Other Highlighted Funding Opportunities

The goal of this resource is to encourage grant submission to funding opportunities outside of the more typical NIH streams and to encourage recommendation of deserving colleagues for distinguished awards. Opportunities are listed by submission due date; please click the associated link in the table for more information on either the application or nomination process for a specific funder. Note that a larger list of distinguished awards can be found through this EVCP link.

If you intend to submit an application or nomination to an opportunity listed here, please inform us by email at [email protected]


List of Annually Recurring Funding Opportunities


Current Funding Opportunities
 

Funder

Mechanism

Due Date

Award Amount

American Cancer Society (ACS) Clinician Scientist Development Grant Application deadline is Sunday, October 15, 2023,

Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.

$135,000 per year for 3 to 5 years
Gates Foundation and Wellcome Strengthening Health and Disease Modeling for Public Health Decision Making in Africa Monday, Oct. 23, 2023 See mechanism description for funding amounts
Pfizer Improving Health Equity in IBD through Disparities Research 10/11/23 Up to $250,000 for up to 2 years
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Kavli Foundation, Wellcome Trust Essential Open-Source Software for Science LOI due Tuesday, 10/17/23. If invited full application due 12/5/23 Between $50,000 and $200,000 per year for two years
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) Interested candidates who meet the eligibility criteria may submit one online application through BWF’s Grant Application System by October 17, 2023, 12:00 pm Pacific Time. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply. $700,000 over 5 years
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation Innovator Awards Program LOI due by Saturday,September 30, 2023. If invited full proposals are due January 26, 2024.

Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.

Up to $150,000 will be awarded for individual research projects, and up to $300,000 will be awarded for collaborative projects involving multiple investigators.

William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant Due date is Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

Because of the institutional commitment required, applicants must obtain approval from their Chair or Dean before applying.

Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP
$650,000 over 3 years
Upstream Research Center (co-led by UCSF, UC Davis and Stanford) Track 1: Community Partners
Track 2: Pathways & Policy
Track 3: Early Career
Proposals due August 28, 2023 at  5 pm PST Up to $75,000 fffor one year
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI)

Interested candidates who meet the eligibility criteria may submit one online letter of intent through BWF's Grant Application System by September 1, 2023 12:00 pm PT

$560,000 over 5 years
Hevolution and Rosenkranz Foundations Impetus Grants August 31, 2023 Between $10,000 and $500,000
Wolf Foundation Wolf Prize October 12, 2023 $100,000
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Community-Partnered Participatory Research Awards (CPPRA) LOI due August 24, 2023 at noon PT Invite full proposal due October 26, 2023 at noon PT Up to $500,000 per year for 2 years for pilot grants and up to $600,000 per year for up to 3 years for full CPPRA grants
UCSF Brain Tumor Spore Program Career Enhancement Program (CEP) September 15, 2023 $45,000 for a 12 month period
Ono Pharmaceuticals UC DDC Ono Pharm Seed Funding UCDDC Seed Funds LOI due August 31, 2023

Link: https://www.ucdrugdiscovery.org/2023loi. Password: DDC2023.

Up to $100,000
BARDA Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) Decentralize Clinical Operations for Healthcare and Research (D-COHRe) Early submissions are highly encouraged, as opportunities may close based on available funding. Submissions received by July 25, 2023, have the opportunity for potential award by the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2023. Deadline to submit your proposal is June 01, 2024. See mechanism description for details

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Awards

Letters of intent will be received until August 31, 2023 12pm PT. Invitations to submit full proposal will be sent September 15, 2023. Please alert Jennifer Schmidt ([email protected]) to announce your decision to apply then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed.


$375,000 over three years
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) LOI due July 17, 2023 12:00 pm Pacific
Full proposals due November 15, 2023 Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply,
$500,000 over 5 years
Nutrition Obesity Research Center at UCSF UCSF Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot and Feasibility Awards July 1, 2023 Up to $50,000
National Institutes of Health - Office of Research on Women's Health (NIH-ORWH) Understanding Chronic Conditions Understudied Among Women R01 Project Research Grant
R21 Exploratory/Development Research Grant
See mechanism attachment for details See mechanism attachment for details
UCSF P30 Center for Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Mentored Scientist Award
Mentored Clinician Award
Mentored Postdoctoral Scholar Awar
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All due Monday, June 4, 2023 11:59 pm $15,000 for one year
$15,000 for one year
$12,000 for one year
ARPA-H Accelerating Innovation through ARPA-H and FDA Collaboration Interested persons and organizations are invited to submit comments on or before 5 p.m. ET on May 30, 2023 See RFI for details
UCSF-BROAD Stem Cell Center IRM Postdoc Independent Research Grants Due July 14, 2023 by 11:59 PM PST Up to $30,000 for one year
Research!America 2023 Discovery Innovation Health Prize Applications are open May 16 through June 15, 2023 $200,000
New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Interstellar Initiative 2023
May 22, 2023

Final applications with proposals are due by 15:00 PM May 22 (Japan), 2:00 AM May 22 (NY).

