October
The Private Funding Opportunities searchable and sortable database table below is listed by disease and/or field in alphabetical order. Please type inside the search table below the disease, the specific grant name, name of agency or any other keywords to find more information about any biomedical research grants or educational grants available with deadlines in October.
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| Disease/Field | Funding Agency | Name of Grant / Description | Eligibility / Amount | Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) | Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) | Free Family Foundation award for a meritorious research proposal that proposes to understand pathophysiologic mechanisms that cause the transition from aging to early, dry AMD. | $200,000 per year for 3 years | October 5, 2023 LOI. January 5, 2024 application |
| Aging | Healthy Longevity | American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) | The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76) | $225,000 in direct costs per year for five years | October 18, 2024 |
| Alzheimer’s and Infectious Diseases | Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) | Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant | $250,000 Senior professor | October. Check back in late summer for an announcement for new grant opportunities |
| Alzheimer’s and Infectious Diseases | Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) | Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant | $100,000: Senior/mid-career investigators (assistant professor to professor). | October. Check back in late summer for an announcement for new grant opportunities |
| Alzheimer’s and Infectious Diseases | Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) | Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant | $50,000: Current investigators (past grant awardees) who have demonstrated significant progress in initial research findings and are looking to further their research. | October. Check back in late summer for an announcement for new grant opportunities |
| Alzheimer’s and Infectious Diseases | Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) | Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant | $30,000: Awards to fellows/early-career investigators (includes instructors, assistant professors and senior trainees/fellows) to obtain preliminary data to facilitate development of a research proposal to submit at the $100,000 level. | October. Check back in late summer for an announcement for new grant opportunities |
| Angelman Syndrome | Angelman Syndrome Foundation | Research Grants for preclinical, translational and clinical research areas that investigate all aspects of Angelman syndrome. | $100,000 per year for 1-2 years | April 15 and October 15 |
| Basic Biomedical, Disease-oriented, or Translational Research | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) is a highly competitive program that provides for physician-scientists, who are committed to an academic career, to bridge advanced postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. | $700,000 over 5 years | October 8, 2024 |
| Cancer | American Cancer Society (ACS) | Discovery The Role of Health Policy and Health Insurance in Improving Access to, and Performance of, Cancer Care. | 4 years with $215K direct costs per year, 10% indirect costs allowed. | April 1 and October 15 |
| Chronic Pain | American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) | ASRA Chronic Pain Medicine Research Grant aims to promote and facilitate high quality research in pain medicine. | $200,000 | October 1, 2023 |
| Coat’s Disease, Retinal Diseases. | Jack McGovern Coats’ Disease Foundation | Research Grant to support medical research specific to Coats’ Disease and other retinal diseases, which may lead to a cure or improve treatments and understanding of the pathophysiology for Coats’ Disease. | $35,000 | April 1 and October 1 |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) | Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award is intended to support a project involving human subjects or samples that will develop and test new hypotheses and/or new methods in research areas relevant to cystic fibrosis. | $80,000 per year (plus 12% for indirect costs) for single-center studies; and up to $150,000 per year (plus 12% indirect costs) for multi-center clinical studies for up to two years. Up to an additional $100,000 over the entire project period may be available via supplemental funding. | October 10, 2024 LOI. February 18, 2025 Full application |
| Dermatologic Disease | Dermatology Foundation | Medical Dermatology Career Development Award (CDA) provides funding for future intellectual leaders, educators, and clinical scholars in that aspect of the specialty that addresses severe dermatologic disease. | $55,000 per year and awards may be renewed annually for up to a total of three years of funding. | October 15, 2024 |
| Dermatology | Dermatology Foundation | Dermatologist Investigator Research Fellowship supports dermatologists who desire research training and have a commitment to an academic career in medical and surgical dermatology. | $30,000 for 1 year | October 15, 2024 |
| Dermatopathology | Dermatology Foundation | Research Grant support for research projects in dermatology and cutaneous biology that benefit the dermatology community at large. | $25,000 one-year grant. | October 15, 2024 |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society (AES) | Research and Training Workshop grants support scientific conferences and workshops that address timely and important topics in epilepsy research. | Awards are typically in the range of $10,000 to $20,000 and are intended to provide partial support for the conference | October23, 2024 |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society (AES) | AES Seed Grants offer funds to help enable established investigators to pursue new and innovative lines of research, collaborations, and/or research methods. | $20,000 for one year. | October 23, 2024 |
