A running list of limited submission opportunities and other funding announcements distributed by Boston University’s Office of Research.
Funding Opportunity: SAMSUNG GRO
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 18, 2021. The SAMSUNG Global Research Outreach (GRO) program calls for innovative research proposals from leading universities worldwide. The program seeks proposals in a variety of subject areas.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Greenwall Faculty Scholars
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 6, 2021. The Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics is a career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Rita Allen Scholars in Basic Biomedical Research
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: August 2, 2021. The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program funds basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology and neuroscience. The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program has supported more than 190 scientists since 1976. The program embraces innovative research with above-average risk and groundbreaking possibilities. Scholars have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Medicine and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: September 15, 2021. The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: American Rescue Plan Grants to Organizations Act Grants to Organizations
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: Monday, July 12, 2021. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced availability of funding provided in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, the COVID-19 relief and stimulus bill passed in March 2021. Eligible applicants include nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizations and state and local governments.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Simons Foundation: Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: Friday, August 20, 2021. The Simons Investigators program aims to provide a stable base of support for outstanding theoretical midcareer scientists, enabling them to undertake long-term investigations of fundamental questions in their fields. The intent of the program is to support these scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing new research directions, providing leadership in the field and effectively mentoring junior scientists.
Call for Proposals: Lung Cancer Research
We are seeking to fund pilot programs focused on preventing, intercepting, or curing lung cancer at early stages. Research teams from across BU are invited to apply. Pre-proposals are due by Friday, July 23. Projects will be selected by a joint steering committee for funding up to a maximum of $250,000 (inclusive of indirect costs) per year, with the opportunity to renew for a second year.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: Searle Scholars Program
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: July 16, 2021. The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who have recently begun their appointment at the assistant professor level and whose appointment is their first tenure-track position at a participating academic or research institution.
Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards
INTERNAL MATERIALS DEADLINE: July 9, 2021. The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award supports exceptional junior investigators who wish to pursue independent research soon after completion of their terminal doctoral degree or post-graduate clinical training, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career. For the program to support the best possible researchers and research, applications are sought which reflect the full diversity of the research workforce.
Award Opportunity: Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology 2021
DEADLINE: June 15, 2021. The annual Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology is an international award which honors young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. The winner and finalists are selected by a committee of independent scientists, chaired by Science’s Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Stern. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited to apply.