Funding Opportunities

The following is a list of funding opportunities that may be of interest to Department of Medicine faculty. To learn more about each grant, please click on the title.

Funding opportunities will be added and updated on a regular basis, so be sure to check back often.

American College of Cardiology

Career Development Awards for Research & Travel in 2009

  The ACCF will award almost  $1 million to support the training and development of young  cardiovascular investigators. ACCF research awards include:    
  *    ACCF/Merck Research  Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome-supporting research into the  relationship between diabetes or the metabolic syndrome and  cardiovascular disease, as well as research into pathophysiology,  molecular genetics, metabolic abnormalities leading to cardiovascular  disease, hypertension or hyperlipidemia, inflammatory mechanisms, and  new pathways for drug discovery.    
  *    ACCF/Guidant Foundation  Fellowship and Career Development Awards in Women's Cardiovascular  Health-supporting research on issues related specifically to  improving the health status of women as it relates to cardiovascular  risk or treatment.    
  *    ACCF/GE Medical  Cardiovascular Disease Career Development Awards-supporting research in the  field of imaging technology and targeted imaging agents.    
  *    Young Investigators Awards Competition-supporting research in the  areas of 1) clinical investigations, congenital heart disease and  cardiac surgery; 2) physiology, pharmacology and pathology; and 3)  molecular and cellular cardiology.     
 

The ACCF is also offering  travel awards to encourage 60 young investigators to attend the ACC 58th  Annual Scientific Session in Orlando and a limited number of Fellows in Training to attend the 2008 New York Cardiovascular Symposium.

Deadline for all awards: October 6, 2008

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

AFSP research grants support studies that aim 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. Investigators from all academic disciplines are eligible to apply, and both basic science and applied research projects will be considered, providing the study has an essential focus on suicide or suicide prevention

Distinguished Investigator Grants

Awarded to investigators at the level of associate professor or higher with an established record of research and publication on suicide.

Amount: up to $100,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Standard Research Grants

Awarded to individual investigators at any level.

Amount: up to $75,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Young Investigator Grants

Awarded to investigators at the level of assistant professor or lower. These grants provide an additional $10,000 ($5,000 per year) for an established suicide researcher who will mentor the Young Investigator.

Amount: up to $75,000 over two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Amount: up to $100,000 over two years are awarded to investigators who have received a Ph.D., M.D., or other doctoral degree within the preceding three years and have not had more than three years of fellowship support. Fellows receive a progressive stipend of $42,000 in the first year and $46,000 in the second, with an institutional allowance of

$6,000 per year.

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually

Pilot Grants

Awarded to investigators at any level. These grants provide seed money for new projects that have the potential to lead to subsequent larger investigations.

Amount: up to $30,000 over one or two years

Deadline: December 15 and June 15 annually.

American Heart Association

Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grant

The Council on Clinical Cardiology places a great value on the development of young linical investigators.  To further this effort, the council has a limited number of seed grants for young investigators for meritorious research projects based on the data gathered from Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). GWTG is a hospital-based quality

improvement program designed to close the treatment gap in cardiovascular disease and stroke. 

Amount: $8,000 - $24,000

Deadline: September 30 and February 28 (twice a year)

Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award

This award is to recognize an APS member (male or female) who is judged to be both a superb mentor and an outstanding scientist. To be considered for the award, a nomination packet containing a letter stating the basis for nomination with a synopsis of the nominee's scientific contributions and mentoring skills and evidence related to the criteria; a list of current and former trainees and their current positions and any award they received; support letters (successful nominations usually contain 8-10 letters from different groups: students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and colleague); and the

nominee's current curriculum vitae.  For additional information and recommendations of competitive nomination packet contents, see the above web site or contact Melinda Lowy in the APS Education Office mlowy@the-aps.org or 301-634-7787.

Amount:    $1,000 honorarium, commemorative plaque, travel expenses for EB 2007 meeting

Deadline: September 15, 2008

Minority Mentoring Program

This program is designed to: help early career minority clinicians and scientists develop their professional careers; promote the highest quality science and practice in CV and cerebrovascular disease throughout the world by enriching the scientific base of junior minority scientists and clinicians; and  to increase collaboration in basic, clinical, population, outcomes and translational research in CV and cerebrovascular disease.

