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Early Career Faculty Research Award

Necrotizing Enterocolitis NEC Society

Foundation Annual Grants for Science Research

Funding Amount

$5,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Early Career Faculty Research Award

Funder: Necrotizing Enterocolitis NEC Society

Award Amount: $5,000

Purpose: To support early-career faculty conducting research on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and related neonatal conditions. The NEC Society funds this award to recognize researchers who are key to driving progress and innovation in the NEC field.

Geographic Scope: United States (CA-based funder)

Focus Areas:

  • NEC pathogenesis and mechanisms

  • Diagnostic tools and biomarker identification

  • Gut motility and intestinal adaptation in premature infants

  • Intestinal barrier function and dysfunction

  • NEC prevention, diagnosis, and treatment innovations
  • Eligibility:

  • Early-career faculty members

  • Neonatologists, neonatologist-scientists, and clinician-researchers

  • Researchers from academic medical institutions
  • Recent Awardees:

  • 2025: Dr. Geoanna Marie Bautista, MD (UC Davis Children's Hospital) - Two-year project on NEC pathogenesis and the role of Piezo1 in gut maturation

  • 2024: Dr. Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD (University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill) - Project on NEC diagnostic tools through biomarker identification
  • Contact Information:

  • NEC Society

  • 907 3rd Street #128

  • Davis, CA 95616

  • Email: Sarah@NECsociety.org

  • Phone: 1-530-448-8088
  • Organization Status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID: 46-4426455)

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    Fields of Work

    science-research

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