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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention welcomes innovative research studies focused on understanding and preventing suicide. Biological, psychological, social, community and other approaches are of interest, and we encourage multidisciplinary research.

Grants awarded to investigators at any level performing research involving two or more unique sites with each site contributing unique expertise, as well as data collection.

AFSP suicide research grants program priority areas for 2024-2026 include:

• Ethnic and Racial Diversity: Suicide prevention research related to ethnic and racial underrepresented communities, health and mental health disparities and inequities, as well as researchers from underrepresented ethnic and racial backgrounds proposing research focused on understanding and preventing suicide.
• Understudied populations with elevated suicide rates: Some groups of individuals (e.g., those experiencing interpersonal violence, minoritized gender identity and sexual orientation groups, people with disabilities) and in some settings (e.g., correctional settings, foster care, and construction industry) have been found to have higher rates of suicide and yet they have not been well studied. We welcome proposals that seek to understand and prevent suicide in these types of populations and/or settings.
• Survivors of Suicide Loss: Research related to survivors of suicide loss, understanding the impact of suicide loss and its after-effects, and the process of healing.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson at ande2476@msu.edu

Learn More about American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Linked Standard Research Grants

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The foundation supports a variety of youth programming within a 4-county area that includes Lake, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Oceana Counties in West Michigan.

Grants are geared towards projects serving youth from 0-18 years of age. A special emphasis is placed on projects focused on:

• Health, Nutrition and Dental issues
• Early childhood services and Literacy
• Parenting Education
• Education (including Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/Agriculture, and Math)
• Life Experiences (camp scholarships, Ag Science Education, 4-H and FFA)

Agencies must be located in or directly serving youth from one of the 4 counties indicated above.

For more information, please contact Larry Wallach at wallach@msu.edu. 

Learn More about Gerber Foundation—West Michigan Youth Programs-Fall 2024

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BARD supports mission-oriented cooperative agricultural research projects of mutual interest to the United States and Israel. Proposals are expected to deal with an agricultural issue or problem and yield tangible results that could be implemented within a reasonable time after completion of the project. Projects cover all phases of agricultural research and development. The outcomes of BARD funded Research must be accessible to the public. Cooperative Research Cooperative research entails active collaboration between Israeli and American scientists. Upon request, BARD will assist scientists in finding cooperators. Please send a brief abstract by e-mail. Identify the main ideas of the proposed work and include a short CV.  

The Pioneer Track will support highly innovative and unique projects that have a potential of significant agricultural impact leading to tangible results. The pioneer research project should aim to develop a new direction, concept, or solution in the specific area of agricultural sciences. Research projects must have clear practical benefits to both nations. 

The eligibility and instructions for proposal application and evaluation are identical to BARD guidelines. 

Track Goal: The program is to dedicated to support applied research with a higher award level per grant.  

Advantages: A program dedicated to support applied research with a higher award level per grant. 

Additional Guidelines for Pioneer Track 

• BARD’s board of directors will annually announce the panels eligible to apply for the Pioneer Track. 
• For the 2025 round of submission, BARD will receive applications in the following research areas: Crop Production, Crop and Soil Health and Crop Modeling and AI for Agriculture and Aquaculture. 
• A maximum of five projects will be funded in 2025, as follows: up to one each in Crop Production and Crop and Soil Health, up to one in Crop Modeling and AI for Agriculture and up to two in Aquaculture. 
• The maximum budget for each project will be $600,000 for 3 years. 
• Collaboration, as well as research topics, must be new and unrelated to existing studies funded by BARD or submitted in the 2025 general submission. 
• The potential for follow-up development effort(s) should be clear in the proposal and will be a significant criterion in the evaluation of the potential impact of the proposal. 
• Projects will be selected first and foremost based on innovation, scientific merit, the potential impact on current agricultural knowledge or practices, and the multidisciplinary collaboration arrangements as described in the proposal. 
• Research teams will be required to deliver an annual progress report. 

 Applicants for the Pioneer Track must meet all the requirements described in BARD research application guidelines. 

For more information, please contact Allison Jones?jonesa70@msu.edu.?

Learn More about BARD The United States- Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund – Pioneer Track

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BARD supports mission-oriented cooperative agricultural research projects of mutual interest to the United States and Israel. Proposals are expected to deal with an agricultural issue or problem and yield tangible results that could be implemented within a reasonable time after completion of the project. Projects cover all phases of agricultural research and development. The outcomes of BARD funded Research must be accessible to the public. Cooperative Research Cooperative research entails active collaboration between Israeli and American scientists. Upon request, BARD will assist scientists in finding cooperators. Please send a brief abstract by e-mail. Identify the main ideas of the proposed work and include a short CV.  

