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(CLOSED) Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation: 2025 Mallinckrodt Grants

Slots: 1.  Institutions may submit one proposal per session.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Monday, June 16th, 2025, 5pm PT Closed.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: August 1, 2025

Award Information

Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: N/A

Anticipated Amount: The grant provides $75,000 annually for a period of up to three years.  Grants are not renewable.  

Who May Serve as PI: The funds are designed to provide to tenure track faculty members in their first to fourth year, at American Institutions, who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees, start-up support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained.  Applicants with current R01 funding should not apply.

Link: https://emallinckrodtfoundation.org/guidelines

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here:

RII-Limited-Submission-Application-Template.

Materials to submit include:

  • (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (0.5” margins; single-spaced; font type: Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
  • (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#, Gender, and Ethnicity. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation supports early-stage biomedical investigators engaged in basic and translational research that has the potential to make fundamental advances in biomedical science.

As stated earlier, the funds are designed to provide to tenure track faculty members in their first to fourth year, at American Institutions, who hold M.D. and/or Ph.D. degrees, start-up support to move the project forward to the point where R01 or other independent funding can be obtained.  Applicants with current R01 funding should not apply.

Budgetary Requirements: The Foundation will not fund overhead. 

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