Description
Please click "Apply" below to proceed with your 2025 Thyroid Research Grant Program: Full Application.
Requirements
The American Thyroid Association (ATA) is pleased to announce the availability of funds from ThyCa, Bite Me Cancer and the ATA to support new investigator-initiated research projects in the areas of thyroid function, thyroid disease, and thyroid cancer.
Topics may include, but are not limited to, Disorders of Thyroid Function, Iodine Uptake and Metabolism, Thyroid Autoimmunity, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Hormone Effect and Metabolism, Thyroid Hormone in Development and the Brain, Health Disparities, Health Services Research and Health Economics and Outcomes, Thyroid Imaging, Thyroid Nodules and Goiter, Thyroid and Pregnancy.
Aim: Research awards are targeted for funding of new investigators, US or international, and intended to assist in obtaining preliminary data for submission of a more substantial application (e.g. to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)).
Submission Information: Eligible investigators interested in applying should review the information below and submit a proposal by March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST.
Research Grant Award: Research grants, between $25,000 - 27,500 annually, will be awarded annually for up to two year terms. The 2nd year funding is contingent on review of a satisfactory progress report submitted by the investigators in the 4th quarter of the first year of funding. The funds can be used for direct costs associated with the proposal, including technician's salary, supplies or equipment but not for the PI or mentor's salary. It is the policy of the funders that no indirect cost recovery (ICR) is granted and that all funds are direct costs only. Applicants from institutions must obtain a waiver of ICR to receive funding.
Eligibility of Applicant:
- Applications are limited to one per individual researcher. ATA is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and we encourage women and those underrepresented in science and medicine to apply. Investigators must be one of the following:
- a) Junior facultythat completed their training program or postdoctoral fellowship in the last 5 years (2019 or later). Investigators who have the academic title of Associate Professor or higher are ineligible.
- b) Postdoctoral research fellows, clinical fellows or trainees with Supervising Mentor/Faculty. Trainees are defined as (postdoctoral research fellows, residents, or graduate students working towards an MD or a PhD) that are applying with a supervising mentor or faculty member are eligible. A mentor/faculty member's CV must be submitted with a full application. A mentor/faculty supervisor is not eligible to receive more than one thyroid research grant in the same cycle.
- Individuals who have been a Principal Investigator (PI) on an NIH RO1 (or equivalent grant) and/or that have received an ATA, ThyCa or BMC research grant are not eligible. Recipients of NIH R29, R21 and KO8 awards are eligible.
- Applicants must apply for ATA membership by March 15, 2025 or be an ATA member in good standing (through 12/31/25).