|
Name |
Topic |
Eligibility |
Award Information |
Application Due Date |
|
American Heart Association |
Scientist Development Grant (Founders Affiliate and National) |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; Highly promising beginning scientists on path to independence |
$70,000 directs/year for 3 or 4 years |
July 26, 2011 (Founders) and July 8, 2011 (National) |
|
American Heart Association |
Grant-in-Aid (Founders Affiliate) |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; independent investigator |
$60,000 directs/year for 3 years |
July 26, 2011 |
|
American Heart Association |
Established Investigator Award |
Usually Associate Professor or above, with accomplished track record and unusual promise |
$500,000 over 5 years |
July 8, 2011 |
|
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
|
Beckman Young Investigators Program - Fundamental research in the chemical and life sciences |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; assistant professors in first three years of faculty appointment |
$300,000 over 3 years; must be nominated by Tufts University to apply |
On Hold |
|
Charlton Award |
Seed funds to provide support to projects likely to lead to extramural funding |
Faculty appointment for no more than five years; TUSM appointment at Assistant Professor rank or higher |
~ $9,000 |
Generally in March of each year |
|
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation |
Clinical Scientist Development Award |
MD, MD/PhD physician scientist within 5 years of first appointment to faculty pursuing clinical research |
$150,000/yr for 3 years; must be nominated by Tufts University |
Usually early November for nomination; proposal due mid-December |
|
Ellison Medical Foundation
|
New Scholar Program in Aging |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; assistant professors in first three years of research career after post-doc training |
Up to $100,000/year, for up to 4 years; must be nominated by Tufts Medical Center |
Usually late February |
|
Ellison Medical Foundation |
Senior Scholar Award in Aging |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; substantial prior creativity and productivity, not necessarily related to aging |
$150,000/year, up to 4 years |
Usually early March |
|
Natalie V. Zucker Research Grant
|
Research grants for women scholars |
TUSM junior faculty (up to and including Assistant Professor rank) and postgraduate fellows at TUSM/Sackler |
~ $4,500 |
Generally in March of each year |
|
NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) |
Clinician-Scientist Development Award |
MD, MD/PhD; full-time academic appointment, in beginning stages of biomedical or behavioral research career, including translational research |
3-5 year award; amount varies based upon institute |
Standard due dates for K awards |
|
NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) |
Patient-Oriented Research Development Award |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; full-time academic appointment, in beginning stages of patient-oriented research career |
3-5 year award; amount varies based upon institute |
Standard due dates for K awards |
|
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
|
New Investigators Program |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD; no more than 5 yrs post-doc training at time of initial application or resubmission |
up to $90k total costs/yr for 1-2 yrs of mentored phase (K99) and up to $249k total costs/yr for yrs. 3-5, the independent phase (R00) |
Standard due dates for K awards |
|
NIH Pioneer Award |
Pioneer Award |
High risk research programs |
$500,000 total for 5 years |
Can change, check notice for specifics |
|
Pew Charitable Trust |
Basic science; clinical science |
MD, PhD; asst professor in first 3 years |
$60,000/year x 4 years; must be nominated by Tufts Medical Center to apply |
November 1st |
|
Strategic Program for Asthma Research (previously Sandler Program) |
Asthma research by individuals outside the field |
Asthma; preliminary results not required. |
$250,000 per year for three years |
Early February |
|
Searle Scholars Program |
Most areas of biomedical research |
MD, PhD asst professor in first or second year. |
$100,000 x three years, must be nominated by Tufts University |
Usually late September |
|
Smith Family Awards for Excellence in Biomedical Research |
Basic biomedical research projects |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD: within first 2 years of independent faculty appointment as of July 1st of application year |
$100,000 for 3 years; must be nominated by Tufts Medical Center to apply |
Internal Deadline June 29, 2011; Application due September 8, 2011 |
|
W.M. Keck Foundation
|
Distinguished young scholars in medical research; fundamental mechanisms of human disease |
MD, MD/PhD, PhD: asst professor more than 1 year and less than 4 years in rank |
Up to $1 million, duration up to 5 years |
May 1 and November 1 |