Medical Research Grants (Seed, Resubmission and Redirection)
Community foundation seed grants for laboratory, clinical and population-based research by Rhode Island faculty, meant to generate preliminary data for larger federal or national applications, plus resubmission and redirection grants; designated funds cover areas such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and infectious disease.
- Indicative award
- up to $25k (total award)Page states grants of up to $25,000 each.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · NovPublished deadline: 2026-11-12 — 45 days awayApplications due 12 November 2026 at 3:00 p.m.; the review committee meets in February 2027. Seed grants run 18 months, resubmission and redirection grants 12 months.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Faculty at Rhode Island academic or hospital institutions only; seed grants are for assistant and associate professors appointed within the past five years, and fellows and postdocs are ineligible. IRB approval is required before funding.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- seed funding · population-based research · preliminary data · junior faculty · rhode island
- Apply at
- https://rifoundation.org/grant/medical-research-grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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