Private philanthropy provides critical resources to more rapidly advance the mission of BioMed 21. The leaders of BioMed 21's Cornerstones and Interdisciplinary Research Centers welcome the opportunity to discuss your interest in joining them to help find solutions for the world's most devastating health problems.
Interdisciplinary Research Centers (IRCs)
BRIGHT Institute (Bridging Research with Imaging, Genomics and High-Throughput)
Addressing cancer and other major diseases by providing leading-edge technologies — imaging, genomics and more — to significantly speed the translation of basic insights into clinical solutions
Seed Funding for the most promising pilot research projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Bridge Funding to transition research from the laboratory to animals
$250,000
for each of three years
Fellowships for the most brilliant student researchers to attend national and international meetings
Named and Endowed Fellowship
Naming Gift for The BRIGHT Institute
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Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology (CGS_SB)
Addressing major global health problems such as childhood malnutrition, obesity, and antibiotic resistance through the study of how genes influence health and disease
Seed Funding for the most promising research projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Fellowships for the most brilliant student researchers
$5,000
a year to name a fellowship
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
Bridge Funding to transition research from the laboratory to animals
$50,000
for each of three years
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Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED)
Addressing heart disease, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and more by studying the role of cellular electrical signaling in health and disease
Seed Funding for the most promising research projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Fellowships for the most brilliant student researchers
$5,000
each year to name a fellowship
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
Transition Funding to enable rapid translation of research findings from the laboratory to patients
$50,000
for each of three years
Named Career Development Professorship
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Center for the Study of Itch (CSI)
Addressing debilitating chronic itch through studies aimed at understanding the genes and nerve pathways responsible
Seed Funding for research and translational projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Bridge Funding to transition research from the laboratory to animals
$50,000
for each of three years
Fellowships for the most brilliant visiting scholars and postdoctoral and graduate students focusing on chronic itch
$5,000
each year to name a fellowship
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
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Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research (cWIDR)
Addressing major infectious diseases of the urinary and reproductive tracts affecting women worldwide by elucidating and halting common underlying processes involved in infection
Seed Funding to attract the most promising research projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Fellowships for the most brilliant student researchers
$5,000
each year to name a fellowship
Fellowships to attract the brightest young stars
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
Seed Initiatives to develop new and better therapeutics
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Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center (DCDC)
Addressing heart and vascular disease in diabetes through the search for early predictors of disease and a better understanding of its causes at the molecular level
Fellowships for the most outstanding student researchers who are training to become diabetes investigators
$5,000
each year to name a fellowship
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
Seed Funding for the most promising research projects
$50,000
a year for each of three years
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Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration (HPAN)
Addressing brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases, ALS, stroke and more by seeking a better understanding of the underlying causes of nerve degeneration and repair
Seed Funding for the most promising research projects
$50,000
for each of three years
Travel Awards for students and postdoctoral fellows to attend scientific meetings and courses
$5,000
each year to name an award
$100,000
to name and endow a fellowship in perpetuity
Bridge Funding to transition research from the laboratory to the clinic
$50,000
for each of three years
Research Laboratories to double current research efforts
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