Funding Road Map

Name of Funding Organization: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Name of Grant/Scholarship/Program (if applicable):
Grant for Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

Type of Funding:

• The grant provided is of $100,000 per year for five years.
• The grant is awarded to and administered by the institution of the grantees.

Eligibility:

• These grants are available to Canadian and American researchers who are preferably still early-on in their careers.
• The researcher must spend at least 75% of his/her time in the research of pathogens.
• Grantees may continue to solicit funds (or already receive funds) from other organizations

Specific focus on global health?
The focus is on infectious diseases such as malaria, pathogenic fungi and human parasites which affect mainly developing countries.

Application Process:

• Grantees are selected by a committee made up of researchers and educators in the area of infectious diseases.
• Applicants fill out a form and apply on-line

Deadline:
The deadline for this year's application is November 3rd, 2008.

Links:
Website: www.bwfund.org/page.php?mode=privateview&pageID=105

Notes:

• The Burroughs Wellcome Fund seeks to bring a multidisciplinary approach to fighting infectious diseases.
• The organization is particularly interested in projects that examine host-pathogen interaction.
• Grants are designed so that researchers can pursue new studies which haven't yet been undertaken.
• The Burroughs Wellcome Fund does not grant awards in the area of clinical research.