See announcement for details
ARPA-H NITRO - Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis

Proposers’ Day: June 15, 2023, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDT (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT) Registration Due: June 8, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT Proposers’ Day Registration
Abstract Due Date: June 23, 2023, 5:00 pm EDT
Proposal Due Date: July 28, 2023, 5:00 pm EDT

See announcement for details
Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation 2023 Michelson Prizes Next Generation Grants June 11, 2023 $150,000
RTW Charitable Foundation Research Grant Program LOI due May 31, 2023. Please alert Jennifer Schmidt ([email protected]) to announce your decision to apply then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed Up to $150,000 for one year to support translational projects
NIH Common Fund (Link to NIH Common Fund) Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) LOI due April 28, 2023 5:00 pm ;ocal time
Full proposals due May 30, 2023 by 5:00 pm local time
see instructions for details
BARDA BARDA Influenza and Emerging Infectious Diseases Division (IEIDD) AOI open until May 3, 2023 See instructions for details
Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship Program May 15, 2023, 9 AM PT see announcement for funding details
NIH/Office of Strategic Coordination NIH Common Fund (NOT-OD-23-070) April 11, 2023 by 5:00 pm local time of the applicant organization see announcement for details
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Open ARPA-H Broad Agency Announcement Open for one year ending March 14, 2024 see announcement for details
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) ARPA-H Dash to Accelerate Health Outcomes Nomination accepted through on online portal between March 29 and April 7, 2023 ($6,000 - $15,000) can be won by the Dash participants who submit entries for health transformations and ($100 - $1,500) can be won by community participants who vote on the head-to-head matchups
Social Science Research Council Mercury Project Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis until May 1, 2023 Average Grant is $650,000
UCSF California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery & Readiness Research (CPR3) April 17, 2023 by 6:00 pm PST

This is an open RFP for investigators from all UC campuses

Please email [email protected] with any additional questions
$100,000 to $300,000 for one year
Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) NFR - New Frontier Research
TMC - Technologies, Methodologies & Cores
Friday, April 21, 2023 5:00 pm PDT NFR - $25,000 - $150,000 for 1 year
TMC - $50,000 - $500,000 for 1 year in matching funds
Genentech Medical education regarding hepatocellular carcinoma research April 7, 2023

Follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Industry Contracts Officer at https://icd.ucsf.edu/icd-departmental-assignments

Up to $450,000
Breakthroughprize.org Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences April 1, 2023 11:59 pm PDT $3,000,000
PCORI - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute New Funding Opportunities LOI for all PFAs are due Febreuary 7, 2023 Various
Cancer Research Institute CRI Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship March 1, 2023 and September 1, 2023 Newly awarded fellowships provide a stipend of $55,000 for the first year, $57,000 for the second year, and $59,000 for the third year. 
Rainwater Charitable Foundation Tauopathy Challenge Workshop (and subsequent grant opportunity) LOI Deadline: February 15, 2023, 6 pm EST $10,000 grant for full workshop participation
PhRMA Foundation 2023 Fellowship and Grants - Value Assessment & Health Outcomes Research, Translational Medicine February 1, 2023 12 pm (Noon) ET See website for details
Danone North America Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant February 14. 2023 $25,000
Ono Pharma Foundation
UCSF Sponsor Office of Strategic Alliances
2023 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards Internal Due Date February 7, 2023 5 pm PST
UCSF Internal Application
Annual funding of $300,000/year, totaling a maximum of $900,000 for the normal term of a research project. The Ono Pharma Foundation will provide up to a maximum of an additional 15% ($45,000) per year of the funding to be used for indirect costs of the PI’s institution. The total amount of the grant for three-year research would be up to $1,035,000.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Regulatory Science Awards February 10, 2023. 12 PM PT. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, See RFP for details
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Transformation of Mental Health Care January 13, 2023, 11:59 pm EST $100,000 per year over a two-year period
St. Baldrick's Foundation

Fight Osteosarcoma Together Super Grant

(Review the full RFA in ProposalCentral for eligibility and application information)

LOI due December 9, 2022 by 5 pm ET and must be submitted at Proposal Central $500,000 distributed over a 3 year period
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative December 1, 2022. 12 PM PT. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, Up to $500,000 over a four year period ($125,000 per year)
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Aging and Brain Related Research Funding) Network Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $600,000 per year for up to four years
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Aging and Brain Related Research Funding) Start Up Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $120,000 per year for up to three years
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Aging and Brain Related Research Funding) Fellowship Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $75,000 per year for up to three years
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Diabetes Research Funding) Network Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $600,000 per year for up to four years
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Diabetes Research Funding) Start Up Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $120,000 per year for up to three years
Larry L. Hillblom Foundation (Diabetes Research Funding) Fellowship Grant LOI Submission Start Date December 30, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Grants Officer as needed. Max funding $75,000 per year for up to three years
Biden Cancer Initiative HESI THRIVE LOI due April 10, 2023, June 19, 2023 Full Proposals are due (if selected) $20,000 - $50,000 for up to 24 months
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon Quantitative Biology Fellowship Award Deadline is December 1, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply. $240,000 over 3 years
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientist Training Award Deadline is December 1, 2022. Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply. $460,000 over 4 years
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) Webinar on 10/5/22 12:00 pm ET
Application deadline 11/17/22 3:00 pm ET
$150,000 for 3 years
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists Please email [email protected] to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Research Services Coordinator as needed. Application deadline is October 4, 2022 at noon PDT. $700,000 over five years