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

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