Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research

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Grant Name

Funder

The Medical Foundation

Health Resources in Action (HRiA)

Country or Region

United States

Research Field

Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary)

Chemical Sciences

Engineering

Physical Sciences

Deadline

August 18, 2021 (Expired)

Grant Size

Upper $300,000USD Up to five $300,000 three-year awards will be made. The award period is from April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2024.

Contact Info

Lindsey Carver, MA, Grants Officer lcarver@hria.org

Eligibility

Applicants must be full-time faculty at nonprofit academic, medical or research institutions in Massachusetts, at Brown University or at Yale University. United States citizenship is not required. Applications will be accepted from full-time faculty who have received or will receive their first independent faculty appointment on or between October 1, 2018 through April 1, 2021. For the purpose of this Award, the first independent faculty appointment is the first faculty appointment after completing either postdoctoral fellowship training (for PhDs) or an ACGMEcertified subspecialty training program, or equivalent (for MDs and MD, PhDs).Applicant eligibility must be verified by the relevant department Chair and the institution's Office of Sponsored Research or the initial proposal will not be considered.

Description

For the past 29 years, the Smith Family Foundation has been supporting groundbreaking medical research through the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Its mission is to launch the careers of newly independent biomedical researchers with the ultimate goal of achieving medical breakthroughs. Applications focus on all fields of basic biomedical science and may also be submitted by investigators in physics, chemistry and engineering. Eligibility Applicants must be full-time faculty at nonprofit academic, medical or research institutions in Massachusetts, at Brown University or at Yale University. United States citizenship is not required. Applications will be accepted from full-time faculty who have received or will receive their first independent faculty appointment on or between October 1, 2018 through April 1, 2021. For the purpose of this Award, the first independent faculty appointment is the first faculty appointment after completing either postdoctoral fellowship training (for PhDs) or an ACGMEcertified subspecialty training program, or equivalent (for MDs and MD, PhDs).Applicant eligibility must be verified by the relevant department Chair and the institution's Office of Sponsored Research or the initial proposal will not be considered.

Website

https://hria.org/tmf/smith/

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link