Funding opportunities
Funding opportunities for researchers
Internal funding opportunities
| Institution name | Funding opportunity |
|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Foundation (CHF) | Children's Hospital of Richmond strategic funding |
| Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) | Research seed funds and scholar awards |
| PERQ or Quest Fund Award | VCU's Presidential Research Quest Fund |
| Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) | Career development awards (KL2), endowment fund grants and pilot imaging fund grants |
| VCU Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) | Various opportunities are listed here |
Fellowship opportunities
| Institution name | Funding opportunity |
|---|---|
| NIH (National Institutes of Health) | F31 / F32 individual fellowships |
| Doris Duke Foundation | Fellowships for the promotion of child well-being |
| Thrasher | Research funds - Early career awards |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Student traineeship / Postdoctoral research fellowship / K unfunded award |
| American Diabetes Association | Training awards (postdoctoral fellowship) |
| JDRF / Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Postdoctoral fellowships and advanced PDFs |
| Greenwall | Faculty scholars program |
| NSF (National Science Foundation) | Graduate fellowship research program |
| Non-NIH global health research | Grants and fellowships |
| Commonwealth Fund/td> | Grants and fellowships |
| Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Fellowship Award | Neurosciences / postdoctoral fellowship |
Career development
| Institution name | Funding opportunity |
|---|---|
| The Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award | Cancer / mentored research award |
| NIH K / Career development awards | K08 & K23 / mentored research awards |
| NIH K / Career development awards | K99 / R00(for non-US-citizens) |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Several including the Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award |
| American Diabetes Association | Junior faculty development |
| JDRF / Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Career development awards |
| Non-NIH global health research | Grants and fellowships |
General research funding opportunities and search engines
| Institution name | Funding opportunity |
|---|---|
| Grants.gov | search engine - federal awards |
| NIH / National Institutes of Health | NIH wide funding opportunities - parent announcements and special opportunities |
| NIH / NICHD (institute of child health and human development) | You can also subscribe to individual institutes such as NICHD |
| The Foundation Center | search engine - foundation awards |
| PIVOT | VCU licensed grant search database |
These are just a sampling of the funding opportunities available to support your research career.
- Join listservs to get to know what's out there
- Use PIVOT to create targeted searches
- Talk to your colleagues about which sponsors are established funders at VCU
If you have funding opportunity questions, contact:
Henry J. Rozycki, MD
Vice Chair for Research
Children's Pavilion,
henry.rozycki@vcuhealth.org
804-828-9966
henry.rozycki@vcuhealth.org
804-828-9966
Elizabeth W. Olmsted, CRA
Associate Administrator Children's Pavilion, Room 5-262
elizabeth.olmsted@vcuhealth.org
804-628-0212
Associate Administrator Children's Pavilion, Room 5-262
elizabeth.olmsted@vcuhealth.org
804-628-0212