Research Career Development

Non-Federal Agencies and Foundations

  • Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF)
  • Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
    (Supporting research on the effects of alcohol on health and behavior and the prevention of alcohol-related problems)
  • Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
  • Alliance for Lupus Research
  • Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases and toxins)
  • Alpha-1 Foundation (Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency)
  • ALS Association (Lou Gherig's Disease)
  • Alternatives Research and Development Foundation

    (Promote the development, validation and adoption of non-animal methods in biomedical research, product testing and education)

  • Alzheimer's Association
  • Alzheimer Research Forum
  • American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Grant Awards
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (Immunology, infectious diseases and toxins, training and career)

    American Association for Cancer Research

  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
  • American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Research Awards
  • American Association for Women Radiologists Research Seed Grants
  • American Association of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
  • American Association of Allergy Asthma and Immunology Grants and Awards
  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons Young Clinician Investigator Award
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Neurosurgery’s Supported Grants
  • American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Foundation for Research and Education
  • American Association of University Women Career Development Grants
  • American Brain Tumor Association Research Funding
  • American Cancer Society
  • American College of Cardiology
  • American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Awards and Grants Programs
  • American Diabetes Association
  • American Epilepsy Society/Milken Family Foundation Early Career Physician Scientist Award Program
  • American Federation for Aging Research
  • American Federation for Medical Research
  • American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association
  • American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • American Gastroenterological Association Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • American Health Assistance Foundation
    (Supports research into Alzheimer’s Disease, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Heart Disease and Stroke)
  • American Hearing Research Foundation
  • American Heart Association (Mid-Atlantic Center)
  • American Heart Association (National Center)
  • American Institute for Cancer Research
  • American Liver Foundation
  • American Lung Association
  • American Medical Women’s Association Grant & Funding Links
  • American Osteopathic Association Research Grants
  • American Skin Association
  • American Sleep Medicine Foundation
  • American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand Research Grants
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Grants
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association Research
  • Angelman Syndrome Foundation
  • Angiogenesis Foundation
  • Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation (APMRF)
    (Niemann-Pick Type C Disease/NP-C)
  • Arnold and Mable Beckman Foundation (Chemistry & Life Sciences)
  • Arthritis Foundation
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) Childrens Project
  • Batten Disease Support and Research Association
  • Berlex Foundation (Reproductive medicine)
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    (To reduce inequities in the United States and around the world)
  • Broad Medical Research Program
    (Improvements in the prevention, diagnosis or therapy of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis)
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Pathogenesis, with a focus on human and pathogen biology)
  • Campbell Foundation (support other nonprofit organizations conducting clinical research into the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and related conditions and illnesses)
  • Cancer Research Institute
  • Cancer Treatment Research Foundation
  • CaP CURE
    (Association for the cure of cancer of the prostate)
  • Charles A. Dana Foundation (Brain, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Immunology)
  • Christopher D. Smithers Foundation (Alcoholism/Drug Abuse)
  • Charles E. Culpeper Foundation (Cures for life-altering diseases)
  • Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
    (Spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders)
  • Concern Foundation (cancer genetics, cell biology, and immunology)
  • Concerts for the Cure (Breast cancer)
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
  • Cure Autism Now Foundation (CAN)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
    (Improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health and conserve and restore the earth's natural systems)
  • Dermatology Foundation
  • Doctors Cancer Foundation
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
    (Supporting the prevention, treatment and cure of human disease)
  • Dysautonomia Foundation
  • Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
  • Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation
  • Ellison Medical Foundation (Aging)
  • Fanconi Anemia Research Fund
  • Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
    (Cardiovascular disease and function)
  • Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF)
  • Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Inc. (Basic and clinical research, focusing mostly on tobacco)
  • Ford Foundation (reduce poverty and injustice and to promote democratic values, international cooperation and human achievement)
  • Foundation Fighting Blindness
  • Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
  • Gerontological Society of America (Research on aging)
  • Greenwall Foundation
    (Arts & Humanities and Bioethics)
  • Glaucoma Foundation
  • Glaucoma Research Foundation
  • Glaxo-Smith-Kline Drug Discovery (HIV/AIDS research)
  • Glaxo-Smith-Kline Research & Educational Foundation for Cardiovascular Disease
  • Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (award is to facilitate the transition of the newly-trained clinician who wishes to develop into an independent investigator.)
  • Health Effects Institute Effects of air pollution
  • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (Biomedical Sciences)
  • Hereditary Disease Foundation (Huntington's disease)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Biomedical research)
  • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
    (Basic research on complex living organisms)
  • Huntington's Disease Society of America
  • Immune Deficiency Foundation
  • Jacqueline Seroussi Memorial Foundation for Cancer Research
  • James S. McDonnell Foundation (Brain research)
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    (Human and community development)
  • John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation
  • John Merck Foundation
    (Developmental Disabilities, Environment, Reproductive Health, Human Rights and Job Opportunities)
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
  • Lalor Foundation Inc.
    (Mammalian reproductive biology related to the regulation of fertility)
  • Lance Armstrong Foundation (cancer)
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  • Leukemia Research Foundation (LRF)
  • Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
  • Malecare (Prostate cancer)
  • March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
  • Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) cellular, developmental, and reproductive biology; molecular biology and evolution; neurobiology and sensory physiology; ecology; global infectious diseases; and marine biotechnology and aquaculture

  • Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation (Women and cancer)
  • McKnight Endowment Fund (Neuroscience)
  • Medical Foundation (Charles A. King Trust)
    (Biomedical sciences, clinical investigation and community health)
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association

  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

  • Nathan Cummings Foundation

  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF)

  • National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)

  • National Emergency Medicine Association (NEMA)
    (Prevention of illness and injury)
  • National Foundation for Cancer Research

  • National Headache Foundation

  • National Hemophilia Foundation

  • National Kidney Foundation
  • National Marrow Donor Program
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Neurofibromatosis Foundation (NNFF)
  • National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

  • National Osteoporosis Foundation
  • National Parkinson Foundation

  • National Research Council

  • National Stroke Association
  • Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
  • Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation

  • Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF)

  • Pew Trust Fund
    (Support for basic and clinical investigations relevant to the advancement of human health. Innovative approaches and risk-taking is encouraged)
  • Pfizer Medical & Academic Partnership Grant and Award programs
    (Cardiovascular Medicine, Health Literacy/Clear Health Communication, Diabetes, Health Disparities, Health Policy, Neurology, Oncology, Pain Medicine, Public Health, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Urology)
  • PhRMA Foundation (pharmaceutical industry)
  • Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (RSRF)
  • Rita Allen Foundation
    (Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy and the development of euphorics and analgesics for the terminally ill)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Health and Healthcare)
  • Science Magazine
  • Searle Scholars Program
    (Supports independent research careers in biochemistry, cell biology, immunology, neuroscience, genetics, pharmacology or related areas in chemistry and medicine in the biological sciences.)
  • Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
  • Smith Family Foundation
    (AIDS/HIV, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes or Neuroscience)
  • Stanley Medical Research Institute (treatment of severe mental illnesses)

  • Stem Cell Research Foundation (SCRF)

  • Susan G. Koman Foundation (Breast Cancer)

     

  • Susan Love MD Breast Cancer Foundation

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