15, 2009
Muscular Dystrophy Association Research & Development Grants (also offered in July)
Jan.15, 2010 (see also July 15, 2010) American Diabetes Association (ADA) Misc. funding opportunities
Jan. 2010 LOI deadline TBA National Brain Tumor Society Research Grants
Initial proposal application: Jan. 7, 2010 Goldhirsh Foundation National Brain Tumor Research Awards
Jan. TBA The John Merck Fund Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children
Submission guidelines
Jan. TBA Whitehall Foundation Research Grants and Grants-in-Aid (basic biological research) (see also: 4/15 & 10/01)
Jan. 15, 2010 Foundation for Digestive Health Elsevier Pilot Research Award (research in gastroenterology- or hepatology-related areas)
Letter of intent: Jan. 2010 TBA Autism Speaks Basic and clinical research
Abstracts due (required): Jan.2010 TBA ALS Association The Milton Safenowitz Post Doctoral Fellowship for ALS Research
Jan. 20, 2010 Juevenile Diabetes Research Foundation Career Development Grant ($150K/yr x 5 yrs)
Early Career-Patient Oriented Grant ($150K/yr x 5yrs); Postdoctoral Fellowships
Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowships
Jan 22, 2010 American Heart Association National Scientist Development Award
National Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award
Jan. 20, 2010 American Heart Association Western States Affiliate Funding Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellowships
*Internal Deadline TBA: Full application: Jan. 2010* TBA *offered every other year Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for Excellence in "Bench to Bedside" Research Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines
*Internal Deadline TBA
Full application: Jan. TBA
NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)$100K to $4M
Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines
*Internal Deadline TBA:
Full application: Jan. TBA
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Award
Submission guidelines
Jan. 29, 2010 Foundation for Health and Nutrition Research Scholar Award-for assist. prof. with PI eligibility in gastroenterology, hepatology, or related areas. $60K/yr x 2 yrs
Bernard L. Schwartz Designated Research Scholar Award in Pancreatic Cancer ($75K/yr x 3yrs)
Jan. 29, 2010 American Society of Nephrology Career Development Grants
Jan. 31, 2009 Melanoma Research Alliance Team Science Awards
February
*Internal Deadline: Dec. 1, 2009
Full applic: Feb. 1, TBA
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Grants Program
Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines
Feb. 1 TBA FRAXA-Fragile X Syndrome Research grants & postdoc fellowship
Feb. 1 TBA American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association Development Awards
Feb. 2 TBA Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade Research Program
Feb. 2 TBA National Hemophilia Foundation Career Development Award
LOI: Feb. TBA North American Spine Society (NASS) Misc. grants
TBA Arthritis Foundation The foundation is evaluating it's awards program for 2009
Feb. 11 TBA Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR) Senior Investigator Award
Early Excellence Award
Feb. 12, 2010 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) AASLD Clinical and Translational Research Awards in Liver Diseases
Feb. TBA Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Fellowships, Start-up Grants, and Network Grants
Feb. 14 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also June 14 & Oct. 14)
Pre-application: Feb. 15, 2010
Full application: March 5, 2010

Children's Tumor's Foundation Young Investigator Award (junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows)
Feb. 15 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Misc. grants
Feb. 16, 2010 Global Probiotics Council Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research ($50K)
*Internal Deadline: Jan. TBA
Feb. TBA
Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation Cancer Research Grant Program
Submission Guidelines
Feb. TBA Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Research Grants
Feb. TBA Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Mentored grants & Research Fellowship Grant
Feb. TBA (Abstract deadline) Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT) Investigator's Award in Clinical Translation of Gene Therapy
for Cancer Research Grant
Feb. 27 TBA Prevent Cancer Foundation Grants (see also Sept. 14, 2009)
Feb. 27 TBA Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
*Internal Deadline: Dec. 1, 2009
Feb. 25, 2010
Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Aging ($400,000) Submission Guidelines
March
March 1, 2009 Juevenile Diabetes Research Foundation High-priority, short-term bridge awards ($55K for 1 yr) (see also July 1, Nov. 1)
March 1, 2009 American Parkinson Disease Association Various award mechanisms
March 1, 2009 Stanley Medical Research Institute Neuropathology Research Grant of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder:
March 2, 2009 The Glaucoma Foundation Grant
March 1, 2009 Prevent Blindness America Investigator Award
March 1, 2009 Cerebal Palsy Research Foundation Ethel & Jack Hausman Clinical Research Scholars Award
March 1, 2009 Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award
Preliminary: March 1, 2009
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Research Program
March 1, 2009 Polysistic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation PKD Bridge Grant
March 1, 2010 Epilepsy Foundation
Targeted Research Initiatives for: Seniors, Youth, Mood Disorders and for Health Outcomes (each: $100K for 1 yr) and Behavioral Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
March 5, 2009
(online letter of intent)
Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Program in Aging up to $150,000/yr over four years
*Internal Deadline: Jan. TBA Mar. 2, 2009 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Award
Retire up   to $100K
of medical school debt
Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines
March 5, 2009 National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression NARSAD Independent Investigator Award
TBA Lance Armstrong Foundation Research Program
March 12, 2009 Michael J. Fox Foundation Clinical Intervention Awards
Mar. 17, 2009 James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative Research Awards $450K
Funding for brain cancer research and studying complex systems
March 13, 2009 American Society of Nephrology
M. James Scherbenske Grant
Established investigators-To provide bridge funding for investigators from RO1 to RO1 whose application was not funded.
