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Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research

Health Resources in Action (HRiA) / The Medical Foundation

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SUPPORTING BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY BY EARLY-CAREER INVESTIGATORS For over 30 years, the Smith Family Foundation has been supporting groundbreaking medical research through the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Its mission is to launch the careers of newly independent biomedical researchers with the ultimate goal of achieving medical breakthroughs. Applications focus on all fields of basic biomedical science and may also be submitted by investigators in physics, chemistry and engineering. Since 1992, the Program has funded 207 scientists for a total investment of $48.1 million. Three year awards in the amount of $400,000 (inclusive of 5% overhead per year) target new faculty who are within two and a half years of their first independent appointment by the start of funding on April 1st. Applicants must be full-time faculty at nonprofit academic, medical or research institutions in Massachusetts, at Brown University or at Yale University. Further details regarding the eligibility requirements may be found in the “Application Guidelines” document.

Historical details

Status
Closed
Deadline
June 23, 2026
First captured
June 10, 2026
Award
$400,000
Publisher reference
https://hria.org/grants/smith/

Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time faculty at nonprofit academic, medical or research institutions in Massachusetts, at Brown University or at Yale University.. Further details regarding the eligibility requirements may be found in the “Application Guidelines” document.. In order to ensure that the strongest research candidates from eligible institutions are able to apply, the Smith Family Foundation is a two-stage application process in which the institutional nomination process is eliminated, and any eligible candidate is invited to submit an initial proposal.

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Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research

by Health Resources in Action (HRiA) / The Medical Foundation

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