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The following list provides an overview of private funding sources that offer grants with specific submission deadlines. This is a condensed version of funding opportunities that have been sent out to BC faculty and administrators over the past 12 months. Generally, if a grant opportunity applies to just one BC department, it is sent only to that department chair/administrator and will not be included here. Please note that while these opportunities have deadlines from May 2011 through April 2012 (in reverse chronological order), the particular funding opportunities and deadlines may change from year to year. Please contact Kathy Kuy, Corporate & Foundation Relations, (617-552-2884, [email protected]) if you would like to discuss any of these opportunities. March of Dimes Research Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Connell School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: April 30, 2012

Awards support research in basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical reproductive health, environmental toxicology, social, and behavioral studies.

Amount of Award: Grants are awarded for three years. Grants last year ranged from $56,000 to $145,000 per year.

March of Dimes Prematurity Research Initiative Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Connell School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: LOIs due April 15, 2012

Awards support research related to causes of prematurity.

Amount of Award: Grants are awarded for three years. Grants last year ranged from $136,000 to $195,000 per year.

Google Faculty Research Award Departments: Arts and Sciences, Carroll School, and Lynch School Deadline: April 15, 2012

Awards support academic research by full-time faculty aimed at improving information access across a broad range of disciplines and interests. Awards include an opportunity to work with a designated technical sponsor from Google.

Amount of Award: Not to exceed $150,000, typically for one year, with no indirect costs. The average award is $55,000, with most in the $45,000 to $100,000 range.

William T. Grant Foundation Investigator Initiated Grants Departments: Arts and Sciences, Lynch School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: LOIs due April 3, 2012, 3:00 p.m. ET

Awards support research on youth settings, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and studies that examine when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policies and practices that affect youth and how its use can be improved.

Amount of Award: Typically range between $100,000 and $600,000 over two to three years.

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Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer Research Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: LOIs due April 2, 2012 Invited Full Proposals due May 15, 2012

Awards support preventive strategies to address the causes and prevention of breast cancer, such as understanding environmental factors, the role of infectious or viral agents, and biomarkers.

Amount of Award: $150,000 for up to two years, including 10% direct costs.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Grant and Pilot and Feasibility Awards Program Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due April 1, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET

Awards support basic science research to better understand the mechanisms behind disease pathophysiology and to develop strategies to prevent or treat cystic fibrosis.

Amount of Awards: Research Grants of $90,000 per year for up to two years, plus 8% indirect costs; Pilot and Feasibility Awards of $40,000 per year for up to two years, plus 8% indirect costs.

American Cancer Society Research Grants and Awards Departments: Arts and Sciences, Connell School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline April 1, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET

Multiple grant opportunities support high impact and innovative cancer research and training across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer via a variety of programs. Grant areas include Research Scholar Grants, Institutional Research Grants, Postdoctoral Fellows Grants, Mentored Research Scholars Grants, and a Special Initiative in Cancer Control and Prevention Research Program: Health Disparities.

Amount of Awards: Amounts range from approximately $138,000 to $400,000 over three to five years, depending upon the award, plus up to 20% direct costs.

Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: April 1, 2012

Three-year Fellowships support scientists who wish to receive training in cancer immunology or general immunology.

Amount of Award: $50,000 for the first year, $53,000 for the second year, and $57,000 for the third year.

Human Frontier Science Program Young Investigator and Program Grants Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics Deadline: Online pre-registration for password by March 21, 2012 LOIs due March 28, 2012 Invited Full Proposals due mid-September 2012

Two funding mechanisms, Young Investigators’ Program and Program Grants, support novel collaborations that bring biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.

Amount of Awards: $250,000 for a team of two; $350,000 for a team of three; $450,000 for a team of four or more. These are amounts awarded to the whole team per year for three years. Indirect costs are not allowed.


Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Awards Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: March 27, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET (Senior Research Award)

April 24, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET (Research Fellow Award)

Awards support senior researchers and research fellows to accelerate the development of therapeutic approaches to myeloma and advance the understanding of disease biology, treatment, and drug resistance.

Amount of Awards: Senior Research Awards of up to $100,000 a year for two years; Research Fellows Awards of up to $75,000 for one year.

Epilepsy Foundation Research Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowship Departments: Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Social Work, and Connell School Deadline: March 21, 2012

Multiple award mechanisms support an understanding of epilepsy that will lead to better treatment, more effective prevention, and ultimately to a cure.

Amount of Awards: Research Grants: up to $50,000 for one year; Postdoctoral Fellowships: $40,000 for one year. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: March 15, 2012, 4:00 p.m. ET

The Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers conducting high-risk research on cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Amount of Award: $50,000 per year for three years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Connell School and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: Letters of Nomination due March 15, 2012

Awards support basic research into life processes, such as genetics and development; clinical research applied to prevention and treatment of specific birth defects and prematurity; the study of environmental hazards; and research in social and behavioral sciences relevant to saving the lives of babies who are at risk due to prematurity, birth defects, and low birth weight.

James S. McDonnell 21st Century Science Initiative Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: March 14, 2012, 3:59 p.m. CT

This initiative supports research in two program areas. The Complex Systems program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, adaptive, and nonlinear systems to address issues in fields such as biology, biodiversity, climate, demography, epidemiology, technological change, economic development, governance, or computation. The Brain Cancer research program supports novel research that will generate new knowledge leading to increased rates of survival and improve functional recovery for individuals with brain cancer.

Amount of Awards: A maximum of $450,000 over three to six years. Indirect costs are not allowed.


National Brain Tumor Society Innovation Research Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due March 9, 2012

Invited Full Proposals due four weeks after notification that LOI has been accepted

Grants support transformative or catalytic scientific research projects that will significantly move the field forward toward effective brain tumor therapies.

Amount of Award: $150,000 per year for one to two years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award in Aging Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadlines: LOIs due March 8, 2012, 11:59 p.m. ET

Invited Full Proposals due July 2012

Award supports established investigators in biomedical research, including basic biology, basic biomedicine, and epidemiology, to encourage development of new, creative research programs in aging, with particular interest in areas such as structural biology, molecular genetics, genetic epidemiology of aging, candidate longevity genes, and aging in the immune system.