| Glaucoma | BrightFocus Foundation – Glaucoma | Standard Research Award provides significant funding for researchers that need additional data to apply for governmental or industrial funding agencies. | $200,000 over 2 years | October 31, 2024 |
| Glaucoma | BrightFocus Foundation – Glaucoma | Postdoctoral Fellowship | $150,000 over 2 years | October 31, 2024 |
| Global Health | Gairdner Foundation | The Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is given to a scientist whose advances have (or will potentially have) a significant impact on health outcomes in the developing world. | $150,000 | October 1 |
| Human Biology and Disease | Gairdner Foundation | Gairdner International Award recognizes outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the goal of contributing through research to increased understanding of human biology and disease. | $100,000 | October 1 |
| Humanities │ Humanistic Social Sciences | American Council of Learned Societies | ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship program offers recent humanities PhDs two-year fellowship positions with organizations dedicated to advancing justice and equity. | $67,000 per year for 2 years and up to $8000 to defray the cost of providing employee benefits to the fellow. | October 4, 2024 |
| Immunotherapy, Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Young Investigators Awards to conduct projects supported by preliminary data and focused on advancing immunotherapies in melanoma. | $85,000 per year for three years total of $225,000 | October 20, 2023 eligibility checklist. November 3, 2023 full proposal |
| Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) ǀ Education | Pfizer | Local Level Educational Grants Program to Increase Awareness & Understanding of Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) | Grant range expected to be from $10,000 to $20,000 USD. Maximum project length is 2 years. | October 15, 2024 |
| Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerative Diseases, Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration | Foundation Fighting Blindness | Individual Investigator Research Awards are designed to concentrate research in areas with the greatest potential to move toward treatments and cures for the inherited orphan retinal degenerative diseases and dry age-related macular degeneration. | $100,000 per year per year up to three (3) years. | October 26, 2023 letter or intent. March 6, 2024 application |
| Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerative Diseases | Foundation Fighting Blindness | Clinical Innovation Awards to advance options for endpoints in IRD clinical trials that might be accepted by regulatory agencies for improving IRD patients’ conditions or slowing disease progression. . | $100,000 per year per year up to three (3) years. | October 26, 2023 letter or intent. March 6, 2024 application |
| Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerative Diseases | Foundation Fighting Blindness | Ted and Elaine Welp Enhanced Career Development Award for Physicians in Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerative Diseases. | $170,000 per year for 3 years. | Competition Closed Until Fall 2024. October 31, January 31, March 30 |
| Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases(IRD) & Blindness | Foundation Fighting Blindness & Harrington Discovery Institute | Gund-Harrington Scholar Award to accelerate the translation of research findings in retinal degenerative diseases with the ultimate goal of developing new therapies to improve and/or restore vision. | $900,000 over 3 years | This program is currently closed. October LOI. January Full application. |
| Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerations | Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) | Program Project Award (PPA) engages cross-disciplinary investigators to drive collaborative retinal degenerative disease research efforts. | $500,000 per year for 5 years | October 12, 2023 LOI. February 27, 2024 application |
| Inherited Orphan Retinal Degenerations | Foundation Fighting Blindness | Clinical Research Fellowship Award (CRFA). | $65,000 one-year | October 19, 2023 LOI |
| Juvenile Diabetes | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) | Innovative Award provides seed funding for highly innovative, high-risk-high-reward research with significant potential to accelerate the mission of JDRF |
Total of $200,000 for one year not renewable grant in direct and indirect costs of 10%. | October 13, 2022 |
| Leukemia, Cancer | American Cancer Society (ACS) | Leukemia Exploration and Prevention Grant Program (LEAP) | $215,000 per year direct costs plus 10% IDC for RSG award; $430,000 per year direct costs plus 10% IDC for Team award up to 4 years | October 29 application |
| Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma | Leukemia Lymphoma Society | Translational Research Program to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of hematological malignancies and related pre-malignant conditions. . | $250,000 per year for 3 years | October 20, 2023 letter of intent. January 19, 2024 full application. |
| Liver Disease | American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) | Foundation Bridge Award supports investigators who have recently submitted an NIH R or other federally-funded equivalent award and have received competitive scores on their proposal, but were not funded, as they strengthen their proposal for resubmission to the NIH or other federal agency. | $100,000 1 year | October 17, 2022 |
