Limited Submission Opportunity: The Hartwell Foundation 2021 Competition for Individual Biomedical Research Awards
URL: http://www.thehartwellfoundation.org/
OBJECTIVES:
The Hartwell Foundation supports innovative, early-stage biomedical research that has the potential to benefit children in the US.
Successful Hartwell proposals:
- Address an unmet medical need in the health of children in the US.
- Have the potential to accelerate clinical discovery and translational research.
- Offer new technology or propose new uses of existing technology.
- Involve significant risk (preliminary data not required).
The Foundation will not fund basic research with long delayed or unpredictable benefits OR proposals that already receive or will receive significant extramural funding are ineligible for consideration.
FUNDING INFORMATION:
- $100,000 per year for three years.
- No indirects allowed.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
- Possession of an MD is recommended but not required. If the nominee is not an MD, then he/she must have a collaborator who is a practicing physician, preferably in pediatric medicine.
- The foundation intends to have a positive effect on the trajectory of the nominee’s professional development and favors early and mid-career applicants, see list of prior awardees.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:
Interested investigators should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by DATE: 5/17/2021
- Questions outlined in InfoReady Review application;
- A brief statement (up to 2 pages) by the candidate describing their scientific achievements and proposed project;
- A brief budget outline for the proposed research;
- Up-to-date CV or biosketch.
A faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review internal proposals and select nominees. Foundation Relations will work with the nominees to develop and submit the institutional nomination letter and applicant materials by 9/15/2021.
DEADLINES:
Internal Materials Due: Monday, May 17, 2021
Sponsor Deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2021