AUTHORS Christine Chang Christine is currently US Research Funding Specialist in the Grants Office with Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden, where she is responsible primarily for all US federal as well as US private foundations funding applications since 2010. Prior to this, she was Project Manager for EU Framework Six and EU Framework Seven Projects. She has received her postdoctoral training in Stanford University (USA) and Agrobiotech Research Center (France) after her PhD in Sweden. She is also a Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM). In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, learning, reading, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Gina Della Porta Gina Della Porta, DHSc, MHS, has almost two decades of experience in research development and research administration, including writing and managing federal and foundation research grants and contracts. She has held research leadership positions at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gina is passionate about helping faculty to build their research programs and funding portfolios. She currently serves as Associate Director of Research Development in the Office of the Provost at Yale University.
Michelle M. Schoenecker Michelle Schoenecker is a Senior Proposal Development Manager in the Office of Sponsored Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). In this role Michelle works closely with faculty in the identification, development, and writing of grant proposals to secure extramural research funding. She also develops training sessions on a wide range of grant development topics, including special programs for early-career faculty. Michelle holds a master’s degree in English from UWM with a specialization in Professional and Technical Writing, and she has 20 years of proposal development and management experience. Prior to joining UWM she held proposal development positions in the financial services industry and non-profit sector.
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Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 3 ROLES FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS IN US GRANTS .......................................................................... 9 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................... 13 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ..................................................... 17 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP).................................. 19 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ............................................................ 21 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) ........................................................................ 22 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ............................................................................ 25 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (DOE-SC) ............................................. 28 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) ......................................................................... 30 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ................................................................................ 32 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ................................................................................. 34 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State (DOS) .................................................................................. 36 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) .............................................................. 38 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) ............................................... 39 FUNDER/SPONSOR: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ............................................. 41 FUNDER/SPONSOR: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) ..................................................................... 43 FUNDER/SPONSOR: National Science Foundation (NSF) ............................................................................. 45 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) ......................................................... 47 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) .................................................. 48 FUNDER/SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)....................................................................... 50 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Department of the Treasury (USDOT) ......................................................................... 53 FUNDER/SPONSOR: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) ..................................................... 56 FUNDER/SPONSOR: American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA).................................................................. 58 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) ......................................................... 60 FUNDER/SPONSOR: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) .................................................. 62 FUNDER/SPONSOR: The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) ................................................................ 64 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)........................................................ 65 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) .............................................................................. 67 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ............................................................................. 68 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Carnegie Corporation of New York.............................................................................. 70 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation ...................................................................... 72 1
FUNDER/SPONSOR: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) ..................................................... 74 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) ................................................ 76 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Children’s Prize Foundation ........................................................................................ 78 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Cancer Research Institute (CRI) ................................................................................... 79 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) .................................................................................. 81 FUNDER/SPONSOR: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation .................................................................. 83 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Facebook Research ..................................................................................................... 85 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Ford Foundation .......................................................................................................... 86 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) ........................................................... 88 FUNDER/SPONSOR: James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF)...................................................................... 90 FUNDER/SPONSOR: John Templeton Foundation (JTF) ............................................................................... 91 FUNDER/SPONSOR: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) ............................................................... 93 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) ............................................ 95 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Rockefeller Foundation ............................................................................................... 97 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Roddenberry Foundation ............................................................................................ 98 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) .................................................................................... 99 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Schlumberger Corporate University Foundations ..................................................... 101 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Simons Foundation ................................................................................................... 103 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Spencer Foundation .................................................................................................. 105 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Smithsonian Institution (SI) ....................................................................................... 107 FUNDER/SPONSOR: Susan G. Komen Foundation ..................................................................................... 109 FUNDER/SPONSOR: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) ..................................................................... 111 FUNDER/SPONSOR: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ..................................................................... 113 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 115 ALSO AVAILABLE FROM NCURA ..................................................................................................................... 116
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INTRODUCTION I. PURPOSE OF PUBLICATION The purpose of this publication is to provide researchers from organizations located outside the United States (US) with a list of potential funding sources in the United States that accept applications and/or collaborations from international applicants for sponsored projects. This publication is also intended to help international researchers understand the federal and non-federal funding landscape in the US for research projects across various academic disciplines. International Research Funding Landscape Opportunities for international researchers to obtain US funding for their projects are limited. In the US, many federal organizations provide grants only to researchers at US institutions (e.g., colleges, universities, corporations) or require US citizenship for the Principal Investigator and project staff. Since US taxpayer dollars primarily support federal organizations, the federal government aligns its grantmaking priorities with those that benefit the nation and its people. Global events, particularly the current COVID-19 pandemic, impact the federal funding landscape. Some federal organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health, allow international researchers to serve as Principal Investigators and/or have specific programs that even require an international collaborator. Furthermore, disciplines in the sciences are recognizing the value of international collaboration in terms of cross-pollinating ideas, learning new perspectives and techniques, and access to and sharing of resources. Federal organizations are becoming receptive to granting subawards and other funding mechanisms to international researchers, as they see the value in global collaboration to help further meet national priorities. While the number of federal organizations supporting international research is modest, there is potential for growth. Publication Structure This publication is organized in three sections:
1. The first section of this publication describes the role of international researchers in US grant funding. 2. The second section provides a summary of each US federal organization that may provide grants or subawards to international researchers. 3. The third section provides summaries about various non-federal organizations that may also do the same. Summaries of sponsors To help you determine whether a particular sponsor/funder (organization that may provide grants) fits your research focus, each summary includes the following information: • • • • • • • •
Sponsor name Sponsor type (federal/non-federal) Foreign research allowance Relevant academic disciplines Organization mission statement Focus of organization and/or grantmaking activities Organizational structure Funding mechanisms (e.g., grants, cooperative agreements)
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