AlloSource
(Link)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

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American Association for the study of liver disease (aasld)
(www.aasld.org)

Support areas:

  • Liver, liver tissue, hepatocytes

Research grants mission:

  • “With liver disease on the rise and the promise of more cures made possible through new discovery, now, more than ever, we need more research focused on liver disease and more hepatologists and health care professionals trained to provide care for patients suffering from liver disease.” Found here

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National 

Application deadlines:

  • Varies depending on grant

Application requirements:

  • Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

  • awards@aasld.org

Ambrose Monell Foundation
(Link)

Support areas:

  • Tumors, corneas, other eye tissue, brain tissue

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Application guidelines and application can be found here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Size and duration vary based on individual application. Major Universities and research centers have received up to $500,000

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National with emphasis in New York

Application deadlines:

  • April 30th and October 31st with full proposals reviewed twice yearly: June and December

Application requirements:

  • Application can be found here.
  • The application requires the following information from each applicant: The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number for the organization, and for the primary contact person for the request. Confirmation that IRS 501(c)3 status has been conferred to the organization. The mission and a brief background statement about the organization. Amount Requested. Grant Purpose.

Other notes:

  • Any mail for the Foundation should be sent to:

Ambrose K. Monell, President
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
c/o Fulton Vittoria, LLP
One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 301
New York, NY 10020-2002
Telephone: (212) 586-0700
Fax: (212) 245-1863
Email: contact@monellfoundation.org

American Cancer Society
(www.cancer.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research grants mission:

  • Per grant webpage here, “As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit source of funds for scientists studying cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) focuses its funding on investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed proposals. This process ensures that scientists propose projects that they believe are ready to be tackled with the available knowledge and techniques. This intellectual freedom encourages discovery in areas that scientists believe are most likely to solve the problems of cancer.”

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National 

Application deadlines:

  • “Grant applications for most grant types are accepted 2 times per year—April 1 and October 15)”

Application requirements:

  • Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

  • Funding rates for ACS grants: 
    Grant Mechanism                                      2014-2016           2017
    Research Scholar Grants                                         9%            13%
    Mentored Research Scholar Grants                 13%               9%
    Postdoctoral Fellowships                                       14%            19%

  • Send requests for evaluation of eligibility and any questions to grant.eligibility@cancer.org

American heart association
(www.heart.org)

Support areas:

  • cardiac tissue, blood vessels, brain tissue

Research grants mission:

  • “AHA Mission, Vision, and the 12 Essential Elements that Guide the AHA Research Program”, found here

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National 

Application deadlines:

  • Varies depending on grant

Application requirements:

  • Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

 

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
(www.beckman-foundation.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system
  • Per Foundations Directory Online, “The foundation makes grants to program-related, nonprofit research institutions to promote research in chemistry and life sciences, broadly interpreted, to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open new avenues of research in science.” Biochemistry, biology, biomedicine, cancers, chemistry, eye diseases, heart and circulatory system diseases, medical specialties, technology

Research funding and grant applications:

  • See Full list of Program Summaries, applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here
  • Of note: the Beckman Young Investigators “Four-year grants to the most promising and innovative faculty in the early stages of their academic careers”, and Beckman-Argyros Award in Vision Research “Award to an individual who has made significant transformative breakthroughs in vision research. Awardees must be nominated by a mentor or colleague.”

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • See Full list of Program Summaries, applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here
  • Of note: Beckman Young Investigators is normally funded for a period of four years with grants in the range of $600,000. Beckman-Argyros Vision Program Award consists of $400,000 to the nominee’s laboratory and personal award of $100,000 directly paid to the nominee.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National

Application deadlines:

  • See Full list of Program Summaries, applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here

Application requirements:

  • See Full list of Program Summaries, applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here

Other notes:

  • Contact information:
    • Contact: Anne Hultgren, Exec. Dir.
    • Telephone: (949) 721-2222
    • Fax: (949) 721-2225

Brightfocus Foundation
(www.brightfocus.org)

Support areas:

  • Brain tissue, heart, blood vessels,  corneas, other ocular tissue

Research funding and grant applications:

  • For a full list of grant funding opportunities, please view here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Range from $200,000-$300,000 over 2-3 years
  • For more information, please visit here

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National

Application deadlines:

  • Grant dependent- July 10 for Macular Degeneration Program letter of intent; Oct. 22 for Alzheimer's Disease Research Program; Nov. 16 for National Glaucoma Research Program, please view here for more information

Application requirements:

Other notes:

Burroughs Wellcome Fund
(www.bwfund.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research funding and grant applications:

  • For a full list of grant funding opportunities, please view here and here
  •  Select list included: career awards at the scientific interface, collaborative research travel grant, innovation in regulatory science, physician-scientist institutional awards

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Size and duration of research grants are grant dependent and can be found here
  • Size can range from $15,000 to $700,000

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S. & Canada

Application deadlines:

  • Application requirements are grant dependent. Please see here for all of the grant opportunities and for deadlines associated with grants.

