Corporations & Foundations

Funding Opportunities

Contact: Patricia Austin, Assoc. Vice President—Corporate and Foundation Relations

If you decide to apply to any of the below opportunities, please contact the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations especially for those marked (P) which are on the President’s priority list.
 
External Corporate and Foundation Support Opportunities
Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) Website
For additional information on seeking private funding opportunities, please visit the Corporate and Foundation Relations website at http://www.drexel.edu/IA/cfr/cfr.html

Gifts-in-Kind
If you have received or plan to receive a gift-in-kind of equipment, services, medical supplies or meeting and conference support, contact CFR to ensure proper processing and stewardship.

Quick Turnaround Opportunities:  May 22-31, 2012

Spring Funding Opportunities: June 1-July 31, 2012

QUICK TURNAROUND OPPORTUNITIES: May 22 through May 31, 2012

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Grants (P)
Deadline: May 22, 2012 (concept papers)
Funding: Up to $170,000
Purpose: Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity establishes a research base for policy and environmental factors that influence healthy eating and body weight in children, as well as effective policy/environmental strategies to reverse childhood obesity epidemic.
Eligibility: Must have completed a doctorate or terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., M.D., J.D.) within 10 years of the start date of the grant. Propose a project that spans 12 to 18 months in duration, and devote at least 25 percent of their time to the project.
Link: http://www.rwjf.org/files/applications/cfp/cfp_HER2012.pdf

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Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Deadline: May 31, 2012 (LOI)
Funding: Up to $250,000
Purpose: The Edmond J. Safra Core Programs for Parkinson’s research supports translation of scientific discoveries into therapeutic interventions in order to benefit people with PD.
Eligibility: Applicants must submit a one-page Target Profile as part of the pre-proposal submission process. This form allows applicants to provide specific details of proposal strategy.
Link: http://www.michaeljfox.org/funding_programs/Safra%20
Pipeline%202012%20RFA2.pdf

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Lupus Research Institute
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Funding: Up to $300,000 for 3 years
Purpose: To support novel research projects relevant to basic, translational or clinical investigation in lupus. Research applications will be judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success.
Eligibility: Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States.
Link: http://www.lupusresearchinstitute.org/research/grant_application

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Social Science Research Council
Deadline: May 31, 2012
Funding: Up to $75,000
Purpose: Our Shared Past Grants Program promotes the development of international scholarly communities committed to analyzing history curriculum and reframing the teaching of world history through the development of new curricular content that illustrate shared cultural, economic, military, religious, social, and scientific networks and practices.
Eligibility: Grants will be made to research teams or research centers on U.S. university campuses. Priority consideration will be given to applicants with a demonstrated ability to reform curriculum design and identify partner organizations/individuals that can help to put scholarly content or specific recommendations in the hands of educators and policymakers who can influence curriculum reform at national and local levels.
Link: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/our-shared-past/

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SUMMER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: June 1 through July 31, 2012

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RESEARCH

Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
Deadline: June 26, 2012 (LOI); upon invitation, proposals are due July 10.
Funding: Up to $300,000; average grants are $150,000
Purpose: To fund drug discovery research programs from domestic and international investigators in academia and biotechnology companies. In addition, ADDF initiates, sponsors, and co-sponsors conferences to stimulate new ideas and approaches in areas of interest to the Foundation.
Eligibility: Applicants must submit an LOI two weeks prior to the application date (July 10).
Link: http://www.alzdiscovery.org/index.php/research-programs/grant-opportunities

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CANCER RESEARCH

Lung Cancer Research Foundation
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Funding: Up to $50,000
Purpose: To support national research studies and activities focused on developing innovative strategies for better treatments, screening, and prevention of lung cancer.
Link: http://www.lungfund.org/grant_application.htm

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National Brain Tumor Society

Deadline: June 17, 2012 (LOI)
Funding: $300,000 ($150,000 per year for 2 years.)  (No Indirect Costs)
Purpose: The Innovation Research Grant supports transformative or catalytic scientific research projects that will significantly move the field forward toward effective brain tumor therapies. Will fund projects that highlight innovative research strategies and will support the development of novel brain tumor therapies for adult and/or pediatric brain tumor patients.
Eligibility:  Ph.D., M.D., other professional. Open to all levels of scientists.
Link:  http://www.braintumor.org/research/funding-opportunities/

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Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Deadline: June 17, 2012
Funding: $40,000
Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to support investigators at the postdoctoral level (M.D. or Ph.D.) in the conduct of innovative pilot clinical studies that have the potential to develop new insights into clinical aspects of childhood cancer.
Eligibility: The principal investigator should be at a postdoctoral level (M.D. or Ph.D.). Senior fellows or junior faculty who are with or without limited funds, but show a potential to compete for federal grants, will be given priority. Applications from well-funded senior investigators will not be considered.
Link: http://www.ccrf-kids.org/ResearchGrants/research.htm

