Internal Research Funding Opportunities | Keck School of Medicine of USC

The Keck School of Medicine offers multiple research grant programs which provide investigators with enabling funds to pursue new research directions. Some of these programs are available only to Keck School of Medicine faculty while others are also available to faculty from other USC Schools. To aid in determining your eligibility for each award, the most recent request for applications (RFA) is linked to each opportunity below. The RFAs are updated several months prior to each grant’s due date for the current year. The Keck School of Medicine also works with the SC CTSI to disseminate information on their programs, which are listed below.

Internal Grant Funding Opportunities Sorted by Calendar Year Submission Due Date

GRANT OPPORTUNITY	DESCRIPTION	AMOUNT	APPLICATION DUE DATE	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 Text
Wright Foundation Standard Pilot Program	Broadly supports mechanistic research in cancer, arthritis, & cardiovascular disease	Up to $50K per project	Submissions due April	Feb/Mar	KSOM Full-time faculty
Wright Transformative Cancer Grant Pilot Program	Supports high impact cancer research	Up to $100K per project	Submissions due April	Feb/Mar	KSOM Full-time faculty
SC CTSI Standard Pilot Grant	Broadly supports clinical, community-engaged & outcomes research & research to improve clinical research processes	Up to $50K per project	LOI submissions due September, Submissions from successful LOI due November	August	All Faculty
SC CTSI Multidisciplinary Pilot Grant	Broadly supports clinical, community-engaged & outcomes research & research to improve clinical research processes	Up to $125K per project (requires department/institute cost share)	LOI submissions due September, Submissions from successful LOI due November	August	All 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)
Dean’s Pilot Grant	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

For inquiries/questions regarding KSOM internal rewards, please email Cort Brinkerhoff or Dr. Sarah Hamm-Alvarez. For SC CTSI inquires/questions, please contact directly at SC CTSI email.