2009 TBA National Parkinson Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Grants
Online nomination:
Mar. 15, 2009
March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research
March 23, 2009 NIH NCRR Shared Instrumentation Grant $100,000-$500,000
March 29, 2009 Parkinsons Diseases Foundation Mentored Clinical Research Award
March TBA Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure Project Awards
March 31, 2009 Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Research Fellows Grant
April
April 1, 2009 American Cancer Society Miscellaneous Funding Opportunities
April 1, 2009 Wendy Will Case Cancer Fund Clinically-related grants
*Internal Deadline: Jan. TBA April TBA Dana Foundation The Neuroimmunology of Brain Infections and Cancers Submission Guidelines
April 1, 2009 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Awards
April 3, 2009 National Marfan Syndrome Research Grants
April TBA James S. McDonnell Foundation Scholar Awards (Understanding Human Cognition)
April 13, 2009 AGA- Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Designated Outcomes Award in Geriatric Gastroenterology
April 15, 2009 AGA- Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Mary Terese Hartzheim (Hartzheim) Award for Neuroendocrine Tumor Research (Jr. Faculty)
April 15, 2009 Whitehall Foundation Grant-in-Aid & Research Grants (see Jan. & Oct)
Online letter of intent:
April 15, 2009
March of Dimes Prematurity Research Initiative (PRI)
*Internal Deadline: 2010 TBA TBA in 2010 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (postdocs)
Not offered in 2009-2010 cycle
*Internal Deadline: Feb. TBA April 20, 2009 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships for
Science and Engineering
Internal submission guidelines
LOI: April 27, 2009; Applic. (by invitation) May 15, 2009 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Stand Up to Cancer Innovative Research Grants
Letter of intent: April TBA
Applic: July TBA
Alliance for Lupus Research Target Identification in Lupus (TIL) grants
LOI: April 30, 2009; Applic. (by invitation): July 1, 2009 National Brain Tumor Society Standard, Advanced and Innovation Research Grant Program
April 30, 2009 March of Dimes Research Program
April 30, 2009 The Morton Cure Paralysis Fund Research grants and fellowships (1 yr funding: $5k-$75K)
May
LOI: May 1, 2009; Appl (if approved) July 1, 2009 Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America Senior Research Awards, Career Development Awardsand Research Fellowships
May 1, 2009 PhRMA Foundation Faculty Development Award in Clinical Pharmacology
May TBA American College of Surgeons Wound Care Management
LOI: May 1, 2009 The American Society of Hematology ASH Scholars Awards (junior faculty and fellows)

Preliminary grants: May 1, 2009 National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment Research Grants
Sports medicine, etc.
May 8, 2009 National Football League Charities Medical Research Grants (sports injury prevention, etc.)
