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]
Current Funding Opportunities
Funder |
Mechanism |
Due Date |
Award Amount |
| Merck Research Labs | Merck SEEDS Program | Pre proposal due January 5, 2021 Full proposal (if selected) March 9, 2021 |
$125,000 over a 1 year period |
| California Institute for Regenerative Medicine | ASCC Fellowship | February 1, 2021 | $82,000 (see application for details) |
| American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders | 2021 HOPE Grant |
Jan. 15, 2021: A Letter of Intent (single page .pdf or .doc attachment) must be submitted by via email to [email protected]. March 1, 2021: The application is due by midnight, ET. |
$50,000 over a 2 year period |
| UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee/ UCOP | RFP 2021 - 2022 Faculty Seed Grant | LOI due: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 12:00 PM PT
Proposals Due: Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM PT |
Maximum award: $75,000 |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Funding for Visual Proteomics |
Email intention to Gretchen Kiser ([email protected]) by COB December 11, 2020. (Proposal deadline February 17, 2021 5:00 pm PT) |
See proposal for details |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and Taiho Oncology | NCCN Taiho Decitabine and Cedazuridine Request for Proposals (RFP) relate to treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors | Tuesday, January 19, 202111:59 pm ET | see proposal for details |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | Clinical Scientist Development Award | Pre-proposals due November 13, 2020 12 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
Up to $495,000 each award over 3 years ($150,000 direct costs and $15,000 indirect costs each year |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Health Policy Fellows 2021-2022 | LOI November 9, 2020 12 pm (PT) (email intention to [email protected]) | $165,000 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Policies for Action: Public Policy Research to Advance Racial Equity and Racial Justice | LOI November 24, 2020 12:00 pm (PT) (email intention to [email protected]) | $250,000 |
| DKMS Stiftung Leben Spenden (Foundation for Giving Life) | John Hansen Research Grant | December 8, 2020 | $270,000 |
| Laboratory of Genomics Research (LGR) a collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and UCSF / UC Berkeley | Call for Ideas! | October 13, 2020 | See LGR portal for award amount |
| Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) | New Frontier Research (NFR) | Friday, October 23, 2020 5:00 pm PDT | $25,000 - $150,000 for one year |
| Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) | Technologies, Methodologies and Cores (TMC) | Friday, October 23, 2020 5:00 pm PDT | $50,000 - $500,000 for one year in matching funds |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | Community Solutions for Health Equity | LOI due October 7, 2020 (12:30 pm PT) (email intention to [email protected]) | $300,000 over 3 years |
| Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award | The Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award | Annually due in January | $10,000 |
| California Wellness Foundation | California Wellness Foundation Grants List | Ongoing | Open-ended |
Past Funding Opportunities
Funder |
Mechanism |
Due Date |
Award Amount |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and Pfizer | NCCN Pfizer Biosimilars | LOI due September 9, 2020 at 11:59 pm ET | $1.5 Million USD is available for award |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) | Deadline is October 1, 2020, Noon PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
$700,000 over five years |
| XPrize | XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing | August 31, 2020 18:59:59 UTC | See mechanism for details |
| UCSF Health Hub | UCSF Digital Health Awards 2020 | August 3, 2020 | See mechanism for details |
| Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation (SKCF) in partnership with the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) | SKCF Faculty Scholar Award | July 10, 2020, 11:59 pm | $179K over two years |
| Sanofi | Sanofi Innovation Awards (iAwards) | To apply submit your completed materials to UCSF Innovation Ventures by June 3, 2020 for an internal review via https://airtable.com/shrTSRQy0BAOduZqz. | $125,000 for 12 months |
| National Comprehensive Cancer Network | NCCN Pfizer Axitinib Request for Proposals (RFP) | August 12, 2020 11:59 pm (Eastern) | See RFP for funding tiers |
| Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine | Microbiome Research Program | June 5, 2020 | Trainee Pilot Award - up to $10,000 for 1 year Faculty Pilot Award - up to $150,000 over 2 years |
| Weill Neurohub | Investigator Program | September 1, 2020 | up to $1M of funding over two years |
| Weill Neurohub | Next Great Ideas Fund | September 1, 2020 | up to $250k of funding over up to three years |
| Mark Foundation for Cancer Research | The Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award | Deadline for LOIs has been extended to June 4, 2020 | $250,000 per year for three years |
| The Donaghue Foundation | Greater Value Portfolio grant program | May 11, 2020 (email intention to [email protected]) | $400,000 per award |
| HARC Center | HARC Center Collaborative Opportunity Fund | Deadline May 30, 2020, 5:00 pm (Pacific) | Up to $120,000 |
| Merck Research Labs | MRL SEEDS Program RFP MRL SEEDS Pre-Proposal |
Pre-proposal due May 15, 2020 If you have interest in pursuing this initiative, we encourage you to reach out to Peter Kotsonis ([email protected]) in Innovation Ventures |
Up to $125,000 |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Development of Clinical Quality Measures to Improve Diagnosis | Deadline is May 4, 2020, 23:59 PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
$500,000 |
| University of California | UC Multicampus Research Program and Initiatives (Award Year 2021) | LOI due April 22, 2020 12 noon pacific Invited full proposals due 8/6/20 12 noon pacific |
up to $150,000 |
| Emergent Ventures | Fast Grants for COVID-19 | on-going | $10,000 to $500,000 awarded within 48 hours |
| The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio | Harrington Scholar Award for Coronavirus | April 30, 2020 at 5:00 pm (Eastern) | $150,000 guaranteed (up to $1,000,000 in charitable support) |
| GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) | Laboratory for Genomics Research (LGR) | April 17, 2020 | $100,000 |
| Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) | The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics | submit a letter of intent by May 1, 2020 | $25,000-$50,000 |
| UCOP | Emergency COVID-19 Research Seed Funding | Applications will be accepted starting today (April 6, 2020) and continuously until available funds are expended | Maximum of $25,000 direct costs and 6 months duration |
| C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute (C3.ai DTI) | Mitigation of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics | May 1, 2020 | $100,000 - $500,000 |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | AWS Diagnostic Development Initiative (DDI) | Please contact Ryan Hunt ([email protected]) and/or express your interest using the following form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/5f96b414906f4676935dbb3c5e31eae5 | AWS Credits (see mechanism for more details) |
| DARPA DoD | DARPA-SBIR/STTR: Rapid, flexible manufacturing of DNA molecules for synthetic biology and therapeutic applications |
2:00 pm ET, April 20, 2020 |
Phase I proposals up to $225,000 for a 12-month. DP2 up to $1,750,000. This includes a 24-month base period not to exceed a cost of $1,000,000 and a 12-month option period not to exceed a cost of $500,000. |
| 2020 HARRINGTON/ADDF SCHOLAR AWARD (partner with Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation) | Harrington/ADDF Grant | LOI due May 18, 2020; full applications due August 10 for those invited to submit | Up to $600,000 for two years |
| 2021 HARRINGTON SCHOLAR-INNOVATOR AWARD – DEADLINE EXTENDED! | Harrington Discovery Grant | LOI due April 10, 2010; Full applications due May 22 for those invited to submit. | $100,000 guaranteed; opportunity to qualify up to $700,000 |
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences |
First Available Due Date: March 30, 2020 |
Up to $250,000 |
|
| Whitehall Foundation | Bioscience Research Projects | April 15, 2020 (email intention to [email protected]) | $225,000 over three years |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Infrastructure Grants | April 1, 2020 (email intention to [email protected]) | $300,000 over one to three years |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Broad Agency Announcement Applied Research to Address The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emerging Public Health Emergency | on-going | See announcement for details |
| NIH/NIAID NIGMS | 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Notice of Special Interest | Rolling basis from 2/6/20 through 2/6/21 | Please see Notice of Special Interest for details |
