Biocodex Microbiota Foundation- Call for Projects USA Grant

Biocodex Microbiota Foundation- Call for Projects USA Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Biocodex Microbiota Foundation
Amount: US $50,000
Last Updated: August 25, 2025

Summary

The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation invites early career researchers in the microbiome field from U.S. institutions to apply for the 2024 grant. This initiative focuses on groundbreaking research into gut microbiota's role in human health and disease, particularly in areas like circadian rhythms and metabolic disorders. The grant supports operational costs, allowing for innovative projects aimed at fostering independent research careers in microbiota studies.

Overview

Theme Gut Microbiota in human health and disease focusing on groundbreaking areas of research such as circadian rhythms, neurological conditions, metabolic disorders, and oncology. Mission With a mission of advancing the research and understanding of human microbiota, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling on inspired early career researchers from American institutions in the microbiome field to submit proposals for funding their projects. Leveraging a national board of independent scientists to select the most exciting proposal and to help fund young investigators, Biocodex plans to lead the charge in this field of study by giving an annual national grant to different research topics in the microbiome field. For 2024, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation American grant will be awarded to an investigator studying “Gut Microbiota in human health and disease focusing on groundbreaking areas of research such as circadian rhythms, neurological conditions, metabolic disorders, and oncology". This grant may be applied to a new or an existing ongoing study.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. This grant is intended to be mainly an operational grant, not a salary grant. Indirect institutional costs are allowed (up to 10%).Applicants must be an advanced degree holder. Grant must be applied to research in a USA institution. Applicant may have no more than 10 years of research experience post-terminal degree (time spent in clinical training is excluded).The ideal candidate is an early career researcher with 5 years or less research experience. The grant is intended as a seeding or bridging grant, to help investigators initiate or continue a project to become independent.