May 7, 2010 National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIAA) Grants: support invention, innovation / entrepreneurship in higher education
May 19, 2009 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Clinicopathological Correlations of Parkinson's Disease
May 15, 2009 National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD) * Arteriovenous Malformation of the Brain and/or Spinal Cord (1)
* Cat Eye Syndrome (1) (Matthew Cohn Fund)
* Essential Thrombocythemia (1)
* Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) and closely related diseases (2)
* Psuedomyxoma Peritonei (2) (PMP Research Foundation)
May 15, 2009 National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
May TBA Limb Preservation Foundation Pilot Grants (Stanford eligibility: faculty and instructors with mentors and postdocs with mentors with PI waivers)
LOI: May 20, 2009; Applic: July 30, 2009 Alliance for Lupus Research Target Identification in Lupus (TIL) grants
LOI: May 20, 2009; Application deadline (by invitation): July 20, 2009 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Grants for Translational Breast Cancer Research
May 29, 2009 Lupus Research Institute Grant
LOI: May 20, 2009 (required); Proposal deadline: July 8, 2009 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Innovation in Clinical Research Award:
Catalyzing Breakthroughs in Sickle Cell Disease
LOI: (binding):
April TBA Application: May TBA
Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) Misc.
May 28, 2009 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration-Round 3
*Internal Deadline: TBA
May TBA
Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-Imaging: Using Brain and Immune Imaging Innovations
to Improve Human Health
Submission Guidelines
June
June 1, 2009 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Understanding LRRK2 Biology
LOI: June 1, 2009 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Pre-Term Birth Initiativeplanning grant $50K (applicants who receive planning grant have an opportunity to apply for $600K  over 4 yrs)
LOI: June 1, 2009 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Research Award (see also Dec. 1)
June 5, 2009 The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Postural Instabillity and Gait Disturbances
June 1, 2009 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Pre-applic: June 1, 2009; Full Application: July 31, 2009 Susan G. Komen For the Cure Investigator-Initiated Research Grant
Career Catalyst Research
Career Catalyst Research in Disparities Research
June 5, 2009 Children's Heart Foundation Clinical Research Proposals for Congenital Heart Disease Research
June 14, 2009 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also Oct. 14 & Feb. 14)
June 2009 (cancelled-see Dec. 15) Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Individual Research Grants 
LOI: June 15, 2009 MDA-Muscular Dystrophy Association Research grant
Development grant
June 25, 2009 The American Thoracic Society/Pulmonary Hypertension Association Partnership Grant for Pulmonary Hypertension
Letters of intent (required):
June TBA
American Thoracic Society Misc. RFAs
June 29, 2009 The Association for Frontotemporal Dementias Research Grants $60K for one year
June 30, 2009 American Tinnitis Association Research Grant ($300K)
June TBA Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award, Research Grants, Scholar Awards
July
July 1, 2009 Juevenile Diabetes Research Foundation International High Priority, Short-Term Project Award
July 1, 2009 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Career Development Award
*Internal Deadline: April TBA Full applic: July 2010 TBA William T Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Program for Research on Children, Adolescents, and Youth
Submission guidelines
July 10, 2009 American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) Macular Degeneration Research Program (MDR)
July 14, 2009 Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation 2009 Ivy Awards-Patient-focused research on gliomas (brain tumors) up to $3M maximum; indirect costs may not exceed 10% of the total project budget (over 3 yrs)
July 15, 2009 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Regular Research Grant
Career Development Award
Early Career-Patient-Oriented Diabetes 
Innovative Grant
July 15, 2010 American Diabetes Association


Junior Faculty Award
Career Development Award

  Charlotte Geyer Foundation (cancer) No funding available in 2009
Research abstract due: July 17, 2009 Gynecologic Cancer Foundation Research Grants (Ovarian Cancer-most provide $50K for 1 yr)
LOI: July 17, 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Active Living Research and Healthy Eating Research Rapid Response Grants Round 2
July 20, 2009 Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation Patient-focused research on gliomas (brain tumors) Up to $3M over 3 yrs
July 22, 2009 American Heart Association National Program: Scientist Development Grant; Clinical Research Grant
July 25, 2009 National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression NARSAD Young Investigator Award
July 29, 2009 (deadline extended) Juevenile Diabetes Research Foundation International Various funding opportunities (download "Grant Deadline" PDF file and program guidelines)
June 30, 2009 (and Dec. 31) American Tinnitus Association ATA Research Grant (up to $100K/yr x 3 yrs)
Letter of intent required:
July 30, 2009 (Applic: Sept. 15 by invitation only)
The LAM Foundation Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, is a progressive lung disease that affects women almost exclusively.
