Trainee Support Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
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Eligible organizations
- Graduate students
- Early career investigators
Other requirements
- Postdoctoral researchers
Overview
Overview:
MCI supports graduate and postdoctoral trainees, allowing them to grow their careers and build their own programs in male contraceptive research.
Focus Areas:
- Non-hormonal, reversible male contraceptive research
- Graduate and postdoctoral level support
- Career development and training
- Research in discovery-stage and pre-clinical studies
Eligible Applicants:
- Graduate students
- Postdoctoral researchers
- Early career investigators
Support Provided:
- Fellowship funding
- Research support
- Mentorship
- Career development opportunities
- Access to diverse portfolio of male contraceptive research projects
Recent Trainees Supported (Completed Fellowships):
MCI has supported numerous fellows including Aaron Crapster (HIPK4 research), Liliya Gabalev (ANT4 research), Max Lyon (SLO3 research), Jae Yeon Hwang (CatSper research), Melanie Balbach (sAC research), Oleksandr Kirsanov (spermatogonial differentiation), Natalia Rivera Sanchez (sAC toxicology), Martin Pedersen (CatSper research), Brendan Houston (MDH1B research), Carla Ritagliati (sAC research), Candice Yap (PACRG/DNALI1 research), Saman Nayyab (TSSK research), and Md Abdullah Al Noman (RAR-γ antagonists research).
What Male Contraceptive Initiative actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 5
- Total given
- $694K
- Median grant
- $100K
- Range
- $10K–$400K
- By dollars: Connecticut 58%, Minnesota 23%, New York 14%. Top recipient cities: Old Greenwich, CT; Minneapolis, MN; Ithaca, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Sacyl Pharmaceuticals · Old Greenwich, CT
Nonclinical research
$400K
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN
Nonclinical research
$160K
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY
Nonclinical research
$100K
Anther · Bozeman, MT
Technology expansion
$24K
Chicago University · Chicago, IL
Nonclinical research
$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Science research
- Professional development
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