Deadline: August 29, 2008

Association of American Medical Colleges

Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

The Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar is a three-day program designed for women associate or recently promoted full professors with clear potential for advancement to a major administrative position such as section or department head.  The seminar is held Dec. 6-9, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ.

Seminar objectives are to:

• Visualize potential paths to leadership and develop career plans to advance towards that vision

• Enhance skills in communication, especially with public audiences and media

• Improve knowledge of institutional finance and departmental budgeting processes

• Expand networks of mentors and colleagues in academic medicine

Deadline: August 22, 2008 - early application submission is advised.

Association of Subspecialty Professors

T. Franklin Williams Scholars

To investigators interested in a geriatric aspect of their subspecialty. ASP partners with

10 subspecialty societies to offer the award in nine internal medicine subspecialties. Amount: $50,000 to $75,000 per yea for two- to four-year awards

Deadline: depends on subspecialty award - see web site for more details

Atlanta VAMC Research Awards

The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center research program is largely conducted by VA based physician-scientist faculty members of Emory University School of Medicine.
Available research awards include mentored Research Career Development Awards

including PI salary granted on both a national and regional basis, and mentored Merit Review Entry Program awards, both of which focus on junior faculty members with research training but with a limited publication record and no independent national funding.

For more detailed information including eligibility requirements and application forms please contact the VA Science Information Officer, Michelle Katherine Harper, room 5A117, phone (404) 728-4827, email Katherine.Harper@VA.Gov.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Career Awards in Medical Scientists

This program provides funds to bridge advanced postdoctoral/ fellowship training and he early years of faculty service. Institutions may nominate up to 5 candidates and are encouraged to nominate women and underrepresented minorities.

Amount: $700,000 over five years

Deadline: Submit a 2 page letter of intent and a short biosketch to Trish Haugaard at patricia.haugaard@emory.edu no later than August 24th for internal review.  Agency deadline is October 1, 2008

Career Award in Biomedical Sciences

Intended to foster the development and productivity of early-career biomedical researchers and help them make the critical transition to becoming independent nvestigators.

Amount: $500,000 over five years

Deadline: September 4, 2008

Canadian Studies Grant Opportunites

The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. Our grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges, student mobility, and collaboration between American and Canadian researchers. We also seek to build stronger ties between American and Canadian universities and colleges.

Research Grant Program

This program assists individual scholars or teams of scholars in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality with a focus on Canada or Canada-U.S. relations.

Amount: $15,000-20,000

Deadline: September 30, 2008

Faculty Enrichment (Course Development) Program

This program provides faculty members an opportunity to develop or update a course with substantial Canadian content that will be offered as part of their regular teaching load.

Amount: $6,000

Deadline: October 31, 2008

Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 2008

The Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Defense Appropriation Act (Public Law 110-116) provides research funding for the following programs managed by the Department of Defense office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP):

1.  Breast Cancer Research Program $138 Million

2.  Prostate Cancer Research Program $80 Million

3. Ovarian Cancer Research Program $10 Million

4. Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses Research Program $10 Million

5.  Neurofibromatosis Research Program $8 Million

6.  Autism Research Program $6.4 Million

7.  Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program $4 Million

8.  Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program $50 MillionProgram Announcements are anticipated to be released in early 2008 with detailed descriptions of funding mechanisms, evaluation criteria, submission requirements, and deadlines. Each Program Announcement will be available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov) and the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil) upon its release.

Requests for e-mail notification of the Program Announcement release may be sent to prequest@constellagroup.com.

Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD) grant program

The goal of FDA's OPD grant program is to support the clinical development of products  for use in rare diseases or conditions where no current therapy exists or where the product will improve the existing therapy. FDA provides grants for clinical studies on safety and/or effectiveness that will either result in, or substantially contribute to, market approval of these products.

Amount: Up to $200,000 or up to $400,000 in total (direct plus indirect) costs per year for up to four years

Deadline: February 4, 2009

The protocol in the grant application should be submitted to the IND/IDE no later than January 5, 2009, for FY 2010.

Emory Medical Care Foundation

EMCF Research Grants

The EMCF provides grants up to $25,000 to support research by Emory faculty who are based at Grady Health System for at least 50% of their time. These grants are intended to support the research careers of junior investigators and more senior investigators interested in pursuing research. The grant program is designed to provide financial support for clinical studies that are related to the health care needs of the patients erved by the Grady Health System or basic science projects that have clinical significance. The small grant program is meant to help individuals collect pilot data to be used for submissions to external grant agencies, as well as to encourage clinicians and educators to engage in clinical and basic science research.