While BARD will continue to fund agriculturally relevant and scientifically meritorious work in all disciplines of agriculture, the TAC and Board of Directors in their annual meetings (June 2021) have re-assessed and determined the following areas as priority areas for the coming years:   

• Improved efficiency of agricultural production, including sustainable development and engineering, enhancing nutritional value, efficient use of resources & agricultural waste, economic evaluation of policies, regulation, and labor; use of functional genomics & proteomics to protect and produce traits supporting increased crop yield and genetic optimization in animals, focus on heterosis opportunities & consequences.  
• Plant, animal, and agricultural environment defense, including pest and host genetics, invasive species & emerging diseases, early stress detection and rapid point of care methods, development of safe and bio-secure biological, physical, & chemical control measures.  
• Agricultural production challenges in increased marginal conditions, including climate change & abiotic stress factors such as drought, salinity, high temperatures, nutrient, and soil stress.  
• Food quality, safety, and security, including improved assessment and detection methods, nutritive value and post-harvest treatment, reduction of food loss & waste, enhanced supply chain quality and technologies, functional foods, development of alternative quality protein sources including plants, fungi, algae, insects, & tissue.  
• Soil & water, quality, and quantity, including efficient use of low-quality water (grey, black, saline), improved economic return for water in agriculture, crop response to soil & water quality & their constituents, impact of nutrients and agricultural chemicals on water quality.  
• Agricultural Engineering/Precision Agriculture - Sensors, instrumentation, & control systems; robotics and artificial intelligence; mechanization for improving labor efficiency; biological engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology.  
• Sustainable Agri-environmental management, including sustainable ag-based energy systems for reduced energy costs, bioconversion technologies, agricultural feedstock, controlled environment and urban agriculture, renewable resources and ecosystem services, circular bioeconomy, reducing agricultural waste. 

For more information, please contact Allison Jones?jonesa70@msu.edu.

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The Macy Catalyst Awards support projects that impact the clinical learning environment and improve the experience of residents and fellows in one of the three priority areas supported by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation:

• Promoting diversity, equity, and belonging
• Increasing opportunities to learn in and from high-performing interprofessional teams
• Preparing future health professionals to navigate ethical dilemmas

Successful proposals will describe, implement, and evaluate innovative strategies to equip learners with the tools, skills, and strategies to flourish in the clinical learning environment.

Applications may be submitted by any resident, fellow, and faculty member involved with graduate medical education.

Grant applications will be evaluated on the following basis:

• Importance and originality
• Alignment with Foundation priorities
• Sustainability after the period of project support ends, including evidence of institutional commitment such as matching support from departments or health systems
• Strong evidence of co-creation between faculty and learners in the design and leadership of the project, as evidence by learner participation as investigators in the project.
• Strong evidence of commitment from the health system to support the project, as evidenced by letters of support and matching financial support.

An informational webinar for applicants will be held on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson at ande2476@msu.edu

Learn More about Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation – 2025 Catalyst Awards

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The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Up to 60 fellowships will be awarded across all stages of the scholarly career.

ACLS welcomes applications from scholars pursuing research on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant, which can take the form of a monograph, articles, publicly engaged humanities project, digital research project, critical edition, or other scholarly resources. The fellowships support projects at any stage of development – beginning, middle, or end. This program does not fund works of fiction (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation (without significant scholarly interpretation and apparatus), or projects that are primarily pedagogical in focus.

Applicants must devote six to twelve months to full-time research and/or writing during the award period, to be initiated between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, and to be completed by December 31, 2026.

For complete program guidelines, eligibility, and application instructions, see website.

For more information, please contact Jess Bitting bitting7@msu.edu. 

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Learn More about MRA Special Opportunity Team Science Award in Pediatric Melanoma or Neoadjuvant Translational Research Only 2024 - 2025

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Learn More about Melanoma Research Alliance Special Opportunity Team Science Academic-Industry Partnership Award in Neoadjuvant Translational Research Only 2024 - 2025

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Learn More about Melanoma Research Alliance Special Opportunity Team Science Award in Pediatric Melanoma or Neoadjuvant Translational Research Only: 2024 - 2025

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NOTE: This is an internally created RFP, for those who may have actual or potential projects in Detroit, that fall within in the Fisher Foundation’s priorities.  The Foundation considers requests by invitation only, after discussion with a program officer.  As a first step, those having interest in a potential request should reach out to me at: wallach@msu.edu to discuss it.

