External Deadline: March 1, 2025 Internal Deadline: February 1, 2025
Instructions for electronic submission: To apply for the grant, please submit the materials requested below to ClinicalResearchDean@med.cornell.edu no later than February 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM.
Program Objective: The Dr. Scholl Foundation is a private, independent grant-making foundation for charitable purposes. The Foundation is dedicated to providing financial assistance to organizations committed to improving our world. Solutions to the problems of today’s world still lie in the values of innovation, practicality, hard work and compassion. Grants are made annually after an extensive review of the application by the staff and all the directors of the Dr. Scholl Foundation.
Applications for grants are considered in the following Healthcare areas:
- Aging
- End of life care
- AIDS research
- Cancer research
- Mental Health
The categories above are not intended to limit the interest of the Foundation from considering other worthwhile projects. The Foundation guidelines are intentionally broad to give flexibility in providing grants.
Click here for the Foundation website.
Nomination Limit: 1 application from WCM (not including Ithaca)
Budget: Grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 for one year
Past WCM Recipients
May 1993: Proposal for support of the Comprehensive Asthma Management Program for the Women and Children’s Health Clinic; Astoria Queens.
April 2001: Proposal to support the Gateways to the Laboratory Program. By the M.D.-Ph.D. Program Director, Dr. Olaf S. Andersen
April 2001: Proposal to support the Burn Center’s Children’s Therapeutic Playroom.
Eligibility
All WCM faculty are eligible to apply.
Application Requirements
Weill is limited to submitting 1 nominee. Due to this limitation an internal selection process will be coordinated. Chairpersons/Division Heads may submit no more than two nominations from their department/division. Note: Chairs/Division Heads submitting more than one nomination must comment on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two nominees. The same comment should be repeated in both nomination letters. Margins should be at least one inch and font size no less than 11 point.
- One-two page letter of nomination detailing why the candidate should be considered.
- A Cover Page with a descriptive project title and the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the PD/PI, co-PD/PI(s), other Key Personnel, and any partnering organizations (if applicable).
- A 2-3 page Project Summary. Any references must be included within the 3-page limit.
- Biosketch
- Cancer
- HIV
- Psychology/Behavioral Science
- Translational Science
- Faculty
- Junior Faculty