Internal Awards at Yale
Many of these grant opportunities are for pilot and feasibility studies, others are for postdoctoral fellowships, some specifically for junior faculty, and yet others for use of imaging and other core facilities. Dates and links shown are for the most recent competitions. They will be updated as new information becomes available.
If you would like to update award information or add a new internal award to this list, please forward information to melanie.smith@yale.edu
- Yale Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center (DERC)
Pilot and Feasibility Project Grants
http://derc.yale.edu/pilot/index.aspx
Most recent application deadline: November 16, 2011
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)
Pilot Projects in HIV/AIDS Prevention Research
http://cira.med.yale.edu/opportunities/pilotrfa.html
Most recent application deadline: February 7, 2011
- Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders (YCCMD)
Pilot and Feasibility Projects
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/YCCMD-Pilot-and-Feasibility-Grants-for-2012.pdf
http://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/yccmd/pilotgrants/applicationsandeligibility/index.aspx
Most recent application deadline: December 2, 2011
- Yale Liver Center
Pilot Feasibility Grants
http://livercenter.yale.edu/pilot-feasibility-grants/index.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: January 27, 2012
- George M. O’Brien Center for Kidney Research at Yale
Pilot/Feasibility Studies
http://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/nephrol/obriencenter/pilotprogram.aspx
http://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/nephrol/obriencenter/117769_Obrien%20Ctr%20PF%20Announcement%
Most recent application deadline: March 15, 2012
- The Yale Program on Aging/Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Pilot and Exploratory Studies
http://geriatrics.yale.edu/research/index.aspx
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/PepperCenterLOI-2011.pdf
Most recent letter of intent deadline: November 10, 2011
- The Yale Climate and Energy Institute
YCEI Interdisciplinary Grants
YCEI Workshop Grants
http://climate.yale.edu/index.php?option=com_resource&view=article&article=451&Itemid=40 Most recent application deadline: May 1, 2012
- Yale Rheumatic Diseases Core Research Center
Pilot and Feasibility Program
http://www.yale.edu/grants/RheumaticDiseasesPilotFeasibilityStudies2010.doc
Most recent application deadline: May 28, 2010
- Yale Spore in Skin Cancer
Developmental Research Awards
http://dermatology.yale.edu/spore/awards/index.aspx
Most recent application deadline: May 10, 2011
- Yale Skin Diseases Research Center
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
http://medicine.yale.edu/dermatology/skin/pilot/pilots.aspx
Most recent application deadline: ??
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Research and Translational Core Center
Pilot/Feasibility Studies
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/PKD-Center-Pilot-Grants-2012.pdf
Most recent letter of intent deadline: March 15, 2012
- Women’s Health Research at Yale
Pilot Project Research Funding
http://medicine.yale.edu/whr/faculty/funding.aspx
Letter of intent deadline: October 17, 2011
- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Pilot and Collaborative Translational and Clinical Studies Funding Categories:
- Basic Science Collaboration
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/bsc.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: April 2, 2010
- Pilot Projects in Translational and Interdisciplinary Research
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/tir.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: April 2, 2010
- Pilot Projects for the Promotion of T2 and T3 Research
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/t2t3.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: April 2, 2010
- Development of Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies Pilot Projects
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/methodologies.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: April 2, 2010
- Just-In-Time Pilots Utilizing Core Technologies
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/jitct.aspx
Application deadlines are every other month: next deadlines: November 1, 2011; January 6, 2012; March 1, 2012; May 1, 2012
- Imaging Core Technologies
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/researchers/programs/ict.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: April 2, 2010
- Child Health Innovation Grants
http://www.ycci.yale.edu/index.aspx
Most recent letter of intent deadline: March 28, 2012
- Basic Science Collaboration
- Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
YCCI Scholar Awards for Support of Junior Faculty Members
http://ycci.yale.edu/education/scholars/index.aspx
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/YCCI-Scholars2011.pdf
Most recent letter of intent receipt date: December 6, 2010
- Yale Center for Excellence in Molecular Hematology (YCEMH)
Pilot and Feasibility Project Grants for Hematology and Bone Marrow-Related Research http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/YCEMH-Pilot-and-Feasibility-Project-Grants-2009.doc
Most recent application deadline: May 27, 2009
- Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Biological Sciences
The following fellowships are targeted toward junior faculty members who do not have tenure. Applications must be made by faculty members, not nominated fellows. Fellowship “slots” are awarded to the junior faculty members who have one year to hire an endowed postdoctoral fellow. Faculty do not need to nominate a specific candidate when applying for a fellowship. Awards are made for a combination of “bridge” funding of up to 6 months or for one year. The Anderson Fellowship can be awarded for up to 2 years.
Contact: robert.burger@yale.edu
Most recent application deadline: November 6, 2009 (?? 2010)- Theresa Seessel Fund
Eligible departments: All FAS
Eligible research: Original research in biological studies
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Biological Sciences
Eligible Departments: All FAS
Eligible Research: “the fields of zoology, botany, biophysics or systematic studies”
- Forest B. H. and Elizabeth D. W. Brown Fund
Eligible Departments: All FAS
Eligible Research: Botany, Plant Science
- Rudolph J. Anderson Postdoctoral Fellowship
Eligible Departments: All FAS and YSM
Eligible Research: “…research and investigation in biochemistry…”
- Theresa Seessel Fund
- James Hudson Brown – Alexander Brown Coxe Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Medical Sciences 2012
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/brown-coxe.html
For new postdoctoral fellows conducting research at the Yale University School of Medicine who will have completed not more than two years of postdoctoral research as of July 1, 2012.
Application Deadlines: Monday, December 19, 2011 for scientists with the PhD; Wednesday, December 21, 2011 for physician-scientists with the MD or MD/PhD.
- Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (QNMR) Core Center at Yale -- NIH: P30 NS052519
http://qnmr.yale.edu/resources.aspx
http://mrrc.yale.edu/funding/index.aspx
Supports innovative, investigator-initiated, basic neuroscience research utilizing any of the Cores which include scanner or rig time and/or staff support. Small grants providing resources for each of the Cores, which include scanner time and staff support, may be awarded. The total award amount is dependent on the project. The QNMR Core Center will support new research projects but will not supplement ongoing studies or provide bridge funding. Priority is given to projects from junior independent scientists and/or projects describing collaborations between two (or more) investigators.
Contact: fahmeed.hyder@yale.edu
There are no deadlines.
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants
http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/YCCC-ACS-Institutional-Research-Grant.pdf
Applications due: October 13, 2011
- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
Leslie H. Warner Postdoctoral Fellowships
to conduct research under the mentorship of a Cancer Center member http://www.yale.edu/grants/funding_info/pdf/LeslieWarnerPostdoctoralFellowships2011.pdf
Applications due: September 29, 2011
Last update:
March 9, 2012
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