Amount of Award: Up to $150,000 per year for direct costs, plus indirect costs (full NIH F&A), for up to four years. Indirect costs on equipment are not allowed.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Translational Research Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadlines: LOIs due March 1, 2012, 3:00 p.m. ET Full Proposals due March 15, 2012, 3:00 p.m. ET

Awards support scientists with promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma.

Amount of Award: Up to $200,000, which includes direct costs and a maximum overhead of $20,000 per year for three years.

National Center for Responsible Gaming Large Grants Departments: Arts and Sciences, Carroll School, Graduate School of Social Work, and Law School Deadline: LOIs due March 1, 2012 Full applications due July 2, 2012

Grants fund research that helps to better understand pathological and youth gambling and effective methods of treatment for the disorder; encourages the application of new research findings to improve prevention, diagnostic, intervention and treatment strategies; and advances public education about gambling disorders and responsible gaming.

Amount of Award: Up to $75,000, including 15% indirect costs.

American Education Research Association Grants Program Department: Arts and Sciences and Lynch School Deadline: March 1, 2012, 11:59 p.m. PT

Grants support faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars in a variety of disciplines to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national, and international data sets supported by NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies.


Amount of Award: Up to $20,000 for one-year projects, or up to $35,000 for two-year projects. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Leukemia Research Foundation New Investigator Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry Deadline: February 15, 2012, 11:59 p.m. CT

Awards support research related to the causes, cures, or increased understanding of hematological malignancy.

Amount of Award: Up to $100,000 over one year. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Lymphoma Research Foundation Collaborative and Pathways Grants Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: February 13, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET

Collaborative Grants support research in the pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis or therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Pathways Grants support research in pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis or therapy of follicular lymphoma.

Amount of Award: Collaborative Grants of up to $250,000 over two years, including up to 25% indirect costs; Pathways Grants of up to $750,000 over three years, including up to 25% indirect costs.

National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Departments: Arts & Sciences Deadline: Application process and deadline will be available in early February

Conference date is November 14-17, 2012

The Futures Initiative is designed to enable scientists from different disciplines to focus on new questions, upon which they can base entirely new research. The 2012 Futures Conference is focused on “The Informed Brain in a Digital World.” Scientists must apply to attend the conference; only attendees are eligible to apply for awards in the following year.

Amount of Award: $25,000, $50,000, $75,000, or $100,000.

Autism Speaks Trailblazer Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Connell School, Lynch School, and Graduate School of

Social Work Deadline: Rolling

Awards support highly novel “out of the box” autism-relevant research that opens new avenues to understanding the causes, diagnosis, subtyping, prevention, treatments, and cure of autism spectrum disorders.

Amount of Award: $100,000 for one year, including 10% indirect costs.

John Templeton Foundation Departments: Arts and Sciences, Carroll School, Lynch School, and School of Theology and Ministry Deadline: Preliminary proposals due between February 1-April 16, 2012 Invited Full Proposals due between May 26-September 4, 2012

The Foundation supports research on issues surrounding altruism, creativity, free will, generosity, gratitude, intellect, love, prayer, and purpose. For this submission window, the Foundation invites proposals for its Core Funding Areas (Science and the Big Questions, Character Development, Freedom and Free Enterprise,


Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius), along with two additional priority funding areas: 1) Breaking New Ground in Science and Religion and 2) The Physics of Emergence.

Amount of Awards: In 2011, grants ranged from $50,000 to over $2 million; most projects had timeframes of one to three years. The Foundation allows a maximum of 15% in indirect costs.

Breaking New Ground in Science and Religion: Up to $200,000 and up to three years; most awards are expected to be one or two-year projects in the $50,000 to $100,000 range.

The Physics of Emergence: Up to $600,000 and up to 30 months; awards will total approximately $5 million for 12-18 projects, 2-4 of which will be experimental projects.

American Asthma Foundation Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: February 8, 2012, 5:00 p.m. PT

Awards support innovative, cutting-edge, and new-to-the-field asthma research with the potential for new insights into the causes and treatments for asthma.

Amount of Awards: Senior Investigator Award of $750,000 ($250,000 per year for three years); Early Excellence Award of $450,000 ($150,000 per year for three years).

Open Society Institute Fellowships Department: Arts and Sciences Deadline: February 1, 2012

Fellowships support individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges.

Amount of Award: $80,000 to $100,000.

Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation Departments: Arts and Sciences, Connell School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: February 1, 2012

The Foundation funds research on important aspects of alcohol consumption including various behavioral and biomedical factors and effects of alcohol use, abuse, and misuse.

Amount of Award: $50,000, for one to two years, including a maximum of 15% indirect costs.

Google Faculty Research Award Departments: Arts and Sciences, Carroll School, Connell School, and Lynch School Deadline: February 1, 2012

Awards support academic research by full-time faculty aimed at improving information access across a broad range of disciplines and interests. Awards include an opportunity to work with a designated technical sponsor from Google.

Amount of Award: Not to exceed $150,000, typically for one year, with no indirect costs. The average award is $55,000, with most in the $45,000 to $100,000 range.


Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Fellowship Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: February 1, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET

The Fund awards postdoctoral Fellowships in the medical and related sciences bearing on cancer, including carcinogens of organic and inorganic origins, virus studies, epidemiology, endocrinology, tissue transplants, genetics and mutagenesis, microbiology, biochemistry, recombinant DNA, gene isolation, development, structural biology, and growth control.

Amount of Award: $45,000 for the first year, $46,000 for the second year, and $48,000 for the third year, with an additional $1,000 for each dependent child. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Klarman Family Foundation Grants in Eating Disorders Research Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology Deadline: February 1, 2012, noon ET

The Foundation funds research in the basic biology of eating disorders, including molecular genetic analysis, new chemical entities for exploratory treatment, and brain imaging approaches that identify neurochemical pathways.

Amount of Awards: Two-year awards of $400,000 ($200,000 per year), and one-year pilot awards of up to $150,000. Both awards include 10% indirect costs.

