March of Dimes: Discovery Research Grants

Discovery Research Grants

Discovery Grants are for established scientists with a history of published work in the maternal and infant health and related fields.

These grants are awarded to seasoned researchers seeking to make consequential translational discoveries that will drastically alter clinical care for pregnant people and babies, whether through evidence-based prevention, diagnosis, or intervention.

Discovery Grants are funding vehicles for research inquiries that are as practical as they are ambitious, as attainable as they are groundbreaking, and as transformative as they are necessary. These grants are given to researchers with inquiries that have the power to drastically improve pregnancy and birth outcomes across the US.

Priority Areas

The proposed research should focus on one of these priority topic areas:

• Spontaneous preterm birth.
• Decreasing Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality by Improving Access to High Quality Health Care
• Cardiovascular health conditions developed during pregnancy or exacerbated during pregnancy

Please note:

• All studies must have the potential to improve clinical care and decrease the rate of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality;
• All topics may include investigations looking at the periods of pregnancy, intrapartum, and up to one year postpartum;
• Research may include human studies or studies with human tissue or studies at the population level;
• Models systems research is discouraged, but is eligible if used to validate novel human disease processes;
• Research proposals may involve information and communications technology innovations.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• March of Dimes invites submissions from:
  • health professionals, health researchers, epidemiologists and social scientists with doctoral academic degrees, and either a faculty appointment or equivalent at academic universities, hospitals and research institutions; or
  • those who are employees of small businesses, startup companies, non-profit organizations; or
  • pharmaceutical companies committed to research in the area of maternal and infant health.
• These applications are not limited to U.S. citizens/are open to global applicants.

Ineligibility

• Applicants may not hold any other current March of Dimes grants when applying.