The University of Utah Foundation Relations team manages a several limited submission opportunities sponsored by various foundations each year. Foundations Limited Submissions are reviewed by a Foundations LSO Committee that selects applications most likely to:

• Perpetuate success for the University;
• Assist the selected faculty member in advancing their research; and
• Meet the goals and expectations of the sponsor

The CFR team conducts three cycles of Foundation LSO review each academic year: Fall, Winter, and Spring. All Foundation-sponsored LSOs that are currently managed by the U of U CFR Office are listed HERE, with links to learn more about each program. The InfoReady internal competition links for each program are published as they are created. Interested faculty members must apply to the internal competition and be selected by the LSO Committee for each program.

Internal competitions for all Fall 2023-2024 Foundations LSOs are active and shared below! Please contact Gwen Allouch if you have questions about applying for an opportunity listed above.

 

Fall Funding Opportunities	Sponsor	Internal Competition Status	Program Description
Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists	Blavatnik Awards	Friday, July 21, 2023 Click here to learn more or apply!	Awards to young faculty members working in the three disciplinary categories of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. Every year, one Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in each disciplinary category will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, and additional nominees will be recognized as Finalists.
Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholars in Bioethics	The Greenwall Foundation	Friday, July 21, 2023 Click here to learn more or apply!	A career development award to enable junior faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research. It supports research that goes beyond current work in bioethics to help resolve pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy, and practice, and creates a community that enhances future bioethics research by Scholars and Alumni/ae.
Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award (not prize)	Warren Alpert Foundation	Friday, July 21, 2023 Click here to learn more or apply!	These transitional awards are to enable a postdoctoral researcher to advance to become a full-time faculty member at the Assistant Professor level or higher and to promote the development of a laboratory program that will lead to independent funding. The medical school, research institute, or academic hospital appointing the scholar will be awarded $200,000 annually for two years to cover salary, lab costs, and related expenses.
Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program	Johnson & Johnson	Friday, July 21, 2023 Click here to learn more or apply!	Aims to fuel development of female STEM2D leaders and feed the STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.
Moore Inventor Fellows 2024	Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation	Friday, July 21, 2023 Click here to learn more or apply!	The Moore Inventor Fellows fellowship focuses on supporting scientist-inventors at a critical prototyping stage to capture opportunities that otherwise might be missed. We seek to provide freedom and support to promising inventors with the most compelling ideas to pursue creative and disruptive innovations.