Intercampus Grants - Houston Methodist Hospital Collaborations

Mentored Clinical Research Training Program

The Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP), a collaborative initiative by Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Houston Methodist (HM), offers physicians a fast-track program to develop a clinical research project proposal and embark on a clinical research career pathway.

Intercampus Grants - RFA: Funding for Research Symposia between Cornell University, WCM, and Cornell Tech

The cross-campus Academic Integration Initiative aims to advance the research and discovery efforts across the Cornell community by promoting and enhancing collaborations between the Cornell Ithaca campus, and the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Cornell Tech campuses in New York City. By drawing on the outstanding and diverse work of Cornell colleagues based in Ithaca and New York City, the strength and impact of research across Cornell will be elevated to the next level of eminence.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Career Guidance for Trainees

The Career Guidance for Trainees (CGT) program provides grants of $30,000 to $50,000 over a one-year period to support demonstration projects that will model affordable, transferable approaches to improving trainees’ readiness for stable, fulfilling careers.  

Please note:  This program does not support biomedical research projects proposed by individual investigators.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund - Physician-Scientist Institutional Awards

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is offering a second round of the Physician-Scientist Institutional Awards (PSIA) program which was instituted in 2017 to increase the number of single degree M.D.’s who enter research. One-Step full application submission will be used with proposals due February 15, 2019.

L’Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship Program

The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. The program is the U.S. component of the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Fellowships. Celebrating its twelfth year in the U.S., the For Women in Science program has awarded 60 postdoctoral women scientists nearly $3 million in grants.

Lilly Innovation Fellowship Award

Initiated in 2012, the Lilly Innovation Fellowship Award (LIFA) program was created to identify and foster exceptional post-doctoral scientists pursuing ground breaking research projects. The prestigious LIFA program pairs a post-doctoral scientist with their academic mentor and a Lilly scientist, who serves as an industry mentor, to advance an innovative research proposal developed by the fellow.