The mission of the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation is to enrich humanity by strengthening and empowering children and families in need.  The Foundation work is focused on Detroit and Southeast Michigan, and Israel, with the respect to the Jewish Community.  The Foundation has provided some support for MSU programs in Detroit. The Fisher Foundation makes grants within several areas of focus.  These are:

Arts and Culture

The foundation works with partners and leaders to promote a robust arts and culture environment and increase access for families and children in need.

Early Childhood

The foundation works with partners and leaders to support high quality early childhood education aimed at improving kindergarten readiness and third-grade reading proficiency. 

Jewish

The foundation works with partners and leaders to provide for the needs of and ensure the future of the Jewish people. Together with its partners, it strengthens the Jewish community in Detroit by fostering an increased connection children and families feel to their Jewish identity and Israel through educational and direct experience opportunities. 

Health

The goals of this program are: to provide a sustainable approach to economic empowerment for children and families infected and affected by conditions such as HIV/AIDS; to reduce health disparities by focusing on outreach efforts, prevention programs and testing initiatives in high risk populations; and to encourage emerging health leaders to choose field-based and applied research.

For more information, please contact Larry Wallach at wallach@msu.edu

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The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance the development, implementation and validation of interventions to minimize gambling-related harm. This request for applications (RFA) invites investigators to explore interventions to prevent the negative consequences associated with gambling, including impacts on the gambling of players who gamble in a problematic manner. The following are examples of relevant topics, although proposals addressing other relevant research questions are also encouraged:

• The effectiveness of voluntary self-exclusion (either online or in-person) and the risk factors and consequences of enrollment.
• Effective responsible gambling messaging or testing improvements to messaging.
• The perception of gamblers, ranging from low to high engagement, regarding existing responsible gambling and coping tools.
• The low uptake of responsible gambling tools to improve the utilization of these tools among subpopulations.
• The use of educational programs (e.g., financial literacy education) to prevent the onset of harmful gambling behaviors.
• The role of decision making (e.g., behavioral insights/economics) in promoting responsible gambling to modify behavior.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson at ande2476@msu.edu.

Learn More about International Center for Responsible Gaming – Research on Responsible Gambling/Prevention Of Gambling Disorder

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The Kenneth Rainin Foundation believes that early support for innovative ideas can lead to improvements in preventing, predicting, diagnosing and treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The Innovator Awards support individual research projects with grants of up to $150K, and collaborative projects involving multiple investigators with grants of up to $300K. Grantees who demonstrate significant progress are eligible for up to two years of additional support.

• Applications will be evaluated based on: Innovation, Scientific merit, Investigator capability to execute the project.
• Typically, the researcher holds advanced degrees (MD, PhD or the equivalent) and academic positions.  
• Postdocs are not eligible to apply as a Principal Investigator.
• Researchers may submit multiple proposals, as long as there are distinct aims and objectives for each proposal.
• All LOIs must include a budget. A template is provided on the funder’s website.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson ande2476@msu.edu. 

Learn More about Kenneth Rainin Foundation – Innovator Awards

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The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MPS) division invites applications for a new Solar Radiation Management program (SRM).

 

SRM is an emerging collection of approaches, including stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI), marine cloud brightening (MCB) and cirrus cloud thinning (CCT), designed to modify the Earth’s radiative balance and cool the planet. Although reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations is the only long-term strategy to mitigate climate change and other impacts, SRM might be able to ameliorate some of the negative impacts this century. However, SRM also may pose significant environmental and societal risks, including stratospheric warming, ozone depletion, and changes in rainfall, thereby affecting water resources and agriculture. At present, not enough is known about SRM systems and their potential impacts to allow informed decision making. This call aims to help fill key fundamental knowledge gaps in the science of SRM.

Priority areas for this call include: environmentally benign materials discovery for SAI and CCT; laboratory physicochemical characterization of SAI and CCT materials and their interactions with light, clouds, atmospheric trace gases and with themselves or ambient aerosols, with the aim of improving microphysical inputs to existing climate models; approaches to minimize cirrus cloud formation, including from aircraft emissions; assessments of near-field (<100 km) atmospheric turbulence and its impact on SAI and CCT interventions, primarily through modeling; and integration of improved representations of aerosols and turbulence into global-scale modeling, and characterization of global and regional impacts of novel materials for SAI and CCT. Areas not within the scope of this program include social science research and in-situ field experiments involving aerosol release.

