Keck Foundation Medical Research Program 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: | August 30, 2024 |
| Subject: | Keck Foundation Medical Research Program |
Deadline
| Deadline for Deadline for Internal Review: | October 31, 2024 |
Project Description
The Keck Foundation strives to fund endeavors that are distinctive and novel in their approach. It encourages projects that are high-risk with the potential for transformative impact. “High-risk” comprises a number of factors, including questions that push the edge of the field, present unconventional approaches to intractable problems, or challenge the prevailing paradigm. “Transformative” may mean creation of a new field of research, development of new instrumentation enabling observations not previously possible, or discovery of knowledge that challenges prevailing perspectives. Applicants may find it helpful to look over the abstracts of recent grants to understand funding priorities. Grant abstracts may be found on Keck Foundation website within the particular program of interest.
Funding is awarded to universities and institutions nationwide for projects in research that:
- Focus on important and emerging areas of research
- Have the potential to develop breakthrough technologies, instrumentation or methodologies
- Are innovative, distinctive and interdisciplinary
- Demonstrate a high level of risk due to unconventional approaches, or by challenging the prevailing paradigm
- Have the potential for transformative impact, such as the founding of a new field of research, the enabling of observations not previously possible, or the altered perception of a previously intractable problem
- Fall outside the mission of public funding agencies
- Demonstrate that W. M. Keck Foundation support is essential to the project’s success
Amount per Award: Awards are typically $1 – 1.5 million
Duration of Award: Up to 5 Years
Number of Awards: The number of grants made varies each year.
Eligibility
Up to 4 Concept Papers will be submitted to the Keck Foundation for pre-application counseling. Following pre-application counseling, one Phase I application will be selected and submitted on behalf of UW-Madison.
NOTE: Keck Foundation proposals require a substantial amount of institutional commitment (approximately 20-25% of the grant amount). This commitment can be met through a combination of unrecovered indirect costs and school/college, department and OVCR contributions. For this reason, your internal application must include the Keck Cover page signed by your Associate Dean for Research.
Website
The following link contains additional information on the program and specific application instructions:
http://www.wmkeck.org/grant-programs/research
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 signed by PI and Associate Dean for Research: Keck Cover Page
- 1-2 page description of the proposed project.
- 2-3 sentences on your plans for meeting the institutional commitment.
- Statement that the concept/project has been submitted to a traditional funding source (e.g., NSF, NIH) but has been unsuccessful in obtaining funding.
The PIs of selected projects will work with OVCR on submission of their Concept Papers. Up to 4 Concept Papers will be submitted to the Keck Foundation for pre-application counseling by December 30, 2024. Following pre-application counseling, one Phase I application will be selected and submitted on behalf of UW-Madison by May 1, 2025.
Sponsor Deadlines
Concept Papers are due to Keck Foundation by December 30, 2024. Applications are due to Keck Foundation by May 01, 2025.
Questions?
Contact grants@research.wisc.edu.