Funding Your Research: How to Obtain Foundation & Philanthropic Grants

This online course, formerly known as Funding Your Research: Foundations & Philanthropy, is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the writing and application process for foundation and philanthropic grant funding.

Participants will learn strategies firsthand from researchers who have successfully applied for foundation and philanthropic funding. The course will cover:

• differences between foundation and philanthropic funding
• guiding principles supporting applications for foundation and philanthropic funding
• relational aspects that occur between the researcher/individual, institution, and foundation and/or philanthropy
• how to identify foundation and philanthropic funding and resources

Interested in taking more than one Funding Your Research course? Our new Funding Your Research Course Bundle allows you to save on the course fees while learning how to obtain funding from various sources.

5% OFF two-course bundle
10% OFF three-course bundle
15% OFF four-course bundle
20% OFF five-course bundle

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*This offer does not apply to Harvard-affiliates, for whom there is no fee.

Session dates

February 9 – March 23, 2022

Time commitment

Online course work/assignments average 2-3 hours per week

Application due

January 26, 2022 at 5:00pm ET

Audience

Clinical professionals who are seeking to learn more about foundation and philanthropic grant funding and how to manage and write successful grant applications specific to these funding sources.

We believe that the research community is strengthened by understanding how a number of factors including gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, culture, religion, national origin, language, disability, and age shape the environment in which we live and work, affect each of our personal identities, and impacts all areas of human health.

Eligibility

MD, PhD, DMD, ScD, DNP, or doctorate-level degree, or involvement in a grant-writing team.

Fee

• Free for Harvard-affiliated institutions
• Non-CTSA member: $500.00
• CTSA member: $375.00
• Cancellation and Refund Policy [PDF]

Harvard Catalyst’s Education Program offers first priority to applicants who are current Harvard students, faculty, or current employees of Harvard University, its fifteen schools, and its nineteen academic healthcare centers.

Applicants not from an institution affiliated with Harvard Catalyst are accepted for a fee when space is available. For additional details, please email course administrators.

The Harvard Catalyst Education Program is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Harvard Catalyst Education Program’s policy requires full participation and the completion of all activity surveys to be eligible for CME credit; no partial credit is allowed.