Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations
Washington University’s Foundation Relations serves as a link between the University and private foundations for the advancement of education and research. Before applying, please contact:
- University Corporate Relations: Debbie Meyer
- Foundation Relations: Katherine Kornfeld
McKelvey Industry Relations
The Office of Industry Relations can help your organization make connections, facilitate relationships, and engage with world-class faculty and students.
- Kelli Delfosse, Director, Industry Relations/Career Engagement
Candid
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Internal Selections
An internal selection is required when an external sponsor limits the number of applications that can be submitted by a single institution. Many foundation opportunities are limited competitions.
- Internal Selection Process: visit the WU Internal Selections Website and the Internal Selections Topic Page
- Federal Funders
- Private Funders
Private Sponsors
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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.
American Heart Association (AHA)
The largest non-profit, non-governmental funder of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular research in the U.S. Many research programs are offered annually and others are one-time grants.
Arch Grants
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.
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
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.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global Grand Challenges- fosters innovation to solve key health and development problems.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Nurtures a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need.
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
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.”
Cancer Research Foundation
Providing resources to make groundbreaking cancer research possible.
*Internal Selections deadline applies*
Clean Air Fund
Philanthropic initiative tackling global air pollution.
Cortex
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.
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
Fosters new generations of elite scientists and fill gaps in traditional funding that threaten future breakthroughs.
Dana Foundation
Committed to advancing brain research.
David & Lucile Packard Foundation
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.
Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation
Funds basic biomedical research in St. Louis and throughout the United States.
Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Grants devoted to cancer research
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Encouraging early-career research and recognizing ground-breaking research.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Fosters path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements, and preservation of the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Klingenstein Philanthropies
Supports early career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
Seeks scientists whose research shows promise in bringing society closer to preventing, treating, and curing diseases of the brain and behavior.
Searle Scholars Program
The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry.
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
Provides funding to young cancer researchers at the start of their careers, creating the next generation of cancer researchers.
Simons Foundation
The Simons Foundation’s mission is to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences.
*Internal Selections deadline applies*
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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.
V Foundation for Cancer Research
Support for research into cures for cancer.
Wellcome Leap
Funding programs that aim to deliver breakthroughs in human health over 5 – 10 years and demonstrate seemingly impossible results on seemingly impossible timelines.
Whitehall Foundation
Assists scholarly research in the life sciences.