 
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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Deadline: June 30, 2012
Funding: Up to $1,500,000 (including direct and indirect costs)
Purpose: To identify and understand the impact of various epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones in the initiation, progression, and treatment of myeloma utilizing state of the art technologies.
Eligibility: Must be a collaborative, multi-institutional program (at least 2 separate research institutions) consisting of a maximum of 3 major research aims that will lead to a better understanding of the role of epigenetics in myeloma disease biology and treatment.
Link: http://www.themmrf.org/assets/research-programs/2012-epigenetics-rfa.pdf

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CHEMICAL SCIENCES

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
Deadline: June 4, 2012 (LOI)
Funding: Unspecified; average grant size is $50,000
Purpose: The Special Grant Program in Chemical Sciences supports projects that increase public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the chemical sciences; innovative approaches to chemistry education (K-12, undergraduate, and graduate); and efforts to make chemistry careers more attractive.
Eligibility: The Foundation encourages proposals that are judged likely to significantly advance the chemical sciences. Research proposals are not customarily considered.
Link: http://www.dreyfus.org/awards/special_grant_program_chemical.shtml

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CHILDREN’S HEALTH

The Gerber Foundation
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Funding: Up to $300,000
Purpose: To fund research projects aimed at finding solutions to children’s health and nutritional problems. Of particular interest are those offering meaningful advances in prevention and treatment of diseases and those with broad applicability to the general population.
Link: http://www.gerberfoundation.org/

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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

The Smith Richardson Foundation
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Funding: $60,000
Purpose: To support tenure-track junior faculty engaged in the research and writing of a scholarly book on an issue regarding American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.
Eligibility: Applicants must have a Ph.D., preferably in Political Science, Public Policy, Policy Analysis, International Political Economy, or History. They also must hold a position as a full-time tenure-track faculty member of a college or university in the United States.
Link: http://www.srf.org/grants/international_junior_faculty.php

 
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CULTURAL ARTS

Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Deadline: June 6, 2012
Funding: Up to $50,000
Purpose: To support individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants in the following categories: articles, blogs, books, new and alternative media, and short-form writing.
Eligibility: Applicants must be a published writer, and must be an art historian, artist, critic, curator, journalist, or practitioner in an outside field who is strongly engaged with the contemporary visual arts.
Link: http://www.artswriters.org/index.php?action=home

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CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
Deadline: June 1, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. (LOI)
Funding: Up to $100,000 for up to 3 years
Purpose: To support projects designed to answer questions about the pathophysiology of CF or its management, or pilot programs aimed at determining the best strategies and methods for approaching questions that require assessment through larger-scale research and/or multi-center, collaborative trials.
Eligibility: Applicants must describe fully the potential impact of the proposed project on the pathological consequences of Cystic Fibrosis.
Link: http://www.cff.org/research/

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DIABETES

American Diabetes Association Clinical/Translational Awards
Deadline: July 15, 2012
Funding: Up to $200,000 for 3 years
Purpose: To support patient-oriented research in diabetes. Clinical research is defined as A) research directly involving humans, and includes educational, psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiologic, and health services research as well as studies of normal physiology and mechanisms of disease, B) and epidemiological research or other clinically based research.
Eligibility: One person must be specified as the PI. The ADA does not permit Co-Principal Investigators.Award recipients are required to become members of and/or maintain membership in the Professional Section of the American Diabetes Association.
Link: http://professional.diabetes.org/Diabetes_Research.aspx?typ=
18&cid=89695#CT_Award

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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Deadline: July 16, 2012
Funding: Up to $150,000
Purpose: To attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.
Eligibility: Applicant must have M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent and faculty position or equivalent.
Link:http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114014

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EDUCATION

Spencer Foundation- Relations Between Education and Social Opportunity Grant Program
Deadline: July 9, 2012 (proposals with budgets of less than $40,000); preliminary proposals of budgets more than $40,000 are accepted continuously.
Funding: Up to $500,000
Purpose: To shed light on the role education plays in reducing economic and social inequalities and to find ways to realize education's potential to promote more equal opportunity.
Eligibility: Researchers must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field or appropriate experience in an education-related profession.
Link: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity

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ENGINEERING

United Engineering Foundation
Deadline: June 1, 2012 (concept paper)
Funding: Unspecified; average grant in 2011 was $80,000
Purpose: To support the advancement of engineering arts and sciences. Broad-based, interdisciplinary proposals that further the engineering profession as a whole are preferred. Previous grants have supported a youth engineering television series, engineering societies, and career development efforts.
Eligibility: Concept papers in excess of 2 pages will be automatically rejected.
Link: http://www.uefoundation.org/grants.html

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Environmental Research and Education Foundation
Deadline: July 15, 2012
Funding: Up to $500,000; average grant is typically $100,000
Purpose: To fund and direct scientific research and educational initiatives for waste management practices to benefit industry participants and the communities they serve.
Eligibility: Funding will not be provided for capital campaigns, political contributions, religious causes, operating funds, loans, support of lobbying activities, or commercial product development. 
Link: http://erefdn.org/index.php/grants/proposal

