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Corporate and Foundation Relations staff circulate a monthly list of grant opportunities for faculty and staff. By making this information available, we encourage you to consider seeking corporate and foundation grant support. Subscribe to receive monthly emails.
To learn more about these opportunities or discuss foundations or corporations that do not have active RFPs, please contact Jared Mouro, Foundation Relations Specialist: ag4956@wayne.edu
For School of Medicine faculty, please contact Susan Miller, director of research philanthropy, at smiller@med.wayne.edu
| Foundation | Program | Description | Award Amount | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Foundation | Clinical Research Grants | Deadline is for Letter of Intent; full applications are by invitation only and are due 4/7/2025. The purpose of these grants is to support clinical research at non-profit institutions worldwide focused on the field of robotic-assisted surgery. Successful proposals will study important questions related to surgical care and patient outcomes. Research Areas of Interest: Online Application: https://www.intuitive-foundation.org/clinical-research-grants/#toggle-id-1 | $75,000 | 1/6/2025 |
| Lalor Foundation | Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | The Lalor Foundation was incorporated in Delaware in 1935 under bequests from members of the Lalor family. One of the foundation’s major objectives has been to give assistance and encouragement to capable investigators embarking on teaching and research careers in universities and colleges. The program’s mission is to support these researchers early in their work so they can become independently funded in the field of mammalian reproductive biology as related to the regulation of fertility. The Lalor Foundation postdoctoral fellowship program supports promising new researchers in establishing scientific and teaching careers. The program's mission is to support these researchers early in their work so that they can become independently funded in the field of mammalian reproductive biology as related to the regulation of fertility. Online Application: https://lalorfound.org/postdoctoral-fellowship-program/application-instructions/ | $55,000 | 1/15/2025 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI Foundation | Investigator Initiated Research Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Deadline is for Concept Paper; full applications are by invitation only and are due 4/16/2025. The Investigator Initiated Research Award Program from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation supports doctoral-level researchers focused on: Addressing critical gaps in health-related research Emailed Application: https://www.bcbsm.com/foundation/grants/initiated-research/ | $75,000 | 2/5/2025 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI Foundation | Community Health Matching Grant Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Deadline is for Concept Paper; full applications are by invitation only and are due 4/16/2025. This award offers up to $25,000 per year for two years. Through this program, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation partners with health professionals and community leaders at nonprofit organizations. We want to develop population-led, community-inspired programs or implement evidence-based programs to address community-identified needs, and evaluate measurable programmatic and health outcomes. Emailed Application: https://www.bcbsm.com/foundation/grants/initiated-research/ | $25,000 | 2/5/2025 |
| The Commonwealth Fund | Grant Program | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Notes: Strictly LOI Submission Proposals are invitation only. Award amount based on previous grants. To promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. Online application: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-and-fellowships/applicant-resources | Up to $200,000 | Rolling |
| Dresner Foundation | Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. The fund will facilitate the advancement of innovative basic science, translational or clinical research. Focus includes:
The foundation is equally interested in efforts that have a broad and meaningful impact and focus on intervention and prevention beyond the boundaries of any one disease. | $250,000 | Rolling |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) | Evidence for Action: Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity | Evidence for Action (E4A) prioritizes research to evaluate specific interventions (e.g., policies, programs, practices) that have the potential to counteract the harms of structural and systemic racism and improve health, well-being, and equity outcomes. Our focus on racial equity means we are concerned both with the direct impacts of structural racism on the health and well-being of people and communities of color (e.g., Black, Latina/o/x, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other races and ethnicities), as well as the ways in which racism intersects with other forms of marginalization, such as having low income, being an immigrant, having a disability, or identifying as LGBTQ+ or a gender minority. This funding is geared toward studies about “upstream” causes of health inequities, such as the systems, structures, laws, policies, norms, and practices that determine the distribution of resources and opportunities, which in turn influence individuals’ options and behaviors. Research should center on the needs and experiences of communities exhibiting the greatest health burdens and be motivated by real-world priorities. It should be able to inform a specific course of action and/or establish beneficial practices, not stop at characterizing or documenting the extent of a problem. | $300,000 | Rolling |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health seeks proposals that are primed to influence health equity in the future. We are interested in ideas that address any of these four areas of focus: Future of Evidence; Future of Social Interaction; Future of Food; Future of Work. Additionally, we welcome ideas that might fall outside of these four focus areas, but which offer unique approaches to advancing health equity and our progress toward a Culture of Health. Online Application: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2020/pioneering-ideas-2020-exploring-the-future-to-build-a-culture-of-health.html?rid=0032S000027IF4VQAW&et_cid=2046258 | $300,000 | Rolling |
| Total Health Care Foundation | General application | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. Full applications are by invitation only and are due subsequently. THCF reviews submissions quarterly. Average grants are $50,000-200,000. Improve the health and lives of people living in high-need areas; Provide care management that addresses social determinants of health; Educate expectant mothers on the importance of prenatal and preventive care; Promote wellness for transferred and vulnerable populations; Assist with the navigation of various aspects of Medicaid; Address disparities within the Detroit market. Emailed Application: https://www.priorityhealth.com/landing/total-health-care-foundation | $50,000- $200,000 | Rolling |
| The Commonwealth Fund | Health | Must coordinate with Foundation Relations. To promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. Online Application: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/grants-and-fellowships/applicant-resources | $200,000 | Rolling |