Mathers Foundation Award 2025
| To: | Chairs and Administrators, Departments in the Biological Sciences; Associate Deans for Research; College/School Research Administrators |
| From: | Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research |
| Date: | December 06, 2024 |
| Subject: | Mathers Foundation Award 2025 |
Deadline
| Deadline for Internal Review: | January 17, 2025 |
Project Description
The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation primarily supports basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Examples of current research areas we support include immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology and infectious diseases, stem cell biology, and neuroscience.
Research areas we will not consider for support include Covid-19 related research projects (aims or sub-aims), Plant Biology Research, Oceanography, Space Exploration. and Global Warming related research. In addition, medical imaging technology related projects and/or electrical engineering technology development projects will not be considered for support. The Foundation does not support research conducted in human subjects and will not fund requests for clinical trials or drug discovery. The Foundation will not support research projects which we consider pre-clinical drug development. Requests for funding previously federally supported research and/or applications pending federal approval will not be accorded priority consideration.
In general, the Mathers Foundation reviewers look for innovative, novel proposals, which have scientific merit with an established published proof of concept, and which may not be fundable at the federal level.
Amount per award: $700,000
Duration of award: 3 years
Eligibility
Applicants must be independent investigators with their own fully functional and equipped labs.
UW-Madison may submit up to three applications per grant cycle.
Website
The following link contains additional information on the program and specific application instructions:
https://mathersfoundation.org/?page_id=485
Internal Competition Application Instructions
Applications for Internal Review
To submit your application, attach a single PDF to an email to: grants@research.wisc.edu
Please include the following information:
- Cover page with PI name, contact information, title of the project, and list of potential collaborators
- PI CV or NIH Biosketch
- Research project summary of no more than 4 pages providing a description of how the proposed project meets the goals of the solicitation
Sponsor Deadlines
Letters of Intent are due to G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation by March 14, 2025. Applications are due to G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation by May 23, 2025.
Questions?
Contact grants@research.wisc.edu.