Post Doctoral Fellowships, Established Investigator Awards, and Pilot Project Award
August
Aug. 1, 2009 American Cancer Society
Clinical Research Professors- $80K/yr x 5 yrs
*Internal Deadline: June TBA Aug. 1, TBA Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Grants Program
Internal Submission Guidelines
LOI: Aug. 3, 2009 Alex's Lemonade Stand for Childhood Cancer "A" Award
Aug. 3, 2009 American College of Rheumatology Research & Education Foundation Grants
Aug. 6, 2009 Sarcoma Foundation of America
ASCO-American Society of Clinical Oncology
Advanced Clinical Research Award in Sarcoma
Aug. 10, 2009 AACR-American Association Cancer Research Judah Folkman Career Development Award for Anti-Angiogenesis Research
Aug. TBA Avon Foundation Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Prevention Research Initiative
Program on hold Partnerships for Cures Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in Medical Science (Program on hold by sponsor)
Aug. 10, 2009 Melanoma Research Foundation Established Investigator and Career Development Awards
Pre-application: Aug. 15, 2009 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Young Investigators Grant ($40K seed money)
Sandy Kirkley Clinical Outcome Research Grant
LOI: Aug. 15, 2009; application: Sept. 15, 2009 The LAM Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowships, Established Investigator Awards, and Pilot Project Award
Aug. 15, 2009 Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Research Grant
*Internal Deadline: TBA Aug. 2009 (*) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program
Internal submission guidelines (*Stanford is not eligible to submit an application in 2009 because it currently has two Scholars.)
Aug. 24, 2009 American Urologic Association Foundation Research Scholar Program
Aug. 31, 2009 International Myeloma Foundation Brian D. Novis Junior Research Grants
Aug. 31, 2009 Epilepsy Foundation Research Grants Program, Predoctoral Research Training Fellowship, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Partnership for Pediatric Epilepsy Research
September
Sept. 1, 2009 Paralyzed Veterans of America Foundation Research Grants (download RFA from proposalCENTRAL webpage)
Sept. 2, 2009 (first Wed. of Sept) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Misc. Research Grants including fellowships
LOI (required) Sept. 1, 2009; Application (by invitation): Oct. 6, 2009 Arthritis Foundation Multiple award mechanisms
Sept. 1, 2009 American Philosophical Society Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation
Step I: Sept. 3, 2009

(Step. 2: by invitation only Dec. 2009)

NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI)
Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions
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Letter of intent: Sept. 4, 2009; Application: Oct. 23, 2009 University of California California HIV/ AIDS Research Program (CHRP)
Sept. 4, 2009 Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition (FDHN)-American Gastroenterological Association Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer ($50K/yr x 2 yrs)
Sept. 4, 2009 International Myeloma Foundation Brian D. Novis Senior Research Grant
Sept. 4, 2009 Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Grants program (seed funding)
Sept. 8, 2009 National Lung Cancer Partnership Young Investigator Research Grant (clinical and basic science fellows and junior faculty)
LOI: Sept. 8, 2009 Concern Foundation CONquer canCER Now Award   $50K for 1 yr (2nd yr possible if funds available) (assist. prof)Click on the document icon next to the CONquer canCER Now Award name at the
Proposal central website 
Sept. 9, 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Career Development Award $66K/yr x 3 yrs
LOI: Sept. 9, 2009 Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Research, Clinical Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships
(spinal cord research and rehabilitiation)
LOI: Sept. 15, 2009; Full invitation by invitation only Jan. 12, 2010 Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy CURE Misc. grants
LOI: Sept. 15, 2009 (required)
Full applic: Oct. 1, 2009
full application
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Career Development Award Program
Sept. 15, 2009 Scleroderma Foundation Research Grant Funding Program
Sept. 14, 2009 Fondation Leducq Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Career Development Award
Expression of interest:
Sept. 18, 2009
Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Networks of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research Program
Sept TBA LOI deadline Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grant up to $1.5 million for up to 3 to 5 years (breast cancer research)
Preliminary notice: Sept. 25, 2009; LOI: Oct. 12, 2009 amfar, the Foundation for AIDS research Research Grants ($100,000 direct costs plus up to 20% for indirect costs for 1yr); Fellowships
*Internal Deadline: July TBA Sept. 25, 2009 Searle Searle Scholars Program
Internal submission guidelines.
