Bringing In The Research Dollars! (BiRD)

W.M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Program


Deadline: Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Foundation staff during the pre-application counseling period, which takes place between January 1 and February 15 leading up to a May 1 Phase I submission, or between July 1 and August 15 leading up to a November 1 Phase I submission.

Amount: Historically, grants range from, $500,000 to $5 million and are typically $2 million or less.

Purpose

The Keck Foundation Research Program seeks to benefit humanity by supporting projects in two research areas—medical research and science and engineering research—that are distinctive and novel in their approach, question the prevailing paradigm, or have the potential to break open new territory in their field.  Both Senior and Early Career investigators are encouraged to apply.

Funding is awarded to universities and institutions nationwide for projects in research that:

  • Focus on important and emerging areas of research
  • Have the potential to develop breakthrough technologies, instrumentation or methodologies
  • Are innovative, distinctive and interdisciplinary
  • Demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches, or by challenging the prevailing paradigm
  • Have the potential for transformative impact, such as the founding of a new field of research, the enabling of observations not previously possible, or the altered perception of a previously intractable problem
  • Does not focus on clinical or translational research, treatment trials or research for the sole purpose of drug development
  • Fall outside the mission of public funding agencies
  • Demonstrate that private philanthropy generally, and the W. M. Keck Foundation in particular, is essential to the project’s success

 

Initial contact must be coordinated through the institution’s central development office via the designated institutional liaison. Please contact Emory's Office of Foundation Relations if you are interested in this grant opportunity.

More Info: http://www.wmkeck.org/grant-programs/research