Application requirements:

  • Application requirements are grant dependent. Please see here and select grant of interest for Request for Proposals and requirements.

Other notes:

  • Specific contacts for grants can be found after grant of interest selection here
  • For general questions: info@bwfund.org

Charles H. Revson Foundation
(www.revsonfoundation.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Grant mission:

  • Per grant webpage here: “The Biomedical Research program is devoted to strengthening basic research in the biomedical sciences… offered competitively to eight outstanding researchers in their third or fourth years of postdoctoral studies at participating New York City research institutions.”

Research funding and grant applications:

  • The biomedical research program grant information including past recipients and awarded amounts can be found here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Roughly $200,000 over a span of 2 years

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S. Northeast with emphasis in New York and Israel

Application deadlines:

  • Phase I: Revson evaluates letters of inquiry as they are submitted throughout the year. Letter of inquiry information requirements can be found here
  • Phase II: Full proposals are accepted by invitation only.

Other notes:

Cystic Fibrosis center
(www.cff.org)

Support areas:

  • Liver, hepatocytes, liver tissue, lung tissue, respiratory tissue, pancreas, pancreatic tissue, gastroenterology tissue, intestine

Research overview:

  • “Research by dedicated scientists and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines is expanding our knowledge of cystic fibrosis, translating discoveries and insights into vital new treatments and clinical care practices for people living with CF.” Seen here

Research funding and grant applications:

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Multiple funding, grant, and award opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National & International

Application deadlines:

  • Varies depending on grant

Application requirements:

  • Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

  • Grants and contracts office at grants@cff.org

  • Additional contact information: 
    Telephone (301) 951-4422
    Fax: (301) 951-6378
    E-mail: info@cff.org

Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.
(www.blindness.org)

Support areas:

  • Corneas, other ocular tissue

Research funding and grant applications:

  • See Full list of grant applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here
  • Of note: Individual Investigator Grant Awards – currently available in the areas of “genetics, gene therapy, transplantation, pharmaceutical therapy, cell biology, visual prosthesis, clinical studies, and medical therapy assessment (annual models)”

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • See Full list of grant applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here
  • Of note: Individual Investigator Grant Awards -- $20,000 to $100,000/year

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National & International

Application deadlines:

  • Please view deadlines associated with applications here
  • *Please wait for application date updates

Application requirements:

  • See Full list of grant applications, deadlines, grant size, and duration can be found here

Other notes:

G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation
(www.mathersfoundation.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Specific instructions for grant application information can be found here
  • Projects that are currently being funded can be found here and past institutions that were funded can be found here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • The foundation has given up to $1.62 million for an individual grant for an unknown duration of time

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S. and U.S. Territories

Application deadlines:

  • No specific deadline noted however, the board does meet 2-3 times per year

Application requirements:

  • Specific instructions for grant application information can be found here
  • Overall: Three step process: 1 – Initial contact to determine if research would be of the Foundation’s interest. 2 – Query by 1-2 page summary of proposed research. 3 – Formal proposal including detailed research description.

Other notes:

John S. Dunn Foundation
(johnsdunnfoundation.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Grant mission:

  • Medical research

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Previously funded grants can be found here totaling $68,934,394 in research funding

Grant application:

  • Please see “Application requirements” below

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Funded grant sizes range from $10,000 to $20,000,000
  • Multi-year grants are typically not given

Geographic locations funded:

  • Texas with focus in Houston

Application deadlines and requirements:

  • Brief proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis and a full grant proposal will be requested only upon invitation (correspondence information below)
  • Grant guidelines can be found here

Other notes:

  • JOHN S. DUNN FOUNDATION
    3355 West Alabama, Suite 990
    Houston, Texas 77098
    Telephone:  713-626-0368
    Facsimile:  713-626-3866
    E-mail:  jsdrf@swbell.net

Mary K. Chapman Foundation
(link)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Grant mission and research funding description:

  • Medical research
  • Grant programs summary can be found here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Previously funded up to $3,000,000
  • Duration information is not available

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National with focus in Oklahoma

Application deadlines and requirements:

  • Brief letters of inquiry will be reviewed on a rolling basis and a full grant proposal will be requested only upon invitation
  • Letter of inquiry information requirements can be found here

Other notes:

  • Contact Information:

MTF Biologics
(link)

Support areas:

  • Dermal, adipose, placental, and allograft transplant technologies, musculoskeletal allografts, allografts, tissue transplantation, biologic reconstruction

Research grants mission:

  • Per grant webpage here, “Each year MTF Biologics awards major grants to applicants selected through a peer review process and provides financial assistance to on-going research projects. Scientific grants are awarded to researchers at accredited institutions in support of the advancement of allograft transplantation.”

