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Pilot Funding

To foster cross-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration, Harvard Catalyst makes available to Harvard-affiliated investigators seed funding in the form of pilot grants and prizes

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Current Opportunities

Title Funding Level Deadline Apply
Title: Increasing the Impact of Clinical Research on Human Health Funding Level: Up to 8 awards $25,000 - $50,000 per award Year: 1/15/2025 Apply:

Past Opportunities

Title Funding Level Deadline
Title: Expanding Inclusivity in Research Studies RFA Funding Level: Up to eight awards $25,000 - $50,000 per award Deadline: 4/23/2024
Title: Round 2 – Utilize Harvard University Core Facilities Funding Level: 3 - 10 hours of facility use Deadline: 2/9/2024
Title: Utilize Harvard University Core Facilities Funding Level: 3 - 8 hours of facility use Deadline: 12/10/2023
Title: The Five Senses: Input & Response Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 11/10/2021
Title: Innovations & Interventions: GI Surgical Leaks Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 3/12/2021
Title: Everyday Exposures – Toxins & Health Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/23/2020
Title: Sight & Science: Vision Research from Diverse Fields Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 1/10/2020
Title: Advancing Uptake of Evidence & Community Engagement for Healthy Child Weight Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 2/1/2019
Title: Microbiome in Human Health & Disease Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 11/20/2018
Title: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Eating Disorders Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 6/11/2018
Title: Good Questions Meet Big Data: Data Ideation Challenge Funding Level: $10,000 total Deadline: 7/3/2017
Title: Targeted Secretion Inhibition: Applications in Oncology, Endocrinology, and Neurology/Pain Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 6/22/2017
Title: Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Health Disparities through Translational Research Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 12/12/2016
Title: Big Ideas, Small Features: Utilizing Advanced Microscopic and Nanoscale Technologies to Further Human Healthcare Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 5/26/2016
Title: Human Oral Microbiome: Collaboration Opportunity Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/20/2015
Title: OPTICS: Open Translational Science in Schizophrenia Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/20/2015
Title: Stress and Health Disparities: Merging Laboratory, Clinical, and Population Scientific Approaches Funding Level: Up to $75,000 per award Deadline: 8/3/2015
Title: Addressing Mental Health in the Second Decade of Life through Translational Lifecourse Research Funding Level: Up to $75,000 per award Deadline: 3/2/2015
Title: Early Clinical Data Support for Grants Funding Level: Up to $30,000 per award Deadline: 1/5/2015
Title: Target Inhibition and Silencing: “Hits to Lead” Advances in Clinical and Translational Research Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/24/2014
Title: Advanced Microscopy – Zooming in on the Big Idea in Pathology Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/17/2013
Title: Addressing Childhood Obesity through Translational Research 2013 Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 5/6/2013
Title: Advancing Health through Clinical Records Research Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/1/2012
Title: Addressing Childhood Obesity through Translational Research 2012 Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/1/2012
Title: Shared Health Research Information Network (SHRINE) Prize Opportunity Funding Level: $2,500 per award Deadline: 6/4/2012
Title: Addressing Health Disparities in Cancer Through Basic Research Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 6/4/2012
Title: Advanced Imaging Pilot Grants Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 5/7/2012
Title: Advancing Child Health through Translational Research Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 4/2/2012
Title: Biomedical Collaborative Pilot Grants (Cycle 3) Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 6/7/2010
Title: Biomedical Collaborative Pilot Grants (Cycle 2) Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 10/5/2009
Title: Biomedical Collaborative Pilot Grants (Cycle 1) Funding Level: Up to $50,000 per award Deadline: 1/5/2009