| INDEPENDENT/NONPROFIT RESEARCH GRANTS
In addition to universities, many nonprofit organizations also provide research grants. These are usually in the medical field and sometimes require association with a university. The following are some examples:
The A. P. Giannini Foundation Fellowship Program is for investigators in the early stages of their careers. The Fellowship Program supports innovative medical research in the basic sciences and applied fields. The research should help to advance the translation of basic biomedical sciences into new treatments, preventions and cures for human diseases and contribute to the alleviation of human suffering. The Foundation awards six to eight new fellowships annually on a competitive, peer-review basis. Fellowships can be funded up to a maximum of three years based on satisfactory performance. The current fellowship stipend is $40,000, $41,000 and $44,000 per year up to a maximum of three years.
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Some chapters of the Arthritis Foundation offer grants to meet unique research needs. The purpose of these grants programs is to fund highly meritorious and innovative research programs that meet the mission of the Arthritis Foundation. Funding opportunities are announced in November of each year with application deadlines usually in February of the following year. The amount and duration, as well as the character, eligibility and purpose of a chapter grant, are determined by the chapter issuing the RFP.
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The National Ataxia Foundation funds research for new and innovative studies that are relevant to the cause, pathogenesis or treatment of the hereditary or sporadic nervous system disorders or diseases.
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund annually awards grants to Candidates who hold a Ph.D. degree in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry (physical, theoretical, or computational), computer science, statistics, or engineering and who have completed at least 12 months but not more than 48 months of postdoctoral training at the time of application. The Fund awards $500,000 over five years to support up to two years of advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of a faculty appointment. The postdoctoral portion of the award should last a minimum of one and a maximum of two years, usually at the institution that nominates the candidate.
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Although the Lasker Foundation is not a grant-giving organization, it does support and provide awards to initiatives that raise awareness of medical discoveries and their benefits to human health, and that increase support for the medical science enterprise
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Life Sciences Research Foundation grants three-year fellowships to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant’s previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research.
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA Foundation) provides grants related to the optimal development of a drug delivery product or device and its subsequent performance in the delivery of the drug from the device following its administration to a patient. To be eligible, applicants must either (i) hold a Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutics or a related discipline from an accredited U.S. university or (ii) expect to receive such a degree before activating the fellowship
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