Milton Fund |
| The Milton Fund accepts applications and awards each fall. The following is a list of criteria and application instructions for the Milton Fund grant. |
| Next deadline |
Friday, October 23, 2009, 5pm (ET) |
| Who's eligible |
Voting privileges in their respective faculties and must not have received Milton Fund support during the last five years. Preference is given to new and original projects, especially independent work of recently-appointed young faculty members. For more information, see the Milton Fund FAQ. |
| Funding |
Up to $40,000 awarded for one year beginning January 1, 2010. |
| Award Period |
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010 |
| Submit |
Application must be submitted electronically to
miltonfund@hms.harvard.edu. |
| Application Documents |
Instructions
Application Kit |
The bequest of the William F. Milton Fund makes funds available to support research conducted by faculty members of Harvard University. An advisory interfaculty Milton Fund Committee has been appointed to assist in the allocation of Milton Fund income. This Committee administers the funds to facilitate new approaches, initiate new projects, and in particular, assist junior members of the faculties in establishing their research programs. The amount allocated to any one program is comparatively small and the duration of support is limited to one year.
The annual allocation of the William F. Milton Fund of Harvard University primarily supports investigations of a temporary nature conducted within the University that meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Applicants must be voting members of Harvard University Faculty holding appointments of three years or more. Generally, this includes a lecturer with a 3-year appointment, Assistant Professor or above (these titles may vary among schools), or Junior Fellows of the Harvard Society of Fellows.
- Such investigations must be of a (1) medical, (2) geographical, (3) historical, or (4) scientific nature.
- The investigation must have the following components:
in the interest of, or for promoting, the physical and material welfare and prosperity of the human race (rather than its spiritual, intellectual or aesthetic welfare);assist in the discovery and perfecting of any special means of alleviating or curing human disease; orinvestigate and determine the value or importance of any discovery or invention.
- Applicants having substantial active support ($200K or more not including applicant's salary and fringe benefits), which runs concurrently with the Milton Fund's award period will be assigned a very low priority rating for funding.
Ineligible for funding are:
Instructors, postdoctoral fellows, residents, those with pending and/or "anticipated" promotions in their academic appointment status, and anyone who has received a Milton Fund Grant within the previous five years.
For more information please contact:
Deborah Good at deborah_good@hms.harvard.edu.
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