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 |