1. HMS Foundation Funds Limited Submission Opportunities for Faculty and Fellows Massachusetts General Hospital September 5, 2017
Elazer Edelman, MD, PhD, Chairman, HMS Foundation Funds
Clare Lamont, Program Coordinator, HMS Foundation Funds
Office for
Academic and Clinical Affairs

2. HMS Foundation Funds
Limited Submission Opportunities or LSOs: Funding opportunities from private foundations for which HMS or HU is the nominating institution. Who is eligible: Most awards are aimed at junior faculty. A few awards allow associate professors and full professors to apply. Number of awards: 21 total awards available for 2017, offered either in the fall or spring cycles. Up to 35 nominees from HMS. Available funding: Funding ranges from $15,000 –$1,625,000 per award. Over 6 million in funding is available for Length of funding: One to 7 years

3. HMS Awards
Some awards are available solely to faculty and postdocs at HMS and the affiliated hospitals:
For these awards, there is no national competition. Your initial application is the final application.
Currently offered:
Grunebaum Cancer Research Fellowship (Spring 2018)

4. Program Intent
INFORMATIONAL To ensure that the community is made aware of funding opportunities through private foundations SELECTION To select the candidates most competitive for specific awards MENTORSHIP To guide potential applicants through application process and aid in preparation of a successful application. SUPPORT Support nominees throughout the application process and award period.

5. How are applications evaluated?
The Committee’s selection criteria when making nominations include:
Strength of research proposal
Letter of support
Relevance to award area of research
Publications
Career trajectory
Current funding/grants

6. Research Proposal A successful research proposal: Is innovative
Includes specific aims
Includes preliminary data
Clearly defines the timeframe of the work
Indicates the significance of the proposal with regard to the specific award and conveys its impact on science and your personal growth.

7. Letter of Support Characteristics of a good letter of support:
Specific to the Foundations aims
Personal
Indicates why the award is important for the candidate.
Indicates why the candidate is important to the department—and the departments commitment to the candidate.
Describes future plans for the candidate.

8. Timeline
October 16, 2017: Application deadline for the fall cycle October – December, 2017: Subcommittee review meetings December, 2017 – January, 2018: Applicants notified January – June, 2018: Nominees submit applications to the Office for the Vice Provost for Research or directly to the foundation

9. Feedback
For nominees: The selection committee will provide feedback on how to improve an application for submission in the national competition and put you in touch with previous award recipients. For those not selected: We do not provide feedback, although if requested, we will do our best to convey some of the selection committee’s comments.

10. Success Rate What are the chances of receiving a nomination?
Varies for each award. For some of the more competitive awards, chances could be 1 in 30. However, some awards have very few applicants and therefore the chances of receiving a nomination for those awards are much greater.
If nominated, what are the chances of receiving an award?
From year to year, HMS nominees have had a success rate that has varied between 20-50%

11. 2017 LSO funding available through the Foundation Funds
Total available funding: $6,955,000
2016 LSO funding Available Funding: $7,055,000 Foundation Funds nominees awarded: $2,615,000 Foundation Funds nominees success rate: 38%

12. LSO nomination process
Fall 2018
Damon Runyon Award
Macy Foundation
Mallinckrodt Scholars
Mary Kay Foundation
Rita Allen Foundation
Fall 2018
Brain Research Foundation
Dana Foundation
Packard Fellowship

13. How to apply for limited submission opportunities
HMS Foundation Funds: OR Harvard University Funding Portal (HUFP)

14. Search for LSOs through the Foundation Funds

15. Are you eligible?

16. Is your research project eligible?

17. If you and your research are eligible: Apply through HUFP

18. HUFP Award Description

19. HUFP Login Page

20. Sign in with Harvard Key to apply
Sign up for Harvard Key at: Or
Click link

21. Required application materials
One complete application per each award applied for must be submitted online and should include:
1. Application Form to be completed online – Link on award description page
2. Summary of proposed research (limit 2 pages, a 3rd page may be used for references)
3. Statement of the resources/facilities available for the project. (limit 1 page)
4. Nominating letter from department or division head and co-signed by a research sponsor/mentor (limit 2 pages)
Note: Post docs and instructors who are still in training require a separate letter from research mentor
5. Biosketch (NIH format, limit 5 pages)
2. – 5. must be uploaded as a single PDF

22. Search for LSOs through HUFP

23. Thank You ecor@mgh.harvard.edu www.hms.harvard.edu/foundationfunds
Questions?
Please contact:
Clare lAMONT / Program Coordinator Harvard Medical School / Office for Academic and Clinical Affairs 25 Shattuck Street, Gordon Hall 203 / Boston, MA   office:     
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