Deborah Noonan Memorial Research Fund Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Connell School, and Lynch School Deadline: February 1, 2012, noon ET

The Fund supports innovative and collaborative clinical research, demonstration projects, and pilot studies in the greater Boston area designed to improve the quality of life for children with disabilities and associated health-related complications.

Amount of Award: Up to $80,000 for one year, inclusive of 10% indirect costs.

American Heart Association Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Connell School Deadlines: January 24, 2012, 11:59 p.m. CT (Postdoctoral Fellowship) January 26, 2012, 11:59 p.m. CT (Scientist Development Grant)

Two awards support basic and clinical science research in all disciplines, including multidisciplinary efforts, broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Amount of Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship of up to $78,000 to $106,000 for two years, for those with no more than five years postdoctoral research; National Scientist Development Grant of up to $77,000, including up to 10% indirect costs, for early-career scientists.

American Diabetes Research Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: January 17, 2012

Multiple awards support both new and established investigators, specialized grants to assist innovative researchers, and opportunities for established investigators as they advance their careers and the field of diabetes research and care.

Amount of Awards: Basic Science Award up to $115,000 per year for up to three years, plus 15% for indirect costs; Junior Faculty Award up to $120,000 per year for up to three years, plus 15% for indirect costs; Career


Development Award of $150,000 per year for up to five years, plus 15% for indirect costs and a potential $25,000 stipend for each of the first two years for additional equipment; Innovation Award up to $50,000 per year for two years with no indirect costs; Mentor-Based Postdoctoral Fellowship of $45,000 a year for four years. with no indirect costs; and Mentor-Based Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship of $45,000 per year for two to three years with no indirect costs.

Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders Research Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology Deadline: January 12, 2012, noon ET

The Foundation funds research on eating disorders, including, but not limited to, molecular genetic analysis, new chemical entities for exploratory treatment, and brain imaging approaches that identify neurochemical pathways.

Amount of Award: $141,000-$177,000 over three years, inclusive of a $3,000 expense allowance.

Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: January 10, 2012

The Fund supports early career researchers in cellular and molecular neuroscience, neural systems, and clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of epilepsy.

Amount of Award: $150,000 over three years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

American Brain Tumor Association Basic Research Fellowships and Translational Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: January 10, 2012, 5:00 p.m. CT

Two awards support basic research for early career researchers and translational grants for outstanding junior or senior faculty investigators.

Amount of Awards: Basic Research Fellowships of $100,000 over two-years ($45,000 salary support and $5,000 discretionary funds per year); Translational Research Grants of $75,000 for one year of pre-clinical, translational research.

William T. Grant Foundation Investigator Initiated Grants Departments: Arts and Sciences, Lynch School, and Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: LOIs due January 5, 2012, 3:00 p.m. ET

Awards support research on youth settings, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and studies that examine when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policies and practices that affect youth and how its use can be improved.

Amount of Award: Typically range between $100,000 and $600,000 over two to three years.

2012 McKnight Scholar Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Psychology Deadline: January 3, 2012

Awards support innovative research designed to bring science closer to the day when diseases of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated.



Center for Cultural Analysis (Residential) Departments: Arts and Sciences and Law School Deadline: January 2, 2012

The Center, located at Rutgers University, invites scholars from all disciplinary perspectives and methodologies—empirical, analytical, literary, historical, and theoretical—to study the topic “Formalisms” for a one-year term.

Amount of Award: $45,000 stipend with benefits and support for research.

Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: December 30, 2011

Grants support research focused on islet cell transplantation, macrovascular disease, and neuropathy.

Amount of Award: $50,000 per year for up to two years, including indirect costs of less than 10%.

Alzheimer’s Association Awards Departments: Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Social Work, and Connell School Deadline: LOIs due December 20, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET Full applications due February 7, 2012, 5:00 p.m. ET

Three distinct award mechanisms support dementia research, from basic science to social and behavioral investigations.

Amount of Awards: New Investigator Research Grant Award of $100,000 per year for up to two years; Investigator-Initiated Research Grant of $240,000 per year for up to three years; New Investigator Research Grant to Promote Diversity of $100,000 per year for up to two years; Mentored New Investigator Research Grant to Promote Diversity of $150,000 for up to three years. All include indirect costs up to 10%.

Charles A. King Postdoctoral Basic Science Fellowship Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: December 15, 2011, noon ET

Fellowships support all research disciplines in the biomedical fields for those in the later stages of their postdoctoral training.

Amount of Award: $43,500 to $51,000 per year, inclusive of a $2,000 expense allowance.

Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Individual Research Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: December 15, 2011

The Foundation supports research focused on strategies to promote neural growth and survival, evaluating the efficacy of drugs/interventions related to secondary neuronal injury, defining anatomical characteristics of spinal cord injury, and elucidating the biological mechanisms to improve concomitant functions affected by spinal cord injury and alleviate pain and spasticity.

Amount of Awards: Two-year awards for senior scientists and young investigators up to $75,000 per year, including indirect costs up to 10%. Postdoctoral Fellowships up to $60,000 per year, including indirect costs up to 10%.


Muscular Dystrophy Research Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadlines: LOIs due December 15, 2011 Full Proposals due January 15, 2012

Grants support independent investigators with interests in developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system, including the muscular dystrophies, motor neuron diseases, peripheral nerve disorders, inflammatory myopathies, disorders of the neuromuscular junction, and metabolic diseases of muscle, among others.

Amount of Award: Unlimited for one to three years, including 10% percent indirect costs.

Muscular Dystrophy Development Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadlines: LOIs due December 15, 2011 Full Proposals due January 15, 2012

Grants support members of a research team in the laboratory of an independent investigator. Under guidance, the applicant will conduct a neuromuscular disease research project relating to the muscular dystrophies, motor neuron diseases, peripheral nerve disorders, inflammatory myopathies, disorders of the neuromuscular junction, and metabolic diseases of muscle, among others.

Amount of Award: Up to $60,000 per year for one to three years, including 10% indirect costs.

