The Mathers Foundation
Award: Up to $70,000 over three years
Deadline: Internal interest in applying document due 1.15.26. Three will be chosen through VPRED office's limited submission process to move forward to the LOI stage.
Interested?
Overview
Mathers Foundation supports basic research, funding work that can lead to major advances in scientific understanding and human health.
These are the areas of research they consider supporting:
Immunology
Microbiome
Genetics and Genomics
Structural Biology
Cellular Physiology
Cancer Biology
Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Stem Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Important Information
This opportunity is limited submission (only 3). The funder requires institutions to conduct a limited internal competition to select nominees who may submit an LOI.
Process
This is a limited submission opportunity with internal competition.
Interested faculty should submit a one-page outline by 1.15.26 to AVP of research and limited submission coordination coordinator Satyen Kumar, please copy OCFR. One page submission should include the following:
• What is your proposal and how is it translational?
• What is the impact?
• How do you plan to use the funding over three years to support the project?
The selected applicants will be notified by 1.22.26 and then registered in the portal, which closes 1.30.26.
Applicants will then work with the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations to finalize their LOI, which is due to OCFR by 2.6.26, for final submission by funder's deadline of 2.13.26.