The foundation strongly encourages applications from scientists in the global south and from investigators who may not have worked in SRM but have expertise that could bring new perspectives and skills to this field.

Proposal budgets should not exceed $500,000 per year, including indirect costs (limited to 20 percent modified total direct costs), for a period of three years. The foundation estimates up to six additional SRM awards will be made for awards starting July 1, 2025.

Eligible applicants include established U.S. and foreign public and private educational and nonprofit institutes, research centers, and national laboratories or the equivalent. Principal investigators (PIs), co-investigators (co-Is) and other project participants may be from non-U.S. institutions.

For more information, please contact Adam Kingston at kingsto9@msu.edu

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The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants for the documentation of endangered languages globally.  ELDP especially welcomes applications from documenters from language communities, local scholars and students from the country where the language is spoken/signed, as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. There are no restrictions on nationality or host institution, language documenters of any nationality to undertake projects in any part of the world with our funding.   

ELDP offers the grant types below: 

• Small Grants (SG): up to 10,000 Euros for up to 12 months 
• Individual Graduate Scholarships (IGS): support for PhD students for up to 36 months, including a stipend for living expenses (no salary and no tuition) and fieldwork expenses 
• Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships (IPF): support for early career scholars for up to 24 months, including salary and fieldwork expenses, up to 250,000 Euros 
• Major Documentation Projects (MDP): any project over 10,000 Euros, lasting up to 36 months, for a maximum of 300,000 Euros  
• Legacy Materials Grants (LMG): up to 10,000 Euros to support the digitization and archiving of existing analogue language recordings is at risk of loss or damage 

See our grant type descriptions for full details and eligibility criteria. 

For more information, please contact Allison Jones?jonesa70@msu.edu.?

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The purpose of the Research Networking Grants is to facilitate and augment scientific collaboration and networking as well as enable rapid exchange of knowledge and expertise across the skin research community by supporting events that provide researchers and students with opportunities to present and discuss the newest research within their field. Topic-centered and research-based conferences, meetings, symposia, or workshops with a main focus on skin and/or skin diseases. Eligibility An organization representative or individual who is the primary organizer of scientific conference, meeting, symposium, or workshop with a main focus on skin and/or skin diseases may apply for Research Networking Grants.  

For more information, please contact Allison Jones?jonesa70@msu.edu

Learn More about LEO Foundation - Research Networking Grants

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The purpose of this award is to support established investigators at the associate professor level, who are in a rapid growth phase of their career, have established records of accomplishments and continue to show extraordinary promise. The investigator’s career is expected to clearly benefit from the EIA award. Candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science disciplines that support the AHA’s mission to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, as indicated by funding and publication history and scientific accomplishments. Candidates should propose an innovation/novel research direction that challenges existing paradigms and employs novel concepts, approaches, or technologies.

Eligibility:

At the time of application, must have:

• MD, PhD, DO, DVM, or equivalent doctoral degree
• Full-time faculty/staff scientist position or equivalent.
  NOTE: At the time of award activation must have an appointment at the ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LEVEL or equivalent (including, but not limited to, research associate professor, research scientist, staff scientist, etc.) and be no more than 15 years since first faculty appointment.
• History and current evidence of substantial extramural funding
• Applicants must be AHA professional members

Each Established Investigator Award applicant is required to submit a pre-proposal

Submit the following documents:

1. A pre-proposal (2-page limit) that briefly describes the investigator's competitiveness in terms of:
   • Demonstrated commitment to the study of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease and scientific innovation.
   • Independence as assessed by publications, research funding, and impact of scientific work as a principal investigator.
   • How the award will enhance the investigator's rapid career growth phase.
2. A list of the applicant's 15 most impactful and/or foundational publications that are relevant to the proposed research focus or this program in a .PDF document. When selecting, consider those which are foundational papers that support your research program; those that are most cited; and for more recent publications, those in the most high-impact journals or that you predict will elicit the most citations. (2-page limit)
3. A document that details the PI's last five years of research funding (1-page limit)
4. NIH biosketch (5-page limit)

**Additional information is available on the AHA website.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson ande2476@msu.edu. 

