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 |
| 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 |
| Brroughs 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 |