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The Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global program of scientific collaboration. Established in 1975 and co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), it aims to help coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat a portfolio of major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged. Objectives: Research and Development: to improve existing and develop new approaches for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling neglected infectious diseases which are applicable, acceptable and affordable by developing endemic countries, which can be readily integrated into the health services of these countries, and which focus on the health problems of the poor Training and Strengthening: to strengthen the capacity of developing endemic countries to undertake the research required for developing and implementing these new and improved disease control approaches TDR's Diseases: TDR focuses on neglected infectious diseases that disproportionally affect poor and marginalized populations.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY - International

www.asmusa.org

The International Activities office of ASM was created to identify programs and member services that will ensure the continuing leadership of ASM in promoting the microbiological sciences worldwide.

International pages are:

http://www.asmusa.org/international/intsecti.htm

THE SCIENTIST

www.the-scientist.com

FUNDING FOR THIRD WORLD RESEARCH:

http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1991/mar/fund_910304.html

This is a contact page full of information for scientific researchers. Offers a great deal of information to the scientific community

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

www.cdc.gov/default.htm

CDC's Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) is responsible for:
1) The awarding and administration of CDC's grants and cooperative agreements and those of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); 2) The acquisition of program related health studies, professional services and research and development; and 3) The procurement of services, equipment, commodities, construction, and architectural and engineering services for CDC Programs

COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

www.cs.virginia.edu/research/sponsors.html

The funding agencies listed maintain WWW sites containing information of interest to researchers in all fields of science and technology. These should be helpful in assisting faculty, students, and companies in identifying research funding and scholarships opportunities.

ASIAN FOUNDATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS

248 Nam Cheong Street, Shamshuipo
Kowloon
HONG KONG
Phone: 852 2778 8332
Fax: 852 2788 0040
E-mail: genadmin@hksb.org.hk
Website: http://www.hksb.org.hk

Field of Study: Ophthalmology.

Purpose: To support prevention of blindness activities through grants and conferences.

Eligibility: Institutions and individuals in Southeast Asia.

Financial Provisions: Contact agency for most current information.

Duration: Contact agency for most current information.
Number: Contact agency for most current information.
Deadline: Contact agency for most current information.

BANK OF SWEDEN TERCENTENARY FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANTS

Dr. Dan Brändströ m, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
Box 5675
Stockholm S-11486
SWEDEN
Phone: 46 8 50 62 6400
Fax: 46 8 50 62 6435
Website: http://www.rj.se چ

Fields of Study: Unrestricted.

Purpose: To support and promote scientific research on problems related to Sweden.

Eligibility: Foundation promotes international research contacts. Citizenship unrestricted; Swedish researchers working with international problems or foreign researchers working with Swedish problems are eligible.

Financial Provisions: The Foundation supports research primarily in the humanities and social sciences.

Duration: Contact agency for most current information.
Number: Contact agency for most current information.
Deadline: Mid-February. Contact agency for most current information.

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Anne Faulkner
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Research Foundation
2 The Briars
Sarratt
Nr Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire WD3 6AU
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 01 923 268 641
Fax: 01 923 260 352

Field of Study: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME) Research

Purpose: To support high quality research aimed at understanding the basis of CFS/ME and its treatment. Any findings would be made known to members of the medical research profession.

Eligibility: No citizenship restriction. Foreign institutions may apply.

Financial Provisions: The CFS Research Foundation is especially interested in basic research into the cause of CFS/ME. Grants of up to £100.000 have been made to date. Grants are made to pay the salaries of research workers and some consumables.

Duration: One year, this is renewable to the receipt of satisfactory reports.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: Contact Foundation for current information.

GATES FOUNDATION

www.gatesfoundation.org

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation places a major focus on helping to improve people's lives through health and learning. We will continue to look for strategic opportunities to extend the benefits of modern science and technology to people around the world, especially where poverty serves as an obstacle to participating in these benefits. As in the past, we will invest in partnerships with individuals and organizations that bring experience, expertise and commitment to their own efforts to help people through better health and learning.

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE

www.hhmi.org/grants

The Institute is a nonprofit medical research organization that employs hundreds of leading biomedical scientists working at the forefront of their fields. In addition, through its grants program and other activities, HHMI is helping to enhance science education at all levels and maintain the vigor of biomedical science worldwide

INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST

ISRT
8a Bramley Business Centre
Station Road
Bramley, Guildford,
Surrey GU5 0AZ
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 (0) 1483 898786
Fax: +44 (0) 1483 898763
E-mail: research@isrthq.demon.co.uk
Website: http://www.spinal-research.org

Field of Study: Spinal cord.