| NSF Rapid Response Research | 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019 -nCoV) Research Funding | on-going | up to $200,000 for one year |
| UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center | Bakar Precision Medicine Building (Philanthropic Gift) RFA | March 9, 2020 2:00 pm PT | Up to $200,000 over a 1 - 2 year period |
| Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation | 2020 Hillman Innovations in Care Program | March 2, 2020 (email intention to [email protected]) | Two grants up to $600,000 each |
| LIVESTRONG Foundation | LIVESTRONG Solution Grants | LOI February 21, 2020 (email intention to [email protected]) |
grants of up to $20,000 through its Acceleration Grants program grants of up to $100,000 through its Transformation Grants program |
| Center for Aging in Diverse Communities | RFA for 2020 Pilot Funding | March 11, 2020 5:00 pm PT | |
| PhRMA Foundation | Research Starter | February 1, 2020 8:59 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$100,000 |
| Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research | Postdoctoral Fellowship | February 1, 2020 2 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$162,000 (three years) |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | Physician Scientist Award | January 7, 2020 12 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$100,000 for annual direct costs plus $10,000 (10%) for annual indirect costs for two years, totaling $220,000 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Aligning Systems for Health | Brief proposal deadline November 22, 2019 12 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) | Up to $400,000 for 24 months |
| Merck SEEDS Program |
Merck Research Laboratories Pre-Proposal |
December 2, 2019 (Pre-proposal due) | $125,000 for one year |
| UC OptumLabs | 2020 UC Research in OptumLabs Data Warehouse Call for Proposals | January 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm | See CFP |
| Benioff Initiative for Prostrate Cancer Research Award in Basic Science | BIPCR RFA | November 29, 2019 5:00 pm | $75,000 - $150,000 one year |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) | CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN) Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project | January 14, 2020 5 pm (Pacific) | $150,000 per pair |
| Human Vaccines Project and the Michelson Medical Research Foundation | The Michelson Prizes | October 31, 2019 | $150,000 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Policy and Law Research program | LOI deadline October 2, 2019 12 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
Up to $250,000 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists | Application deadline October 1, 2019 12 pm PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$700,000 over five years |
| Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) | New Frontier Research (NFR) | October 16, 2019 5:00 pm PDT | $25,000 - $150,000 for one year |
| Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) | Technologies, Methodologies & Cores (TMC) | October 16, 2019 5:00 pm PDT | $50,000 - $500,000 for one year in matching funds |
| UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center | Cancer Early Detection/Interception/Prevention RFA | September 20, 2019 at 2:00 pm | $200,000 for one to two years |
| Genentech | Health Equity Innovations Fund | September 15, 2019 (email intention to [email protected]) |
Various |
| Lasker Scholar/NIH | Lasker Clinical Research Scholars | August 30, 2019 | Up to $499,000 a year |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Fellowship Award | August 15, 2019 (email intention to [email protected]) | $223,000 over four years |
| UCSF Brain Tumor Spore | Developmental Research Program Awards | August 9, 2019 | $45,000 for a 12 month period |
| The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Beckman Young Investigators | August 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm PST (email intention to [email protected]) | $600,000 over 4 years |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Diagnostic Excellence Initiative | August 2, 2019 | $250,000 to $500,000 over 12 - 18 months |
| Sanofi iAwards | 2020 Sanofi iAwards | Pre-proposals due July 1, 2019 | $125,000 for 12 months |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award | July 1, 2019 1 pm Pacific time (email intention to [email protected]) | Stage 1 award will be for two years, $200,000 per year ($400,000 total) |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Understanding and Supporting Anchor Businesses to Build a Culture of Health |
