External Deadline: February, 2026 Internal Deadline: November 24, 2025
Instructions for electronic submission: To apply for the 1923 Fund, please submit the materials requested below to this link no later than November 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM.
Budget: $250k-$350k for 2 years.
Application limit: 1 (not shared with Ithaca)
Program Description: The 1923 Fund was established by WCM alumnus Dr. David Cofrin (Class of ’47) and the Cofrin family, and is administered by the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. This two-year philanthropic award supports innovative biomedical research with a dual focus:
1. Advancing scientific discovery aimed at alleviating human suffering
2. Promoting disease prevention and improving standards of medical care
Applicants must demonstrate a clear connection between their research and a meaningful community benefit, particularly through pioneering, cutting-edge work in any medical discipline. The Fund has a preference for clinical research with specific community impacts.
Eligibility
- Faculty members at all levels
Application Requirements
WCM is limited to submitting 1 nominee. Due to this limitation, an internal selection process will be coordinated. Chairpersons/Division Heads/Institute and Center Directors may submit no more than one nomination from their department/division/institute or center.
Margins should be at least one inch and font size not less than 12 pt.
Nomination packets must include:
- 30-lines scientific abstract explaining the qualifications of the applicant and fit of the project for this funding mechanism
- Letter from the Department Chairperson/Division Head/Institute or Center Director detailing why the candidate should be considered (1-2 pages)
- Lay Summary (one paragraph)
- Description of the candidate’s proposed research (2 pages) that includes background information, specific aims, impact, and significance of the proposed research. References are in addition to the 2-page limit
- Candidate’s Biosketch
- Brief justification of the budget
Submit the items listed above here no later than November 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM in the order listed as one PDF document using the naming convention PI last name-first initial_1923Fund2025.pdf (see example below).
Example: Smith-J_1923Fund2025.pdf
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anesthesiology
- Basic Science
- Biochemistry/Biophysics
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular
- Clinical Science
- Community Health
- COVID-19/SARS-CoV2
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Drug Development
- Endocrinology
- Genetics
- GI
- Healthcare Policy
- Hematology
- Hepatology
- HIV
- Immunology
- Medical Education Research
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology/Cell Biology
- Nephrology
- Neuroscience
- Nursing/PA/Allied Professions
- Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedic
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Precision Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology/Behavioral Science
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Regeneration
- Surgery
- Translational Science
- Urology