Sponsors A-Z

Air Force basic scientific research program

Promote and encourage excellent research enabling measurements of importance to Agilent Technologies and the world.

A not-for-profit grantmaking institution that supports high quality, impartial scientific research; fosters a robust, diverse scientific workforce; strengthens public understanding and engagement with science; and promotes the health of the institutions of scientific endeavor.

Offers financial support programs for students, research teams, and faculty in pursuit of scientific study and discovery.

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Arch Grants is a nonprofit organization that accelerates economic development and community revitalization by providing $50,000 equity-free grants and pro bono support services to entrepreneurs who locate their early-stage businesses in St. Louis.

Solicits research proposals for cutting-edge innovative research that could produce discoveries that would have a significant impact on enabling new and improved Army operational capabilities and related technologies.

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation provides grants to researchers and non-profit research institutions in chemistry and life sciences to promote scientific discoveries, and particularly to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research.

Focuses on transformational energy projects that can be meaningfully advanced with a small investment over a defined period of time.

Global Grand Challenges- fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.

Dedicated to finding a cure for meningioma and other primary brain tumors and to understanding of brain function as it relates to these tumors.

Camille Dreyfus directed that the Foundation’s purpose be “to advance the science of chemistry, chemical engineering and related sciences as a means of improving human relations and circumstances throughout the world.”

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Providing resources to make groundbreaking cancer research possible.

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Innovation hub of bioscience and technology research, development and commercialization, serving as the anchor of St. Louis’ growing ecosystem for innovative startup programs and established companies.

Fosters new generations of elite scientists and fill gaps in traditional funding that threaten future breakthroughs.

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Committed to advancing brain research.

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Pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security.

Engaging with DARPA

Uses grants to improve the lives of children, enable creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore the earth’s natural systems.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Awards for study or program development in languages and regions critical to national security.

To ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

The Department of Homeland Security distributes grant funds to enhance the ability of regional authorities to prepare, prevent and respond to terrorist attacks and other disasters.

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Funds basic biomedical research in St. Louis and throughout the United States.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Grants devoted to cancer research

Working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.

Supports early career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Encouraging early-career research and recognizing ground-breaking research.

Deadline: May

Internal Selection: No

PI Eligibility:

Citizenship:

Rank:

Years since receiving PhD:

Funds: $50,000 equity-free

Number of submissions allowed:

Research that advances the state-of-the-art in the field, applying AI to products and to new domains, and developing tools to ensure that everyone can access AI.

Fosters path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements, and preservation of the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Deadline: May
Internal selection: No
PI Eligibility:
Eligibility is restricted to investigators who received either two or more R01 equivalent awards (defined here as R01, R37 awards), or a single award of greater than $400,000 direct costs, from NIGMS in FY2014 or 2015 and with one or more of their awards expiring in FY2017, FY2018, or FY2019. Other investigators are ineligible.
Citizenship: Not specified.
Rank: Not specified.
Years since receiving PhD: Not specified.
Funding: Applications may request up to $750,000 direct costs per year and may request a maximum project period of five years.
Number of submissions allowed: See solicitation guidelines.
Notes: The investigator is required to devote at least 51% of his/her research effort, which does not include effort expended toward teaching, administration and/or clinical duties. Investigators receiving a MIRA award are required to relinquish their other NIGMS research grants.

Seeks scientists whose research shows promise in bringing society closer to preventing, treating, and curing diseases of the brain and behavior.

Co-investments into high-tech startups headquartered in Missouri.

Enable a safer, more secure, efficient, and environmentally-friendly air transportation system through aeronautics research; operate the International Space Station and prepare for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit; explore the Earth-Sun system, our own solar system, and the universe beyond; and develop the crosscutting, advanced and pioneering new technologies needed for current and future missions, benefiting the aerospace industry and other agencies, and addressing national needs.

Largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, investing to enhance life, and reduce illness and disability.

Advancing the progress of science by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

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Makes broad investments in basic and applied research that will increase fundamental knowledge, foster opportunities for breakthroughs and provide technology options for future naval capabilities and systems.

Global Research Outreach (GRO) Program

• Deadline:
  • Internal Selections: April
  • Funder: September
• Internal Selection/ Limited Submission: Yes
• Eligibility: Pursuing independent research career in biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and related areas in chemistry, medicine, and the biological sciences. Faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level within 2 years of July 1 of the deadline year. Must be their first tenure-track position at an invited institution.
• Funding: $100,000 per year for 3 years

Provides funding to young cancer researchers at the start of their careers, creating the next generation of cancer researchers.

The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Invests in research, development, and outreach of new varieties and technologies to mitigate animal/plant diseases and increase productivity, sustainability, and product quality.

Support for research into cures for cancer.

*Internal Selections deadline applies*

Supports outstanding science, engineering, and medical research.

Funding opportunities available through the University.

Assists scholarly research in the life sciences.