Purpose: To fund research aimed at resolving the non or partial functioning of the injured spinal cord.

Eligibility: Not specified. Preference will be given to applications that involve studies in the adult mammalian spinal cord, or that provide explicit justification for the use of other systems and how the results could be verified and translated.

Financial Provisions: Awards are based on the level of a post-doctoral salary plus laboratory consumables over three years.

Duration: Three years.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: Not specified.

INTERNATIONAL TRACHOMA INITIATIVE

INTERNATIONAL TRACHOMA INITIATIVE
441 Lexington Avenue, 16th floor
New York, NY 10017-3910
Phone: (212) 490-6460
Fax: (212) 490-6461
E-mail: iti@trachoma.org
Website: http://www.trachoma.org

Field of Study: Trachoma.

Purpose: To support efforts aimed at the control and eventual elimination of blinding trachoma.

Eligibility: Provides funds for applied research support to institutions. No grants are made to individuals or for fellowships. Applicant institutions should send an initial letter outlining proposed research for preliminary review.

Financial Provisions: Over $1 million per annum.

Duration: Two years.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: August 13

HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF B.C. & YUKON

Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon
1212 West Broadway
Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3V2
CANADA
Phone: (604) 736-4404
Fax: (604) 736-8732
E-mail: smoore@hsf.bc.ca
Website: http://www.hsf.bc.ca

Fields of Study: Cardiovascular, stroke, and health promotion research.

Eligibility: Individuals with an M.D. or Ph.D. degree, who hold faculty appointments with a university, and are established or recognized independent research workers in the field of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease.

Financial Provisions: Not given.

Duration: One to two years. Only established investigators applying for renewal should request a three-year grant.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: September 1.

Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA)

Fields of Study: All biomedical and behavioral research.

Purpose: The Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA) provides small research grants to foster international partnerships between NIH-supported U.S. scientists and their collaborators in regions of the developing world. The FIRCA aims to extend and enhance the research of the U.S. investigator while benefiting the scientific interests of the foreign scientists.

Eligibility: Principal investigators of a U.S.-based NIH sponsored research project grant that will be active for at least 1 year beyond the submission date of the FIRCA application; and scientists affiliated with public and private research institutions in Africa, Asia (except Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union, Latin America and the non-U.S. Caribbean, the Middle East and the Pacific Islands (except Australia and New Zealand).

Financial Provisions: Up to $32,000 per year for up to 3 years to support direct costs; funds for supplies and equipment necessary to the collaborative research project (for the foreign collaborator's laboratory only); funds for travel for the U.S. principal investigator, the foreign collaborator and/or their research associates. In addition, up to $2,000 is allowed for conference travel for the foreign collaborator. No salaries are offered under these awards. However, a stipend of up to $5,000 may be allocated for the foreign collaborator, if justified.

Application Procedures: Deadlines for receipt of applications are March 25, July 25, and November 25 of each year. Applications must be submitted on the grant application form PHS 398, which is available from:

Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources

Office of Extramural Research

National Institutes of Health

Rockledge 2 Building, Suite 6095

6701 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE MSC 7910

BETHESDA, MD 20892-7910

Phone: (301) 435-0714

E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov

Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

Special instructions are necessary to complete the application and can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.fic.nih.gov.

Or from:

Division of International Training and Research

Fogarty International Center

National Institutes of Health

31 CENTER DRIVE MSC 2220

BETHESDA, MD 20892-2220

Phone: (301) 496-1653/1654

Fax: (301) 402-0779/2056

E-mail: firca@nih.gov

Website: http://www.fic.nih.gov

HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM (HFSP)

www.hfsp.org

The HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms; topics range from molecular and cellular approaches to systems and cognitive neuroscience. a clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that brings biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE

www.ifs.se

IFS is an NGO providing support to developing country scientists to conduct, in a developing country, relevant and high quality research on the management, use, and conservation of biological resources and their environment. IFS believes that the interests of both science and development are best served by promoting and nurturing the research efforts of young science graduates, who are at the beginning of their research careers. Since 1974, IFS has provided support, mainly in the form of small research grants, to over 3,200 scientists in 99 developing countries.

NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY

Research Programs Department
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 986-3240
Fax: (212) 986-7981
Website: http://www.nmss.org

Research Grants

Field of Study: Multiple sclerosis.

Purpose: To support fundamental as well as applied studies, nonclinical or clinical in nature, including projects in patient management technology.