The Huntington Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: December 15, 2011

Awards for Fellowships (residential) for faculty and post-doctoral Fellows support humanities research, using the Huntington’s collections, in the fields of history, literature, art history, and the history of science and medicine.

Amount of Awards: Barbara Thom Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mellon Fellowship, Dornsife Fellowship, and Dibner History of Science Fellowship awards are $50,000 each.

National Brain Tumor Society Innovation Research Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadlines: LOIs due December 9, 2011

Invited Full Proposals are due four weeks after notification that the LOI was accepted

Innovation Research Grants support transformative or catalytic scientific research projects, at any stage of the research and development continuum that will significantly move the field forward toward effective brain tumor therapies for adult and/or pediatric brain tumor patients.

Amount of Award: $150,000 per year for one to two years; indirect costs are not allowed.

American Education Research Association Grants Program Departments: Arts and Sciences and Lynch School Deadline: December 9, 2011, 11:59 PT

Grants support faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars in a variety of disciplines to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national, and international data sets supported by NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies.


Amount of Award: Up to $20,000 for one-year projects, or up to $35,000 for two-year projects. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Departments: Biochemistry and Chemistry Deadlines: Internal deadline for pre-proposal form: December 7, 2011

E-mail pre-proposals to [email protected]. You will be notified of a decision in late December.

External deadline: February 9, 2012

Awards support early-career faculty in the chemical sciences. Criteria for selection include a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching along with an independent body of scholarship attained within the first five years as independent researchers.

BC may nominate only one candidate for this award.

Amount of Award: $75,000 over five years, with $7,500 for departmental expenses associated with research and education. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator and Innovation Grants Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: LOIs due December 1, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (Innovation Grant

December 15, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (Young Investigator Grant and Epidemiology Award)

Grants support early- and mid-career researchers who are interested in eradicating childhood cancer through basic and innovative research, career development, and opportunity to streamline translational clinical research.

Amount of Award: Innovation Grants: up to $100,000 per year for up to two years; Young Investigator Grants: $50,000 for up to two years; Epidemiology Awards: $100,000 for up to two years.

American Federation for Aging (AFAR) Research Awards Departments: Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Social Work, and Connell School Deadline: LOIs for The Cart Fund due December 1, 2011

All other awards due December 15, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET

Five awards fund early- and mid-career scientists studying the fundamental problems in the biology of aging such as diabetes, heart disease, and dementia.

Amount of Awards: The Cart Fund of up to $250,000, with no indirect costs, for full-time faculty; AFAR Research Grants of up to $100,000 for a one- to two-year award, with 8% indirect costs, for junior investigators; Julie Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research of $500,000 for four years, with up to 10% direct costs, for mid-career scientists; New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer’s Disease up to $100,000, for a one- to two-year award, with up to 8% in indirect costs for junior investigators; and, Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awards of $200,000 over two years, for full-time faculty, at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher, in small pilot programs of relatively high risk and significant promise.

2012 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Psychology Deadline: LOIs due December 1, 2011

Awards support innovative, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary research range that will advance the range of technologies in the neurosciences.

Amount of Award: $100,000 per year for two years.



Burroughs Wellcome Fund Collaborative Research Travel Grant Department: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics Deadline: December 1, 2011, 4:00 p.m. ET

Grants support researchers to travel either domestically or internationally to a laboratory to acquire a new research technique, to facilitate/begin collaboration, or to attend a course.

Amount of Award: Up to $15,000.

Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) Investigative and Partnership Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Connell School Deadline: LOIs due December 1, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET

The MRA supports a range of awards and partnerships to address the gap in translational science, i.e., turning scientific discoveries into tools and/or treatments for individuals at high risk for melanoma or melanoma patients.

Amount of Award: Up to $125,000 over two to three years, depending on the specific award.

United Negro College Fund • Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: December 1, 2011

Fellowships support African-American post-graduate students who are embarking on postdoctoral training and careers in biomedical research.

Amount of Award: Up to $92,000 which includes a stipend of $77,000 plus $15,000 to the host department.

Schomburg Center Scholars in Residence Departments: Arts and Sciences and the School of Theology and Ministry Deadline: December 1, 2011

This program support scholars with research interests in the black experience, with a specific interest in research projects on African, Afro-American, and Afro-Caribbean history and culture.

Amount of Award: $30,000 for six months; $60,000 for twelve months.

Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline December 1, 2011

This award supports pilot projects for both seasoned and less established investigators as they discover new methods for early detection, especially new techniques in biological or immunologic methods.

Amount of Award: Up to $40,000 over one to three years.

American Federation for Aging Research: The Cart Fund Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline LOIs due December 1, 2011 Full Applications due February 15, 2012

Awards support exploratory and developmental Alzheimer’s Disease research projects that are new projects that have the potential to substantially advance biomedical research.

Amount of Award: Up to $250,000 for up to two years; indirect costs are not allowed.


American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environment Sciences, and Physics Deadline: November 30, 2011

Awards support research by young scientists in mass spectrometry and allied topics such as advancement of techniques and instrumentation, as well as fundamental research in chemistry, geology, forensics, biological sciences, and physics.

Amount of Award: $25,000; indirect costs are not allowed.

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research: Target Validation Department: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: Pre-proposals due November 29, 2011, 6:00 p.m. ET

Invited Full Proposals due January 11, 2012, 6:00 p.m. ET

Program supports work demonstrating whether modulation of a novel biological target has impact in a PD-relevant animal model, a step toward development of targeted therapies.

Amount of Award: $250,000 for up to two years, including up to 25% indirect costs.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Connell School Deadline: November 15, 2011

Multiple award mechanisms support studies to increase understanding of the causes of suicide and factors related to suicide risk, or to test treatments and other interventions designed to prevent suicide. Six types of grants, from postdoctoral fellowships to distinguished investigator awards, are awarded for neurobiological, genetic, epidemiological, clinical, or psychosocial research on suicide.

Amount of Awards: Amounts range from $30,000-$225,000 over one to two years, depending upon the award.

