Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Pilot and Feasibility Awards and Research Grants
The CF Foundation offers competitive awards for research related to cystic fibrosis. Studies may be carried out at the subcellular, cellular, animal, or patient levels. Two of these funding mechanisms include Pilot and Feasibility Awards and Research Grants. Investigators who seek support from the Foundation under these funding mechanisms must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) by May 1st.
Pilot and Feasibility Awards and Research Grants are issued primarily for basic science research. Those proposals that include methodologies requiring sampling of materials from human subjects will only be considered under this mechanism if the sampling method constitutes minimal patient risk (e.g., venipuncture) and patient samples or data are anonymous. For applications where more invasive procedures are proposed or where patient samples or data will not be anonymous, please submit a Letter of Intent for a Clinical Research Award.
Application Submissions
LOIs and applications must be submitted electronically at Proposal Central by 5:00pm (EDT) on the deadlines noted below.
Letter of Intent for Basic Research
A brief description of the proposed research must be submitted in advance for Pilot and Feasibility Award and for Research Grant applications. Please review the Guidelines for complete submission information, as well as a list of research areas currently of interest to the CF Foundation.
Pilot and Feasibility Awards
Letter of Intent Deadline: May 1st
Application Deadline: First Wednesday of October to Proposal Central by 5:00 pm (EDT).
These grants are for developing and testing new hypotheses and/or new methods, and to support promising new investigators as they establish themselves in research areas relevant to CF. Proposed work must be hypothesis driven and must reflect innovative approaches to critical questions in CF research.
The award is not meant to support continuation of programs begun under other granting mechanisms. Funding priority will be placed on those projects proposing to better understand the mechanisms behind disease pathophysiology and to develop strategies to prevent or treat it. Up to $40,000 per year (plus 8% indirects) for two years may be requested.
Research Grants
Letter of Intent Deadline: May 1st
Application Deadline: First Wednesday of October to Proposal Central by 5:00 pm (EDT).
This grant mechanism is intended to encourage the development of new information that contributes to the understanding of the basic etiology and pathogenesis of CF. Funding priority will be placed on those projects proposing to better understand the mechanisms behind disease pathophysiology and to develop strategies to prevent or treat it. All proposals must be hypothesis driven, and sufficient preliminary data must be provided to justify CFF support. Information derived from such studies will hopefully lead to submission to other funding agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Support is available for $90,000 per year (plus 8% indirects) for a period of two years, at which time a grant may be competitively renewed for an additional year of funding. Please review the Policies and Guidelines for complete submission information.
For More Information
Investigators interested in any of the above-mentioned funding programs may contact the Grants and Contracts Office for further information and/or to discuss the potential relevance of their research to the mission of the CF Foundation and to the objectives of these programs. Please direct inquiries to:
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Grants and Contracts Office
6931 Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) FIGHT CF
(301) 951-4422
grants@cff.org
