The Funding Forecaster listings below are updated regularly and include internal (CHOP/Penn), federal, and foundation funding opportunities. 

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COVID-19 RELATED FUNDING

   NIH COVID-19 Funding

• NIH COVID-19 related information for funding applicants and recipients   (Updated weekly by NIH)    Various due dates
• NIH Director’s Emergency Transformative Research Awards (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) "For new, innovative perspectives and approaches to the prevention of, preparation for, or response to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, domestically or internationally. Any relevant area of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 research is welcome, including behavioral/social science research, research on health disparities, novel therapeutics, and other related topics." Applications open August 30 and are accepted through September 30, 2020
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) Rapid Development of Diagnostics (RADX) Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution AND Innovative Technologies to Increase U.S. Capacity for COVID-19 Testing. Applications accepted on a rolling basis until further notice
• NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx--UP )  Whereas other RADx initiatives are focused on the development of better diagnostic tools, RADx-UP is focused on understanding and addressing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality disparities among underserved and vulnerable populations across the United States by implementing testing programs that will overcome barriers to and increase uptake of testing in these populations. Application due Friday, August 7, 2020
• NIAID Emergency Awards: Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (R21, Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Rolling due dates through April 30, 2021

   OTHER COVID-19 Funding and Support

• Merck Research Grant for Pandemic Preparedness Rolling deadlines
• Additional COVID-19 related funding opportunities  (Updated daily by InfoGlobal)    Various due dates

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FEDERAL FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS:   

      National Institutes of Health (NIH)   (See above for NIH funding relating to COVID-19)

      New Mechanisms of Note: 

• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Program supports early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. Application due Friday, August 21, 2020
• NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose highly innovative research projects with the potential to produce a major impact on broad, important areas relevant to the mission of NIH. Application due Friday, September 11, 2020

      Additional NIH announcements:

• NIH Weekly Funding Notices and Announcements by release date  Generally, NIH letters of intent (LOIs) are due a month after release dates and applications are due two months after release dates.
• NIH requests for applications (RFAs) in reverse chronology by release date
• NIH parent announcements (PAs and PARs) in reverse chronology by release date

      National Science Foundation (NSF)

• (NSF) Cogntive Neuroscience program "Seeks highly innovative proposals that employ brain-based measurements in order to advance our understanding of the neural systems that mediate cognitive processes." Application due Thursday August 13, 2020
• The Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)  Research at the Interface of Biological Sciences and Mathematics, Statistics "To support fundamental research in mathematics and statistics necessary to answer questions in the biological and biomedical sciences. Both agencies recognize the need to promote research at the interface between mathematical and life sciences. This program is designed to encourage new collaborations, as well as to support innovative activities by existing teams." Applications accepted between September 1, 2020 and September 18, 2020

      Department of Defense (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)

• DOD -- CDMRP Kidney Cancer Program: Several grant mechanisms, some with due dates as early as July 15, 2020
• DOD -- CDMRP Vision Research Program: Preapplication due Tuesday July, 28, 2020
• Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Reference Table of Award Mechanisms and Submission Requirements. For several grants, Letters of Intent (LOI), due as early as Thursday, July 30, 2020
• DoD-CDMRP Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research: Idea Development Award  Preapplication due Friday, August 21, 2020
• DOD Lupus Research Program Preapplication due Tuesday, August 25, 2020

      Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

• PCORI Phased Large Awards for Comparative Effectiveness Research  Due date for Letter of Intent (LOI) extended to September 29, 2020

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UPCOMING FOUNDATION GRANT DEADLINES

Beckman Young Investigator Award in Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences  "For the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences, particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research." Letter of Intent (LOI) due Monday, August 3, 2020

Limited Application Due Dates 

The University has been invited to submit a limited number of applications for the following two awards. The Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) will select candidates from the School to put forward at the University level. The University Provost's Office will then select the final candidates for both awards. PSOM faculty, including those based at CHOP, should submit materials to Connie Weinstein at clw [at] pennmedicine.upenn.edu (due dates below)

• Searle Scholars Award for early assistant professors "pursuing independent research programs in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience,  pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences.". Limited application. Appplicatnts must include letter of nomination from department chair.  Submit materials to Connie Weinstein at clw [at] pennmedicine.upenn.edu by 9:00 am on Monday, July 13, 2020
• Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award Program for early stage investigators, generally in the first three years of a tenure track appoinment, "supports basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer, neuroscience and immunology." Appplicatnts must include letter of nomination from department chair.  Submit materials to Connie Weinstein at clw [at] pennmedicine.upenn.edu by 9:00 am on Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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Additional Foundation Due Dates

• NEW DUE DATES ADDED FOR JULY and AUGUST!   Upcoming due dates for foundation funding applications (RFAs) HERE
• Foundation funding opportunities for the entire year, by month typically due HERE
• List of foundation grants previously awarded to CHOP PIs HERE  (Successful colleagues on this list may be able to provide you with insight on a particular foundation.)

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CYLICAL PILOT AND LIMITED APPLICATION GRANTS:

• CHOP/Penn Pilot Grants (List of all recurring opportunities, with month typically due)
• Limited Application Grants (Limited number accepted from invited institutions, with month typically due)

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FUNDING SEARCH TOOLS:

• All Federal Agencies (grants.gov)
• Customize your search and receive individual email alerts from the NIH, and from several foundations 
• NIH Matchmaker can be used for keyword searches of a topic area to identify NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs) that have previously funded research in that area.
• NIH search by key word for "unsolicited or investigator-initiated" Parent  Announcements
• NSF Funding Search
• Proposal central/foundation grant opportunities