National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences and the Lynch School Deadline: November 4, 2011

Fellowships support early career scholars working in critical areas of education research and develop the careers of its recipients through professional development activities involving National Academy of Education members.

Amount of Award: $55,000 for one full academic year or $27,500 for each of two contiguous, half-time years.

American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Departments: Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Physics Deadline: November 4, 2011

Research grant programs support fundamental research in areas including chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science.

Amount of Awards: New Directions: seed money of $100,000 over two years. Doctoral New Investigator Grants: $100, 000 over two years for faculty within three years of first appointment. Undergraduate New Investigator Grants: $50,000 over two years for faculty within the first three years of first appointment.


Foundation for Child Development Young Scholars Program Departments: Psychology, Sociology, the Connell School, the Graduate School of Social Work, the Lynch

School, and the School of Theology and Ministry Deadline: November 2, 2011

The YSP supports the career development of investigators focused on the development of children in immigrant families, with particular interests in English Language Learners with learning disabilities; children living in families with parents who are refugees; immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean; the effects of racial/ethnic bias/discrimination on newcomer children’s identity development and on other developmental, education, and health outcomes; mobility of immigrant children and families and the consequences for these children; and the effects of deportation or detention of family members on the children living in immigrant families.

Amount of Award: $150,000, including 15% indirect costs.

American Cancer Society Grants and Awards Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Connell School, and the Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: October 17, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET

Multiple grant opportunities support high impact and innovative cancer research and training across a wide range of disciplines to meet critically important needs in the control of cancer. Grant areas include Research Grants for Independent Investigators, Mentored Training and Career Development Grants, and New Initiatives and RFAs in Health Disparities and in Palliative Care.

Amount of Awards: Amounts range from $60,000 to $200,000 per year, plus indirect costs, depending upon the award.

National Psoriasis Foundation Discovery and Translational Research Grants Program Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: October 17, 2011

Grants support early stage research projects that demonstrate the potential to significantly increase our understanding of the genetic and environmental basis for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, with priority consideration given to applications that address genetics, cell biology, immunology, or epidemiological/health services research.

Amount of Awards: Discovery Research Grants: $50,000 for one year; indirect costs are not allowed. Translational Research Grants: $100,000 per year for two years; indirect costs are not allowed.

America Academy of Arts & Sciences Visiting Scholars Departments: Arts and Sciences and the Lynch School Deadline: October 15, 2011

Visiting Scholars (residential) are young scholars whose research is focused on Science, Technology, and Global Security; Social Policy and American Institutions; Humanities and Culture; or Education (at all levels).

Amount of Award: $40,000 for Postdoctoral Fellows; $60,000 for Faculty (not to exceed one half of current -salary).

National Humanities Center Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences and the School of Theology and Ministry Deadline: October 15, 2011

Fellowships (residential) support scholars from all fields in the humanities, the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.


Amount of Award: At least half salary and travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and dependents.

Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Carroll School, and the Law School Deadline: October 15, 2011

Fellows from the fields of business administration, economics, journalism, law, political science, and public policy participate in two high-level work placements in the federal government and private sector in Germany.

Amount of Award: A monthly stipend of approximately $2,458.01 USD for the program in Germany (September-May) and additional stipends for travel, insurance, and language training.

John Templeton Foundation Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Carroll School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and

Ministry Deadline: October 14, 2011

The Foundation supports research (and disseminating the results of research) on issues surrounding altruism, creativity, free will, generosity, gratitude, intellect, love, prayer, and purpose in its Core Funding Areas of Science and the Big Questions, Character Development, Freedom and Free Enterprise, Exceptional Cognitive Talent and Genius, and Genetics.

Amount of Award: In 2010, grants ranged from $200,000 to over $4 million.

American Health Assistance Foundation Alzheimer’s Disease Research Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, the Connell School, and the Graduate School of Social Work

Deadline: October 12, 2011, 11:30 p.m. ET

Grants support innovative, early-stage research on Alzheimer’s disease that will promote advances in the etiology, prevention, and treatment of the disease. Standard Awards provide significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data. Pilot Awards support highly innovative, very focused research with modest preliminary data. Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards support young researchers in their final stages of mentored training.

Amount of Awards: Standard Awards: $400,000 for three years; indirect costs are not allowed. Pilot Awards: $150,000 for two years; indirect costs are not allowed. Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: $100,000 for two years; indirect costs are not allowed.

Stanford Humanities Center Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: October 3, 2011

Fellowships (residential) support advanced research into the historical, philosophical, and cultural dimensions of human experience.

Amount of Award: Up to $60,000 plus a housing and moving allowance.


Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellows Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: October 3, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (for creative arts, humanities, and social sciences) November 15, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (for mathematics and natural sciences)

Fellowships (residential) support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields in a wide range of areas.

Amount of Award: $70,000 for one year.

Society for the Humanities Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: Preliminary Fellowship Forms due immediately

Proposals due October 1, 2011

Fellowships support scholarly reflections on “RISK @ Humanities”, its focal theme for 2012-2013, as a means of analyzing historical, theoretical, and global understandings of risk as a concept and as a reality that lies at the heart of the humanities and the arts. Interdisciplinary projects are sought to question how risk shapes the humanities and how the humanities might dialogue with broader biological, ecological, economic, and technological approaches to risk.

Amount of Award: $45,000.

Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: October 1, 2011

Awards support postdoctoral fellows who are embarking on a career in immunology research with direct relevance to cancer.

Amount of Award: $50,000 for the first year, $53,000 for the second year, and $57,000 for the third year, with an additional $1,500 each year to help pay for research supplies, travel to scientific meetings, or health insurance.

Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: October 1, 2011

Fellowships support postdoctoral researchers across the spectrum of the life sciences, including biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural, organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology; and virology.

Amount of Award: $57,000 per year for three years; indirect costs are not allowed.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences and the Carroll School Deadline: October 1, 2011

Fellowships (residential) support outstanding projects in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. The primary themes for the 2012-2013 Fellowship competition are Global Sustainability and Security, Regional Power Shifts, and American Challenges as a Global Power.

Amount of Award: $26,000 to $85,000.


