Health/Medical Research

LOIs are invited for eighteen-month projects with the possibility of a second eighteen-month grant period of funding upon competitive renewal.

Proposals are invited for research investigating the causes, prevention, cure, and treatment of female pelvic floor disorders. Applicants may submit proposals for the following research awards:

Grants will be awarded to organizations that are developing cutting-edge, inventive, and sustainable solutions to overlooked cancer problems. Focus areas include:

Grants will be awarded to early-career investigators to investigate the basic biology and translational potential of stem cells. This initiative aims to support highly innovative, emerging scientists whose pioneering approaches can transform the field of stem cell research and advance understanding and use of stem cells in the development of treatments for human disease.

Grants to be awarded in the following categories:

At least two ELA grants will be awarded to researchers in academia or the private sector who are currently at the post-doctoral level through assistant professor level or equivalent. Applicants must have identified a defined approach to improving diagnostics or therapeutics for Lyme disease. Important criteria include demonstrated professional and scientific leadership in the biomedical sciences and a strong supporting scientific rationale for the project.

Grants will be awarded in support of research, pilot projects, and research-based programs related to the psychological understanding of gifted children and youth. Efforts to enable and enhance development of identified gifted and talented children and adolescents and encourage promising psychologists to continue innovative research and programs in this area will be supported.

A single grant will be awarded in support of research that addresses any aspect of mental function and attempts to understand the mind from both a behavioral and neural perspective.

Eligible applicants must be a psychologist or in a related field with a doctoral degree from an accredited university no more than ten years postdoctoral and have demonstrated commitment to the stated program goals.

Grants will be awarded for novel methods, products, or technologies with the potential to prevent children from developing food allergy in the early years of their life.

Proposals are invited for research to investigate the health outcomes of pet ownership and/or animal-assisted activity or therapy, both for people and the animals involved. Proposals should have a strong theoretical framework and focus on innovative approaches to studying the health effects of companion animals on humans within the following broad categories: child health and development; healthy aging; and mental and physical health and wellness.