| Lupus | Lupus Research Alliance | Administrative Supplement to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research (“LRA Diversity Supplement”) for highly qualified and promising underrepresented minority trainees to support their research experiences aligned with an active LRA parent award or with lupus research-focused NIH, DOD, or equivalent awards in good standing. | Up to $15,000 for pre-doctoral and up to $30,000 for post-doctoral trainees | October 25, 2022 LOI |
| Lupus and Scleroderma | Dermatology Foundation | Women’s Health Career Development Award (CDA) is intended to focus the areas of women’s health issues, which range from disorders that affect primarily women, such as lupus and scleroderma, to the effects of hormones and environmental factors on the skin and cutaneous aging. | $55,000 per year and awards may be renewed annually for up to a total of three years of funding. | October |
| Macular or Retinal Diseases. | The Macula Society | MSRG program is to provide funding for clinically relevant research in macular or retinal vascular diseases. | $50,000 | April 1 and October 1 |
| Macular, Retinal Diseases. | The Macula Society | The Mills and Margaret Cox Macula Society Research Project sponsored by the Retina Research Foundation to support research endeavors of the members of the Macula Society. | $30,000 | April 1 and October 1 |
| Marfan Syndrome | Marfan Foundation | Innovators Award will or faculty investigators for $100,000 over 2 years ($50,000 per year), to explore an innovative concept in “translational” science that has applicability to improving human health. | $100,000 grants ($50,000 per year). | October 23, 2024 application |
| Marfan Syndrome | Marfan Foundation | Career Development Award will support two-year in basic, translational, or clinical research studying any discipline involved in Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and other related conditions. | $100,000 grants ($50,000 per year). | October 23, 2024 application |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | RTFCCR-MRA Special Opportunity Team Science Award on Patient-Centric Melanoma Clinical Trials | Total $1,500,0000 for five-year term | October 5 LOI. |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | Dermatology Career Development Award aims to attract early career faculty and clinical research fellows in departments or divisions of dermatology with original ideas into the field of melanoma, thereby recruiting and supporting the next generation of melanoma research leaders | $75,000 per year up to $150,000 total | October 20, 2023 eligibility checklist. Full proposal November 3, 2023 |
| Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | Young Investigator Awards aim to attract early career faculty with original ideas into the field of melanoma, thereby recruiting and supporting the next generation of melanoma research leaders. | $85,000 per year for three years | October 20, 2023 eligibility checklist. Full proposal November 3, 2023 |
| Radiation │ Melanoma | Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) | ASTRO-MRA Young Investigator Award in Radiation Oncology offers a special opportunity to support research in radiation oncology to improve treatment options for melanoma patients | $85,000 per year for three years total of $225,000 | October 20, 2023 eligibility checklist. November 3, 2023 full proposal |
| Motor Neurone Disease (MND) | Motor Neurone Disease Association | Biomedical Research Project Grants to support research aimed at understanding the causes of MND, elucidating disease mechanisms and facilitating the translation of therapeutic strategies from the laboratory to the clinic. | £95,000 per annum (and £285,000 in total) | October 28, 2022 |
| Muscular Dystrophy | American Academy of Neurology | Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Muscular Dystrophy. Award to support clinical research training in muscular dystrophy and aims to recognize the importance of good clinical research and encourage young investigators in clinical studies. | $130,000 over 2 years | October 1 |
| Neurobiology | Whitehall Foundation | Research Grants Program: Research grants are available to established scientists of all ages working at accredited institutions in the United States. Applications will be judged on the scientific merit and the innovative aspects of the proposal as well as on the competence of the applicant | $30,000 to $75,000 per year up to 3 years | January 15, April 15 and October 1 (LOI). June 1, September 1 and February 15 application. |
| Neurobiology | Whitehall Foundation | The Grants-in-Aid program is designed for researchers at the assistant professor level who experience difficulty in competing for research funds because they have not yet become firmly established. Grants-in-Aid can also be made to senior scientists. All applications will be judged on the scientific merit and innovative aspects of the proposal, as well as on past performance and evidence of the applicant’s continued productivity. | $30,000 for 1 year | January 15, April 15 and October 1 (LOI). June 1, September 1 and February 15 application. |
| Neuroscience | American Academy of Neurology | Practice Research Training Scholarship to support practice-based research, which is defined as clinical research that evaluates translation of evidence into best clinical practice. | $150,000 over 2 years | October 1 |
| Neurology | American Academy of Neurology | Career Development Award to support junior investigators interested in an academic research career in neurology. | $150,000 per year for 3 years. | October 1 |
| Neuromuscular Disease | American Academy of Neurology | Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseaseto support clinical research training in Neuromuscular Disease. | $130,000 over 2 years | October 1 |
