Grants Offered by the Keck School of Medicine

Internal Grant Funding Opportunities

(sorted by annual calendar year submission due date)

GRANT	DESCRIPTION	AMOUNT	DEADLINE	RFA RELEASE DATE	ELIGIBILITY
Donald & Delia Baxter Foundation Faculty Scholar Program	Broadly supports mechanistic research across diverse areas	Up to $100K	Submissions due mid-late February	January	KSOM junior faculty without significant previous extramural funding
Wright Foundation Standard Pilot Program	Broadly supports mechanistic research in cancer, arthritis, & cardiovascular disease	Up to $75K per project	Submissions due April	Feb/Mar	KSOM Full-time faculty
Wright Transformative Cancer Grant Pilot Program	Supports high impact cancer research	Up to $125K per project	Submissions due April	Feb/Mar	KSOM Full-time faculty
Epstein Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Research Grant	Supports research to advance the development of therapies or new preventive strategies for Alzheimer’s disease	$125- 250K per project	Submissions due September	July	One MPI from one of 5 health schools, other MPI(s) from other school(s)
Deans Pilot Funding Award	Broadly supports research in basic, translational, clinical, and community-engaged research areas	Up to $75K per project (requires department/ institute cost share)	Submissions due October	August	KSOM Full-time faculty
Bridge Funding Program	Providing bridge funding that will support research leading to extramural grant support	Up to $45K	Applications accepted on a rolling basis	Open and ongoing call	KSOM Full-time faculty

To inquire about Keck School internal grants, please email Dr. Cort Brinkerhoff, Special Projects Manager in the KSOM Office of Research. For SC CTSI programs and awards, please email rd@sc-ctsi.org.