The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign administers a number of special funding programs to provide support for the Illinois research community.

Eligibility requirements and application deadlines vary from program to program and year to year. For specific details, click on the name of the program in the list below.

Current Programs

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Start Date6/24/2022 Deadline Date8/15/2022
J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars Award Program 2023

The Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program 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.
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Start Date5/27/2022 Deadline Date6/27/2022
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation 2022

The mission of the Foundation is to support early stage investigators engaged in basic biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis or treatment of disease. The foundation website with grant guidelines can be found here https://emallinckrodtfoundation.org/guidelines.

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Start Date5/27/2022 Deadline Date7/11/2022
Searle Scholars Program 2022

The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry.

Grants are set at $300,000 for a three-year period with $100,000 payable in the first year and equal sums payable in the second and third years and are subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports. Generally, fifteen new awards are granted annually and are activated on July 1 of the

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Academic Professional Development Fund 2021

The Office of the Provost and the Council of Academic Professionals (CAP) thank the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research in hosting the online application for the Academic Professional Development Fund (APDF). APDF provides a source of funds for academic professional staff members (permanent/non-visiting) to take advantage of professional development opportunities. The Office of the Provost provides up to $50,000 per fiscal year in APDF awards.

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