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Provides funding for pilot/exploratory projects that explore an important emerging or unanswered bioethics problem in clinical care, biomedical research, public health or healthcare policy.

Supports the development of partnerships and projects that engage communities and stakeholders most impacted by health inequities in research collaboration.

Offers competitive funding for clinical and basic science pilot projects related to chronic pain and drug abuse.

Third Coast CFAR pilot awards are intended for preliminary studies in HIV-related basic, clinical, social, or behavioral research that will lead to new NIH grant submissions.

Supports new areas of inquiry in diabetes translation research, with a special focus on improving the care and outcomes of vulnerable populations

These awards are designed to support early-stage research that may require preliminary findings, providing a critical foundation for future, larger-scale studies.

Provides support to Northwestern faculty for non-research projects, including, but not limited to, events, education, community engagement or implementation projects.

Encourage exploratory and cutting-edge research by providing support for early and conceptual stages of project development geared towards addressing healthcare needs worldwide.

Provides support for faculty who have either submitted and received a score on an RO1 grant to the NCI for the first time in their career or have submitted a competing renewal of NCI-sponsored R01 research that missed the payline.

Provides recipients the lab services to develop a single, small proof-of-concept physical model.

Seeking proposals for highly innovative, lab-based basic or lab-based translational research projects that expand the knowledgebase in the field of child health.

The institute receives charitable funding to support brain and spine tumor-related research and projects aimed at improving the care and well-being of its patients.

Supports innovative, investigator-initiated trials and novel translational research that may serve as the foundation for larger, nationally funded studies.

Provides seed funding for application preparation to initiate new multi-investigator program project or center grant applications.

An initiative to help less-established investigators jump-start unfunded research projects by providing feasibility or early pilot data so they may seek sustained funding. 

Supports partnerships between university scientists and their primary care partners who are working to address an issue of importance to primary care

Supports cross-disciplinary translational research for the identification and successful implementation of novel therapeutics for kidney disease.

Designed to accelerate research by providing rapid, targeted funding to address small but critical gaps in clinical and translational research work.

Designed to fund research in areas important to the advancement of radiology and patient care within the department.

The purpose of the Global Health Research Catalyzer grant is to provide research support to Northwestern faculty who are a) collecting preliminary data to support a future grant submission and/or b) supplemental support for ongoing sponsored research for work outside the aims and/or scope of work of the funded project.

Four grants are given each year to support research related to skin biology.

Encourages interdisciplinary research in sleep and circadian rhythms within Northwestern University.

Seeking proposals for highly innovative, multi-disciplinary pilot projects that will advance Translational Science and are aligned with one of two priority areas: Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) or Dissemination and Implementation (D&I).