Foundation Grants
Below is a comprehensive, regularly updated master list of available Awards to support our research faculty's work, studies, or initiatives. To learn more about the foundation grants, visit the Foundation Grants Description page. For Award opportunities, visit the Awards page.
Use the sortable table below to browse and compare funding opportunities by grant type, eligibility, application deadline, amount, and more.
| &Name | Funder | *Type | Age Limit/Special Eligibility | %Submit Materials | Pre-Application Submission Accepted | Internal Full Proposal Deadline | UTSW Handling Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic to Mission (STM) grant | The Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio (BHFSA) | Limited | This opportunity supports research or service addressing issues aligning with the demographics of Greater San Antonio. The focus may vary from year to year. | Submit: 1-page pre-application, outlining the project’s significance, general goals, and alignment with Greater San Antonio’s demographics and applicant's CV | 7/15/2025 | 3/1/2025 to 5/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Initiator Award (INI) | American Diabetes Association | Limited | Eligible applicants must currently be in research training positions (post-doctoral fellow, research fellowship) and have no more than seven years of research training following terminal doctoral degree. Applicants cannot concurrently hold an NIH K99/R00 grant. | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's postdoctoral mentor | 5/1/2025 to 5/31/2025 | 7/5/2025 | SPA |
| Accelerator Award (ACE) | American Diabetes Association | Limited | Early-career diabetes investigators proposing innovative and ambitious diabetes-related research programs. Applicants may currently hold independent NIH funding (K, U or R awards, including an initial R01/U01) but must not have applied for (regardless of outcome), or received, an R01/U01 renewal or a second R01/U01 award. | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 5/1/2025 to 5/31/2025 | 7/5/2025 | SPA |
| Pew Biomedical Scholars Award | Pew Charitable Trusts | Limited | Early-stage investigator | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 12/8/2024 to 2/8/2025 | 4/20/2025 | Development Office |
| Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant | The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | Limited | Early-stage investigator, Applicants with current R01 funding should not apply, odd years | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 2/1/2025 to 4/1/2025 | 7/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Award | Rita Allen Foundation | Limited | Early-stage investigator | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 5/1/2025 to 7/1/2025 | 10/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Ted Nash Grant | Ted Nash Long Life Foundation | Limited | Even years only | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 5/10/2025 to 7/10/2025 | 10/1/2025 | Development Office |
| The Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Awards | Warren Alpert Foundation | Limited | Postdoctoral scientists of exceptional creativity in the field of neurosciences | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's postdoctoral mentor | 6/1/2025 to 8/1/2025 | 10/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Mathers Foundation Grant - Fall Cycle | G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation Grants | Limited | Two cycles a year | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 5/1/2025 to 7/1/2025 | 9/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Mathers Foundation Grant - Spring Cycle | G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation Grants | Limited | Two cycles a year | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 5/1/2025 to 7/1/2025 | 2/25/2025 | Development Office |
| Vallee Scholar Award | Vallee Foundation | Limited | Early-stage investigator, Invitation only. institutions not invited every year. | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 7/10/2025 | 4/20/2025 | Development Office |
| Keck Award - Fall Cycle | W.M. Keck Foundation | Limited | Two cycles a year, UTSW may submit one application per grant cycle to each of the two research programs: the Medical Research Program and the Science and Engineering Research Program | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 4/1/2025 to 6/1/2025 | 10/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Keck Award - Spring Cycle | W.M. Keck Foundation | Limited | Two cycles a year, UTSW may submit one application per grant cycle to each of the two research programs: the Medical Research Program and the Science and Engineering Research Program | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 4/1/2025 to 6/1/2025 | 4/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Award | Ono Pharma Foundation | Limited | None | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 9/15/2025 to 11/15/2025 | 2/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering | The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Limited | Early-stage investigator | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 12/1/2025 to 2/1/2026 | 4/5/2025 | Development Office |
| Kleberg Foundation Medical Research Grant - Fall Cycle | Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation | Limited | Two cycles a year | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 4/10/2025 to 6/10/2025 | 9/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Kleberg Foundation Medical Research Grant - Spring Cycle | Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation | Limited | Two cycles a year | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 4/10/2025 to 6/10/2025 | 3/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Searle Scholars Program Grant | Kinship Foundation | Limited | Early-stage investigator | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 5/1/2025 to 7/1/2025 | 9/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Mallinckrodt Foundation Scholar Award | The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation | Limited | Mid-stage investigator, 5-8 years of independence, even years | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV, and a recommendation letter from applicant's Department Chair or Center Director | 9/1/2025-11/1/2025 | 1/2/2026 | Development Office |
| Sontag Foundation Grant | Sontag Foundation | Open | Early-stage investigator working in the area of brain cancer | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 2/28/2026 | Development Office |
