Please regularly visit the following Web sites and directly search for funding opportunities and deadlines in your research field.

Federal Agencies

Grants.gov: A central storehouse that lists all current funding opportunities from agencies of the United States government, including NIH, NSF, DOD, EPA, DOE, CDC, FDA, AHRQ, CMMS, and so on.

NIH Grants & Funding: A searchable database maintained by the NIH Office of Extramural Research on currently available biomedical research funding and training opportunities related to human health and diseases.

NSF Funding: The Foundation supports basic research and education in most fields, including biological, chemical, environmental, social, behavioral and economical sciences, collaborative research between universities and industry, and graduate and postdoctoral fellowships.

USDA NIFA Grants: Supports research and fellowships on nutrition and health, education, environment, biotechnology and genomics, economics and community development.

AHRQ Funding & Grants: Supports research to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of healthcare for all Americans.

PCORI Funding: Funds research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed healthcare decisions.

DOD Grants: Department of Defense Appropriations Act provides funding for many peer reviewed biomedical research programs managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). Such programs are usually announced between May and July for the following fiscal year.

Non-Federal Research Associations and Foundations (many of them offer New Investigator Awards)

Proposal Central (Alzheimer’s Association, American Association for Cancer Research, Neilsen Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Epilepsy Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Lupus Foundation of America, Melanoma Research Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and others)

American Liver Foundation

American Asthma Foundation

American Diabetes Association

American Heart Association

American Institute for Cancer Research

American Lung Association

American Respiratory Care Foundation

Arthritis Foundation

Arthritis National Research Foundation

Beckman Foundation

Cancer Research Institute

Gates Foundation

Human Frontier Science Program

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

Prostate Cancer Foundation

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Wellcome Trust

Additional Non-Federal Research Funding Opportunities

AACP regularly searches for other relevant research funding opportunities and makes them available below to our members.

AAPS New Investigator Grant in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism: The award is intended to support the research efforts of this outstanding individual who is engaged in carrying out research in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism. This research may include animal or human experimental studies or involve in vivo or in vitro experimental studies or involve in vivo or in vitro experimental designs. Deadline: May 8, 2013

AAPS New Investigator Grant in Pharmaceutics and the Pharmaceutical Technologies: The award is a one-time grant to be used to support the research effort of an individual actively engaged in training graduate students and carrying out basic research in pharmaceutics, drug delivery and/or the pharmaceutical technologies. Deadline: May 13, 2013

Pfeiffer Research Foundation, Gustavus and Louise Research Grant: The Foundation was established by Gustavus A. Pfeiffer and Louise F. Pfeiffer as a family foundation for the improvement of public health through the advancement of medicine and pharmacy. The Foundation makes grants for support of graduate medical and pharmacy school research projects and postgraduate scholarship programs administered by the institution. Deadline: July 25, 2013

PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants in Pharmacology/Toxicology: The purpose of these grants is to offer financial support to individuals beginning their independent research careers at the faculty level. The areas of interest within this program are research efforts in the fields of pharmacology and drug toxicology. Deadline: September 1, 2013

PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants in Pharmaceutics: The purpose of these grants is to offer financial support to individuals beginning their independent research careers at the faculty level. The areas of interest within this program are research efforts in the fields of pharmaceutics. Deadline: September 1, 2013

PhRMA Foundation - Center of Excellence for Comparative Effectiveness Research: The PhRMA Foundation is showing its support of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) education by awarding annual grants to institutions that will develop comprehensive, degree-granting programs in CER. Deadline: September 15, 2013

Pharmacy Resident Practice-Based Research Grant: The foundation is offering a research grant program that will support practice-based research, related to the ASHP/ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), conducted by residents in ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency programs or by residents in pharmacy residency programs that have submitted an application for ASHP accreditation. Deadline: October 19, 2013

PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants in Health Outcomes: The purpose of these grants is to offer financial support to individuals beginning their independent research careers at the faculty level. This program supports individuals beginning independent research careers in academia who do not have other substantial sources of research funding. Deadline: February 1, 2014

Last update 4/22/13                                                                 Next update 5/22/13