American Council of Learned Sciences Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and

Ministry Deadline September 28, 2011, 9:00 p.m. ET

Fellowships support faculty in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences in preparing a major piece of scholarly work.

Amount of Award: Up to $35,000 for assistant professor, up to $45,000 for associate professor, and up to $65,000 for full professor.

American Council of Learned Sciences Collaborative Research Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and

Ministry Deadline: September 28, 2011, 9:00 p.m. ET

Fellowships support collaborative research in small teams of two or more in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.

Amount of Award: Up $35,000 for assistant professor, up to $40,000 for associate professor, and up to $60,000 for full professor, not to exceed $140,000 for any one project, as well as up to $20,000 for travel, materials, or research assistance.

American Council of Learned Sciences Digital Innovation Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and


Fellowships support digitally-based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.

Amount of Award: Up to $60,000 towards an academic year’s leave, plus project costs of up to $25,000.

American Council of Learned Sciences Burkhardt Residential Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and


Fellowships support long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences at one of the participating residential research centers.

Amount of Award: $75,000.

American Council of Learned Sciences Ryskamp Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and


Fellowships support advanced assistant professors and untenured associate professors in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences whose scholarly contributions have advanced their fields and who have well designed and carefully developed plans for new research.

Amount of Award: $64,000, a summer stipend of $14,222, and $2,500 for research and travel.


Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Awards Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, the Connell School, and the Lynch School Deadline: September 16, 2011, 12:00 noon ET

Awards support hypothesis-driven clinical, basic science, public health, health services research, and epidemiology projects with direct relevance to child health, for recently appointed instructors, assistant professors, associate research scientists, or equivalent positions.

Amount of Award: Two-year grants of $75,000 per year, including 10% indirect costs.

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: September 15, 2011

Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment in the arts and sciences. Fellows are writers, scholars, scientists, artists, playwrights, filmmakers, photographers, composers, or the like.

Amount of Award: Generally range from $25,000-$50,000 for a six- to twelve-month Fellowship.

Sloan Research Fellowship Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: September 15, 2011

Sloan Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, or in a related interdisciplinary field.

Amount of Award: $50,000 over two years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation ‘A’ Awards and Epidemiology Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: September 15, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (‘A’ Award) December 15, 2011, 11:59 p.m. ET (Epidemiology Award)

‘A’ Awards support young scientists who want to jump-start their career in pediatric oncology research. Epidemiology Awards support investigators with a specific focus on novel, promising approaches to the epidemiology, early detection, and/or the prevention of childhood cancers.

Amount of Awards: ‘A’ Awards: $125,000 per year for three years, indirect costs are not allowed. Epidemiology Awards: $100,000 per year for up to two years, indirect costs are not allowed.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholars and Fellows Awards Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadlines: LOIs due September 15, 2011, 3:00 p.m. ET Full Proposals due October 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m. ET

Awards support fundamental basic and clinical research in genetics, molecular and cell biology, molecular pharmacology, molecular virology and immunology; and translational research directly relevant to improved treatment or diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma and, where applicable, to prevention. Scholar Awards support highly qualified investigators. Special Fellow Awards support investigators who have completed a minimum of two years of postdoctoral research training and are continuing their research under the research sponsor’s direction. Fellow Awards support promising investigators with less than two years of postdoctoral research training.


Amount of Awards: Scholar Awards: $110,000 per year for five years. Special Fellow Awards: $65,000 per year for three years. Fellow Awards: $55,000 per year for three years.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Priority Research Grants and High Priority Bridge Awards Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and the Connell School Deadlines: September 15, 2011, 12:00 midnight ET (Postdoctoral & Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship,

Career Development Award, Innovative Grant) November 1, 2011, 12:00 midnight ET (Short-Term Bridge Award)

JDRF supports exploratory, discovery, non-clinical development, clinical, and clinical development research relevant to type 1 diabetes in the therapeutic areas of immune, beta cell, and complication therapies as well as glucose control.

Amount of Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: $43,240 to $57,568 per year for three years, plus a research allowance of $5,500; indirect costs are not allowed. Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: up to $90,000 per year for up to three years; indirect costs are not allowed. Career Development Awards: up to $150,000 per year for up to five years, including indirect costs of 10%. Innovative Grants: up to $110,000 for one year, including indirect costs of 10%. Short-Term Bridge Awards: up to $55,000 for one year, including indirect costs of 10%.

Sloan Research Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: September 15, 2011

Sloan Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, or in a related interdisciplinary field.

Amount of Award: $50,000 over two years; indirect costs are not allowed.

Concern Foundation Conquer Cancer Now Awards Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due September 8, 2011 Full Proposals due December 8, 2011

Awards support new investigators studying many forms of cancer, primarily in the areas of immunology, immunotherapy, and the genetics of cancer. Clinical trials, cancer epidemiology studies, or behavioral studies are not eligible.

Amount of Award: $60,000 for one year, with a possibility of an additional $60,000 for a second year; indirect costs are not allowed.

William T. Grant Foundation Investigator Initiated Grants Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Lynch School, and the Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: LOIs due September 7, 2011, 3:00 p.m. ET

Awards support research on youth settings, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and on studies that examine when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policies and practices that affect youth and how its use can be improved.

Amount of Award: Typically range between $100,000 and $600,000 over two to three years, including up to 15% indirect costs.


Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships Departments: Biology, Computer Science, and Information Systems Deadline: Internal deadline for pre-proposals: September 6, 2011

E-mail pre-proposals to [email protected]. External deadline: October 19, 2011, 12:00 noon PT

Fellowships support young researchers advancing computing research in novel directions, exploring breakthrough research, and conducting high-impact research that has the potential to help solve some of today’s most challenging societal problems. No more than one candidate may apply from BC.

Amount of Award: $200,000 over two years.

PhRMA Foundation Informatics Awards Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: September 1, 2011

Informatics awards support career development of scientists engaged in computational and experimental research to integrate cutting-edge information technology with advanced biological, chemical, and pharmacological sciences.

Amount of Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowships of $40,000 for one year; Research Starter Grants of $60,000 for one year; Sabbatical Fellowships of up to $40,000 for one year.

