The McKnight Scholar Awards are given to exceptional young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent laboratory and research career. The intent of the program is to foster the commitment by these scientists to research careers that will have an important impact on the study of the brain. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg

The Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain (SCPAB) Transition to Independence (TTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in cognitive aging and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty).

The SFARI Bridge to Independence (BTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in autism and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty). Amount: $190,000+. Deadline: 1/10/24.

The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) Transition to Independence (TTI) program engages talented early-career scientists from diverse and/or historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue research in systems and computational neuroscience and facilitates their transition into independent faculty positions at research institutions within or outside the U.S. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty).

The major goal of AFAR is to assist in the development of the careers of junior investigators committed to pursuing careers in the field of aging research. GFMR and AFAR support research projects concerned with understanding the basic mechanisms of aging rather than disease-specific research. OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin  (Feinberg faculty) or Heidi Jurgens (Evanston campus faculty). Amount: Up

Through its Grant Programs, the Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to the early 19th century. Two grant programs are accepting applications. The application portal will open on December 1. OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: Not specified (recent grants have averaged $16,000).

The BBRF Distinguished Investigator Grants provide support for experienced investigators (full professor or equivalent) conducting neurobiological and behavioral research. OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter (Evanston campus faculty) or Michelle Melin-Rogovin(Feinberg faculty). Amount: $100,000. Deadline: 12/5/23.

The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation is a private foundation that supports early-stage investigators engaged in biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis, or treatment of disease. (LIMITED SUBMISSION). OFR Contact: Catherine Cotter. Amount: $500,000. Deadline:12/7/23 (Internal proposal).

The Terra Foundation supports visual arts projects with a focus on art of the United States and Indigenous art of North America that question and broaden understandings of American art and transform how its stories are told.OFR Contact: Chloe Taft Kang. Amount: $10,000-$25,000. Deadline: 12/8/23 (LOI)

In the interest of maintaining a grantmaking portfolio that supports inquiry into issues of vital social, cultural, and historical import, the Higher Learning program at the Mellon Foundation (focused on the humanities and social justice) invites ideas for research and/or curricular projects focused on any of the following three areas: 1) Cultures of US Democracy,