Funding Opportunities

This purpose of the (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00) program is to support a cohort of early career, independent investigators from diverse backgrounds conducting research. As noted in the call, applicants from “diverse backgrounds” include individuals from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences in consideration of race and ethnicity, disability, disadvantaged backgrounds and gender. Please see the program announcement(s) below for details.

K99/R00 applicants must have no more than 4 years of postdoctoral research experience as of the relevant application due date. Individuals must be in mentored, postdoctoral training positions to be eligible to apply to the K99/R00 program.

PAR-21-271 - Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

• Designed for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary clinical trial. Applicants to this FOA are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.

PAR-21-272 - Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Required)

• Designed for applicants proposing to serve as the lead investigator of an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or a separate ancillary clinical trial, as part of their research and career development.

PAR-21-273 - Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity (K99/R00 Independent Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required [BESH])

• For basic science experimental studies involving humans, referred to in NOT-OD-18-212 as “prospective basic science studies involving human participants.” These studies fall within the NIH definition of a clinical trial and also meet the definition of basic research. Types of studies that should be submitted under this FOA include studies that prospectively assign human participants to conditions (i.e., experimentally manipulate independent variables) and that assess biomedical or behavioral outcomes in humans for the purpose of understanding the fundamental aspects of phenomena without specific application towards processes or products in mind.

Due Dates

As noted in the call, NIH standard dates apply. However, please see each call in case specific deadlines are assigned to the NIH institute you plan to apply to.

The NIH Office of Extramural Research offers various training opportunities, grants and awards in the applicant’s institution, and loan repayment to researchers.

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NIH Loan Repayment Programs are a vital component of our nation's efforts to recruit and retain health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. In return for a two-year commitment to engage in NIH mission relevant research, NIH will repay up to $50,000 annually of a researcher’s qualified educational debt. Applications for the NIH Loan Repayment Program are due by November 16, 2023 and must be completed online using NIH ASSIST. Visit the Research Navigator website for details and a list of information and materials MGH applicants must send to MGH Research Management to apply for the NIH Loan Repayment Program. Browse the LRP FAQ.

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Several NIH institutes offer additional funding for well-qualified individuals from underrepresented minority groups to receive research training under an existing T32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award. Participating NIH institutes administratively award an additional position/trainee slot, designated specifically for a selected underrepresented minority trainee to an existing T32 award. In most cases this can be either a predoctoral or postdoctoral slot, depending on your T32 program.

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The NIH provides funding to attract students, trainees and faculty who are underrepresented in medicine (URM), have a disability or a disadvantaged background, to research careers. NIH Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research provide additional funding for trainees and faculty to work on an existing NIH-funded project in a particular area of interest.

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Executive Committee On Research (ECOR) is the central planning and policy-making body of the Mass General research enterprise. It awards approximately 150 internal grants each year.

Learn more about the MGH ECOR Funded Awards

Awards include the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award at the Scientific Interface, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Clinical Investigator Award, Ellison New Scholars Program in Aging, Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering, W.T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Program, Dana Foundation Program in Brain and Immuno-imaging, Mary Kay Ash Cancer Research Award, and more.

Learn more about the Harvard Medical School Foundation Funds

The MFDAP is designed for MGH-appointed faculty with less than five years post-training experience and fellows in their transition to junior faculty positions. These two awards include a grant and a loan forgiveness component and are based on the academic career of the applicant, either as a physician-scientist or clinician-teacher.

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The Mass General Research Institute intranet has ample information on funding sources.

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The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is designed to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine, dentistry, or nursing and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians, dentists, and nurse-scientists.

Find out more about the RWJ Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award

Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides support for young scientists from Latin America to receive postdoctoral training in the United States. The program gives these individuals an opportunity to further their scientific knowledge by promoting exchange and collaboration between investigators in the United States and Latin America resulting in advances in research in Latin America.

The program funds 10 Latin American biomedical researchers during their Postdoctoral training in the U.S. by providing a $30,000 annual salary stipend for two years. Participants who return to Latin America and establish independent labs receive an additional $70,000 grant from Pew to purchase equipment and supplies. To receive this payment, a fellow must have a confirmed position and lab space in Latin America at the end of his or her fellowship period.

The Pew Latin American Fellows Program application deadline: August 16, 2023

Please contact Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to this opportunity.

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The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy offers a one year paid fellowship in minority health policy.

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Designed to promote and support the careers of exceptional HMS URM junior faculty. The two-year program provides funding to assist participants with their professional development as faculty member researchers and clinician/teachers at HMS.

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A one-year, full-time training program, designed to provide outstanding physicians an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with the Health Resources and Services Administration.

A two-year, non-degree Faculty Fellowship Program for Harvard junior faculty designed to provide additional support for clinical and translational research.

Explore HMS Catalyst Fellowships

A two-year, non-degree Faculty Fellowship Program for Harvard Medical School (HMS) junior faculty that enables fellows to pursue activities that enhance their development as researchers and clinicians/teachers.

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Are you interested in finding new external funding opportunities for your research or program? PIVOT is a library database that indexes funding announcements from government agencies, private foundations and nonprofits, and international sponsors. It contains information from disciplines including (but not limited to) medicine, the physical and social sciences, as well as engineering.

PIVOT allows users to easily limit results by criteria including citizenship, geographic location, or career stage. PIVOT Funding Alerts provide a weekly, individualized notification of new & updated funding opportunities based on the user’s saved searches.

At this seminar you will learn how to:

• Describe your funding interests in the context of competitive funding opportunities
• Apply search strategies for finding a diverse portfolio of potential funding sponsors
• Set up Funding Alerts for continued monitoring of funding announcements

Create Your Pivot Account Today!
Set up a username and password to access the database, save searches, and track individual funding opportunities.

1. Go to this website to begin registration.
2. Use your partners.org or harvard.edu email address and select "Harvard University" as the affiliated institution.
3. Once you’ve created a password, you’ll receive an automated email message. Click on the link provided in that message to confirm your account.
4. Log in to the database using your email and password.

Facilitator:

Amy Robb, Associate Director, Prospective Research and Funding Opportunities, Corporate and Foundation Relations, MGH Development Office

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Amy Robb is Associate Director for Prospect Research and Funding Opportunities in the MGH Development Office. Ms. Robb holds a master’s in library and information science from UIUC and a graduate certificate in women’s studies from The George Washington University.

Prior to joining MGH, Amy served on the ADVANCE Program at Brown University, a 5-year NSF initiative that worked to facilitate the advancement of women faculty in STEM. She was the inaugural Field Librarian in Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan Graduate Library as well as librarian/archivist for the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.