October
Oct. 1, 2009 Susan G. Komen for the Cure  
Oct. 1, 2009 Skin Cancer Foundation Research grants ($10K)
Oct. 1, 2009 amfar, Foundation for AIDS Research AASLD Career Development Award in Liver Transplantation in Memory of the University of Michigan Transplant Team
*Internal Deadline: TBA
Oct. 1 TBA (cancelled in 2009)
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Beckman Young Investigators Program
PROGRAM CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Oct. 1, 2009 American Society for Sports Medicine Research Grant Awards Research grants
Oct. 1, 2009 American Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons Career Development Awards ($75K for 2 yrs)
Limited Project Grants (up to $50K/yr)
Oct. 1, 2009 Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Frontotemporal dementia grant award program
Oct. 1, Oct. 26, and Dec. 1, 2009 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Career Development Award in Total Joint and Trauma Surgery; OREF/.JBJS Clinical Scientist Award;
OREF/MTF Research Grant (stem cells and orthopaedic allograft research);
Research Grant in Adult Reconstruction (new investigators);
Resident Clinician Scientist Training Grant
*Internal Deadline: June TBA Oct. 2010 TBA (not offered in 2009) Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinicial Scientist Award in Translational Research
Not offered in 2009-2010 cycle
Oct. 5, 2009 Epilpsy Foundation Research Training Fellowships for Clinicians
*Internal Deadline: July TBA Full application: Oct. 2010 TBA (not offered in 2009) Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) Not offered in 2009-2010 cycle
Oct. 2, 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholars Program
Oct. 6, 2009 American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) ACCF/GE Healthcare Career Development Awards in Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies
and Targeted Imaging Agents $65K/yr x 2yrs; ACCF/William F. Keating, Esq. Endowment Award for Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease $65K/yr x 1 yr
Oct. TBA Lungevity Foundation/Breathe CA et al Lung Cancer Promise of Tomorrow Award ($200K)
*Internal Deadline: Aug. TBA
Full applic: Oct. 12, 2009
Francis Families Foundation Parker B. Francis Fellowships in Pulmonary Research
Submission Guidelines

Oct. 14, 2009 AGA/Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition Bridge Grants (see also Feb. 14)
Oct. 15, 2009 Dermatology Foundation Limited # of applicants permitted (see Dept. Chair) Research Awards Program
Oct. 15, 2009 American Cancer Society Multiple RFAs
Oct. 16, 2009 National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Sustainable Vision Grants (Other NCIIA grants-see May)
Oct. 16, 2009 Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund of California Download RFA and application forms
Oct. 16, 2009 American Liver Foundation Liver Scholar Award ($225K over 3 yrs) & postdoctoral research fellowship
Oct. 19, 2009 American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF)
Alzheimer's Disease Research
-Standard award $400,000
-Pilot Award $150,000
Letter of intent (required): Oct. 21, 2009 California Breast Cancer Research Program Translational Research Award  $750K total direct costs for up to 3 yrs. Invitations to submit full proposals will be sent to individuals in November.
Oct. 21, 2009 American Lung Association Misc. grants
Oct. 23, 2009 American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) National Glaucoma Research
-Standard award $100,000
Oct. 31, 2009 Barth Syndrome Foundation Research Grants
Oct. 31, 2009 The Morton Cure Paralysis Fund Research grants and fellowships (1 yr funding $5K-$75K)
November
Nov. 1, 2009 Juevenile Diabetes Research Foundation High Priority, Short-Term Bridge Award
*Internal Deadline: Aug. TBA Full applic: Nov. 2, 2009 PEW Scholar PEW Scholars Program
Internal submission guidelines
*Internal Deadline: Oct. 26, 2009Nomination due: Nov. 17, 2009; Full applications for two finalists due: Dec. 22, 2009 Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award (Instructors and Assist. Prof) Eligibility and Submission Guidelines
Two-page proposal due: Nov. 2, 2009, 12 noon PST The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration-Round 4
(This is a research grant, therefore, Stanford PI ship policy permits only Stanford faculty with PI eligibility to apply.)
