Funding

Outstanding Investigator Award (R35)

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Program: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA)

The R35 program provides long term support to an experienced investigator with an outstanding record of research productivity. This support is intended to encourage investigators to embark on long-term projects of unusual potential.

Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21)

Funder: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Program: Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21)

The R21 program supports exploratory and developmental research projects that fall within the NICHD mission by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects. These studies may involve considerable risk but may lead to a breakthrough in a particular area, or to the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications that could have a major impact on a field of biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research.

The Shipley Foundation Program for Innovation in Stem Cell Science

Funder: Shipley Foundation
Program: Program for Innovation in Stem Cell Science Award

The Shipley Foundation, through its grant-making, strives to improve people’s lives in the United States and abroad by catalyzing innovation, building capacity, and responding nimbly to need in numerous areas, including medical research.

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2)

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Program: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, this award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral or social sciences within the NIH mission.

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Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI) Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Research Initiative

Funder: Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University in St. Louis
Program: Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Research Initiative

This initiative from the Children’s Discovery Institute supports teams of colleagues with differing areas of expertise who wish to pool their talents and resources to identify targets for improved diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a pediatric health issue that is relevant to the goals of the CDI.

The Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant Program

Funder: Mallinckrodt Foundation
Program: Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant

The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation supports early-stage biomedical investigators engaged in basic and translational research that has the potential to make fundamental advances in biomedical science.