The Rhode Island Foundation is seeking applications for its Medical Research Grants.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Medical Research Grants program awards grants of up to $25,000 each. There are three funding opportunities:
- To provide support to new investigators as seed money or for pilot projects;
- To provide support to improve already highly rated NIH research proposals for re-submission;
- To provide support to redirect or expand the focus of research for investigators impacted by changes in federal research priorities
The Foundation encourages researchers throughout Rhode Island to apply for grant support for laboratory, clinical and population-based research. In addition to limited funding for general medical research, areas of interest with designated funding include infectious diseases, cardiac research, coronary artery disease, cerebral accidents, cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, spinal cord, diabetes, allergies, and performance enhancing substances.
Types of Grants
Seed Grants
- Seed Grants are provided to Assistant and Associate Professors at Rhode Island academic or hospital institutions. Grants are generally targeted to faculty who have received faculty level appointments within the past five years and are one-time awards. Only under unusual circumstances will a proposal for second-year funding be considered.
- Funding may be used for supplies, research animals, support personnel, and other operating costs. The Foundation generally does not provide funds for permanent equipment, equipment maintenance, travel, or printing unless it is part of the research itself. In most cases, this program does not provide funds for salary support of the principal investigator. Due to the limited funds available, the Foundation does not cover charges for overhead by the applicant hospitals and universities.
- The proposed grant period for a Seed Grant is 18 months from the time funds are disbursed.
Resubmission Grants
- Resubmission Grants are provided to help bridge research and help improve already highly rated NIH research proposals for re-submission. The applicant must have already applied for an NIH grant within the last 24 months that was discussed by the relevant study section, scored in the top 50th percentile, but was not funded. Applicants cannot have an active RO1 grant that extends beyond 12 months from the time of application.
- Strong preference for Resubmission Grants will be given to more junior faculty at Rhode Island academic or hospital institutions. Grants are limited to individuals with faculty level appointments and are not awarded to individuals holding training positions, such as clinical specialty fellows or postdoctoral fellows, at the time of initiation of the proposed research.
- Funding may support activities including data gathering, travel, equipment time, purchase of supplies or other activities that are expected to improve the competitiveness of a planned resubmitted research proposal. In most cases, this program does not provide funds for salary support of the principal investigator. Due to the limited funds available, the Foundation does not cover charges for overhead by the applicant hospitals and universities.
- The proposed grant period for a Resubmission Grant is 12 months from the time funds are disbursed.
Redirection Grants
- Redirection grants are provided to help investigators, whose research has been impacted by changes in federal research priorities, redirect and/or expand the focus of their research to improve the competitiveness of future grant submissions. While preference will be given to more junior faculty, this opportunity is available to any faculty at Rhode Island academic or hospital institutions. Grants are limited to individuals with faculty level appointments and are not awarded to individuals holding training positions, such as clinical specialty fellows or postdoctoral fellows, at the time of initiation of the proposed research.
- Funding may support activities including data gathering, equipment time, purchase of supplies, support personnel, and other operating costs. In most cases, this program does not provide funds for salary support of the principal investigator. Due to the limited funds available, the Foundation does not cover charges for overhead by the applicant hospitals and universities.
- The proposed grant period for Redirection Grants is 12 months from the time funds are disbursed.
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