March of Dimes Discovery Research Grants
Deadline: September 06, 2024
5 pm
Amount: $200,000 over two years inclusive of 10% indirect costs
Purpose
Discovery Grants are for established scientists with a long history of published work in the maternal fetal health and related fields.
These grants are awarded to seasoned researchers seeking to make consequential translational discoveries that will drastically alter clinical care for pregnant women and babies, whether through evidence-based prevention, diagnosis or intervention.
Simply put, Discovery Grants are funding vehicles for research inquiries that are as practical as they are ambitious, as attainable as they are groundbreaking, and as transformative as they are necessary. These grants are given to researchers with inquiries that have the power to drastically reshape outcomes for mothers and babies in America and strike a decisive blow against the maternal health crisis in this country.
Areas of Research:
- Late, spontaneous pre-term birth
- Racial inequities as they relate to morbidity and mortality outcomes for mothers and babies.
- Cardiovascular health conditions developed during pregnancy or exacerbated during pregnancy.
- Maternal stress, its impact on pregnancy outcomes, and how to mitigate the effects.
Application portal opens: June 6, 2024
Application portal closes: September 6, 2024
Notification of awards: December 20, 2024
More Info: https://www.marchofdimes.org/our-work/research/grants-awards/discovery-research-grants