External Funding Opportunties

Federal Sponsors

• Department of Energy
  A leading science and technology agency whose research supports our nation's energy security, national security, environmental quality.
• Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Agencies
  Funding groups under the Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  One of the world's foremost biomedical research centers, and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S.
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  An independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects in science and engineering.
• Office of Naval Research
  Coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps through universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

Non-Federal Funding

The Guide provides links to the most relevant web pages of our most popular non-Federal sponsors.

• American Cancer Society - Offers a variety of research grants and fellowships.
• American Diabetes Association - Several research grant options available, including scholar awards and mentor-based fellowships.
• American Federation for Aging Research - Includes eleven grants and fellowships, some in combination with other sponsors.
• American Heart Association - National - Several grants available, including a minority scientist development award.
• American Heart Association - New England Affiliate - Offers grant-in-aid and fellowship programs.
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association - Offers 4 grant programs.
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Offers numerous grants and fellowships in various areas.
• Cancer Research Institute - Offers a variety of grant opportunities, including predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship support.
• CaP Cure - Grant opportunities in the field of prostate cancer research.
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Research grants and fellowships available.
• Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund - Offers a Scholar Award and a Fellowship.
• Doris Duke - Offers a Clinical Scientist Development Award and a Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award.
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is primarily interested in funding basic medical research areas which have direct and immediate relevance to pediatric HIV/AIDS. Their programs include the following: Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award, Basic Research Grants, Scholar Awards, Short-Term Scientific Awards, Emergency Assistance and Student Intern Awards.
• The Foundation Fighting Blindness - Offers collaborative, individual, career and young investigator awards.
• Helen Hay Whitney Foundation - Fellowships available in all basic biomedical sciences.
• Hereditary Disease Foundation - program includes research grants, John J. Wasmuth postdoctoral fellowships, Milton Wexler postdoctoral fellowships and the Lieberman Award to find a cause and cure for Huntington's Disease.
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Several funding opportunities to choose from, including a variety of fellowships offered in predoctoral, postdoctoral, international and graduate student programs.
• Human Frontier Science Program - Offers research grants and fellowships promoting international collaboration.
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Supports basic and clinical research, fellowships, and workshops.
• MacArthur Foundation - provides unrestricted fellowships to exceptionally talented and promising individuals who have shown evidence of originality, dedication to creative pursuits, and capacity for self-direction.
• The Medical Foundation (Charles A. King Trust) - five programs support various funding initiatives in New England aimed at researchers with varying levels of experience, including fellowships.
• National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression - support scientists conducting basic research, clinical research, or a combination of both, in neurobiology. NARSAD's three grant programs include a Young Investigator Award, an Independent Investigator Award and a Distinguished Investigator Award.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - supports research to improve health and health care in America.