FOA-Innovator
Awards; October 19, 2020
Agency
Kenneth
Rainin Foundation
Description
The
Kenneth Rainin Foundation has announced that it is
opening its annual Innovator Awards early to meet researcher needs. The program
supports scientists worldwide who embrace novel, untested ideas with the
potential to advance the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). In response
to feedback from the grantee community, the foundation will accept Letters of
Inquiry for the Innovator Awards program from September 21–October
19.
The
awards program will provide grants of up to $150,000 in support of one-year
research projects. Researchers who demonstrate significant progress in their
first year may receive up to two years of additional support. Rainin
Foundation grants have supported projects in areas such as bioengineering, diet
and nutrition, molecular biology, fecal microbiota transplant, immunity and
inflammation, microbiome, and therapeutic development and
delivery.
The
foundation continues to prioritize gender equity in its funding to ensure a
diversity of perspectives and welcomes applications from other researchers who
are underrepresented in science. Early, mid-, and senior career IBD
investigators are encouraged to apply, as are those from other disciplines who
can bring a new perspective to IBD research. The foundation will accept
applications from a single principal investigator or a group of investigators,
and from researchers at both nonprofit and for-profit institutions worldwide.
Current and former Rainin Foundation Innovator and
Synergy Award grantees are welcome to apply for funding for a new research
project.
Closing
Date:
October
19, 2020 (LOIs)
Link
to Full Announcement:
https://krfoundation.org/earlier-innovator-award-funding/
Contact
Information:
Laura
Wilson, PhD
Director,
Health Strategy & Ventures