Non-Federal Limited Deadlines

Schmidt Science Fellows

Schmidt Futures, Rhodes Trust

Fellowship for PhD students in the natural sciences to make a research pivot to postdoctoral study in a discipline that is substantially different than their PhD training. Eligible PhD programs: astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences, engineering, mathematics, computing and all sub-disciplines. Must expect to complete all PhD requirements between May 15, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, parental status, marital or civil partner status, race, color, ethnic or national origin, nationality, religion or belief.

Dartmouth may nominate three candidates. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to Guarini.Graduate.School@dartmouth.edu:

one-page letter of interest describing your proposed postdoctoral research project
current CV

Use "Schmidt Science Fellows" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

Internal submission deadline: April 15, 2024

Submit to Sponsor by: July 10, 2024

Coronary Heart Disease Research Program

Harold S. Geneen Charitable Trust

Supports research in the prevention of coronary heart disease or circulatory failure and improving care for these patients. Applications examining the intersection of coronary heart disease and/or congestive heart failure and COVID-19 or similar viral illnesses are highly encouraged. Basic and translational scientific research. No clinical studies.

Eligibility: faculty with less than $500,000 in direct-costs external funding at time of application. Applicants who have pending R01s or other large applications to the NIH and other agencies are encouraged to submit proposals to the Geneen Trust. Notification of funding after the application date will not impact eligibility for a Geneen Award.

Dartmouth may nominate one candidate. Applications are restricted to Geisel School of Medicine.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV.

Use "Geneen application" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

May 16 - internal application deadline

July 11 - external application

Infrastructure Grants

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Support for clinical research associates so institutions can treat more children on cancer clinical trials.

Dartmouth may submit one proposal per year.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "St. Baldrick's - Infrastructure" as the email subject line.

Important dates:

June 3 - internal application deadline
July 8 - deadline for letter of inquiry
August 26 - deadline for invited full proposal

St. Baldrick's Fellows

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

For third and fourth or fourth and fifth years of pediatric oncology fellowship training.

Dartmouth may submit one proposal per year. A second Fellow application will be accepted only if focused on one of the following:
Brain tumors – all types, including rare forms, especially atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)/diffuse midline glioma (DMG), and glioblastoma (GBM)
Burkitt lymphoma – all types, especially sporadic
Ewing sarcoma
Rhabdoid tumors - Extrarenal

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "St. Baldrick's Fellows" as the email subject line.

Important dates:
June 3 - internal application deadline
July 8 - deadline for letter of inquiry
August 26 - deadline for invited full proposal

Pathway to Stop Diabetes

American Diabetes Association

For all areas of diabetes research. Most nominees are anticipated to focus on advancing existing discoveries into pre-clinical and early-stage clinical research, but ADA also strongly encourages innovative later-stage translational research where feasible. Applications focused on a single clinical trial are out of scope.       

There are two programs:

Initiator For postdoctoral fellows: up to two years of mentored training, then up to five years of independent research support

Accelerator Up to five years of support for independent faculty

Dartmouth College, including Geisel, may nominate two candidates: one focused on basic science/preclinical research and one focused on translational science. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Pathway to Stop Diabetes" as the email subject line.

Important dates:
June 10 - internal application deadline
July 17 - Sponsor Deadline

Faculty Scholars Program

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Protected time, mentoring, and project support for early-career innovators in medical or nursing education. Should be assistant professor with roughly 3-8 years of full-time faculty experience. Informational webinar May 29.

Areas of priority:

Diversity of applicants
Diversity of institutions (first-time applying; diverse in geography, populations served, and community-based vs. research-intensive)

Geisel dean may nominate one candidate. To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Macy Faculty Scholars" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

June 12 - internal application deadline

September 15- external application

Medical Research Awards

Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research

For junior faculty members to conduct research on hematologic malignancies. Requires preliminary results and/or publications from applicant's independent laboratory.
Two programs:
Conventional research
Integrative medicine research and clinical trials. Evidence-based complementary interventions that optimize mainstream care and improve the lives of patients (e.g., acupuncture, mind-body interventions, manipulative and body-based therapies, nutrition, meditation, music therapy, yoga, physical fitness, use of biologically-based agents).

Eligibility: Conventional program is restricted to assistant professors who have held their current position for no more than five years; Integrative is open to both assistant and associate professors with no time limit on current position.

Dartmouth Cancer Center may nominate one candidate in the conventional category and one in integrative. Applicants should submit the following to Robert.W.Gerlach@dartmouth.edu using "Gabrielle's Angel Foundation" as the email subject line:
one-page research project summary
curriculum vitae

Deadlines:

June 17th - internal application deadline

August 16th - external application

Sloan Research Fellowships

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

For early-career scientists and scholars in these or related fields:
chemistry
computer science
Earth system science
economics
mathematics
neuroscience
physics

Must be tenure-track but untenured as of the application deadline. Faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. Application requires two representative articles from your research at Dartmouth. While not yet announced, the external sponsor deadline is anticipated to be September 15.

For questions about this opportunity and anticipated application materials, please contact corporate.and.foundation.relations@dartmouth.edu. 

Dartmouth may nominate up to three candidates in each area.
To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea and current CV. Use "Sloan Fellowships" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

June 28th - internal application deadline

September 15th - external application

Career Catalyst Research

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

To support early-career investigators working to develop strategies for earlier diagnosis, reduce risk of breast cancer, or increase the effectiveness of current therapies. Basic, translational, clinical and/or population science.
Cannot have held any faculty appointment, including non-tenure and tenure track appointments combined, for more than a total of 6 years by October 9, 2024. 

Each institution may nominate up to two candidates, if at least one of the two nominees identifies as someone from groups shown to be historically minoritized and marginalized in biomedical research from National Science Foundation data, including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, and individuals with disabilities, as well as individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds according to the criteria used by the NIH (https://extramural-diversity.nih.gov/diversity-matters/get-the-facts). 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: current CV; one-page description of your past and current research, and its impact on the field. Use "Susan G. Komen - Catalyst" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

July 1 - internal application deadline

August 9th - external application

Career Transition Award

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

To help outstanding senior postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows, working under the guidance of a mentor, launch their competitive, independent breast cancer research careers. Career Transition Awards provide up to five years of funding in two phases: Phase 1 supports the final years of mentored, postdoctoral training; and Phase 2 supports the independent research of the early-career, tenure-track investigators.

Each institution may nominate up to two candidates, if at least one of the two nominees identifies as someone from groups shown to be historically minoritized and marginalized in biomedical research from National Science Foundation data, including Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, and individuals with disabilities, as well as individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds according to the criteria used by the NIH (https://extramural-diversity.nih.gov/diversity-matters/get-the-facts). 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: current CV; one-page description of your past and current research, and its impact on the field. Use "Susan G. Komen - Transition" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

July 1 - internal application deadline

August 9th - external application

Searle Scholars Program

Kinship Foundation

For first- or second-year assistant professors in:
biochemistry
cell biology
genetics
immunology
neuroscience
pharmacology
related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences

Not ordinarily for purely clinical research but has supported research programs that include both clinical and basic components. See "Current Scholars" for funded examples. Applicants should have begun their appointment as an independent investigator at the assistant professor level on or after May 1, 2023. The appointment must be their first tenure-track position (or its nearest equivalent).

Dartmouth may nominate one candidate.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@Dartmouth.Edu one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV.

Use “Searle Scholars” as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

July 15th - internal application deadline

September 30th - external application