External funding opportunities in women's health

Federal Funding

• NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
• Federal Grants Web Site
• Grantsnet –- providing HHS grant information

Private Foundations

The following foundations have funded or express an interest in funding grants in women's health.

• Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
• Alzheimer's Association
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Foundation for AIDS Research
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Cancer Society
• American Medical Women’s Association –- lists funding sources
• Arthritis National Resarch Foundation
• Avon Foundation
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• CONRAD
• Epilepsy Foundation
• Ford Foundation
• Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
• Lilly Centre for Women's Health
• Lupus Foundation of America
• March of Dimes
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
• Nancy R. Gelman Foundation
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Society for Women’s Health Research –- lists funding opportunities
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- one of the nation's largest private funding sources for breast health and breast cancer
• The Commonwealth Fund
• The Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Awards Program
• The Hazel K. Goddess Fund for Stroke Research in Women
• The National Women’s Health Information Center – lists funding opportunities
• The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
• The Women’s Fund

Other Resources

• UTMB Yellowsheet -- provides weekly funding announcements.
• GrantWatch -- provides list of funded investigators at UTMB.
• STAR database of funding opportunities advertised in the Yellowsheet.
• SMARTS/GENIUS sign up for free daily personalized funding searches delivered via email.
• Fundsnet-Women's Section Women's Grants and other resources.