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Tools for Your Research

The Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design (CPOD) understands the value of access to resources to advance research.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

This section provides a selection of tools to assist in your search for grant funding opportunities.

Student Funding Opportunities

FAST Postdoctoral Fellowships

Graduate Student Funding Opportunities

Google PhD Fellowship Program

The Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowships

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research 

U-M Office of National Laboratories Opportunities (Internships, Fellowships, and other opportunities)

Warren Alpert Foundation Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholars Program Neuroscience (Postdoc)
Application Deadline: September 21, 2026 

Parkinson's Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships (Postdoc)
LOI Deadline: October 1, 2026 

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders (Postdoc)
Application Deadline: November 2, 2026 

Additional Ventures Single Ventricle Research Fund 2027 (Postdoc)
LOI Deadline: November 10, 2026 

Association for Creatine Deficiencies ACD Fellowship Program (Postdoc)
LOI Deadline: November 15, 2026 

Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (Postdoc)
Application Deadline: February 1, 2027 

 

Research Funding Opportunities

Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics Grants Program
Application Deadline: September 11, 2026 

Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant Program 2027
LOI Deadline: September 14, 2026 

American Lung Association Lung Cancer Discovery Award
LOI Deadline: September 18, 2026 

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation IDB Ventures
LOI Deadline: September 18, 2026 

Pershing Square Foundation 2027 Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery (MIND) Prize
LOI Deadline: September 21, 2026 

Harrington Discovery Institute Brain Health Medicines Scholar Program
Application Deadline: September 30, 2026 

Foundation Fighting Blindness Individual Investigator Research Awards
LOI Deadline: October 8, 2026 

McKnight Foundation Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Award
Application Deadline: October 15, 2026 

Blood Cancer United Scholar in Clinical Research
Application Deadline: October 15, 2026 

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation 2027 Innovation Grant
LOI Deadline: October 15, 2026 

Alzheimer's Association Part the Cloud Translational Research for Alzheimer's Disease Program: Enable the Molecule for Artificial Intelligence-Discovered Programs (PTC-EM-AI) Funding Program
LOI Deadline: October 20, 2026 

Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance 2027 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize
LOI Deadline: October 26, 2026 

Bridge Funding for Disrupted Neurodegenerative Research Grant Program (BFDN)
LOI Deadline: October 30, 2026 

Additional Ventures Single Ventricle Research Fund 2027
LOI Deadline: November 10, 2026 

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Physician-Scientist Training Award
Application Deadline: December 1, 2026 

American Heart Association Career Development
Application Deadline: December 1, 2026 

American Cancer Society & the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ASTRO-ACS Clinician Scientist Development Grant (CSDG)
Application Deadline: December 1, 2026 

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation Pinnacle Research Award
Application Deadline: December 7, 2026 

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation Research Grant Program
Application Deadline: December 30, 2026 

Harrington Discovery Institute Brain Health Medicines Scholar Program
Application Deadline: December 31, 2026 

Bridge Funding for Disrupted Neurodegenerative Research Grant Program (BFDN)
LOI Deadline: January 29, 2027 

Harrington Discovery Institute Brain Health Medicines Scholar Program
Application Deadline: March 31, 2027 

Bridge Funding for Disrupted Neurodegenerative Research Grant Program (BFDN)
LOI Deadline: April 30, 2027 

Harrington Discovery Institute Brain Health Medicines Scholar Program
Application Deadline: June 30, 2027 

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation Research Grant Program
Application Deadline: June 30, 2027 

 

 

 

Additional Research Resources

Michigan Medicine Corporate and Foundation Relations   
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U-M Library's Research Funding and Grants Guide

U-M Library's Pivot Database

U-M Competition Space