Alpha-1 Foundation In-Cycle Research Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- September 2026
From the program guidelines: “Submitted through the Foundation's grants program (grant-opportunities page, not in the scraped set this cycle); reviewed by the Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) and announced annually (recently around the spring ATS conference).”
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofits
Geography
- Florida
Overview
The Alpha-1 Foundation is the largest non-government funder of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) research, having invested over $100 million across 130+ institutions worldwide. Its flagship investigator-initiated In-Cycle Research Grants fund basic and translational research advancing understanding of Alpha-1 (lung and liver disease). Awarded annually; recent cycles funded ~10-11 grants totaling $1.5M-$1.7M. Eligible applicants are researchers at universities, hospitals and research institutes (US and international).
How to Apply
Submitted through the Foundation's grants program (grant-opportunities page, not in the scraped set this cycle); reviewed by the Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) and announced annually (recently around the spring ATS conference).
What Alpha-1 Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 19
- Total given
- $1.81M
- Median grant
- $63K
- Range
- $7,500–$471K
- 26% of its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Florida, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Florida 26%, Massachusetts 20%, Texas 14%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Gainsville, FL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 47% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
University of Florida · Gainsville, FL
Research
$471K
Regents of the Univ of California · Davis, CA
Research
$179K
Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc · Boston, MA
Research
$174K
Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX
Research
$174K
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO
Research
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
Project Locations
- FL
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