Eligibility: No citizenship restrictions. Principal investigator should be personally and actively responsible for the conduct of research. Institutions are official recipients of grants and may be based in any country. Applicants are requested to exhaust all local resources, including governmental granting agencies and other national multiple sclerosis societies, before coming to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of the U.S. with a request to support research in a foreign country.

Financial Provisions: Grant funds may be requested for the following categories of expenditure: salaries for professional and nonprofessional personnel, patient costs, permanent equipment, consumable supplies, travel, other expenditures not included under the above categories, and indirect costs.

Duration: Contact Society for most current information.
Number: Contact Society for current information.
Deadline: Contact Society for current information.

Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholarship (Junior Faculty Awards)

Fields of Study: Neuroscience as related to multiple sclerosis.

Purpose: To provide support to independent investigators at the beginning of their academic careers.

Eligibility: M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent with no more than five years of independent research experience. Applicants must have received sufficient research training at pre- and/or postdoctoral levels to be capable of independent research. Must hold or have been offered position equivalent to assistant professor at an approved institution. U.S. citizenship is not required.

Financial Provisions: Candidates may request up to 75 percent of annual salary support with a 3 percent annual increase in each of the remaining four years. The maximal direct costs that may be requested in the grant budget of the award is $25,000 in the first year, increasing to $35,000 in the last year.

Duration: Five years.
Number: Limited. Contact Society for current information.
Deadline: February 1.

Program to Support Pilot Research

Purpose: To provide limited short-term support of novel high-risk research.

Eligibility: Open to investigators at established research institutions to develop concepts and obtain preliminary data.

Financial Provisions: Amount not to exceed $25,000.

Duration: One year.
Number: Limited. Contact Society for current information.
Deadline: None.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH

www.nih.gov

Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. First-rate scientists are key to NIH intramural research. They collaborate with one another regardless of institute affiliation or scientific discipline, and have the intellectual freedom to pursue their research leads in their own laboratories. These explorations range from basic biology, to behavioral research, to studies on treatment of major diseases.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR RARE DISORDERS

www.rarediseases.org

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is a unique federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service

NESTLE FOUNDATION

Nestlé Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World
4 Place de la Gare
P.O. Box 581
CH-1001 Lausanne
SWITZERLAND
Phone: 41 21 320 33 51
Fax: 41 21 320 33 92
E-mail: nestle.foundation@vtxnet.ch
Website: www.nestlefoundation.org

Field of Study: Human nutrition.

Purpose: To initiate and support research in human nutrition in low-income countries.

Eligibility: Open to scientists at universities and other research institutions. Grant requests from high-income countries are considered only if they propose a project in a low-income country in close collaboration with local scientists. Excluded are experiments in vitro or on animal models, research on food policy, food production and food technology, and nutrition surveys.

Financial Provisions: Contact agency or visit its website.

Duration: Contact agency or visit its website.
Number: Contact agency or visit its website.
Deadline: End of February and June.

RD INFO

www.rdinfo.org.uk

RD Info provides researchers with direct access to up to the minute information on health-related funding and training opportunities. While every effort is made to ensure that the information contained within this resource is correct, RD Info cannot be held responsible for any errors which may occur. In particular, deadline dates may change from time to time and should be checked with the relevant funding body.

RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND LINK PAGE

www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~nurdin/2org/2org.html

This link page has compiled a list of over 70 research granting organizations. Each listing contains the necessary information regarding grants, name of contact person, grant amounts and required level of education to participate.

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

www.rockfound.org

The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based, global foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world. Neither this foundation, nor any other, can work alone. We must seek creative ways to leverage our limited dollars in order to attract new funding from the private sector, international aid organizations and national, state and provincial governments. Funding available in the following fields: International- Agricultural Science, Health Sciences, Population Sciences, Global Environment.

NATIONAL FOUNDATION

www.emcf.org

The point of the National Foundation, is not simply to feed the field with new ideas, but to equip its practitioners and stakeholders with the practical tools they need to break down or reshape the organizational barriers that have thus far slowed or prevented change. We are therefore supporting the Forum's work on several fronts - improved curricula, professional development for teachers and administrators and researchers and create a resource bank of effective tools and tactics - to put some institutional strength and collective will behind the many good, but still disparate, efforts for international research reform.

INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST

Field of Study: Spinal cord.

Purpose: To fund research aimed at resolving the non or partial functioning of the injured spinal cord.

Financial Provisions: Awards are based on the level of a post-doctoral salary plus laboratory consumables over three years.