Amount: $25,000

Deadline: July 8, 2008, November 1, 2008 and March 1, 2009

NOTE: For information on application procedures, please contact  William Payne in the

SOM Dean's Office at 404/727-4569 or william.payne@emory.edu or visit the School of Medicine web site at http://www.med.emory.edu/research/information/funding_internal_emcf.cfm

Fulbright Scholar Program

Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals                     

Program is offering 39 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in public/global health during the 2009-2010 academic year.  U.S. Fulbright Scholars in over 130 countries around the world enjoy an experience of a lifetime, gaining a broad

cultural perspective on their academic disciplines and connecting with colleagues at institutions around the globe.

Awards range from two months to an academic year.  Faculty and professionals in public/global health apply for awards specifically in their field or for one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to any field.  Grants are awarded to faculty of all academic ranks, including adjunct and emeritus.  U.S. citizenship is required.

Amount: varies

Deadline: August 1, 2008 

Lymphatic Research Foundation

Lymphatic Biology in Health and Disease Grant

The purpose of this grant is to stimulate research on the biology of the lymphatic system at all biologic levels: molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and whole body levels. Further, it includes research on innovations for identifying and intervening in lymphatic diseases across all age groups and disease states.

Amount: amount will vary

Deadline: August 16, 2008, August 17, 2009

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

The goal of all these programs is to increase the numbers and capabilities of scientists engaged in biomedical and behavioral research and to offer scientists the opportunity to receive full-time training in areas that reflect a national need. The programs also provide postdoctoral individuals and new independent researchers the opportunity to establish their research careers.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/newintro.htm

National Institutes of Health

Millennium Promise Awards: Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program (NCoD) (D43)

This research training program is designed to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs, as defined by the World Bank at http://www.worldbank.org/data/countryclass/classgroups.htm) in the fields related to cancer, cerebrovascular disease including stroke, lung disease including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)  and environmental factors including indoor air pollution, and obesity and lifestyle factors related to these conditions as well as genetics of non-communicable diseases. NIH will award successful grantees utilizing the D43 grant mechanism.

 Amount: approximately $1,500,000 will be available for this initiative for up to 7 awards per year and up to two planning grants.

Agency Deadline:  September 29, 2008

Agency (optional) Letter of Intent Deadline:  August 31, 2008

Internal Deadline:  July 31, 2008

Note: Emory University may submit only one (1) proposal in response to this Program Announcement.  The NIH proposal deadline is September 29, 2008. Interested applicants must submit an abstract (not to exceed 2 pages) and an NIH biosketch to Holly Sommers by fax or e-mail (hsomme2@emory.edu; 404-727-2509) no later than July 31, 2008.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Physician Faculty Scholars program

Talented junior faculty, nominated by their medical schools and selected by the program, will receive support to enhance their skills and productivity through institutional and national mentoring, protected time, and research experience. The program will enable these committed physicians to engage in research which will inform change in health policy and health care.

Amount: $300,000 over three years

Deadline: August  29, 2008

NOTE: Emory may submit only one nomination.  Interested applicants should submit a 1-2 page abstract and a biosketch to Trish Haugaard (patricia.haugaard@emory.edu) or Kelly Shaw (ksimily@emory.edu) by July 29, 2008 for internal competition.

The two page LOI should include an overview of:

Your Name / Dept / Phone / Email

A) Specific Aims and hypotheses

B) Background & Significance

C) Preliminary data where available (this varies acc to program; is helpful to gauge the candidate's track record in the area)

D) Outline of Research Design & Methods                    

Society of General Internal Medicine

The purpose of this site is to inform junior faculty and fellows about research career development awards that are potentially relevant to general internal medicine

http://www.sgim.org/careerdevelopment.cfm

The University Research Committee

 Albert E. Levy Scientific Research Award

The award is given annually "to the faculty member(s) whose

scientific research has been published in  a peer-reviewed journal and

 [is] judged by other scientists to be the best published manuscript

submitted in a competition with other Emory Faculty members.

 Deadline: September 15, 2008.

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