Biomedical Research Grants
- Biomedical research helps develop cures for diseases and medical conditions.Bacteria Colonies image by ggw from Fotolia.com
Biomedicine focuses on the research aspect of medicine and not the practice of medicine. Biomedical research is important in the development of cures to diseases and debilitating conditions. Funding for this research can come from private foundations that may have a specific area of medicine they want researched, or perhaps a group is funding a an innovative program it learned about from an applicant. - Alternatives Research and Development Foundation has an Alternative Research Grant Program. This program awards up to $40,000 for programs and projects that support the foundation's mission of funding and promoting the development, validation, and adoption of non-animal methods in biomedical research, product testing, and education. Preference will be given to proposals that utilize human (rather than non-human) vertebrate tissue, are from individuals associated with United States institutes or organizations, and address the goals of the National Academy of Sciences report "Toxicity Testing in the Twenty-First Century: A Vision and A Strategy".
The initial approach is six copies of a full proposal (no more than 15 pages), including grant program application form, for Alternatives Research Grant Program. You can get the application form from the group's website. The annual deadline for applying is March 12 and the annual response date is May 20.
Alternatives Research and Development Foundation
801 Old York Rd., Ste. 316
Jenkintown, PA 19046-1611
215-887-8076
Contact: Sue A. Leary, President and Executive. Director
ardf-online.org - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc. is funding biomedical research through its Translational Research Program. The program was established to encourage and provide support for new and novel clinical research. The goal of the program is to accelerate the transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program's purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life. The grant may be funded for an additional two years if it includes an approved clinical trial. A principal intent of the program is to permit the acquisition of sufficient data to apply to an appropriate agency or sponsor for sustained support. Awards will be limited to a maximum of $200,000, which include direct costs and a maximum overhead of $20,000 (or 11.1 percent of direct costs) per year for three years. Budget requests should be carefully justified and commensurate with the needs of the project.
Initial approach is a letter of intent from a M.D. or PhD. submitted online. The annual deadline for applying March 15. The response time is three to nine months.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc.
(formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America, Inc.)
1311 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605-5221
914-949-5213
lls.org - Morton Cure Paralysis Fund has a specific focus on biomedical research grants. These grants fund activities that hold promise of identifying therapies or cures for paralysis with a particular focus on moving research to clinical trial or developing preliminary data enabling applications for large third-party grants. Awards range from $5,000 to $75,000 and are based on one-year contracts.
The initial contact to the foundation should be via email. Include a detailed project overview. The annual deadlines for applying are April 30 and October 31 and the annual response time is six months after submission.
Morton Cure Paralysis Fund
P.O. Box 580396
Minneapolis, MN 55458-0396
612-904-1420
Contact: Peter Morton, Vice President
mcpf.org
