See the information below for a sample of the opportunities available to Department of Pediatrics researchers. For additional information, please contact the research administration staff.
As a reminder, all documents in final form are due to the research administration staff 7 calendar days prior to the sponsor deadline.
Funding Opportunities
- Friends of UW Health
- OVCRGE Fall Competition
- Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship
- Ira & Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment
- The Hartwell Foundation – UW internal competition; details emailed as they become available
- UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative
- UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Pilot Grants
- UW Centennial Scholars Program
- UW ICTR Pilot Grants
- UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (VCRGE) Conference Travel
- UW, Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center, Science and Technology Studies, funding for Graduate students
- UW, Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center, Science and Technology Studies, funding for Undergraduate students
- UW, Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center, Science and Technology Studies, funding for Faculty and Staff
- UW SMPH Shapiro Program (1st year medical students)
- Vilas Life Cycle Professorship
- Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF)
- Wisconsin Partnership Program
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
- Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
- Grants.gov – search engine for federal grants, including CDC, DOD, etc.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program
- American Asthma Foundation
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Cars Curing Kids – rolling deadline
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Gerber Foundation
- March of Dimes
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Thrasher Research Fund
These sponsors and opportunities do not represent an exhaustive list; these are funding agencies that previous residents and fellows in the Department have either applied to or received funding from.
- Department of Pediatrics, Resident & Fellow R&D
- Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Young Investigator Grant
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), CATCH Grant
- American Association of Immunologists (AAI), Fellowship
- American Cancer Society, Postdoctoral Fellowship
- American College of Gastroenterology, Resident Clinical Research Award and Clinical Research Award
- American Heart Association (AHA), Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), Fellowship
- Endocrine Fellows Foundation
- Ford Foundation Fellowship
- Gerber Foundation, Novice Researcher
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellowship
- Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Research/Fellowship Awards
- St. Baldrick’s Foundation
- Thrasher Research Fund, Early Career
UW-ICTR Career Development Awards
- TL1 Post-doctoral Training Program: All applicants must currently hold a non-tenure track faculty series title (CHS, Clinical track) or have that appointment by the time of the award
- KL2: This award supports junior faculty at UW Madison pursuing and actively engaged in translational research and who are committed to developing an independent research program
Other training grants on campus
- T32 HD041921 (Bird, PI): Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology (ERP) Training Grant. Funded through April 2023.
- T32 ES007015 (Bradfield, PI): Molecular & Environmental Toxicology. Funded through June 2023.
- T32 HL007899 (Sheehan, PI): Research Training in Hematology. Funded through April 2024.
- T32 AI055397 (Klein, PI): Microbes in Health and Disease. Funded through June 2025.
- T32 AI007635 (Gern, PI): Wisconsin Allergy Research Training (WISCART) Program. Funded through August 2025.
- T32 GM140935 (Burkhard, PI): Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). Funded through June 2026.
- T32 HL007936 (Robertson & Eckhardt, PIs): Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science (CVRC). Funded through August 2026.
For additional mechanisms to search funding opportunities, please visit the following:
- UW RSP – UW-Madison Research & Sponsored Programs (RSP) website for funding opportunities
- Proposal Central – e-grantmaking website shared by many government, non-profit, and private grant-making organizations
- Wisconsin Grant Watch – State of Wisconsin funding sources