The University of Utah Foundation Relations team manages 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 UofU 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 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
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program	Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation	Applications due 11/15/2024 Apply here	Supports the research and teaching careers of talented early career faculty in the chemical sciences. The Award, which requires an institutional nomination, is based on an independent body of scholarship attained in the early years of their appointment, and a demonstrated commitment to education, signaling the promise of continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching. The Award provides an unrestricted research grant of $100,000.
Ono Pharma Initiative Award	Ono Pharma Initiative	Applications due 11/15/2024 Apply here	The Ono Initiative supports creative research conducted by emerging Chemical Biologists in search of new discoveries, solutions, and the development of high-impact science. Chemical Biology is defined as research that deals with the interface between chemistry and biology. The criteria for this field are deliberately broad so as not to disqualify potentially innovative and groundbreaking projects. Ono Pharma Foundation’s three-year research awards provide up to $1,035,000 to researchers and their institutions.
G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation Grant Program	Mathers Foundation	Applications due 11/15/2024 Apply here	The Mathers Foundation grant program primarily supports basic science, ideally with potential translational applications. Examples of current research areas include immunology, microbiome, structural biology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, genetics, genomics, microbiology and infectious diseases, stem cell biology, and neuroscience. The Foundation does not support research conducted in human subjects and will not fund requests for clinical trials or drug discovery. Requests for funding previously federally supported research and/or applications pending federal approval will not be accorded priority consideration.