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VentureWell envisions a world in which science and technology innovators have the support, training, and access to networks and resources they need to solve the world’s most difficult problems. VentureWell’s E-Team Program helps student inventors make an impact on the world. The E-Team Program, part of the VentureWell Accelerator, supports student ventures as you embark down the path you’re likely to take as an innovator and entrepreneur. We help you advance your invention through a powerful mix of up to $25,000 in grant funding, entrepreneurship training, mentorship by dedicated staff, national recognition, and networking with peers and industry experts.

Do you have an idea that can change the world? Every year, VentureWell awards over $800,000 in non-dilutive E-Team grants to early-stage innovator teams that develop scalable innovations which aim to solve a large social, health, or environmental challenge.

For more information, please contact Jess Bitting bitting7@msu.edu

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The 51 Pegasi b Fellowship provides postdoctoral scientists with the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.

Established in 2017, the Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship is named for the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a Sun-like star. The growing field of planetary astronomy scientists study objects both within and beyond our solar system, bridging planetary science and astronomy. From improving our understanding of planetary system formation and evolution, to advancing new technologies for detecting other worlds, 51 Pegasi b Fellows make a unique contribution to the field.

The Heising-Simons Foundation is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Thus, we particularly welcome applications from individuals who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented in planetary sciences and astronomy, such as women, persons with disabilities, racial and ethnic minorities, gender and sexual minorities, and others who may contribute to the diversification of the field. 

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson at ande2476@msu.edu

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The Cooperative AI Foundation is seeking proposals for research projects in Cooperative AI. Anyone is eligible to apply, and we welcome applications from disciplines outside of computer science. This call will remain continuously open throughout 2024, and will have four deadlines after which applications will be processed: January 14, March 17, July 30, and October 6. 

The Cooperative AI Foundation's (CAIF’s) mission is to support research that will improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI systems for the benefit of all of humanity. As the field of Cooperative AI is emerging and we are in an early stage of our grantmaking, our intention with this call is to keep the scope as wide as possible while staying true to CAIF’s mission. We will consider proposals that meet the following conditions: 

• The proposal must be for a research project (as opposed to, for example, an educational or advocacy project); 
• The proposal must be focused on the development of AI to help address multi-agent/cooperation problems; 
• The proposal must be such that the results could be relevant for the most advanced AI systems, including future systems; 
• The proposal should aim to contribute in a major way to societally beneficial AI development. 

Anyone is welcome to apply to this call, and we welcome applications from disciplines outside of computer science. 

‍Formal training and degrees (such as a doctoral degree) can strengthen your proposal, but are not required. 

• An affiliation can, in many cases, strengthen your proposal, but is not required. Note that processing of applications from unaffiliated individuals may take longer time. 
• You can be located anywhere in the world. For countries with a low Corruption Perceptions Index, processing may take longer due to a more extensive due diligence process. 
• The project you propose can be up to two years long, and should begin within at most one year from the application deadline. 
• For now, we will not process applications for less than GBP 10,000. This may change in the future. 

Our aim is to be able to cover all costs for completing accepted projects. This could include: 

• Personnel costs for research staff; 
• Materials (including software and compute); 
• Travel expenses; 
• Publication expenses. 

We allow a maximum of 10% in indirect costs (overhead). We do not cover personnel costs for teaching. 

‍ We do not have a fixed upper limit on how large funding requests we consider, but cost-effectiveness is important to us and we do reject proposals where the costs do not stand in proportion to the expected impact. The grants we have made so far range from GBP 10,000 to GBP 385,000, with a median size close to GBP 150,000. 

For more information, please contact Allison Jones?jonesa70@msu.edu

Learn More about Cooperative AI Foundation – Research Grants

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CAMS is a highly competitive program that provides $700,000 in support over five years for physician scientists (M.D., D.O., D.V.M., V.M.D., D.D.S.), who are committed to an academic career, to bridge postdoctoral/fellowship training and the early years of faculty service. Proposals must be in the area of basic biomedical, disease oriented, or translational research. Proposals in health services research or involving large-scale clinical trials are not eligible. BWF anticipates making up to 13 awards in the 2024-2025 cycle.

Competitive candidates for the CAMS award will have at least two years of research experience, be up to two years away from becoming an independent investigator, be a first author on at least one publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and have a significant publication record.

Proposals that incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning or climate change and human health are of particular interest.

For more information, please contact Melissa Anderson at ande2476@msu.edu

Learn More about Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Career Awards for Medical Scientists