| Program | Description | Funding
Amount | Deadline | Eligibility |
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| Funding for new high risk/high reward projects that address significant unmet needs with a direct bearing on clinical problems. | Up to $50,000, minimum of 5 awards annually over 2 funding cycles. | Open, current submission date Dec. 6, 2009. Funding cycles in spring and fall. | All full time faculty at NU, and full time investigators based at Children’s and RIC are eligible to apply. Young investigators and proposals with co-investigators are especially encouraged, as are proposals from multiple institutions or schools, and those with new collaborators. |
| Funding for new high risk/high reward projects that address significant unmet needs with direct bearing on clinical problems. | Up to $100,000. | Currently accepting proposals. | Contributed Services Faculty on staff at NMH. |
| Thanks to the generous support of the Dixon family, Northwestern Memorial Foundation the philanthropic arm of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, provides funding for the Dixon Translational Research Grants annual competition. The goal of the program is to fund unique, cutting-edge projects with the potential to generate clinical care innovations, facilitate translational clinical research studies, and accelerate clinical development of novel technologies. NUCATS partners in the review and progress tracking of these awards. | There are multiple award types: Innovation awards for up to $50,000 for one year. Young Investigator awards for $25,000 for up to one year. Priority Research Initiative awards are up to $200,000 per year for multiple years. | Programs have annual submission deadlines. Innovation and Young Investigator award applications were due July 31st, 2009. The Priority Research Initiative (PRI) requires pre-proposals. The last deadline was April 15, 2009. | Criteria vary according to award type: For Innovation awards the PI must be medical staff at NMH. PhDs may apply with co-PI affiliated with NMH. For Young Investigators the applicant may be medical faculty within the first 3 years of training completion, fellows and residents with a faculty co-PI affiliated with NMH or NMH staff with a medical faculty co-PI affiliated with NMH. For PRI pre-proposal solicitation, the PI or at least one of the co-investigators must be a member of the NMH medical staff. |
| Aims to build partnerships between community clinicians and NU faculty, and to foster study of research ideas initiated in the community. | A total of $80,000 is available to fund 2 to 4 projects. | Pre-proposals were required by November 13, 2009.
Invited full proposals are due February 1, 2010. | Any NU full-time faculty member partnering with community clinicians or a community clinician partnering with an NU faculty member can apply. Research originating in community clinical settings is especially encouraged. |
| Aims to build the capacity of communities and NU academic partners to engage in collaborative research partnerships; enhance networks and infrastructure that will promote community-engaged research that involves the community; and conduct preliminary work on projects that will provide information critical to enhancing community health. | There are 2 distinct grant forms: Partnership Building ($10,000 for up to 12 months) and Community-Based Participatory Research Implementation Grants ($30,000 for 12-18 months). | Letters of intent are required by December 4, 2009. Invited full proposals are due February 26, 2010. | Proposals must include the participation of at least 1 community-based organization and at least 1 NU faculty member (regular or adjunct), fellow, or full-time graduate student. |
| The program aims to build the capacity of Northwestern University faculty to engage in authentic collaborative research partnerships and to provide incentives that foster and stimultate the conduct of community-engaged scholarship and community-based participatory research by Northwestern University faculty. | A total of $5,000 was available for up to 3 mini-grants in the last round. Mini-grants have a maximum request amount of $2,500 per grant with a grant period duration of up to 12 months. | The next Faculty Development Mini-Grant Request for Proposals will be released in Spring 2010. | NU faculty member (regular or research track).
Adjunct faculty, contributed services faculty, fellows, and student are not eligible. |
| Program | Description | Funding Amount | Deadline | Eligibility |
Three grant programs target systems biology research collaborations with a focus on the technologies of proteomics, informatics, or imaging:
| Catalyst - Target collaborations working on high risk/reward work that might not be funded elsewhere.
Spark - Intended to advance multi-institutional collaborations of exceptional creativity. Proposals must have the potential to produce a major impact in the area of biomedical research and new high-end technologies.
Lever - Applicants must be preparing a large-scale, multi-institutional proposal for submission to an external funding agency which can be strengthened by a commitment for exceptional institutional support. | Catalyst - Up to $200,000 for 1-2 years. Total of $1.5 million in 2009.
Spark - Typically $300,000 for one year; max of $400,000 over two years.
Lever - Max of $1 million per year for three years. | Catalyst - Fall and spring deadlines; Last deadline was Sept. 4, 2009.
Spark - One page pre-proposals can be submitted at any time.
Lever - Ongoing review. | Catalyst - Tenure or tenure eligible faculty at NU, U of C, or UIC. PIs from at least two institutions in each application.
Spark - Tenure or tenure eligible faculty at NU, U of C, or UIC. PIs from at least two institutions in each application. PIs must not already be funded for similar work.
