A number of private agencies provide support for research. Links to several are noted below.

Aging 

• John A. Hartford Foundation

Breast Cancer 

• The Avon Foundation

Cancer

•   AACR- Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Center
•  Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
•  Elsa U. Pardee Foundation

Neurosciences

•   James S. McDonnell Foundation
•  McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
•  The Dana Foundation

Pediatrics           

• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• The Dyson Foundation

Theoretical Neurobiology & Computational Molecular Biology 

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Youth Development

• W. T. Grant Foundation 

Other Funding Opportunities

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund    
• Deafness Research Foundation
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
• Ellison Medical Foundation
• Foundation for Physical Therapy
• Glaucoma Research Foundation
• Pfizer Grant Programs
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund         
• The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida         
• The Foundation Finder
• Philanthropy News Digest, RFP Bulletin - Health Section
• Philanthropy News Digest, RFP Bulletin - Medical Research Section

 

Thinking of submitting an unsolicited proposal?

The Offices of Research and Medical Development are available to assist faculty members in identifying private foundations that might provide support for their research programs.  

 

For Coral Gables or Marine campus faculty, please contact Ms. Cara Sodos (csodos@miami.edu, 305-284-5531) or Dr. Jennifer McCafferty-Cepero (JMcCafferty@med.miami.edu, 305-243-6129) if you are considering preparing an unsolicited proposal to a private foundation.

 

For Miller Campus faculty, please contact Ms. Mary Ann Sprinkle (MSprinkle@med.miami.edu, 305-243-5606) or Dr. Jennifer McCafferty-Cepero (JMcCafferty@med.miami.edu, 305-243-6129) if you are considering preparing an unsolicited proposal to a private foundation.