Duration: Three years.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: Not specified.

INTERNATIONAL TRACHOMA INITIATIVE

INTERNATIONAL TRACHOMA INITIATIVE
441 Lexington Avenue, 16th floor
New York, NY 10017-3910
Phone: (212) 490-6460
Fax: (212) 490-6461
E-mail: iti@trachoma.org
Website: http://www.trachoma.org

Field of Study: Trachoma.

Purpose: To support efforts aimed at the control and eventual elimination of blinding trachoma.

Financial Provisions: Over $1 million per annum.

Duration: Two years.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: August 13

JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL (JDFI)

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
Attention: Grant Administrator
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005-4001
Phone: (212) 785-9500
Fax: (212) 785-9595
E-mail: rgoldstein@jdfcure.com or djang@jdrf.org
Website: http://www.jdrf.org

Field of Study: Diabetes and its complications.

Purpose: JDFI’s mission is to support the highest quality of diabetes research in order to find a cure, to advance therapy, and to prevent complications. Research emphasis is on studies relevant to Type I diabetes.

Eligibility: Applicants must old an M.D., D.M.D., D.V.M., Ph.D., or equivalent and have a full-time faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, company, or other research facility. No citizenship restrictions.

CHARLES A. AND ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH FOUNDATION

The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation
2150 Third Avenue North, Suite 310
Anoka, MN 55303-2200
Phone: (763) 576-1596
Fax: (763) 576-1664
E-mail: info@lindberghfoundation.org
Website: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org

Fields of Study: Aviation/aerospace, agriculture, arts, humanities, biomedical research and adaptive technology, conservation of natural resources, exploration, health and population sciences, intercultural communication, and waste disposal management.

Purpose: To support projects whose purpose is to achieve a better balance between the advance of technology and preservation of the environment.

Eligibility: Grants are international in scope, and citizens of all countries may apply.

Financial Provisions: Grants are awarded to individuals. The maximum amount is $10,580 (the total cost of the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927).

Duration: One year grant, not renewable.
Number: Approximately 10 per year.
Deadline: June 15 for funding for the following year

MARCH OF DIMES BIRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATION

Grants Administration
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (914) 428-7100
Fax: (914) 997-4560
Website: http://www.modimes.org

Fields of Study: Basic biological processes governing development, genetics, clinical studies, studies of reproductive health, environmental toxicology, and social and behavioral studies relevant to the March of Dimes mission.

Purpose: Prevention of birth defects.

Eligibility: All qualified scientists with faculty appointments, or the equivalent, in universities, hospitals, and research institutions.

Financial Provisions: Vary.

Duration: Three years.
Number: Not specified.
Deadlines: Letter of intent deadline, April 30; application deadline, September 30.

THE MERRILL LYNCH FORUM

THE MERRILL LYNCH FORUM
Innovation Grants
c/o Katia Mujica
Communications & Public Affairs
2 World Financial Center, Floor #6
New York, NY 10281-6106
E-mail: InnovationGrants@ml.com
Website: http://www.ml.com/innovation

Innovation Grants

Purpose: To stimulate inventiveness by challenging Ph.D.s in the sciences, liberal arts and engineering disciplines to examine their best research in light of its real world applications. To encourage a new “entrepreneurial literacy” in the academic research community worldwide; to foster a greater awareness of market opportunities while highlighting the wealth of intellectual capital being created at the world’s institutions of higher learning.

Eligibility: Applicants must have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations. Students in most academic disciplines are eligible to apply. M.D./Ph.D. applicants who have successfully completed their dissertations are eligible. Individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in schools of business, law or journalism are not eligible. Proposals that are receiving private financing as of the date the prizes are awarded are not eligible to receive an Innovation Grant. However, winning applicants are free to seek such funding after that date. The Competition places no constraints on either finalists or winning applications. The competition is not open to Merrill Lynch Employees or their immediate family members.

Financial Provisions: The top six winning candidates’ university departments will each receive a $5,000 Innovation Grant. See website for more information.

Duration: Not specified.
Number: Not specified.
Deadline: Not specified

THE THIRD WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE GLOBALIZATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (TWAS)

www.twas.org

Objectives:

· To recognize, support and promote excellence in scientific research in the South;

· To provide promising scientists in the South with research facilities necessary for the advancement of their work;

· To facilitate contacts between individual scientists and institutions in the South;

· To encourage South-North cooperation between individuals and centres of scholarship;

· To encourage scientific research on major Third World problems