Lever - Tenure or tenure eligible faculty at NU, U of C, or UIC. PIs from at least two institutions in each application; funding contingent on external funding. |
| Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health at the Institute for Policy Research has a Biomarker Seed Grant Program. The purpose of the grant program is to promote the use of biomarker and other innovative methods in community- and population-based research projects. | Up to $2,000 for rapid
response projects; Up to $5,000 for pilot projects. | Rapid response: rolling 2 page applications. Pilot projects: Last submission date was Feb. 27th, 2009. | All C2S faculty and research faculty are eligible. |
| Exploratory interdisciplinary research in the area of technology and social behavior. | Undefined "small grants." | Rolling applications. | CTSB faculty members who involve undergraduates in the research project. |
| The Center for Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CAMRI) was created by the Department of Radiology to promote imaging research at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. The primary research focus at CAMRI is cardiovascular and neuroimaging. CAMRI utilizes a 4,500 square foot space in the basement of the Olson building that houses state-of-the-art 3-Tesla and 1.5 Tesla Siemens Medical Solutions MR scanners. There is also a Siemens C-ARM angiographic system and an MR simulator system that can be used to train or acclimate subjects to the magnet environment. Free pilot time on the magnets is available. | N/A | Pilot time is allocated by the CAMRI steering committee on a monthly basis according to strength of proposed study and amount of pilot time available. | Projects must have IRB approval; PIs must complete training program. |
| Proposals must be directly relevant to women's health research; applications from those who wish to initiate a new women’s health research program are encouraged. These awards are not designed to provide ongoing support for a long-term project, they are intended to assist in obtaining pilot data required for larger grant applications in women's health. | Up to $25,000 | Closed, award process is yearly; up to 4 per year. Last deadline was May 16, 2008. | Applicants must hold a faculty-level appointment at Northwestern University or be postdoctoral fellows in laboratories of tenure-line faculty members. |
| The NU-CCNE funds pilot research projects that integrate the basic and clinical sciences to develop and apply nanotechnology to cancer research to accelerate the application of this science to the clinic. This initiative will supports development of nanomaterials and nanoscale devices for molecular imaging and early detection, in vivo imaging, reporters of efficacy, multifunctional therapeutics, prevention and control, and research enablers. | 2 awards, up to $50,000 in direct costs for a project period of 1 year. | Closed, last Submission deadline was Sept., 2008. | Restricted to CCNE members. |
| The Alzheimer's Disease Core Center (ADCC) of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC) is supported by funding from the National Institute of Aging (NIA). The Center funds an annual Alzheimer's Disease Pilot Grant program as part of its activities. | Up to $28,800 of support for one year; 2 awards per year. | Last submission date was Feb. 27, 2009. | All faculty, research faculty and postdocs at NU are eligible; project must be related to Alzheimer's Disease. |
| The Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (IBNAM) promotes research dedicated to accelerating medical discovery and to breeding scientific collaboration in clinical medicine, engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences. Aiming to seed interdisciplinary and innovative research, the IBNAM-Baxter Research Incubator Program advances the Institute’s mission by supporting early discovery projects in bionanomedicine at Northwestern University. | Up to $50,000 in total costs; 4 awards. | Annual competition, last date was May 18, 2009. | Any NU faculty member is eligible but must have at least one collaborator; Particularly interested in proposals utilizing IBNAM space in Lurie Research Center. |
| The IBNAM-Baxter Early Career Award Program supports young researchers in the field of bioengineering who work on interdisciplinary research dedicated to accelerating medical discovery and breeding scientific collaboration in clinical medicine, engineering, physical sciences, and life sciences. | Up to 3 awards for up to 2 years.
$45,000 in salary and fringe benefits and $10,000 to cover research related
expenses for the project. | Annual competition, last date was May 18, 2009. | Must be citizens or permanent residents of the US who have received their
doctoral degree no more than two years prior to their fellowship start date. One or more NU faculty members must sponsor each applicant. |
| Basic science or clinical research proposals that are specifically designed to evaluate sex and gender differences in health and disease; AND proposals that specifically use or evaluate the Illinois Women's Health Registry. | Up to 3 awards for basic or clinical research and up to 2 awards for the Women's Health Registry. Awards are capped at $25,000 for up to one year. | Annual, latest round closed on June 19, 2009. | Applicants must hold faculty-level appointments at NU or be postdoctoral fellows in labs of tenure-line faculty members. Those who wish to initiate a new women's health research program are especially encouraged to apply. |
| The Alliance program was created to support the development of specialty therapeutics and medical products that will save and sustain patient’s lives. Awards will be granted for innovation, exploration and application of research to advance knowledge for the prevention and treatment of life threatening or chronic disease. | Typically one year for approximately $90,000. | Two page pre-proposals one to two times per year. Last call for proposals was Oct 9, 2009. Successful pre-proposals are invited to submit 3-5 page full proposals. | All Northwestern faculty members are eligible to submit a Pre-Proposal. |
