Health/Medical Research

Grants will be awarded to support promising researchers applying disruptive concepts and inventive processes to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases.

Applications are invited for the Changemakers in Family Planning program, which aims to respond to institutionalized racism in the field of family planning by providing dedicated support to scholars of color. Grants will be awarded to support related to research interests, skills development, mentorship, and networking.

Grants will be awarded in support of evidence-based programs and innovative (untested) approaches with the potential to disrupt the current practice of criminalizing mental illness and accelerate access to community-based mental health care.

Applications are invited from new and established investigators for laboratory, translational, or clinical research related to acute leukemia. Renewal of initial research support may be considered for one or more additional years based on productivity.

Proposals of not more than five pages must be submitted electronically via email as a single document scanned or saved as a PDF file.

Applications are invited for for research investigating the gut-brain axis for applications to brain and mental health. This RFP aims to address the gaps in knowledge of how the gut affects brain health to harness knowledge to bring about measurable improvements to our prevention and treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Applications are invited for efforts to develop further and validate established biomarkers for which there is a clear clinical need in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Grants will be awarded in support of the advancement of neuroimaging and CSF biomarkers that can do one or more of the following:

Applications are invited for projects to educate surgeons and other healthcare professionals on topical hemostasis in surgical procedures performed at hospital outpatient departments (HOPD) and ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) sites of care, addressing knowledge and practice gaps specific to perioperative bleeding at HOPD and ASC.

Proposals are invited for the 2022 LCRF Minority Career Development Award (CDA) in Lung Cancer, a career development award intended to support early-stage scientists from underrepresented groups working in lung cancer and working in diverse areas of research including basic, clinical, translational, disparities, and social determinants of health research.

Applications are invited for research projects to identify solutions to common everyday issues and problems in the field of children’s health, nutrition, and/or development.

Research program focus areas include:

Pediatric Health: Of particular interest are applied research projects focused on reducing the incidence of serious neonatal and early childhood illnesses or improving cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of development.

The PAD initiative aims to help researchers worldwide identify and develop phase 2-ready antiviral drug candidates targeting pandemic threat viruses. The proposal request focuses on henipavirus, a subfamily of paramyxovirus that includes the Nipah virus.