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Boston University Medical Campus
Office of the Associate Provost for Research
Research Funding Opportunities - deadlines March 2015
Listed in alphabetical order, the following private organizations are offering one or multiple funding opportunities.
For details on a specific opportunity click on the corresponding hyperlink below:
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
American Society for Radiation Oncology
American Parkinson’s Disease Association
A-T Children’s Project
Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation
James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF)
Klingenstein Fund
Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation *
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience *
Melanoma Research Foundation
New York Stem Cell Foundation
Sontag Foundation
*Dates not confirmed by the funding organization at the time of compiling this information.
Always check foundation website for updated RFP.
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)
The ADDF seeks to fill the critical translational funding gap between basic research and later stage drug
development. We fund high risk, early stage drug discovery and development projects and catalyze
scientists to enter the drug discovery field. We help to create new biotechnology companies, and to fund
early stage biotechnology companies, with programs dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease drug discovery. We
are soliciting proposals for the following two programs.
DEADLINES: MARCH 10, 2015
URL: http://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/request-for-proposal
2015 Preclinical Drug Discovery Program
Amount Available: $150,000
URL: http://www.alzdiscovery.org/assets/content/static/2015_Preclinical_Drug_Discovery_RFP.pdf
2015 Program to Accelerate Clinical Trials (PACT)
Amount Available: $1,500,000
URL: http://www.alzdiscovery.org/assets/content/static/2015_PACT_RFP.pdf
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American Society for Radiation Oncology
ASTRO Junior Faculty Career Research Training Award
This award was created to stimulate interest in radiation research early in junior faculty’s careers by
offering them the opportunity to have focused time for research projects in radiation oncology, biology,
physics or outcomes/health services.
Amount: $200,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 27, 2015
URL: https://www.astro.org/Research/Funding-Opportunities/ASTRO-Supported-Grants/JuniorFaculty/Index.aspx
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/134032
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American Parkinson’s Disease Association
George C. Cotzias MD Memorial Fellowships
The American Parkinson’s Disease Association has established the Cotzias fellowship with the goal of
assisting promising young neurologists in establishing careers in research, teaching and clinical services
relevant to the problems, causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related
neurological movement disorders.
Amount: $240,000
DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2015
URL: http://www.apdaparkinson.org/research/dr-george-c-cotzias-memorial-fellowship-application/
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A-T Children’s Project
Research Grants
The A-T Children's Project provides competitive awards for basic science, translational and clinical
research grants related to ataxia-telangiectasia. In giving these grant awards, the Project strives to assist
respected scientists in developing a clearer understanding of ataxia-telangiectasia. We are determined to
find a timely cure, or life-improving treatments, for this serious disease.
Amount: $150,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2015
URL: http://www.communityatcp.org/ResearchGrantProgram
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/3015
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Fellowship Award
Created in partnership with the Sohn Conference Foundation, dedicated to curing pediatric cancers, this
award provides funding to basic scientists and clinicians who conduct research with the potential to
significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of one or more pediatric cancers.
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Amount: $180,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 16, 2015
URL: http://www.damonrunyon.org/for_scientists/more/pediatric_fellowship_award_application_guidelines
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/140971
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James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF)
Scholar Awards in Complex Systems Science
The JSMF Scholar Awards program derives from and is consistent with JSMF’s commitment to supporting
high quality research and scholarship leading to the generation of new knowledge and its responsible
application. The JSMF Scholar Awards are designed to support research with a high probability of
generating new knowledge and insights.
Amount: $450,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 11, 2015
URL: https://www.jsmf.org/programs/cs/
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/47325
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Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc
Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neurosciences
Amount Available: $225,000
The purpose of these awards is to support, in the early stages of their careers, young investigators
engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and
psychiatric disorders.
DEADLINE MARCH 10, 2015
URL: http://www.klingfund.org/
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/3386
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Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Postdoctoral Cancer Research Fellowships
The Ladies Auxiliary VFW presents an opportunity for researchers to devote two years, full-time to making
new discoveries about cancer. United States universities, hospitals, and other institutions are invited to
nominate one individual who meets the criteria.
Amount: $100,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2015
URL: http://www.ladiesauxvfw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cancer-Research-Fellowships-14-15FILLABLE.pdf
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/2941
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)
Translational Research Program
The Translational Research Program (TRP) was developed to encourage and provide early-stage support
for clinical research in leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, which is intended to develop innovative
approaches to treatment, diagnosis or prevention.
Amount: $600,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2015 (LOI DUE FEBRUARY 15!)
URL: http://www.lls.org/#/researchershealthcareprofessionals/academicgrants/translationalresearch/
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/14383
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation *
Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
This award is designed to support young scientists just embarking on their independent research careers
and is limited, therefore, to those holding recent faculty appointments. The applicants' research interests
should be consonant with those of the foundation.
Amount: $150,000
DEADLINES: MARCH 15, 2015 *
URL: http://www.marchofdimes.com/research/researchgrants.html
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/239
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McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience *
2016 McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience supports innovative research designed to bring science
closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. To this
end, the McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award assists scientists working to apply the
knowledge achieved through basic research to human brain disorders that affect memory or cognition.
Amount: $300,000
DEADLINE: LOI MARCH 24, 2015*
URL: http://www.neuroscience.mcknight.org//the-awards/memory-and-cognitive-disorders
Pivot: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/54422
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Melanoma Research Foundation
2014 Research Grants
The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is committed to funding medical research
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across the spectrum of melanoma in prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This year the foundation is
offering four funding programs: Career Development Awards, Career Development Award for Mucosal
Melanoma, Established Investigator Awards, and Specific Topic Proposals.
Amount Available: $100,000-200,000
DEADLINES: MARCH 1, 2015
URL: http://www.melanoma.org/sites/default/files/u13882/2015%20RFP%20Final_1.pdf
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New York Stem Cell Foundation *
Stem Cell Research Investigator Awards
The Stem Cell Investigator Award is designed to cultivate research that explores the basic biology and
translational potential of stem cells. The award supports scientists in the next phase of their career after
postdoctoral work.
Amount: $1,500,000
DEADLINES: MARCH 17, 2014*
URL: http://www.nyscf.org/grants/stem-cell-investigator-awards
PIVOT: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/130536
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Sontag Foundation
Distinguished Scientist Awards
Annually awarding multiple $600,000 grants to support brain tumor research, the foundation is looking for
increased survival rates and improved recovery for patients. The foundation is looking for a cure or at the
very least, treatments to make brain cancer a manageable chronic disease. These awards are presented to
the most outstanding early career scientists with inspiring, potential-laden brain cancer research
proposals.
Amount: $600,000
DEADLINE: MARCH 19, 2015
URL: http://www.sontagfoundation.org/Display.aspx?id=38
Pivot: http://pivot.cos.com/funding_opps/77727
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For more information contact:
Bettina Durkop, Executive Coordinator
Office of the Associate Provost for Research
Boston University Medical Campus
617-638-4292 | [email protected]
Boston University Medical Campus
Office of the Associate Provost for Research
72 E Concord Street
Boston, MA 02118
[email protected]
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