Mathers Charitable Foundation Grant

The Mathers Charitable Foundation Grant focuses on advancing basic scientific research with the potential to transform human health. It supports institutions and investigators in fields such as immunology, cancer biology, and neuroscience while prioritizing impactful, foundational discoveries. The foundation empowers researchers to drive innovative solutions and foster meaningful contributions to science and society. Eligibility includes U.S.-based institutions and principal investigators with equipped labs, while ineligible entities include overseas institutions and private foundations.

NOTE: Registration and Institutional Nominations are required at least two weeks before the current cycle’s registration / Institutional Nomination due date. These deadlines are represented by the 'pre proposal' deadlines above. Returning applicants do not need to register again.
Advancing Discovery, Funding Innovation
The Mathers Foundation is committed to driving positive change in basic science and health. We do this by making strategic grants and forming partnerships that support impactful research, innovative solutions, and breakthrough discoveries.
Mathers Foundation is dedicated to advancing knowledge in the life sciences by funding bold, basic scientific research with the potential to transform human health.
We Support Basic Science
The Mathers Foundation supports basic research with translational potential in areas such as immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cancer, genetics, stem cells, and neuroscience. We fund work that can lead to major advances in scientific understanding and human health.
Transformational Research. Meaningful Impact.
The Mathers Foundation supports pivotal scientific research that advances knowledge, enhances human health, and fosters innovation.
Research Areas We Support
ImmunologyMicrobiomeStructural BiologyCellular PhysiologyCancer BiologyGeneticsGenomicsMicrobiology & Infectious DiseasesStem Cell BiologyNeuroscience
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Eligibility

Eligible for FundingInstitutions that directly support their own investigatorsPrincipal Investigators with their own fully equipped labsAll levels of professorshipCollaborative research projects with other U.S.-based organizations

Ineligibility

Ineligible for FundingInstitutions based outside the United StatesInstitutions that do not employ their own investigatorsPrivate Foundations or third-party organizations that provide funding to other organizationsGrants to individualsResearch Areas We Do Not SupportCovid-19Plant Biology (including plant microbiome)OceanographySpace ExplorationGlobal WarmingAgriculture and Herbicide ResearchClinical Trials or Drug DiscoveryVaccine DevelopmentEcologyEnvironment