PhRMA Foundation Pharmacology/Toxicology Awards Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: September 1, 2011

Awards support research that integrates information on the mechanism of action of a drug or chemical at a molecular or cellular level with information on the effect of an agent in the intact organism.

Amount of Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowships of $40,000 for one year; Sabbatical Fellowships of up to $40,000 for one year.

American Education Research Association Grants Program Departments: Arts and Sciences and the Lynch School Deadline: September 1, 2011

Grants stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by NCES, NSF, and other federal agencies.

Amount of Award: Up to $20,000 for one-year projects or up to $35,000 for two-year projects; indirect costs are not allowed.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics Deadline: Pre-proposals due September 1, 2011, 4:00 p.m. ET Invited Applications due January 11, 2012, 4:00 p.m. ET

Grants support the early career development of researchers/postdocs with backgrounds in the physical/computational sciences whose work addresses biological questions including, but not limited to, physical measurement of biological phenomena, computer simulation of complex processes in physiological systems, mathematical modeling of self-organizing behavior, building probabilistic tools for medical diagnosis, developing novel imaging tools or biosensors, developing or applying nanotechnology to manipulate cellular systems, predicting cellular responses to topological clues and mechanical forces, and developing a new conceptual understanding of the complexity of living organisms.



Amount of Award: $500,000 over five years, including one to two years of advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a faculty appointment; indirect costs are not allowed.

Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Connell School, and the Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: September 1, 2011

The Foundation funds research on important aspects of alcohol consumption, including various behavioral and biomedical factors and effects of alcohol use, abuse, and misuse.

Amount of Award: $50,000 for up to two years, including 15% indirect costs.

Epilepsy Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award & Research Grants Program Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: August 31, 2011

Grants for postdoctoral fellows and early career investigators (basic and clinical) advance the understanding of epilepsy that will lead to better treatment, more effective prevention, and ultimately to a cure.

Amount of Awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards: $45,000 per year. Research Grants: Up to $50,000 per year for two years.

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due August 25, 2011 (Novel Biomarkers Awards)

LOIs due September 21, 2011 (General Research Awards, Preclinical Model for the Development of Therapeutics)

Multiple grant opportunities support drug discovery and development research programs in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, and cognitive aging. Grant opportunities include General Research Awards, Novel Biomarkers to Accelerate Drug Discovery for Frontotemporal Dementias, and Use of Aged Rats as a Relevant Preclinical Model for the Development of Therapeutics for Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Amount of Awards: General Research Awards: Average of $150,000 per year for up to two years with potential for follow-on funding. Novel Biomarkers and Use of Aged Rats as a Relevant Preclinical Model: Up to $150,000 for one year with a possibility of follow-on funding.

Dreyfus Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry Departments: Chemistry and Earth and Environmental Sciences Deadline: August 25, 2011

The Fellowship aims to further the development of scientific leadership in the field through supporting innovative research in the chemical sciences or engineering related to the environment.

Amount of Award: $120,000 over two years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: August 15, 2011, 4:30 p.m. ET

The Fellowship supports early career researchers who wish to conduct high risk research on cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.



International Rett Syndrome Foundation Basic & Translational Research Grants, and Fellowships Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due August 15, 2011 Full Proposals due October 10, 2011

Awards provide seed money for research that aims for a better understanding of MeCP2 during normal brain development, the investigation of neuronal abnormalities that result from MeCP2 dysfunction, and development of early and late stage translational efforts to treat or reverse Rett Syndrome.

Amount of Award: Regular Research Grants of $50,000 for up to two years; Translational Research Grants of $50,000 for one year and; Postdoctoral Fellowships of $50,000 per year for two years. All include indirect costs of up to 10% direct costs.

Google Faculty Research Award Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Lynch School, and the Connell School Deadline: August 1, 2011

This award supports a wide range of academic research aimed at improving information access (defined broadly). An extensive array of focus areas include, for example, education innovation, geology/maps, human-computer interaction, economics and market algorithms, and many more.

Amount of Award: $10,000 to $150,000, typically for one year.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grants Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Connell School, and the Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: August 1, 2011

Awards support proposals in the natural and social sciences and the humanities that address urgent societal issues and increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Related research projects in neuroscience, genetics, animal behavior, the social sciences, history, criminology, and the humanities which illuminate modern human problems are also encouraged.

Amount of Award: $15,000 to $40,000 per year for up to two years.

Open Society Institute Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: August 1, 2011

The Open Society Institute Fellowships support individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. Among OSI’s core areas of concern are human rights, government transparency, the promotion of civil society, and social inclusion.

Amount of Award: Up to $100,000.

John Templeton Foundation Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Carroll School, the Lynch School, and the School of Theology and

Ministry Deadline: Online Funding Inquires due between August 1, 2011-October 14, 2011 Full Proposals due between December 1, 2011-March 1, 2012

The Foundation’s resources are devoted to research (and disseminating the results of research) on issues surrounding altruism, creativity, free will, generosity, gratitude, intellect, love, prayer, and purpose. The Foundation invites Online Funding Inquiries for both its Core and Priority Funding Areas.

Amount of Award: 2010 grants ranged from $300,000 to over $4 million.


Research Corporation for Science Advancement Cottrell Scholars Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: August 1, 2011

The awards seek to reinforce faculty mentoring, communication, and a heightened appreciation for instruction in university science departments. A key objective is to build a community of outstanding teacher-scholars who are dedicated to becoming leaders in both research and teaching.

Amount of Award: $75,000 with no indirect costs. $5,000 is set aside from the award for transportation to, and onsite expenses at, the annual Cottrell Scholars Conferences.

Searle Scholars Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Psychology Deadline: Internal deadline for pre-proposal form: July 15, 2011

E-mail pre-proposals to [email protected]. External deadline: September 30, 2011

Awards support exceptional young researchers in the areas of biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, or related areas in chemistry, medicine, or the biological sciences. At this time we have not received the formal invitation (expected in early June) with the number of candidates that BC may submit this year.

Amount of Award: $300,000 over three years, including 8% indirect costs.

Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: Internal deadline for pre-proposal form: July 15, 2011

E-mail pre-proposals to [email protected]. External deadline: September 8, 2011

Awards aim to launch the careers of outstanding biomedical researchers with the ultimate goal of achieving medical breakthroughs in areas such as AIDS/HIV, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, or neuroscience. The awards are targeted towards investigators who have held limited independent federal grants.

No more than two candidates may apply from Boston College.

Amount of Award: $300,000 at $100,000 per year, including 5% institutional overhead.

American Diabetes Association Departments: Biology, Chemistry, the Connell School, and the Graduate School of Social Work Deadline: July 15, 2011, 8:00 p.m. ET

Multiple awards support both new and established investigators, specialized grants to assist innovative researchers, and opportunities for established investigators as they advance their careers and the field of diabetes research and care.

Amount of Awards: Basic Science Award of up to $115,000 per year for up to three years, plus up to 15% for indirect costs; Junior Faculty Award of up to $120,000 per year for up to three years, plus 15% for indirect costs; Career Development Award of $150,000 per year for up to five years, plus 15% for indirect costs and a potential $25,000 stipend for each of the first two years for additional equipment; Innovation Award of up to $50,000 per year for two years with no indirect costs.


Susan G. Komen Research Program Departments: Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Connell School Deadline: Pre-application for Promise Grant due July 15, 2011 Due dates for other grants not yet announced

Awards support proposals with significant potential to lead to reductions in breast cancer incidence and/or mortality within the next decade. RFAs will be announced on June 1.

Amount of Awards: Promise Grants, collaborative and cross-disciplinary research projects of $7.5 million over five years (combined direct and indirect costs); Investigator Initiated Research Grants of $250,000 per year for up to four years (combined direct and indirect costs); Career Catalyst Research Grants of $450,000 for up to three years (combined direct and indirect costs); and Postdoctoral Fellowships of $180,000 for direct costs only.

James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship in Studying Complex Systems Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline: July 15, 2011

As part of its 21st Century Science Initiative, the program supports scholarship and research directed toward the development of theoretical and mathematical tools that can be applied to the study of complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. This new postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity is intended to provide students in the final stages of completing a PhD degree additional leeway in identifying and securing postdoctoral training opportunities in complex systems research.

Amount of Award: $200,000 over two years.

Helen Hay Whitney Research Fellowship Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: July 15, 2011, 5:00 p.m. ET

Awards support early postdoctoral, basic research in biology and chemistry.

Amount of Award: $147,000 for three years, plus a total research allowance of $7,500. Indirect costs are not allowed.

American Heart Association Innovative Research Grant Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and the Connell School Deadline: July 8, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CT

Awards support research broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke, or related to clinical, basic science, bioengineering or biotechnology, and public health problems, including multidisciplinary efforts.

Amount of Award: $75,000 for two years, including 10% indirect costs.

American Heart Association National Established Investigator Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and the Connell School Deadline: July 8, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CT

Awards support mid-career scientists, including multidisciplinary efforts, broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Amount of Award: $80,000 per year for five years, including 10% indirect costs.


American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant Departments: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and the Connell School Deadline: July 8, 2011, 11:59 p.m. CT

Awards support beginning scientists in basic research broadly related to cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Amount of Award: $77,000 per year for four years ($70,000 direct plus 10% indirect costs).

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Pathways and Targets for Beta Cell Regeneration Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due June 30, 2011, midnight ET

Invited Full Applications due October 11, 2011

Awards support single investigators or team of investigators in developing or studying novel targets and pathways for regenerating beta cells in type 1 diabetes.

Amount of Awards: $250,000 for up to two years, including 10% indirect costs.

Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Research Grant Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: June 30, 2011

Award supports research relating to islet cell transplantation, macrovascular disease, and neuropathy.

Amount of Award: $50,000 per year for up to two years, including indirect costs at less than 10% for each year.

Gerda Henkel Foundation M4HUMAN Fellowships Departments: Arts and Sciences Deadline June 30, 2011

European residential program aims to increase networking between researchers in the historical humanities at the international level, including researchers in religious, cultural, and political sciences under the special program “Islam, the modern nation state and transnational movements”. Other areas of support include: history, prehistory and early history, archaeology, art history, and legal history.

Amount of Award: Approximately $33,600 to $53,500, depending on research experience, for two years.

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due June 21, 2011

Full Applications due July 5, 2011

ADDF Awards support drug discovery and development research programs in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, and cognitive aging. Awards do not support basic research. Inquiries with the ADDF staff are encouraged to determine the Foundation’s interest prior to application.

Amount of Award: Up to $150,000 per year for up to two years with potential for future follow-on funding. Indirect costs are not allowed.


Muscular Dystrophy Development Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline LOIs due June 15, 2011

Award supports members of a research team in the laboratory of an independent investigator with interests in developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system.

Amount of Award: $60,000 per year for one to three years.

Muscular Dystrophy Research Grants Departments: Biology and Chemistry Deadline: LOIs due June 15, 2011

Award supports independent investigators with interests in developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system.

Amount of Award: Funding levels for primary research grants are unlimited for one to three years.

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research: Target Validation Department: Biology Deadline: Pre-proposals due June 1, 2011, 6:00 p.m. ET

Program supports work demonstrating whether modulation of a novel biological target has impact in a PD-relevant animal model.

Amount of Award: $250,000 for up to two years, including up to 25% indirect costs.

Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Deadline: Pre-proposals due June 1, 2011

Award supports the next generation of exceptionally creative thinkers with “high risk/high reward” ideas that have the potential to impact the understanding of/approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer.

Amount of Award: $150,000 per year for three years. Indirect costs are not allowed.

Avon Foundation for Women Breast Cancer Crusade Research Program Departments: Biology, Chemistry, and the Connell School Deadline: LOIs due May 6, 2011

Awards support preventive strategies to address the causes and prevention of breast cancer, such as understanding environmental factors, the role of infectious or viral agents, and biomarkers.

Amount of Award: Up to two-year awards at $150,000 per year, including 10% indirect costs.

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