The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation offers grants to qualified researchers to initiate independent research careers in one of the two areas of stated interest to the Hillblom Foundation.
Donor Name: Larry L. Hillblom Foundation
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Expectations of the Host Institution
The host institution will provide a faculty appointment (ordinarily at the Assistant Professor level) to the applicant. The host institution will include a detailed statement ensuring its obligation to provide a full Start-Up package (including financial and non-financial support), proving its commitment to a long-term relationship that fully supports the investigator’s own independent lab. The applicant will be provided with an office, administrative support, research space and required core facilities to support the proposed work. The Institution will limit teaching and/or clinical practice requirements to no more than one day per week. The Institution salary contribution will be made independent of clinical practice revenue.
Funding Areas
Diabetes or Aging
Funding Information
- Maximum Funding: $120,000 per year.
- Duration of the Award: Up to three (3) years, subject to annual Foundation approval, non-renewable.
Research Costs
Personnel costs are restricted to those named and justified in the budget with a maximum of $25,000 per year for supplies, a maximum of $5,000 per year for equipment and a maximum of $2,500 per year on travel (including the Annual Hillblom Foundation Scientific Meeting).
Eligibility Criteria
Qualified Institutions: The PI’s lab must be affiliated with an institution within the state of California.
Grant Restrictions
- In awarding Hillblom Start-Up Grants, preference will be given to applicants able to devote at least 80% of their research effort in Year 1 of the grant to the project described in the application and those whose first year of funding from non-Hillblom sources will not interfere with that 80% commitment.
- Furthermore, preference will be given to applicants whose effort is devoted principally, if not exclusively, to the project proposed for funding. Additional support will be considered for a similar project (providing there is disclosure to the other funding entity) but not for one that is completely distinct and for which the applicant has committed significant effort. Consideration will be given as to what other research commitments have been made and what other funds are available to support the project.
- Extramural funding is encouraged in Year 2 and Year 3 to foster independence and growth of the Investigator. Year 2 and Year 3 require 80% of the Investigator’s time dedicated to research and at least 20% effort and salary from the Hillblom Foundation Start-Up Grant.
- Applicants who have held a faculty position for more than 3 years prior to the application date are not eligible for this grant.
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