| Make a Difference Grants | Greenwall Foundation | Open | Supports research to help resolve important emerging or unanswered bioethics problems in clinical, biomedical, or public health decision-making, policy, or practice. Twice per year. A Letter of Intent is required for each cycle – LOI deadline 6/23/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Emerging Research Grants | Hearing Health Foundation | Open | Seed money to researchers working on the entire spectrum of hearing research and balance research | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 2/14/2026 | Development Office |
| Third Generation Fellowship Program | Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation | Open | Post-doctoral or junior faculty candidates who are investigating the causes, prevention, and treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD or depression | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 12/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Awards in the Neurosciences | Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund | Open | Supports early-career investigators engaged in basic or clinical research for a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 1/14/2026 | Development Office |
| Accelerating Impact for Hard-to-Treat Cancers Award | Children's Cancer Research Fund | Open | Applicants must be PI-eligible at their sponsoring institution. Awardees are required to commit at least 10 percent of their research effort each year to activities supported by this award. A Letter of Intent is required – LOI deadline 3/10/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 6/20/2025 | Development Office |
| Childhood Cancer Survivorship Research Award | Children's Cancer Research Fund | Open | This award is intended to shape the future of cancer survivorship treatment and care. Applicants must be PI-eligible at their sponsoring institution. Awardees are required to commit at least 10 percent of their research effort each year to activities supported by this award. A Letter of Intent is required – LOI deadline 4/1/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.eduDevelopment Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Eliminating Disparities in Childhood Cancer Award | Children's Cancer Research Fund | Open | Applicants must be PI-eligible at their sponsoring institution. Awardees are required to commit at least 10 percent of their research effort each year to activities supported by this award. A Letter of Intent is required – LOI deadline 4/29/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Award - Cycle 1 | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Open | Early-stage funding to identify new treatment or cures for cancer. Three times per year. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 4/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Award - Cycle 2 | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Open | Early-stage funding to identify new treatment or cures for cancer. Three times per year. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Award - Cycle 3 | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | Open | Early-stage funding to identify new treatment or cures for cancer. Three times per year. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 12/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Bridge grants | National Psoriasis Foundation | Open | Support researchers who have submitted meritorious but unfunded K-type and R-type applications with a focus on psoriatic disease or its comorbidities. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 3/15/2025 | Development Office |
| The Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program | Francis Family Foundation | Open | Support the development of outstanding investigators embarking on careers in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 9/25/2025 | Development Office |
| Anna Lalor Burdick Program | Lalor Foundation | Open | Bring women information and access to reproductive health care, contraception, and pregnancy termination. Twice per year. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 4/15/2025 | Development Office |
| McKnight Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award (NBD Award) | The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience | Open | An independent investigator at a not-for-profit research institution in the United States, and must hold a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher. A Letter of Intent is required – LOI deadline 11/1/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 2/14/2026 | Development Office |
| McKnight Scholar Awards | The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience | Open | Independent investigators at not-for-profit research institutions in the United States and must hold a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor and must have served at that rank for less than five years at the application deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 11/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Open | Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in neuroscience, , physics, or a related field, be tenure-track, though untenured, as of September 15 of the nomination year and faculty position must carry a regular teaching obligation. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 9/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Whitehall Foundation Research Grants - Cycle 1 | Whitehall Foundation | Open | Assistant Professor (or higher) hold Principal Investigator status. Independence - must be considered an independent investigator conducting basic research in vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology. Three times per year. A Letter of Intent is required for each cycle – LOI deadline 1/15/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 5/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Whitehall Foundation Research Grants - Cycle 2 | Whitehall Foundation | Open | Assistant Professor (or higher) hold Principal Investigator status. Independence - must be considered an independent investigator conducting basic research in vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology. Three times per year. A Letter of Intent is required for each cycle – LOI deadline 4/15/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/15/2026 | Development Office |
| Whitehall Foundation Research Grants - Cycle 3 | Whitehall Foundation | Open | Assistant Professor (or higher) hold Principal Investigator status. Independence - must be considered an independent investigator conducting basic research in vertebrate and invertebrate neurobiology. Three times per year. A Letter of Intent is required for each cycle – LOI deadline 10/1/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 2/1/2026 | Development Office |
| Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) | Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation | Open | Researchers within the first four years of a tenure-track position conducting research in chemical and life sciences, citizens or permanent residents of the United States, Tenure-Track dates for the 2026 program must start after 1/1/2021, and on or before 8/1/2025. A Letter of Intent is required – LOI deadline 8/1/2025. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 10/20/2025 | Development Office |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award | Prostate Cancer Foundation | Open | The Young Investigator Awards offer career and project support for young (generally 35 and younger) proven investigators in postdoctoral fellowships or who have recently achieved junior faculty positions and are committing their lives to the field of prostate cancer. Also have PCF Challenge Awards and TACTICAL Awards. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 4/20/2025 | Development Office |
| Andrew MCDonough B+ Foundation Research Grants | Andrew MCDonough B+ Foundation | Open | Applicants must have a M.D., D.O., Ph.D, or PharmD degree, Assistant, Associate or Professor level investigators. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 8/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Tina's Wish Team Science Grant | The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation (“Tina’s Wish”) | Open | Collaborative team project for the early detection or interception of ovarian cancer. Once per two year, even years only. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 5/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Tina's Wish Rising Star Grant | The Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation (“Tina’s Wish”) | Open | Applicants should hold a PhD, MD, or MD, PhD degree. Applicants should hold a PhD, MD, and within three (3) years of their first faculty appointment studying the early detection or interception of ovarian cancer. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 5/17/2025 | Development Office |
| E.W. "AL" Thrasher Award - Cycle 1 | Thrasher Research Fund | Open | A doctoral-level degree is required, no citizenship or residency requirements with projects that are changing pediatric clinical care. Once per two year, even years only. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 4/1/2025 | Development Office |
| E.W. "AL" Thrasher Award - Cycle 2 | Thrasher Research Fund | Open | A doctoral-level degree is required, no citizenship or residency requirements with projects that are changing pediatric clinical care. Once per two year, even years only. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. A Concept Paper is required – CP deadline 7/15/2025. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 10/15/2025 | Development Office |
| One Mind for Research Rising Star | One Mind for Research Inc | Open | Applicants must be independent investigators at the rank of assistant or associate professor within 6 years of their initial independent appointment. Applicants must have a doctoral level degree in scientific fields relevant to mental health and psychiatry. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 5/1/2025 | Development Office |
| Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award - Cycle 1 | Thrasher Research Fund | Open | To encourage the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. Twice per year.All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. A Concept Paper is required – CP deadline 3/18/2025 | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 4/25/2025 | Development Office |
| Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award - Cycle 2 | Thrasher Research Fund | Open | To encourage the development of researchers in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers, helping them gain a foothold in this important area. Twice per year. All LOIs must be submitted to the Development Office via CFR@UTSouthwestern.edu at least two weeks prior to the foundation's deadline. A Concept Paper is required – CP deadline 9/2/2025 | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 10/10/2025 | Development Office |
| Welch Catalyst for Discovery Program Grant | Welch Foundation | Limited | Support transformative, fundamental research in chemistry and allied fields, including biochemistry, chemical biology, materials science, and nanoscience. Texas institution only. | Submit: 1-page pre-application, applicant's CV | 11/10/2024-1/10/2025 | 3/15/2026 | SPA |
| Kidney Cancer Association Trailblazer Award | Kidney Cancer Association | Open | Young Investigator in any focus in kidney cancer accepted | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 3/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Kidney Cancer Association Focus Award | Kidney Cancer Association | Open | Specific area of focus for Kidney cancer | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 3/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Rising Stars in Urology Research Award | Urology Care Foundation | Open | Be a board-certified or eligible urologist or be participating in a training program to obtain board certification in urology. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 6/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Pathway and Pipeline Grants | CUREPSP | Open | For Researchers - To advance understanding of the underlying PSP/CBD fundamental neurobiology. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 9/15/2025 | Development Office |
| Next Generation Award | Michelson Medical Research Foundation | Open | Younger than 35 yrs., Doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, and others in training or non-tenure track positions are eligible to apply for research in immunology and vaccine development. | CFR@utsouthwestern.edu Development Office with your final proposal for internal approval | N/A | 6/10/2025 | Development Office |
Table Notes:
- &Access each Name link for a brief description and to visit the foundation’s official website.
- *The 'Type' designation indicates nomination restrictions: 'Limited' denotes a restricted submission opportunity from UT Southwestern, coordinated through the Provost’s Office, with an internal competition to select UTSW nominee(s).
- 'Open' indicates an unrestricted opportunity, allowing any qualified individual to apply without a limit on nominees from UT Southwestern per cycle.
- %Submit pre-application materials for the internal competition by clicking “Submit Pre-Application Materials”.