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FINANCE

National Endowment for Financial Education
Deadline: June 5, 2012
Funding: Unspecified; recent awards ranged from $100,000 to $150,000
Purpose: Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields such as economics, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, marketing, finance, education, and decision sciences. Project outcomes should be actionable in the field of financial literacy, directly relevant to the financial well-being of the public.
Link: http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research-funding.aspx

 
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HEART RESEARCH

The Children’s Heart Foundation
Deadline: June 8, 2012
Funding: Up to $100,000
Purpose: To support clinical and basic science research in congenital heart disease, including: molecular genetics, biochemistry, pharmacology, devices and procedural research, and long-term care of adults with congenital birth defects.
Link: http://www.childrensheartfoundation.org/for-scientists/call-for-
research-proposals

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American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant
Deadline: July 17, 2012
Funding: Up to $77,000 for 4 years
Purpose: To support scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.
Eligibility: Must hold a faculty/staff position up to and including the rank of assistant professor.
Link: http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/
SupportingInformation/Summer-2012---National-Scientist-Development-
Grant_UCM_321916_Article.jsp

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American Heart Association National Innovative Grant
Deadline: June 17, 2012
Funding: Up to $75,000 for 2 years
Purpose: To support highly innovative, high-risk, high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research.
Eligibility: Applicants have a faculty (or faculty equivalent) appointment. Eligibility for the Innovative Research Grant is not restricted based upon experience level or seniority. Seniority will not be used as a criterion in evaluating an application's merit.
Link: http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Research/FundingOpportunities/
SupportingInformation/Summer-2012---National-Scientist-Development-Grant_
UCM_321916_Article.jsp

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LIBRARIES

Gladys Brooks Foundation
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Funding: Up to $100,000
Purpose: To provide for the intellectual welfare of Americans by establishing and supporting non-profit libraries. Funding areas include resource endowments and capital construction for libraries.
Link: http://www.gladysbrooksfoundation.org/guidelines.html

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The Elsevier Foundation Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries Program
Deadline: June 24, 2012
Funding: Up to $100,000
Purpose: To enhance the quality of life in developing countries by advancing knowledge in science, the social sciences, technology and medicine.
Eligibility: Requests for hardware will only be considered if they are part of a comprehensive project approach integrating diverse elements such as training or research. Grants are awarded for specific projects rather than operating support.
Link: http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/innovative-libraries/how-to-apply/

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LUPUS

Alliance for Lupus Research
Deadline: July 10, 2012
Funding: Up to $600,000 for 3 years
Purpose: The Target Identification in Lupus Grants support research that will accelerate the development of new treatments for lupus. Studies in genetics, immunology, cell biology and molecular biology to identify and characterize molecular systems must be oriented towards the development of drugs that would prevent and/or ameliorate clinical signs and symptoms of lupus. 
Eligibility: Scientific independence as evidenced by direction of a research program, a publication record, or other experience that establishes scientific leadership is necessary to apply.
Link: http://www.lupusresearch.org/research/grants.html

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MEDICAL RESEARCH

AO Foundation Start-up Grant Program
Deadline: July 15, 2012
Funding: Up to 60,000 CHF (approximately 65,345 USD)
Purpose: To support international advancement in the surgical treatment of trauma and degenerative disorders of the musculoskeletal system through research, development and education.
Eligibility: Young investigators who are within five years of the completion of his/her terminal degree (M.D., D.V.M., Ph.D.) or within five years of initiation of his/her first assistant professor position at an academic institution.
Link: https://www.aofoundation.org/Structure/research/research-funding/
Pages/aorf-application-report-form.aspx

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National Marfan Foundation
Deadline: June 11, 2012
Funding: Up to $50,000 for 1 year
Purpose: To support research related to the Marfan syndrome and related connective tissue disorders.  The goal of this program is to advance research in this area and to identify methods for earlier diagnosis, improved therapies and to find an eventual cure. 
Eligibility: The principal investigator must hold an M.D., D.O., Ph.D. or equivalent degree.  The investigator must have proven ability to pursue independent research as evidenced by original research publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Link: http://www.marfan.org/marfan/2293/Research-Grants

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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Muscular Dystrophy Association Development Grant
Deadline: June 15, 2012 (LOI)
Funding: Up to $60,000 each year, 3 years maximum
Purpose: To support research aimed at developing treatments for the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular system.
Eligibility: Applicants must hold an M.D. or Ph.D., and must be a professional or faculty member at an appropriate educational, medical or research institution.
Link: http://www.mdausa.org/research/guidelines.html

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program
Deadline: July 3, 2012
Funding: $350,000 over 5 years
Purpose: To support promising early-career researchers from diverse disciplines, who have demonstrated success in conducting high-quality research and are seeking to further develop and broaden their expertise. Current research interests include how the everyday settings can be improved for youth ages 8 to 25, and how research evidence is used in policy and practice that affect youth.
Eligibility: Projects must address issues that have relevance for theory, and policies or practices, affecting the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States or a vulnerable subpopulation of those youth. Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application.
Link: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/
fellowships/william_t__grant_scholars

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Note: For additional information, please contact Proposal Writer Meagan Mackin at (215) 571-4274 or mam599@drexel.edu.

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