June 12, 2019 (3 p.m. ET) Deadline for receipt of |
$250,000 to accommodate studies up to 18 months |
| Vilcek Foundation | 2020 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science | June 10, 2019 | $50,000.00 |
| Nutrition Obesity Research Center at UCSF | Request for Applications (RFA) for Pilot and Feasibility Grants | June 8, 2019 at 12:00 midnight PDT | $50,000 |
| UCSF Wolfe Meningioma Program Project Award | UCSF Wolfe Meningioma Program Project Award RFP | June 7, 2019 | $45,000 |
| Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical, Physical and Engineering Sciences | UCB-UCSF Faculty Collaboration Program 2019 | May 31, 2019 | $45,000 |
| UC-National Laboratory In-Residence Graduate Fellowship | 2020 Lab Fee NLGF | May 30, 2019 12:00 noon PT LOI Due | $60,000 for two years with possibility of an extension for a third year |
| UC Multicampus-National Lab Collaborative Research and Training (UC-NL CRT) Awards | 2020 Lab Fee CRT | May 30, 2019 12:00 noon PT LOI Due | Total for all awards $18 - $20 million over 3 years) |
| Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI) | CDMI RFP 2019 | May 20, 2019 (2 -3 sentences descriptions) | $40,000 |
| Innovative Genomics Institute | The Shurl & Kay Curci Foundation (SKCF) Faculty Scholars Program | March 1 - April 30, 2019 | $179,000 over two years |
| 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | Life Sciences Break Through Prize | April 1, 2019 at 12:00 midnight PDT (email intention to [email protected]) | $3,000,000.00 |
| NIDDK-funded Health Delivery System Centers for Diabetes Translational Research (HDS-CDTR) | HDS-CDTR Request for Proposals 2019 | April 15, 2019 | $40,000.00 |
| UCSF Academic Senate | UCSF Senate's Chancellor's Funds | Now through mid-March 2019 | Varies |
| UC Davis California National Primate Research Center 2019 Call for Pilot Project | Aging Research Initiative | LOI due February 22, 2019 | Varies |
| The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund | Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience | February 15, 2019 at 8:59 pm PST (email intention to [email protected]) | $225,000 payable over 3 years |
| UCOP UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (UC CRCC) | Proposals for Award Year 2020 | Required LOI: January 24, 2019 12:00 pm PT; Full proposals due April 4, 2019 | $75,000 Maximum Request |
| PhRMA Foundation | Health Outcomes | February 1, 2019 (email intention to [email protected]) | $100,000 for one year |
| L'Oreal USA | 2019 Women in Science Fellowship Program | February 1, 2019 | $60,000 |
| California InstituTe for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and UCSF Alpha Stem Cell Clinic | 2019 ASCC Fellowship | February 1, 2019 |
$75,000 toward salary |
| Arthritis National Research Foundation | RFA 2019-2020 Research Grant Program | January 18, 2019 5:00 pm Pacific | Various (see website) |
| University of California | 2019 UC Valley Fever Research Funding Opportunity | LOI due: 1/10/19 at 12 PM Pacific Time Invited full proposals due 2/28/19 at 12 PM Pacific Time |
$3,000,000 |
| American Society for Clinical Investigation | 2019 Seldin~Smith Award | October 29, 2018 | $30,000 |
| Michelson Prizes/Human Vaccines Project | Michelson Prizes | October 29, 2018 | $150,000 (three prizes - see website for details) |
| The Helmsley Trust and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | Gut Cell Atlas | Application due November 13, 2018, 5:00 pm Pacific Time (email intention to [email protected]) | $250,000 - $1,000,000 annually for up to three years |
| Gates Foundation | Grand Challenges | November 14, 2018, 11:30 am PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
Initial grants are for $100,000 and successful projects are eligible to receive follow-on funding of up to USD $1 million |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | Clinical Scientist Development Award | Pre-proposal deadline:November 28, 2018, noon, PT. (email intention to [email protected]) | Up to $495,000 each award over three years; approximately 17 grants will be awarded |
| The Shaw Prize | Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine | November 30, 2018 | $1,200,000 |
| The Kavli Prize | The Kavli Prize | December 2018 (nomination by committee) | $1,000,000 |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Physician Scientist Award | Application deadline: Monday, December 3, 2018, 1 pm PT. (email intention to [email protected]) | $460,000 over four years |
| McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT | Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience | December 15, 2018 | $150,000 |
| Rita Allen Foundation and the American Pain Society | Award in Pain | Application due December 17, 2018, 8:59 pm Pacific Time (email intention to [email protected]) | $150,000 over three years |
| Cystic Fibrosis Research Pilot Projects | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Research Development Program (RDP) and NIH/NIDDK P30 Cystic Fibrosis Research and Translational Core Center | LOI due 10/15/18 (for questions please contact: [email protected]) |
$50,000 - $60,000 per year over 2 years |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Catalyst Grant | Catalyst Grant | Application Deadline December 7, 2018 9 am PT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$500,000 over three years |
| Johnson & Johnson Innovation Award Program for Neuroscience | Johnson & Johnson Innovation Award Program for Neuroscience | August 15, 2018 (questions contact [email protected]) |
TBD |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Systems for Action | Application Deadline September 12, 2018 12 pm PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
Up to $250,000 over four years |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | Diagnostics Accelerator | Application Deadline September 14, 2018 2 pm PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
Proof-of-principle awards up to $500,000 |
| William T. Grant Foundation | Institutional Challenge Grant | Application Deadline September 7, 2018 12 pm PST (email intention to [email protected]) |
up to $650,000 over 3 years |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards for Medical Scientists | Application Deadline October 1, 2018 1 pm PDT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$700,000 over five years |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | Career Awards at the Scientific Interface | Application Deadline September 5, 2018 1 pm PDT (email intention to [email protected]) |
$500,000 over five years |
| California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) | CIAPM Request for Proposals 2018 | LOI July 27, 2018 | For 2-4 projects, approximately $1.8 million to $3.5 million total per project |
| PhRMA Foundation 2019 Award - Informatics | Informatics Awards | September 1, 2018 at 11:59 pm EDT | $20,000 per year up to two years |
| PhRMA Foundation 2019 Award - Pharmaceutics | Pharmaceutics Awards | September 1, 2018 at 11:59 pm EDT | $20,000 in stipend support per year for up to two years |
| PhRMA Foundation 2019 Award - Pharmacology/Toxicology | Pharmacology/Toxicology Awards | September 1, 2018 at 11:50 pm EDT | $20,000 per year up to two years |
| Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Foundation | Robert L. Fine Cancer Research Foundation Application | August 31, 2018 | $250,000 over a two year period |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation 2018 RFP | Annual Open RFP | LOI: 6/30/2018 Invited full proposals:Due August 2018 (TBD) |
$20,000 to $100,000 for first year |
| Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation | Innovation Award | LOI due July 6, 2018 1 PM PDT ([email protected]) |
$300,000 over 2 years |
| C-DOCTOR Summer 2018 ITP Team Award | C-DOCTOR RFP | July 31, 2018 (2 page pre-proposal due 5:00 pm PDT) | Up to $150,000 over 1 year |
| Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Beckman Young Investigators | LOI Opens 5/15/2018 Due August 6, 2018 |
~ $600,000 over 4 years |
| The Mark Foundation's Emerging Leader Awards | Emerging Leaders Award | LOI: 6/4/18 at 5:00 pm Eastern | $750,000 over 3 years |
| 2019 UC Multicampus Research Program and Initiative ucop.edu | 2019 MRPI_RFP |
LOI: 05/24/18 at noon Pacific Time Due: 08/02/2018 at noon Pacific Time |
$8 million in total available funding across all awards and award types for the two-year period |
| Rosenman Institute | 2018 Rosenman Innovation Award | 04/19/2018 | Total value of the two awards is estimated at $50,000 |
| UC CAI University of California Center for Accelerated Innovation | UC CAI NHLBI Technology Development Award | 03/23/2018 Pre-Application due 04/30/2018 Full Application See website for ALL Submission dates |
Up to $200,000 |
| Partnership for Clean Competition Funding Opportunity | cleancompetition.org | Pre-app: 03/01; 07/01, 11/01 Full app: 04/01; 08/01, 12/01 |
$10K to more than $400K |