| Neurosciences | American Academy of Neurology | Clinical Research Training Scholarship to support clinical research training in the neurosciences. | $150,000 over 2 years | October 1 |
| Neurology | American Academy of Neurology | Neuroscience Research Training Scholarship designed for basic and translational research proposal in neurology. | $75,000 over 2 years | October 1 |
| Ovarian Cancer | Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer | Bridge Funding to produce data needed to substantiate their proposal resubmission to federal funding agencies for a promising new research project. | $30,000 1 year | April 15 and October 15 |
| Paralysis | The Morton Cure Paralysis Fund (MCPF) | The Morton Cure Paralysis Fund (MCPF) is committed to developing effective therapies (cures) for paralysis associated with spinal cord injury and other disorders of the central nervous system. | Awards range from $5,000 to $75,000 for one-year period | October |
| Parkinson’s Disease | Parkinson’s Foundation | Impact Awards are designed for researchers both established and new to the field of PD. | $150,000 for 12-18 months. | October 27, 2023 LOI. February 22, 2024 application |
| Parkinson’s Disease | Parkinson’s Foundation | Launch Award will cultivate a strong cohort of new and talented independent investigators dedicated to PD research. | $400,000 for up to 4 years | October 27, 2023 LOI. February 22, 2024 application |
| Parkinson’s Disease | Parkinson’s Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowships for Basic Scientists are two-year fellowships for young scientists, fresh from their PhD training or neurology residency, to study at major research institutions. | $124,000 over two years to Basic Scientists, including $57,000 for the postdoctoral fellowship salary stipend and an annual $5,000 research allowance. | October 27, 2023 LOI. February 22, 2024 application |
| Pediatric Cancer | Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) | Innovation Grant is designed to provide critical and significant seed funding for researchers with a novel approach to pediatric oncology scientific investigation. | $250,000 or below over two years. A maximum of $125,000 in total costs may be requested per year. | October 11, 2022 letter of intent. Full application by invitation March 15, 2023. |
| Pediatric Dermatology | Dermatology Foundation | Pediatric Dermatology Career Development Award (CDA) supports future intellectual leaders, educators, clinical scholars, and/or translational investigators in aspects of the specialty that relate to dermatologic diseases in infants and children. | $55,000 per year and awards may be renewed annually for up to a total of three years of funding. | October 15 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | Curing Kids Cancer | Collaborative: Up to 1 multi-institutional collaborative grant will be awarded. There must be at least 2 collaborating divisions of pediatric hematology/oncology. | $300,000. There is a limit of 2 proposals per institution | October 1 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | Curing Kids Cancer | Two individual grant awards | $150,000 Individual grant. There is a limit of 2 proposals per institution | October 1 |
| Physical Sciences │Chemistry │Physics | Simons Foundation | Targeted Grants program is intended to support established institutes or centers in the mathematics and physical sciences through funding to help strengthen contacts within the international scientific community | $250,000 per year for three years, which includes up to 20 percent of direct costs per year in indirect costs to the institution, per the foundation’s indirect cost policy. | October 3, 2024 application |
| Polycystic Kidney Disease | Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation | Medical Research Grants for the treatment of Polycystic Kidney Disease through the support of basic laboratory research aimed at increasing understanding of the genetic and pathological processes involved in PKD | $160,000 | October full applications invitation, and proposal deadline in mid-January. |
| Prostate Cancer | American Cancer Society (ACS) | Improving Mortality from Prostate Cancer Together (IMPACT) | Varies by grant mechanism. | October 15, 2024 |
| Public Health | Dermatology Foundation | The Public Health Career Development Award (CDA) supports the establishment and/or development of careers in public health. | $55,000 per year and awards may be renewed annually for up to a total of three years of funding. | October 15, 2024 |
| Pulmonary Science, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine | Parker B. Francis Family Foundation | PBF Fellowship Program is open to new scientists holding a relevant doctoral degree (e.g., MD, PhD, ScD, DVM, Dr. PH) who are embarking on a career in clinical, laboratory or translational science related to Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. | $225,000 over three years.(Limit of 3 applications per institution) | October 10, 2024 |
| Rheumatologic Diseases | Rheumatology Research Foundation | Innovative Research Award for Physician Scientists, health professional Researchers and Clinicians. | $200,000 per year for 2 years | October 1, 2024 Letter of Intent. November 1, 2024application |
| Sleep Medicine | American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) | Strategic Research Award for applications that is focused on specific research domains that will advance the field of sleep medicine and population sleep health. | Category I: Up to $250,000 1-3 years. Category II: Up to $100,000 1-2 years. Category III: Up to $50,000 1 year | October 21, 2024 letter of intent. March 10, 2025 full application |
Updated on January 2, 2025