Funding opportunities for IBD-related research
Pilot/Feasibility Study Funding Opportunities
Now in its 23rd year, the CSIBD promotes the research of both basic and clinical scientists in a wide range of areas. These include, but are not limited to:
- Immune and Inflammatory Responses (including mucosal immunology, innate immune recognition, antigen presentation and adaptive immunity, and novel immune cell subsets)
- Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Molecular Mechanism of Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Epithelial Cell Biology (including regulation of stem cells, epithelial cell polarity, and membrane biology)
- Microbial Pathogenesis (including bacterial-epithelial cell interactions and host responses to commensal vs. invasive luminal flora)
- Translational Human Immunology (including IBD, mucosal and immune responses)
Goals
Funds have been made available to support Pilot/Feasibility Study grants consistent with the overall goals of the Center. The goals of the CSIBD's Pilot/Feasibility Study program are to support the following:
- Young investigators (senior fellows* or junior faculty) working in areas that will improve our understanding of basic processes relevant to inflammatory bowel disease
- Established investigators initiating a new area of research in their laboratories relevant to mechanisms underlying inflammatory bowel disease
The objective of a Pilot/Feasibility Study grant is to enable an investigator to complete sufficient preliminary studies to enable successful application for more substantial funding from other sources. Pilot/Feasibility Study grants are not intended to supplement ongoing or currently funded projects.
Participation in another digestive disease center precludes eligibility for these grants.
* Fellow must be in the final year of training and must have a documented commitment to a faculty appointment by the sponsoring unit or department.
Funding
The CSIBD will fund three grants of up to $35,000 each (direct costs) through this program. Pilot/Feasibility Study awards are made for a one-year period; a second year will be considered on a competing basis. Awards made to institutions other than MGH will not receive indirect costs.
Applications
The applications can be downloaded from the link above or obtained from Lindsay Ware (617-643-2421 or lware@partners.org) in the GI Unit, Bartlett 901 at Massachusetts General Hospital. The deadline for receipt of applications is September 14, 2012.
Other Sources
Click on the links below to find information about other funding opportunities.
Recipients of Previous PFS Awards:
| 2013: |
Allan Goldstein, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery Wei Chao, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anesthesia Regina LaRocque, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| 2012: |
Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, M.B.B.S., M.P.H. Instructor in Medicine Andrew T. Chan, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor of Medicine James J. Moon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine |
| 2011: |
Abraham Brass, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Kenneth Hung, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Curtis Huttenhower, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Javier Irazoqui, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D. Member, Whitehead Institute |
| 2010: |
Thorsten Mempel, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Michael Choi, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Stanley H. Shaw, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Mikael Pittet, Ph.D. Assistant Professor |
| 2009: |
Kevin Haigis, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Joshua Korzenik, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Atsushi Mizoguchi, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Biju Parekkaden, Ph.D. Instructor in Surgery |
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2008:
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Nicolas Da Silva, Ph.D. Instructor in Medicine Adam Lacy-Hulbert, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics J. Rodrigo Mora, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Shiv Pillai, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine |
| 2007: | Shannon Bromley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Kenneth E. Hung, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Medicine Jin Mo Park, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Dermatology Seok-Hyun Yun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Dermatology |
| 2006: | Ronald A. DePinho, M.D. Professor of Medicine (Genetics) Jing X. Kang, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Emiko Mizoguchi, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Norbert Perrimon, Ph.D. Professor of Genetics Lynda Stuart, M.B.,B.S., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Ramnik J. Xavier, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine |
| 2005: | Elena Arystarkhova, Ph.D. Instructor in Surgery Roy J. Soberman, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Jian-Ping Xiong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine |
