Funding Opportunities -
Upcoming Requests for Proposals deadlines:

Ellison Medical Foundation
Senior Scholar in Aging
The Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar program in Aging is designed to support established investigators to conduct research in the basic biological sciences relevant to understanding aging processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Structural biology
Molecular genetics
Studies with model systems ranging from lower eukaryotes to humans
Inquiries testing the relevance of simpler models to human aging
Genetic epidemiology of aging; candidate longevity genes
Aging in the immune system
Host defense molecules in aging systems
Mechanisms of free radical induced cell aging
Mechanisms of aging in various differentiated cell populations
Gene / environment and gene / gene interactions
Integrative physiology
New Approaches to age-modulated disease mechanisms

The Senior Scholar awards provides up to $600,000 of funding over four years.

Sponsor Deadline: March 8, 2012 for letter of intent
See http://www.ellisonfoundation.org/how-to-apply-senior-scholar

John Templeton Foundation
Funding under Programs Areas
The John Templeton Foundation is now accepting inquiries to its next cycle of funding inquiries under the foundation's specific funding areas. The Templeton Foundation's core funding interests are:

Science and the Big Questions - Mathematical & Physical Sciences; Life Sciences; Human Sciences; Philosophy & Theology; and Science in Dialogue
Character Development
Exceptional Cognitive talent and Genius
Freedom and Enterprise

The Templeton Foundation welcomes projects that are multi-disciplinary in nature. Please refer to the descriptions on the foundation's web site for more detailed information on these funding interests. Deadline: April 16, 2012
See: http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/our-grantmaking-process

William T. Grant Foundation
Officers' Research Grant
The William T. Grant Foundation's Officers' Research Grants offer up to $25,000 in support of projects involving secondary data analysis in the foundation's research interests addressing issues that have compelling relevance for theory, policy, and/or practive affecting the settings of youth (ages 8 to 25) in the U.S. Important settings include, but are not limited to, youth programs, schools, families, and neighborhoods. Faculty with PI eligibility may apply to this unlimited opportunity.
Deadline: Letters of intent are accepted on a rolling basis
See below link section on unlimited officers' research grants under $25,000:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/investigator_initiated_grants

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization
The RWJF's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization initiative supports policy analysis, research, evaluation, and demonstrations projects. Projects may involve many disciplines, including health services research, economics, sociology, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, law and business administration. Two sizes of grants are offered: large grants for projects over $100,000 and/or projected to take over 12 months, and small grants for projects requiring $100,000 or less and projected to take 12 months or less.
Deadline: Applications may be submitted at any time
See http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274

School of Medicine Research Management Group
Funding Opportunities Information
This website is maintained by the Research Management Group but is available to all Stanford faculty, postdoctoral fellows and staff. Resources include searchable databases, links to government and foundation websites and a calendar of funding opportunities. Faculty and staff who wish to receive funding opportunity announcements may contact Jeanne Heschele at jheschele@stanford.edu to be added to the email distribution list.