Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation: Grant

The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation provides crucial support for early-stage biomedical researchers in the first four years of their tenure-track positions at American institutions. With grants of $75,000 annually for up to three years, this funding aims to help investigators advance their projects towards securing independent funding. The foundation emphasizes the importance of a clear project description and requires a one to two-page lay summary, making it accessible to both scientific and non-scientific board members.

Grant Proposals
The funds are designed to provide to tenure track faculty members in their first to fourth year, at American Institutions, who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees, start-up support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained.
The grant provides $75,000 annually for a period of up to three years. Grants are not renewable.  Institutions may submit one proposal per session. Interested candidates should work through their sponsored projects office. Funding for years 2, 3 is contingent upon approval of a yearly progress report.
Guidelines
Proposals must contain an adequately detailed description of the project to be clearly understandable by the scientific members of the Trustees.  They need not be in the detail requested by the NIH for R01 grants and should not exceed five pages in length.  Additional material can be submitted, but the five-page application should contain the essential information.  References should also be included to support the proposal.  Note that the five page limit is only for the project description.
A one-two page lay summary must be provided as part of the proposal. Applicants should bear in mind that our Board includes non-scientist members, making this summary of particular importance.  The summary should include the project’s title, and the investigator's contact information.
In addition to the institution providing recognition of an internal selection process resulting in no more than one candidate, (this requires just a sentence that may be included in the letters), the proposal must be accompanied by letters of approval by the Dean of the medical school and/or another senior faculty member or members who can represent the support of the institution and who are acquainted with the qualifications of the applicant and the potential impact of his/her work.
An updated biosketch must accompany the application.
Proposals must contain an adequate budget with a breakdown as to how the funds will be used.  It is important to justify how the funds to be received will be used to advance the unique problem under study in a way that cannot be done with existing funds.  In addition, the proposal must detail the levels of support of any grants already available or pending.
A grant is made on the assumption that the recipient will use the funds for the purposes indicated in the application and in the same institution.  If the recipient moves to another institution during the term of the grant, payments may or may not be continued, depending upon reconsideration by the Trustees of the Foundation upon receipt of a written request and justification for transfer of funds.

Eligibility

Tenure track faculty members in their first to fourth year, at American Institutions, who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degreesGrants will be made and restricted to domestic institutions.

Ineligibility

Applicants with current R01 funding should not apply.The Foundation will not fund overhead.