LOI (required): Nov. 1, 2009;
Appl. if invited: Jan. 14, 2010
Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America Senior Research Awards, Career Development Awardsand Research Fellowships
*Internal Dean of Research office: Nov. 10, 2009 W.M. Keck Foundation
Science and Engineering and Medical Research Programs
Keck Call for Concept Papers
Eligiblity and internal submission guidelines
Nov. TBA National Hemophilia Foundation Career Development Award
*Internal Deadline: Oct. 21, 2009Full applic: Nov. 16, 2009 Microsoft Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship Program Internal Submission Guidelines
*Internal Deadline: Sept. 2010. TBA Nov. 2010 TBA (not offered in 2009) Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
Not offered in 2009-2010 cycle
Nov. 18, 2009 Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Research Neurotrophic Factor Therapies for Parkinson's Disease 2010
Letter of intent: Nov. 2009 TBA National Osteoporosis Foundation Research Program Research Grants
TBA Charlotte Geyer Foundation (cancer) No funds available in 2009
*Internal Deadline: Oct. 6, 2009
Full applic:
Nov. 20, 2009
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics
Eligibility and internal submission guidelines
*Internal Deadline: Oct. 19, 2009Full applic: Nov. 30, 2009 The John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation (The French Foundation)

JDFAF Distinguished Research Scholar Award (assistant prof.-UTL appointments) $200K over 2 yrs
Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines

French Foundation Fellowship (postdoctoral scientists) $80K over 2 yrs Eligibility and Internal Submission Guidelines
December
Dec. 1, 2009 Orthopaedic Research and Education (OREF) Foundation AFSH/OREF Hand Surgeon-Scientist Award (American Society for Surgery of the Hand members);
RJOS/OREF/DePuy Career Development Award in Women's Musculoskeletal Health
Dec. 1, 2009 Melanoma Research Alliance -Established investigator award ($125/yr for 2-3yrs)
-Pilot Award ($50K/yr x 2yrs)
-Young Investigator Award-$50K/yr x 2 yrs
Go to proposalCentral website, search under Melanoma Research Alliance using the "Filter list by Grant maker" (Download the program guidelines by clicking on the paper icon to the right of the name of the grant)
Letter of intent: Dec. 1, 2009; application: Jan. 11, 2010 American Foundation for Aging Research (AFAR)/CART, Inc. CART, Inc. (up to $250,000 direct cost for up to 2 yrs for Alzheimers Disease research)
Dec. 1, 2009 National Kidney Foundation Misc. RFAs
Not offered in 2009.
* Internal Deadline: Sept. 2010 TBA
W. M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program
Submission Guidelines
Dec. 1, 2009 Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test Seed grants $40K
LOI: Dec. 1, 2009 (app.: March, if invited) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Research Award
Dec. 1, 2009 American College of Rheumatology
Research and Education Foundation
Within our Reach RA Grants:
Investigator-initiated grants ($200K/yr x 2 yrs);
Collaborative grants ($400K/yr x 3 yrs)
Dec. 1, 2009, (LOI deadline); Applic (by invitation): Jan. 2010 Alzheimers Association Research Grants
2 page letter of intent: Dec.1, 2010 The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience The McKnight Technological Innovation in Neuroscience Awards
Dec. TBA University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP)
Dec. 2, 2009 Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Kimmel Scholar and Translational Science Awards
Dec. 4, 2009 (and May 7, 2010) National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Course and Program Grants; Advanced eTeam Grants ($1-$20K)
Dec. 8, 2009 Klarman Family Foundation Program in Eating Disorders Research Grants ($200K/yr x 2 yrs); Pilot Studies ($150K for 1 yr)
Dec. TBA Melanoma Research Alliance Individual Investigator Awards
Dec. 15, 2009 Plastic Surgeon Education Foundation Research grants and fellowships
Dec. 15, 2009 Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Individual research grants
Dec. 15, 2009 Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Research Rapid Response Innovation Awards (accepted anytime)
Deadline for the following for the following RFAs: Dec. 15, Target Validation*
Therapeutics Development Initiative*
Clinical Intervention*
Letter of intent: Dec. 15, 2009; full application: Muscular Dystrophy Association Research Grant
Development Grant
Dec. 15, 2009 The Ellison Medical Foundation and American Federation for Aging Research
2010 Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research
Dec. 15, 2009 American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) AFAR Research Grants $75K/yr for 1 or 2 yrs (junior faculty);
Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award (2 yr grants of up to $200K)
Dec. 31, 2009 American Tinnitus Association ATA Research Grant (up to $100K/yr x 3 yrs)

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