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Open source software is critical to modern scientific research, advancing biology and medicine while providing reproducibility and transparency.
The goal of the EOSS program is to support software maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for these critical tools. Ideal applications will have demonstrated impact, show potential for continued improvement, and will add value to the biomedical research community through the proposed activities.
- Award Amount: $50 - $200K (over 2 years)
- Deadline: Letters of Intent are due October 17, 2023
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Sylvia Bierhuis
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Note: Funding opportunities are listed by deadline. New Requests for Proposals (RFPs) since our last digest are highlighted in orange text.
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Grants are awarded to organizations that address the needs of people living with paralysis caused by spinal cord and other injuries, diseases or birth conditions; including stroke, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
- Award Amount: $25 - $50K
- Deadline: Applications are due October 11, 2023
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The goal of this program is to support IBD related research initiatives focused on: ways to improve IBD management among underserved
groups, studies quantifying the socio-economic and psychological burden of IBD and its correlation with social determinants of health, and tailoring the medical treatment to the individual patient.
- Award Amount: Up to $250K (over 2 years)
- Deadline: Applications are due October 11, 2023
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Proposals must relate primarily to supporting and enhancing individual consumer’s internet privacy rights. Eligible proposals may include, but not be limited to, the following focus areas: Collection or use of people’s personal data without their knowledge or meaningful consent; surveillance and other intrusive behaviors; monitoring internet communications without meaningful consent; the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in decisions made; and general support for organizations that are dedicated to advancing privacy rights.
- Award Amount: Up to $150K
- Deadline: Applications are due October 13, 2023
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The program aims to fund innovative projects that have the potential to make significant contributions to the development of therapeutic interventions for the prevention of inherited cancers.
- Award Amount: $150K
- Deadline: Applications are due October 15, 2023
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The 2023 Westly Prize is an unrestricted funding opportunity for social innovators, entrepreneurs, and change leaders. The foundation believes that small bets and a growth mindset lead to breakthrough innovations. Once a year, they award early-stage, young social innovators in California with novel solutions to community challenges.
Categories eligible for consideration include: Arts, Civic Engagement, Education, Energy, Environment, Food Production/Distribution, Health, Safety, Technology, Transportation and Youth Development.
- Award Amount: Up $40K in unrestricted funding
- Deadline: Nominations/Applications are due October 16, 2023
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The ICRG invites investigators to apply for a grant in support of research on responsible gambling and prevention strategies to reduce gambling-related harms. The safety and effectiveness of Voluntary Self-Exclusion is a priority but other topics in this area are also welcome. This initiative is funded by a grant from GeoComply.
- Award Amount: Up to $207K (over 3 years)
- Deadline: Applications are due October 16, 2023
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RWJF is seeking outstanding midcareer health professionals, behavioral and social scientists, and others with an interest in health and the drivers of health who are skilled and committed; with expertise in health and health equity; and can offer an informed perspective on important and complex challenges facing policymakers.
Fellows actively participate in the policy process in congressional or executive branch offices of their choosing and leverage this leadership experience to promote policies, practices, and systems changes that advance health and health equity.
- Award Amount: $175K (up to 8 awards total)
- Deadline:
- Reference letters are due October 30, 2023
- Full applications due November 1, 2023
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The fund was established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected species.
- Award Amount: Up to $25K
- Deadline: Applications are due October 31, 2023
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The program is designed to encourage the advancement of chemistry in all its branches, to support research in chemical science and in industry, and to promote the careers of chemists. Multiple awards are open for nominations.
- Award Amount: Up to $25K
- Deadline: Applications are due November 1, 2023
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The purpose of these awards is to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators in the fields of microbial ecology, microbial biogeochemistry and/or microbial evolution in marine or natural freshwater systems, who will advance our understanding through field work, experiments, modeling or theory. Investigators must currently be active in basic research addressing fundamental questions in these fields and must focus a large fraction of their lab’s effort in this area.
- Award Amount: $810K ($270K per year over 3 years)
- Deadline: Applications are due November 1, 2023
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The program's areas of interest include: advocacy, direct service, professional education & training, and research seeking causes and solutions to significant problems for older adults.
- Award Amount: Up to $250K
- Deadline: Applications are due November 1, 2023
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This program encourages perspectives from multiple disciplines, including economics, psychology, political science, sociology, law, public policy, and other social sciences, to further our understanding of economic, social, and political decision-making processes, attitudes, behaviors, and institutional practices in public and private contexts such as policing/criminal legal systems, employment, housing, politics, racial/ethnic relations, and immigration.
- Award Amount: Average grant is $175K
- Deadline: Applications are due November 7, 2023
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The AMS established the Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship to further excellence in mathematics research and to help generate wider and sustained participation by Black mathematicians.
- Award Amount: $50K
- Deadline: Applications are due November 8, 2023
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Wellcome’s mental health strategic aim is to drive a transformative change in our ability to intervene as early as possible in the course of anxiety, depression and psychosis, in ways that reflect the priorities and needs of people who experience these problems.
This call will fund research that advances scientific understanding of the causal mechanisms through which brain, body and environment interact over time in the development, persistence and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related disorders.
- Award Amount: Up to £4 million ($5.2M USD)
- Deadline: Applications are due November 14, 2023
- Interested applicants are encouraged to work with Aaron Diaz
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Early Career Faculty?
Funding opportunities for late postdoctoral investigators & new faculty members.
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Ongoing Funding Opps.
Funding opportunities that are continually accepting applications, and annual calls for proposals.
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