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Multiple grant opportunities are offered of varying size, duration, requirements, and deadlines. Please see here for grant opportunities.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National & International

Application deadlines:

  •  Varies depending on grant

Application requirements:

  • Varies depending on grant

Other notes:

  • For questions regarding the MTF Biologics Grant Program, please contact Jeffrey Cartmell, Ph.D., Associate Director, Intellectual Property and Grants, at jeffrey_cartmell@mtf.org or (732) 661-2151.

  • info@msts.org

 

Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation
(Link)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Description of funded medical research, application with instructions, and 2017 awards in medical research can be found here
  • Of note, 2017 grants include: “Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA: Infusion of Off the Shelf Ex Vivo Expanded Cryopreserved Progenitor Cells for Single Cord Blood Transplant in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies. Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, Houston, TX: New Mechanisms and Strategies in Prevention of Transplant Rejection. A New Biomimetic Approach in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Inflammation.”

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Size varies based on grant and research ranging from $250,000 to $2,700,000 and a duration of most often up to 3 years.

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National with emphasis in south TX

Application deadlines:

  • Spring: February 1 - March 31
  • Fall: August 1 - September 30

Application requirements:

  • Application follows a format similar to National Institutes of Health application, but requires much less information.
  • The application can be found on the medical research webpage here
  • Of Note, per medical research webpage: “Applications must be approved by the University Provost, or the Vice President of Research, and should be submitted through the office of research and sponsored projects, development department, or other office that provides institutional approval of the request.”

Other notes:

The Seaver Institute

NOTE: No website available. Instead, see here where President Victoria Seaver Dean discusses philanthropic investments in basic research where she states, “In 1983, The Seaver Institute introduced a program that I call ‘seed money for research,’ where we give money to start a project to see if a novel idea will work. If it works, we know that other people will fund it and ramp it up from its seed phase into a larger phase. We generally provide the first two years of support to get a high-risk idea off the ground.” Additionally, “The Seaver Institute provides seed money to highly regarded organizations for particular projects which offer the potential for significant advancement in their fields.”

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Send letter addressed to President Victoria Seaver Dean requesting application guidelines at vsd@theseaverinstitute.org or physical location: 12400 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 1240 Los Angeles, CA United States 90025-1058

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Based on request. Over the past 5 years, they’ve funded 116 grants to 89 organizations totaling $3,852,200

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National

Application deadlines:

  • Early April and early November

Application requirements:

  • Send letter to President for guidelines

Other notes:

  • Per Foundation Center Online “No grants to individuals, or for operating budgets, continuing support, annual campaigns, emergency or endowment funds, scholarships, fellowships, deficit financing, capital or building funds, equipment, land acquisition, publications, disease-specific research or conferences; no loans.”

Smith Family Award via Health Resources in Action
(hria.org/tmf/smith)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Grant mission:

  • Per webpage here: “For the past 26 years, the Smith Family Foundation has been supporting groundbreaking medical research through the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Its mission is to launch the careers of newly independent biomedical researchers with the ultimate goal of achieving medical breakthroughs. Applications focus on all fields of basic biomedical science and may also be submitted by investigators in physics, chemistry and engineering. Since 1992, the Program has funded 163 scientists for a total investment of $32.8 million.”
  • Additional grant summary information can be found here
  • 2017 Award Recipients can be found here

Research funding and grant applications:

  • Application guidelines can be found here
  • New application can be started here on the right hand webpage column

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Up to five $300,000 three-year awards

Geographic locations funded:

  • MA as well as Brown University and Yale University

Application deadlines:

  • Friday, July 27, 2018 at 12:00PM Eastern Time

Application requirements:

  • Application requirements can be found here
  • Of note: “All applicants must be internally selected by their institutions”

Other notes:

W. M. Keck Foundation
(www.wmkeck.org)

Support areas:

  • Any organ or tissue system

Research funding and grant applications:

  • For a full list of grant funding opportunities, please view here

Size and duration of research grants supported:

  • Historically grants range from $500,000 to $5 million, typical grant amount is $2 million or less

Geographic locations funded:

  • U.S./National

Application deadlines:

  • Awards are determined in December and June here--December: Phase I deadline May 1, June: Phase I deadline November 1

Application requirements:

  • Application Requirements - For specific requirements, please see here. Specific requirements include: Institutional Priority of Request, Project Budget, Fundraising History, Financial Statements, IRS Determination Letter, Fact Sheet or Annual Report, Governing Board

Other notes:

  • For more information, see research page here
  • Grant abstracts accepted for funding awards found here
  • Contact emails for specific project areas 1 - Medical research:  MedRsch@wmkeck.org  2 - Science and Engineering:  SciEng@wmkeck.org